Sunhak Peace Prize

The Sunhak Peace Prize (선학평화상, 鮮鶴平和賞) was established to continue the legacy of the late Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon, and is given bi-annually in recognition of individuals and organizations that have made enduring contributions to help resolve worldwide suffering, conflict, poverty and threats to the environment, by promoting a comprehensive, future-oriented vision of peace.

Sunhak Peace Prize
Awarded forIndividuals and organizations
LocationSeoul, S. Korean
Presented bySunhak Peace Prize Committee
First awardedAugust 28, 2015
WebsiteSunhak Peace Prize

Purpose

The Sunhak Peace Prize was founded at the behest of Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, the wife of the late Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon, to honor and preserve his ideals and achievements. Rev. and Mrs. Moon have devoted their lives to realizing "One Family Under God," a global community founded on the principles of interdependence, mutual prosperity and universally shared values, based on a love for humanity that transcends divisions of race, nationality, ideology, and religion.

The Sunhak Peace Prize is committed to the ideal of peace, "Making the World Better for Future Generations." Humankind is one universal family consisting of successive generations. As parents care for their children with unconditional love, those living today should create an environment of peace for future generations. The concept of peace underlying the Sunhak Peace Prize is based on the vision of ensuring a peaceful world for current and future generations.

Toward this end, the Sunhak Peace Prize advocates Sustainable Human Development, Conflict Resolution, and Ecological Conservation. "Sustainable Human Development" focuses on solving the problems of poverty, disease, and ignorance, and respecting the human rights and dignity of every human being. "Conflict Resolution" focuses on peacefully resolving conflict between people of differing religions, races, and nationalities. "Ecological Conservation" focuses on finding solutions to climate change and depletion of natural resources in order to create a sustainable balance between the natural and human worlds.

Laureate Selection Process

Criteria for Candidacy
  • Individuals or organizations must have contributed significantly to the promotion of peace outlined in the Peace Mission affirmed by the Sunhak Peace Prize Committee.
  • The achievements of the individual or organization must have had a positive impact on the realization of peace for people of diverse nations, races, religions, or ideologies.

Nomination

Nominations may be submitted from any among 1,000 qualified nominators around the world, representing a wide range of fields and areas of professional expertise, and representing diverse geographical, cultural, religious, and ethnic backgrounds.

  • Qualified Individuals : Recipients of international prizes, highly respected individuals
  • Qualified Organizations : International NGOs & academic associations, Organizations previously awarded international prizes

Review

The nominees are carefully reviewed by the Sunhak Peace Prize Committee, with support from the Secretariat and in consultation with experts. The Committee meets periodically throughout the year for this purpose.

Laureate Selection and Official Announcement

After careful review, and having arrived at a short list of the most promising candidates, the Sunhak Committee arrives at its final selection, and makes a public announcement through the media.

Awarded Items

During the award ceremony, the laureate is awarded with a medal and plaque, as well as a monetary prize of US 1 million dollars.[1]

Past Recipients
  • The inaugural award ceremony was held on August 28, 2015[2] at the Grand InterContinental Hotel Seoul Parnas Grand Ballroom in South Korea. The Prize honored H.E. Anote Tong, then president of Kiribati, and Dr. Modadugu Gupta, a fisheries scientist from India.[2]
  • The second award ceremony was held on February 3, 2017 at the Lotte Hotel World Crystal Ballroom (S. Korea). The Prize was given to Dr. Gino Strada, Italian surgeon and founder of the EMERGENCY, and Dr. Sakena Yacoobi, refugee educator and founder of AIL (Afghan Institute of Learning).

Laureates
Year Laureates Country Reason for Selection
2015 Anote Tong[3]  Kiribati Improved global awareness of the severity of climate change and sought for action by the international community for its solution.
Modadugu Vijay Gupta[4]  India Pioneered the blue revolution and made innovative contributions to aquaculture development as an alternative solution to the looming food crisis.
2017 Gino Strada[5]  Italy Fought for the right to medical care for refugees and war victims.
Sakena Yacoobi[6]  Afghanistan The mother of refugee education who proposed a fundamental solution for refugee resettlement.
2019 Waris Dirie[7]  Somalia A human rights activist who publicized the issue of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) to the world; Advocating human rights of girls and women and calling for a worldwide resolution to eradicate FGM
Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina[8]  Nigeria Spearheading Good Governance of Africa through Agricultural Innovation and Eradication of Poverty
2020 Macky Sall[9]  Senegal
Munib Younan[9]  Israel

References
  1. globalreach.com, Global Reach Internet Productions, LLC - Ames, IA -. "$1M Sunhak Peace Prize names first two winners". www.worldfoodprize.org. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  2. D.C., Dr. William Selig, Deputy Director, UPF Office of Peace and Security Affairs-Washington. "First Sunhak Peace Prize Is Awarded in Seoul - World Summit 2017". www.worldsummit2015.org. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  3. "Kiribati president Anote Tong garners Sunhak Peace Prize for climate work | Pacific Beat". www.radioaustralia.net.au. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  4. globalreach.com, Global Reach Internet Productions, LLC - Ames, IA -. "2005: Gupta - The World Food Prize - Improving the Quality, Quantity and Availability of Food in the World". www.worldfoodprize.org. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  5. "선학평화상". sunhakpeaceprize.org (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  6. "선학평화상". sunhakpeaceprize.org (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  7. "선학평화상". www.sunhakpeaceprize.org (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-11-22.
  8. "선학평화상". www.sunhakpeaceprize.org (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-11-22.
  9. "Senegal President Macky Sall and Former President of the Lutheran World Federation Bishop Munib A. Younan Selected As the 2020 Sunhak Peace Prize Laureates". allAfrica. Feb 5, 2020. Retrieved Feb 8, 2020.
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