The 17th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in 2019 | WPN World People News

On July 25, 2019, during its 73rd session, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution designating April 5 as the International Day of Conscience. Dr. Hong, Tao-Tze, one of the key advocates for this initiative, attended the 17th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Mérida, Mexico from September 19 to 22, where he shared the concept of the International Day of Conscience, gaining support from many Nobel Peace Prize Laureates.

Dr. Hong, Tao-Tze, right, presents the Compass Clock of Conscience to 2016 Nobel Peace Prize winner Juan Manuel Santos, former President of Colombia.

During the summit, Dr. Hong exchanged experiences on promoting peace with 12 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, including former South African President Frederik Willem de Klerk (1993), American activist Jody Williams (1997), former Polish union leader Lech Walesa (1983), Guatemalan human rights activist Rigoberta Menchú Tum (1992), British politician Lord David Trimble (1998), Iranian lawyer Shirin Ebadi (2003), Yemeni journalist Tawakkol Karman (2011), Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee (2011), Indian social reformer Kailash Satyarthi (2014), former Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos (2016), and members of the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet Abdessattar Ben Moussa and Ouided Bouchamaoui (2015).

During the event, Dr. Hong presented several Nobel Peace Prize Laureates with the "Compass Clock of Conscience," symbolizing time, direction, and purpose, as a reminder to practice conscience and good deeds in daily life. He also shared The History of International Day of Conscience, which documents Dr. Hong's collaboration with UN ambassadors from various countries in making the UN’s establishing April 5 as the International Day of Conscience possible, with the hope of creating a culture of peace with love and conscience.