Peace Education
UPF organizes seminars and conferences that present core values and universal principles of peacebuilding.
- Written by: Genie Kagawa, director, UPF Executive Office
Seoul, Korea—The international chair of UPF was invited to be a panelist at an annual meeting of the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS).
- Written by: UPF-Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina—Ambassadors for Peace in Argentina attended a seminar in Buenos Aires featuring the UPF Principles of Peace.
- Written by: Michele and Maria Cavallotto
Caltanissetta, Italy—Pupils at a school in Sicily competed to create the best artwork on the theme of “Culture of Peace.”
- Written by: UPF-Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand—UPF held one of its largest Asian Leadership Conferences (ALCs), with 67 participants from six Southeast Asian nations, in May.
- Written by: UPF-Albania
Tirana, Albania—European-level leaders of UPF completed a very productive tour of Albania, meeting both high-level dignitaries and grass-roots supporters.
- Written by: UPF-Albania
Fier, Albania—About 100 people took part in a Peace Road event, bicycling and marching through the southwest Albanian city of Fier. UPF Ambassadors for Peace joined parents and children, and other citizens of Fier, on the tour.
- Written by: UPF-Indonesia
Puncak, Indonesia—Seventy-seven people participated in a four-day Youth Leadership Training program held in Puncak in West Java province.
- Written by: Mike Samuel Makenda, director, Media Office, UPF-DR Congo
Kinshasa, DR Congo—More than 150 media professionals and other VIPs attended a conference titled “The Role of the Media in the Realization of a World of Peace.”
- Written by: Dr. Raphael Ogar Oko, secretary general, UPF-Nigeria
Ile-Ife, Nigeria—UPF-Nigeria was invited to participate in the reconciliation ceremony for the Yoruba and Hausa peoples in Ile-Ife, Osun State.
- Written by: UPF-Albania
Petrovac, Montenegro—Thirty-one Ambassadors for Peace and other VIPs from Albania and Kosovo attended a four-day seminar on the UPF Principles of Peace.
- Written by: UPF-Argentina
Puerto Yeruá, Argentina—A group of mayors and religious representatives planted an olive tree for peace at a special event co-organized by UPF-Argentina and the civil society network Red Cooperar.
- Written by: Josef Resch, UPF-Germany
Giessen, Germany—Japanese poetry and culture were the topic of discussion at an International Café held at the offices of UPF in the town of Giessen.