Mayor Kim Yong-seo Receives 2006 IAEWP Grand Prix Award

Suwon Mayor Kim Yong-seo received the IAEWP Grand Prix Social Welfare Award at the 2nd International Academic Conference on Exercise Rehabilitation held at the Lotte Hotel in Sogong-dong, Seoul, on the 7th.

The Korean Association for Exercise Rehabilitation (a civil organization), which organized the awards ceremony and academic conference, is a subordinate organization of the International Union of World Peace Educators (IAEWP-UN-NGO). The organization annually holds an international academic seminar and presents IAEWP Grand Prix Awards in three categories: social welfare, community service, and environment.

At the awards ceremony, which was attended by officials of the International Union of World Peace Educators and diplomatic envoys stationed in Korea, recipients in the fields of social welfare, community service, and environment were recognized. Subsequently, Lee Gwang-soo, chief of Woncheon-dong in Yeongdeungpo-gu, was appointed as a World Peace Ambassador.

Mayor Kim stated, "I am very pleased to receive the prestigious IAEWP Grand Prix Social Welfare Award, which is recognized globally," and added, "Suwon will continue to actively support the social welfare sector without reservation."