September 2008 | Vol 3, Issue 17 | | | | | | |  Nairobi, Kenya - The Prime Minister of Kenya, the Hon Raila Odinga MP and his wife Ida Odinga, joined by an international delegation that included seven former heads of state and over 120 members of parliament, spiritual leaders and representatives of civil society were warmly welcomed by a crowd of over 10,000 enthusiastic Kenyans to the Global Peace Festival (GPF) in Nairobi."
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| |  Tarrytown, New York - UPF is pleased to announce the launch of the International Day of Peace Web Page on the UPF website. The page will cover news of the International Day of Peace and all related activities around the world.
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| | | | |  Nairobi, Kenya - The video about the GPF Kenya events on August 29-31, 2008 is now available on the website.
Click here to see the video .... | |  Geneva, Switzerland - The "Geneva Conference on Interfaith Cooperation and the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity" on September 1 and 2 in Geneva, Switzerland, brought together nearly 280 religious and other civil society leaders, diplomats, and United Nations representatives to address the contribution of faiths to peace and human dignity, focusing on the potential role of an interfaith advisory council within the United Nations.
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| |  India - UPF-India held a series of six International Leadership Conferences crisscrossing the world's largest democracy from the northernmost state of Sikkim, which borders China, to the southern state of Kerala, on the Indian Ocean. The most eminent Indian dignitaries from government and civil society offered their experience and expertise on pressing issues from terrorism and corruption, to interreligious harmony and character education.
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New York -