Tanzania takes part in campaign for conflict –free Africa

TANZANIA is among 100 countries worldwide where hundreds of youth and representatives of civil society organisations took part in a peace walk to raise awareness for the need to achieve conflict-free Africa.

At global level, the peace walk was held in Windhoek, Namibia. It was jointly hosted by an international non-governmental organisation, Heavenly Culture, World Peace and Restoration of Light (HWPL), and its affiliated group, the International Peace Youth Group (IPYG).

The Namibia Youth Development Organisation, which is joined by scores of hopeful youth to invest in the work of peace, also took part in organising the global event. HWPL, affiliated with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN ECOSOC),

had the first “Declaration of World Peace” in 2013 to call for all members of society to work together as peace messengers. The Chairman of HWPL, Mr Man Hee Lee, highlighted that every person in every country is responsible for establishing world peace. 

Rather than waiting to take peace for granted, it is we who should put an end to all wars to protect humanity and our world and leave peace as a legacy for future generations. 

Since the laws of today cannot compensate for the lives sacrificed in war, what we need is an instrument that protects human life, a law that prevents war,” he affirmed.

In Windhoek, the peace walk was held within the vicinity of the Independence Museum. During her address, Ms Thormaline Shitaleni, a co-founder of Libra Foundation, a Namibian initiative advocating for gender equality, emphasised that peace can and will be achieved in the current generation. 

Every effort we put into creating peace is one step closer to a conflict-free Africa.” In addition to this, she reminded the audience of the words that “When the Youth of the world unite, all wars will cease.

The HWPL’s proposed ‘Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW)’ embodies the value of the ‘Declaration of World Peace’. The DPCW consisting of 10 articles and 38 clauses address principles of conflict resolution and international cooperation for peace building such as respect on the international law,

peaceful dispute settlement and spreading a culture of peace. Civil society organisations throughout the world are carrying out peace education, peace culture projects, and ‘Legislate Peace Campaign’ to establish a legally binding international law for peace and to create a peaceful environment in the society in cooperation with HWPL.