TIBERIAS, ISRAEL : Au quartier général des Druzes qui surplombe la Mer de Galilée, un théologien juif s’est incliné pour embrasser le tombeau de Jethro, le beau-père de Moïse.
Un Festival international de la paix s’est tenu au Bénin du 26 au 29 octobre, à Ouidah, le port historique de l’esclavage, et à Cotonou, capitale économique et ville principale du Bénin. Pendant chaque activité, des représentants des pays voisins (Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Togo, et Ghana) se sont joints aux délégués internationaux, parmi lesquels l’Archevêque George Augustus Stallings, et M. Jin Man Kwak.
Proposal for a Bering Strait Crossing
While the Internet links people the world over on an information super-highway, there is no highway with bridges and tunnels to connect all the continents. With advances in technology, engineers have been studying the feasibility of a tunnel under the 85km Bering Strait. Visionaries and pragmatists alike are excited by the the prospects.
- Goal: An international transportation system that can draw together people of all races, cultures, religions, and nationalities in one peaceful and prosperous global community.
- Method: Build a Bering Strait crossing that can facilitate exchange of people and goods between Asia and the Americas and link up to other networks.
The idea for a crossing, first proposed more than 100 years ago, was championed by UPF Founder Dr. Sun Myung Moon during his Peace Tours of 2005 and 2006 as part of his vision vision for a global transportation network. For a PowerPoint presentation about the vision, click here. For more details about the proposal, click here.
View the Bering Strait Crossing Proposal in a larger map with links to information about the population centers in the Far North (balloons) and towns or cities on existing railroads (locomotives). The yellow line indicates a potential route between the closest rail links on both sides. Brown lines are oil pipelines.
Watch videos about people who have crossed the Bering Strait by kiteboarding and swimming.
Engineering innovations are expanding the feasibility of construction under extreme conditions. For a documentary video click here.
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A project of this size could only move forward as part of a combined international effort of will, and the USA and Russia, as well as Europe and China, have been preoccupied with other issues, including economic crises. Yet, the construction costs are small compared to the costs of all the conflicts in the world. For an April 9, 2012 article in the Moscow Times about a potential Bering Strait crossing, click here.
"For the sake of peace and human welfare, and also for building God’s fatherland and original hometown, I propose that we build a passage for transit across the Bering Strait, that remnant of historical division between east and west, and north and south, and where the North American and Russian land-masses are separated. This passage, which I call the “World Peace King Bridge and Tunnel,” will link an international highway system that will allow people to travel on land from Africa’s Cape of Good Hope to Santiago, Chile, and from London to New York, across the Bering Strait, connecting the world as a single community." - Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon, Founder, Universal Peace Federation
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- Stand on the common ground of universal moral principles, promoting reconciliation, overcoming barriers, and building peace.
- Form a global network representing the diversity of the human family and all disciplines of endeavor.
- Promote cooperation beyond boundaries of religion, race, ethnicity, and nationality.
- Practice “living for the sake of others” as the guiding principle for building a global community.
Meet the Ambassadors for Peace
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WASHINGTON, ETAS-UNIS: « De bons rapports avec les États-Unis sont essentiels à la bonne marche de l’ONU », a observé Noel Brown, président des Amis des Nations unies, dans son allocution d’ouverture du Symposium international sur les États-Unis et les Nations unies, le 23 octobre 2007, veille de la Journée des Nations unies.
The ILC was held in Seoul on October 13-17, 2007. The program for the conference can be found here.
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