Peace Education
UPF organizes seminars and conferences that present core values and universal principles of peacebuilding.
- Written by: UPF-USA
New York, United States – UPF-USA, in partnership with UNESCO Center for Peace, New York Chapter, organized an American Leadership Conference on December 19, 2014 in New York City.
- Written by: Rev. Christian Lepelletier, Secretary General, UPF-Brazil
Sao Paulo, Brazil - A pictorial retrospective of the activit
ies of UPF-Brazil during 2014.
- Written by: UPF-Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina - Social activists and religious leaders attended the ceremonial planting of an olive tree in Buenos Aires on Dec. 14, 2014.
- Written by: Peter Meszaros, Secretary General, UPF-Hungary
Budapest, Hungary - Representatives of UPF were officially invited to the Hungarian Parliament House to meet a major party leader.
- Written by: Michel Futila, Secretary General, UPF-DR Congo
Libreville, Gabon - "Africa at a Turning Point: The Need for Leadership" was the theme of a UPF conference at the Economic and Social Council in Libreville Dec. 6, 2014.
- Written by: Ursula McLackland, secretary general, UPF-Asia
Quezon, Philippines - The Asian Peace and Unity Corps-Philippines, an organization of active and retired military and police officers, government officials, media personalities and youth leaders, had its inauguration on Dec. 2, 2014.
- Written by: Indira Brenes J.
San Jose, Costa Rica - UPF Chairman Dr. Charles S. Yang visited San José Dec. 2-3, 2014, to meet government officials and brief them about the work of UPF.
- Written by: UPF - Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal - The significance of education to society was the theme of three programs held for Nepal’s school principals in November 2014.
- Written by: Tomiko Duggan, Director of Public Affairs, UPF Washington DC Office
Washington DC, USA - A UPF educational program for Ambassadors for Peace was held Nov. 22, 2014, at the Peace Embassy in Washington, DC.
- Written by: Eugenia Kagawa, UPF International
New York, USA - UPF organized a seminar for 30 Korean Ambassadors for Peace visiting the UN on Nov. 20, 2014.
- Written by: Sokol Rexhepi, Secretary General, UPF-Albania
Ulcinj, Montenegro - A seminar on the theme “Love God, Love People, Love the Nation” was held for about 40 Albanian Ambassadors for Peace Nov. 13-16, 2014, in the tourist city of Ulcinj, Montenegro.
- Written by: Tomiko Duggan, Director of Public Affairs, UPF International, Washington, DC
Washington D
C, USA - More than 40 diplomats, guests and friends of UPF attended a Japanese Tea Ceremony in Washington DC on Nov. 13, 2014.