| | | | | | A New Vision of Peace for the Americas
|  The Americas Summit in Washington, DC, April 28 to May 2, 2008, brought together 160 delegates from 32 nations in North and South America from Canada to Argentina and Chile to consider the challenges and opportunities for better relationships throughout the hemisphere. The conference participants included six former heads of state and government, four current speakers of the house, 27 congressmen and senators from different legislatures, members of the diplomatic corps, clergy from key faith traditions, and community, youth and women leaders.
With the hopeful news of the election of new governments in many nations on the one hand, and concern about the rise of potentially destabilizing populist movements on the other, the participants were set the difficult task of examining new paradigms for leadership and development. Read More... | Slideshow Report | Founder's Address | Keynote
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Americas Summit 2008
| | | | Latin America Tour: Keynote Address
| A Vision for Peace in South America
 This was the keynote address given at the closing session of the International Leadership Conference in Lima, Peru, as part of a six-nation tour that included Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, and Brazil, April 13-26, 2008.
I want to thank all of you for such a warm welcome. Although this is my first visit to Peru, I truly feel embraced by a long-lost family. I am sure that a bright future is awaiting this nation. I was tremendously moved by our two Ambassadors for Peace who encapsulated the vision of UPF, emphasizing the spirit of taking ownership of the vision of UPF and sharing it with the leadership of this nation of Peru.
I believe that tremendous things can happen here if our Ambassadors for Peace become the owners of this dream of building one family under God. A vision and a dream without an owner is just an idea, but a vision and a dream with an owner can transform the world!
This Latin American tour is a tour rooted in a vision that is bound up with the history of the Americas. Every time I talk about history it excites me. When I was about to go to Columbia University, I asked my Father, "What do you think I should major in?" My father never tells his children to do one thing. He wants us to choose. He wants us to take ownership. So he gave me three choices. And to make a long story short, I chose history, especially the history of America.
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The Six-Nation UPF Latin American Tour
Belize: English
Brazil: Spanish | Portugese
Costa Rica: English
Panama: English
Peru: English
Uruguay: English | Spanish
| ILC Conference Presentations Available in English, Spanish and French
| The UPF Peace Education (ILC) conference powerpoint presentations in English, Spanish and French are now available for downloading. Please visit the site at: http://www.upf.org/peaceeducation to download your copy today!
(Look under the section "Curricula" to find the files.)
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