<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. Dr. Lee taught philosophy at Soong Sil University in Korea for over 20 years before joining Harvard University Divinity School, USA, as a visiting scholar. On his return to the Republic of Korea, Dr. 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 ESD both at the national and regional levels. He is currently a member of the Presidential Commission on Sustainable Development in the Republic of Korea. As a philosopher, he is the elected President of Korean Philosophical Association for 2007-2008 which will host the World Philosophy Congress in 2008 in Seoul, Korea. He received his Ph.D. in Social Science at the University of Gottingen, Germany. Dr. Lee has authored several books, including Philosophical thoughts on Jürgen Habermas and Philosophy of Peace and Praxis of Unification, along with various papers on relations of ethics and social development.