Peace Education
UPF organizes seminars and conferences that present core values and universal principles of peacebuilding.
- Written by: Dr. Helen M. Osei, secretary general, UPF-Ghana
Accra, Ghana — Two people who have made remarkable contributions to Ghanaian society were guests of honor at a one-day seminar organized by UPF.
- Written by: Indira Brenes Jiménez, Executive Director, UPF-Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica - Working with existing peace networks in 2015 is one of the plans made by UPF-Costa Rica at its second meeting of the year.
- Written by: Dr. Raphael Ogar Oko, Secretary General, UPF-Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria - Ambassadors for Peace came from all over Nigeria to be trained as election observers to ensure that upcoming elections will be peaceful.
- Written by: Dr. Trevor Edward Jones, executive president, UPF-Peru
Lima, Peru - A delegation of Korean Ambassadors for Peace held a brotherhood meeting on Jan. 17, 2015, with their Peruvian counterparts.
- Written by: Dr. Raphael Ogar Oko, Secretary General, UPF-Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria - UPF-Nigeria has been invited to submit 144 Ambassadors for Peace to be trained as local election observers in the upcoming presidential elections.
- Written by: Dr. Raphael Ogar Oko, Secretary General, UPF-Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria - A training session for Nigerian young adults on peaceful elections has led to the formation of a Second Generation Peace Initiative.
- Written by: Sokol Rexhepi, UPF-Albania secretary general
Pristina, Kosovo - Kosovars and Albanians held a special ceremony in Pristina on Jan. 13, 2015, to honor their ancestors.
- Written by: Qamrul A. Khanson
Toronto, Canada - At UPF-Canada’s monthly meeting on Jan. 10, 2015, the topics of discussion were spirituality and true peace.
- Written by: Dr. Kazi Nurul Islam
Dhaka, Bangladesh - With the strongest possible language I condemn the brutal and inhuman activities of the perpetrators of the terror attacks of Jan. 7 and Jan. 9, 2015, in Paris, France, who claim to be Muslims.
- Written by: Tomiko Duggan, UPF director of public affairs, Washington DC
Washington, D.C., United States - The coldest day of the winter couldn’t stop 29 internationally minded women from savoring a traditional Japanese tea ceremony.
- Written by: Dr. Raphael Ogar Oko
Okpoma, Nigeria - Two archrival Nigerian football clubs united into one as a demonstration of hope for upcoming national elections to be peaceful.
- Written by: Miguel Werner, Secretary General, UPF-Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina - “Sharing, Supporting and Celebrating” was the theme of UPF-Argentina’s year-end meeting.