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H.E. Mr. Masud Bin Momen, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the U.N.; H.E. Mr. Jaime Hermida Castillo, Permanent Representative of Nicaragua to the U.N.; and H.E. Mr. Sam Condor, Permanent Representative of Saint Kitts and Nevis to the U.N., together with Dr. Hong, President FOWPAL, second from right, is joined by, from left, as he launches a global endorsement campaign for the “Declaration of International Day of Conscience” and sets April 5th as International Day of Conscience at the World Leader Summit of Love and Peace on Feb. 5, 2019 at the U.N. Headquarters. (Jason DeCrow/AP Images for Federation of World Peace and Love)

H.E. Mr. Masud Bin Momen, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the U.N.; H.E. Mr. Jaime Hermida Castillo, Permanent Representative of Nicaragua to the U.N.; and H.E. Mr. Sam Condor, Permanent Representative of Saint Kitts and Nevis to the U.N., together with Dr. Hong, President FOWPAL, second from right, is joined by, from left, as he launches a global endorsement campaign for the “Declaration of International Day of Conscience” and sets April 5th as International Day of Conscience at the World Leader Summit of Love and Peace on Feb. 5, 2019 at the U.N. Headquarters. (Jason DeCrow/AP Images for Federation of World Peace and Love)

Students at the Quang Son Daycare Center in Ninh Thuan Province, Viet Nam. The daycare center serves children who are ethnic minorities in the area, as well as children with disabilities.

Notre-Dame cathedral after the fire in Paris. Sections of the cathedral were under scaffolding as part of extensive renovations. (16 April 2019)

The Federation of World Peace and Love (FOWPAL) spreads the message and energy of love and peace through an elegant peacock dance at a gala dinner in celebration of the first International Day of Conscience, Friday, April 5, 2019, in Vienna, Austria.

Dr. Hong, Tao-Tze, President of the Federation of World Peace and Love (FOWPAL), right, and Mr. Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona, the fifth President of Trinidad and Tobago, exchange ideas on love and peace before launching the International Day of Conscience at the World Leader Summit of Love and Peace, Friday, April 5, 2019, at United Nations in Vienna. (Michael Gruber/AP Images for the Federation of World Peace and Love)

A team of young ladies from FOWPAL, with long swords in their hands, presented a powerful and yet elegant sword dance, conveying love, kindness, courage, and tenderness.

The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, meeting in Port Louis (Mauritius), has decided to inscribe traditional Korean wrestling, ssirum/ssireum, on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, on the basis of a joint application by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea.

Dr. Hong, Tao-Tze, president of the Federation of World Peace and Love (FOWPAL), rings the Bell of World Peace and Love at the United Nations Headquarters for the first time at the World Leader Summit of Love and Peace, hosted by FOWPAL during the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on October 1, 2018. (Stuart Ramson/AP Images for Federation of World Peace and Love)