Conferences
UPF conferences convene professionals and stakeholders from a wide range of sectors—government, religion, academia, civil society, the media, the arts, etc.—encouraging interdisciplinary and multi-sectoral dialogue aimed at the search for solutions to the world's critical problems. UPF conferences underscore the importance of spiritual values, ethical principles, teamwork, responsible leadership and good governance.
- Written by: UPF-Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific—The role China can play in Korean reunification was the focus of Session Three.
- Written by: UPF-Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific—Speakers proposed multilateralism, bilateralism and the delegitimization of nuclear weapons as possible solutions for achieving peace on the Korean Peninsula in Session Four.
- Written by: UPF-Africa
Africa—ILC 2021 strengthened initiatives and offered perspectives on the road map towards peaceful reunification of the Korean Peninsula.
- Written by: Renate Amesbauer, president of WFWP-Austria, with Heiner Handschin and Mary Hinterleitner
Europe and the Middle East—The June 2021 ILC fifth session was “The United Nations and the Korean Peninsula.”
- Written by: Yvo Bruffaerts, UPF coordinator for Western Europe
Europe and the Middle East—The June 2021 ILC sixth session was “Europe and the Korean Peninsula.”
- Written by: Yvo Bruffaerts, UPF coordinator for Western Europe
Europe and the Middle East—The June 2021 ILC closed with recommendations for Think Tank 2022.
- Written by: Jacques Marion, co-chair, UPF Europe and the Middle East; and Alan Sillitoe, director of communications, UPF Europe and the Middle East
Europe and the Middle East—An International Leadership Conference was held under the theme “Toward Peaceful Reunification of the Korean Peninsula: Peace and Security.”
- Written by: UPF-Latin America
Latin America—UPF’s multinational conference on Northeast Asia was watched by over one thousand viewers.
- Written by: Dong Soon Chen, UPF Europe and the Middle East
Europe and the Middle East—The June 2021 ILC third session was “Europe and Russia’s Relations to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.”
- Written by: Krisztián Kecskés, co-president, IAYSP-Hungary
Europe and the Middle East—The June 2021 ILC fourth session was “Biden Administration Policies and the Reunification of the Korean Peninsula.”
- Written by: UPF-North America
North America—The special auxiliary session of the June 2021 International Leadership Conference for UPF’s North America region was titled “Biden Administration Policies and the Reunification of the Korean Peninsula.”
- Written by: UPF-North America
North America—ILC2021, webcast worldwide, was the first of three to be held this summer highlighting the thinking of leading experts on the Korean Peninsula, Northeast Asia and stakeholder parties.