Ambassador Mussie Hailu

Ambassador Mussie Hailu is PTP Council of Advisors, Member of UN Representative and Goodwill Ambassador of Culture of Peace Initiative. Ambassador Mussie Hailu is a peace activist who is working at national, regional and international level in promoting a culture of peace, reconciliation, interfaith & inter-cultural harmony, human dignity, compassion for animals, disarmament, world citizenship, building right human relationship, constructive dialogue, environmental protection and building bridges for international cooperation for common good of all nations. He is working tireless in promoting around the world the teaching of Golden Rule which says “Treat others the way you want to be treated” as a guiding principle and universal ethics to enhance mutual respect, counter violent extremism and promote peaceful co-existences and to avoid hate speech and uphold the universal human right declaration and to commit to be non-violent and peaceful person. He also actively works in addressing the negative impact of the proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons for peace and security. He has also traveled extensively to most part of the world promoting the universal peace prayer “May Peace Prevail on Earth” and addressing the issue of culture of peace, reconciliation, right human relationship, interfaith harmony, the eradication of poverty, environmental protection and reverence for life. He strongly emphasises the need of being the “change we want to see in the world” and to follow the pathway to peace which leads us from darkness to light, from despair to hope, from killing each others to co-existence, from war to peace, from hate to love, from holding grudges to forgive and from competition to cooperation and to practice on a daily base the Golden Rule in our life.

He introduced Golden Rule Day to the world to foster inter-religious, inter-cultural harmony and to build a culture of peace and constructive dialogue and respect in the world. The Golden Rule Day is now celebrated in many part of the world and he is also the one who drafted the Golden Rule Proclamation which is endorsed by organizations in over 120 countries He also wrote a number of articles and contributes to a number of publications on the issue of peace, interfaith and inter-culture harmony, good governance and.He pioneered many positive initiatives in Africa including an interfaith movement in his own country in Ethiopia and in many other African Countries and also the Council of Former African Heads of States and Governments for Environmental Protection and Climate Change in Africa. His initiative includes a “Declaration for Peace” which is distributed worldwide during the 50th anniversary of the United Nations. This declaration was intended to encourage people to make a personal commitment to stand for global peace, human dignity, environmental & animal protection and International cooperation for the good of all nations.He is the founding member of United Religions Initiative (URI) and serves as Global Envoy of URI and Regional Director of URI for Africa, Representative of URI at the African Union, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and UN office in Africa. He is Special Advisor of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council of the Africa Union on Interfaith, Inter-religions and Inter-cultural Issue.He served many organizations at national, regional and international level. He also served as Diplomat and Ambassador –at- Large. Amb. Mussie Hailu received numerous awards, medals and Certificate of Merits from many national, regional and international organizations, including from United Nations. He is recognized among 73 people around the world who are selected for their outstanding contribution to humanity. He is the recipient of the Prestigious Silver Star Award of The International Strategic Studies Association. He received Humanitarian Award of the year from His Royal Highness Prince ErmaisSahle-Selassie Haileselassie, The Grandson of the late Emperor of Ethiopia. He was also given the twenty-first century achievement award for his career achievements and social contribution, which was selected for permanent documentation in 500 world leaders of influence. He was the engine for the peace monument, which is erected at the Organization of African Unity (OAU) now known as the African Union.