<P><FONT color=#33711E><STRONG>Samuel Lee</STRONG></FONT></P>
Secretary-General
Korean National Commission for UNESCO
As a well-known philosopher and professor, Samuel Lee has dedicated himself to studies and activities for peace, unification of North and South Korea, social development and resolving of religious conflicts. He received his Ph.D. in Social Science at the University of Gottingen, Germany, and taught philosophy at Soong Sil University in Korea for over 20 years.
After his return from Harvard University Divinity School, USA where he was a visiting scholar, Samuel Lee was appointed as the first Director of the Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU), where he remained from 2000 to 2004. During that period, he created the annual teacher training programmes for education for international understanding in the Asia-Pacific region.
Since his appointment to Secretary-General of the Korean National Commission for UNESCO in 2004, Samuel Lee has concentrated on raising public awareness of education for sustainable development both at the national and regional levels. He is currently a member of the Presidential Commission on Sustainable Development in the Republic of Korea. Having once worked as a Central and Executive Committee member of World Council of Churches, he is also recognized as a leader in the Korean Christian society. He has authored several books, including “Philosophical thoughts on Jurgen Habermas” and “Philosophy of Peace and Praxis of Unification”, along with various papers on relations of ethics and social development.