Peace Education
UPF organizes seminars and conferences that present core values and universal principles of peacebuilding.
- Written by: Dr. Raphael Ogar Oko, secretary general, UPF-Nigeria
Warri, Nigeria—Thanks to the involvement of two Ambassadors for Peace, UPF-Nigeria has opened an Ambassadors for Peace Education Center in the city of Warri in Delta State.
- Written by: Author Qamrul Khanson
Georgetown, Canada - Two television programs, one about UPF activities and another about marriage that was hosted by a UPF representative, were shown at UPF-Canada’s monthly meeting.
- Written by: Mykhailo Ilin, secretary general, UPF-Ukraine
Kiev, Ukraine—Ukrainian and Korean schoolchildren attended a meeting organized by UPF-Ukraine at a Peace School in Kiev’s “Family House” center.
- Written by: Miguel Werner, secretary general, UPF-Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina—UPF-Argentina was recognized for its work at the Second International Ecological and Literary Congress on the theme "For Peace and Natural Balance," held on April 15, 2015.
- Written by: Julius Gicole, director, UPF-New Zealand
Parnell, New Zealand—About 40 Ambassadors for Peace and guests had the chance to listen to an in-depth exposition of the UPF Peace Principles at a recent meeting.
- Written by: UPF-Australia
Sydney, Australia—The bimonthly meeting of Australian Ambassadors for Peace focused on the theme “Creating a Culture of Peace through Art.”
- Written by: Dr. Robert S. Kittel, director of education, UPF-Asia
Kathmandu, Nepal—More than 500 guests attended the inauguration of two significant peacebuilding organizations in Nepal at a special celebration organized by UPF-Nepal on March 25, 2015.
- Written by: Dr. Trevor Jones, executive director, UPF-Peru
Lima, Peru—The newly established UPF-Peru Peace Council met to form four committees and to review plans for its work in 2015.
- Written by: Dr. Trevor Jones, executive director, UPF-Peru
Lima, Peru — The importance of the family was the topic of a talk given by the head of UPF-Peru at the College of Conciliators and Arbitrators Extrajudicial.
- Written by: Dr. Raphael Ogar Oko, secretary general, UPF-Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria—Following the postponement of general elections, UPF-Nigeria, in partnership with the West Africa Network of Election Observers (WANEO), has intensified efforts to train volunteers in peaceful election practices.
- Written by: Yoshinobu Murotani, secretary general, UPF-Fiji
Suva, Fiji—A member of Fiji’s Parliament was one of the main speakers at a program held under the banner of South Pacific Peace Initiatives.
- Written by: Shigenari Kato, secretary general, UPF Peace Diplomats Forum
Sendai, Japan — A delegation of officials from Togo who had come to Japan for a UN conference met with UPF-Japan and local Ambassadors for Peace and prayed for victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.