Dr. Sun Myung Moon inaugurated the Universal Peace Federation in Nepal by delivering a peace message to an assembly of 4,500 people at the Birendra International Convention Centre in Kathmandu on November 22.
This speech, telecast live nationwide, explained that the most essential element of lasting peace and happiness is to live for the sake of others—not for one's own self-interest.
The event included an invitation for couples to join in a world peace blessing toast of marriage rededication.
The same day, in New Delhi, India, Maoist rebels and leaders from the government-led opposition Seven-Party Alliance signed the 12-point memorandum of understanding which called for a peaceful transition to an elected constituent assembly and a united movement for the restoration of democracy in Nepal. After more than a decade of armed conflict, the Maoists agreed to return to the electoral processes and yield to the will of the people. But armed conflicts still erupted alongside the embryonic peace initiative threatening its very existence.
While in Nepal, Father Moon painted a canvas with Chinese words on it and signed it. Its message reads like a prescription to solve the problems in Nepal and the world. In English it means: “The source of all success and victory is sincerity, loyalty, and filial piety.”
To read the inaugural peace message, click here.
To download a report booklet of the UPF Founders' 2005 World Peace Tour, click here.
