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With the hope to be students to protect the world peace
- Pukyong National University, held starting ceremony of 6th Pukyong UN Supporters"
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‘Pukyong UN Supporters’ - a student peace corps of Pukyong National University - aiming to protect world peace and honor the spirit of sacrifice of 6.25 war veterans was launched.
The starting ceremony of 6th ‘Pukyong UN Supporters’ (total 45 students and headed by Son In Ho, Junior in the department of Marine & Fisheries Business and Economics) was held at the leadership hall on the 3rd floor of Dongwon Jang Bogo Hall of PKNU at 3:00 on July 23rd and started full scale activities.
The ‘Pukyong UN Supporters’ is a peace corps to carry on peace-related volunteering missions such as admiring soul of 2,300 dead heroes from 11 countries resting in peace in UN Memorial Cemetery in Korea especially in Nam-gu area, UN peace culture special zone. They are doing their missions with the aim to return favor of war veterans who struggled to protect world peace during Korean War and publicize meaning of ‘peace’ widely.
Following the starting ceremony, the students are planning to support the memorial event of UN Memorial Cemetery, visit domestic UN organizations such as Subregional Office for East and North-East Asia of UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and UN Korea Association, hold a special lecture by experts on international organizations, and volunteer at Veteran Hospital.
Especially, they are planning to visit combatant nations of Korean War to see the war veterans face to face and convey our gratitude.
“The youth just like you fought in the war to guard peace, and I hope you will be such great university students to remember their sacrifice to devote their noble lives for unfamiliar people in an unfamiliar place and contribute to world peace” Kim Young Seup, president of PKNU said.
‘Pukyong UN supporters’, launched in 2009, has carried on various activities for peace protection from visiting combatant nations (Turkey and Philippines) to convey our gratitude to the war veterans to voluntary service at KImhae Veteran Hospital, supporting memorial events and participating in exhuming war dead of Korean War. <Pukyong today>
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