Rev. Dr. Chung Ok Lee
Rev. Lee is Head Minister of Manhattan Temple of Won Buddhist International,
Main Representative of Won Buddhism to the United Nations and Co-President
of World Conference on Religion and peace(WCRP). She also serves as
Council of Presidents of the United States Conference on Religion
for Peace (USCRP).
Dr. Lee has served as the Chairperson of the Universal Ethics Millennium
Conference at the United Nations(2000), the President of the Committee
of Religious NGOs at the United Nations (1995-1997), Founding Co-Chair
of the Values Caucus at the United Nations (1994-1995), and International
Co-President of the Chicago Parliament of World's Religions (1993).
Dr. Lee has edited "Vision for a New Civilization: Spiritual and
Ethical Values in the New Millennium" and written various publications
and delivered keynote addresses on topics concerning women's issue,
the environment and ecology, human rights, social development, religious
pluralism and global ethics in many international conferences. She
has been actively involved in interreligious dialogue globally since
1986. Rev. Lee received full ordination in 1981, Korea. She earned
her M.A and Ph.D from New York University
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