Gwangju, KOREA (September 21, 2019) - The 2019 GCS International
Convention took place on September 21, 2019 at Chosun University in
Gwangju, Korea.
The Gwangju 2019 GCS International Convention, which celebrates the 40th
anniversary of the founding of the GCS International and the 38th U.N.
International Day of Peace, drew about 1,500 people from about 20 countries.
Founded in 1979, GCS International is a Seoul-based U.N.-affiliated
non-governmental organization (NGO) headed by Dr. Chungwon Choue, who
also serves as president of World Taekwondo. With three major spirits of
goodwill, cooperation and service, it strives to achieve the three by promoting
healthy society, better living, preservation of the nature, restoration of human
dignity and promotion of world peace. With a global membership of 44 national
chapters, GCS International was founded by the late Dr. Young Seek Choue,
who proposed the International Day of Peace and the International Year of
Peace to the United Nations in 1981 and was unanimously approved by the
U.N. General Assembly that year. In 2016, GCS International signed a
memorandum of understanding with World Taekwondo, the Taekwondo
Humanitarian Foundation to help empower the powerless in developing
countries.
WT President Chungwon Choue; Dr. Hong Sung-Geum, acting president of
Chosun University; Dr. Lu Dezhi, vice chairman of the China Charity Alliance;
WT Secretary General Hoss Rafaty; Mr. Kim In-Seon, a WT Council member;
Mr. Gary Hall, high performance director of GB Taekwondo attended the event.
At the 2019 GCS International Peace Seminar, GCS International President
Choue made a keynote speech, followed by presentations by Prof. Luc Reychler
of Leuven University in Belgium. After that, there was a ceremony to
inaugurate the GCS Global Peace Corps, followed by a 15-minute joint
taekwondo demonstration by about 1,000 members of the GCS Global
Taekwondo Peace Corps Korea.
In the afternoon, the 2019 GCS Peace Concert took place at the Haeoreum
Center in which a 37-member Korea Saxophone Harmony played famous
classic and pop songs, followed by a 20-minute classic song performance by
Soprano Kim Jee-Hyun and Tenor Lee Jeong-Won. The concert was followed
by a 30-minute taekwondo musical by members of the Chosun University
Taekwondo Demonstration Team.
"The 2019 GCS International Convention has a special meaning in that it marks
the 40th anniversary of the founding of GCS International and September 21 is
the 38th U.N. International Day of Peace. ‘Peace is More Precious than
Triumph’ is the book title of the late Dr. Young Seek Choue, the founder of the
GCS Movement, and the words send a precious lesson to all mankind. In this
regard, the inauguration of the GCS Global Peace Corps on the occasion of the
2019 GCS International Convention is very meaningful and it brightens the
future of the GCS Movement," said Dr. Choue.
He continued to say, "I wish not only taekwondo, but also all sports to join the
GCS Global Peace Corps, which would ultimately help promote world peace."
"The year 2019 will be a turning point for the 40-year GCS Movement and we
all have to join hands to chart another 40-year GCS Movement. In 2021, we
will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the GCS founder and the 40th
anniversary of the U.N. International Day of Peace. I ask for your continued
service and dedication to the promotion of the GCS Movement around the
world."
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