DEAR FRIENDS, STORIES MAY END; SONGS MAY FADE; MEMORIES MAY BE FORGOTTEN, AND ALL THINGS WILL COME TO AN END; BUT PRECIOUS LADIES WE MET AT THIS GATHERING, LIKE ALL OF YOU SHALL BE TREASURED FOREVER.  THERE WAS INTIMACY, FRIENDSHIP AND CAMARADERIE; WHICH WE WILL NEVER FORGET. IT WAS A UNIQUE SETTING AND OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COLLABORATE AND STRATEGIZED WITH OUR GLOBAL SISTER AND THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DIFFERENT GPW CHAPTERS UNDER THE CHALLENGE OF PEACE BUILDING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. INDEED, THE ATMOSPHERE WAS CONDUSIVE AND THE SPEAKERS WHO ARE PEACE ADVOCATES HAS IMPARTED TO US, GREAT INCITES ON HOW TO CRAFT OUR WOMEN’S AGENDA

 IN BEHALF OF THE PHILIPPINE DELEGATION, WE WISH TO EXTEND OUR WARM CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GLOBAL PEACE FOUNDATION AND THE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES WHO HAVE WORKED SO HARD, LEAVING NO STONES UNTURNED, INSURING THAT EVERYTHING WERE TAKEN CARED. OF COURSE, IN PARTICULAR. THOSE WHO HAVE WORKED WITH DR. SOONOK KANG, OUR DYNAMIC INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY GENERAL IN PURSUING THIS GATHERING OF WOMEN LEADERS, THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS FOR GLOBAL PEACE TO COLLABORATE WITH EACH OTHER ON THE CHALLENGE OF PEACE BUILDING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SPECIFICALLY ON OUR GPW THEME: “PROMOTING WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP CULTURE FOR PEACE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT- FROM THE HOME TO THE WORLD”.

WE WISH TO EXPRESS OUR DEEP APPRECIATIONS FOR THE WELL-PREPARED AND MEANINGFUL PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES THE PAST THREE DAYS AND MOST OF ALL THE SINCERE FRIENDSHIP OF EVERYONE WILL REMAIN IN OUR HEARTS FOREVER.

THE RECOGNITION OF OUR PRESIDENT, DR. NONA RICAFORT TO BE PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL IS A GREAT HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO OUR GPW PHILIPPINES. SHE WILL NOT ONLY BRING WITH HER, THE MANAGEMENT AND PEACE BUILDING SKILLS TOGETHER WITH HER 30 YEARS OF VAST EXPERIENCES, HAVING SERVED IN KEY POSITIONS OF THE DIFFERENT WOMEN ORGANIZATION, BUT TOGETHER WITH HER THERE, WITH OUR CARING HEARTS WE PLEDGE OUR FULL SUPPORT TO THIS GREAT ORGANIZATION.

WE FORESEE, THE MEANINGFUL RESULTS FROM THIS CONVENTION, WILL DEFINITELY BE THE BLUEPRINT THAT WILL GUIDE US IN OUR ADVOCACIES FOR GLOBAL PEACE TOWARD “ONE FAMILY UNDER GOD”.

LASTLY, WE WISH TO EXTEND OUR DEEP APPRECIATION AND THANKS TO GLOBAL PEACE FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL CHAIRMAN DR. HYUN JIN PRESTON MOON AND GLOBAL PEACE WOMEN INTERNATIONAL CHAIRWOMAN DR. JINSOOK MOON FOR ALLOWING THIS MEANINGFUL LEADERSHIP GATHERING TO HAPPEN IN OUR COUNTRY.

ONCE AGAIN OUR CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS 2017 GLOBAL PEACE CONVENTION

The above is a prepared presentation for the Global Peace Convention 2017. Changes in actual delivery may not be reflected.