Conference in Seoul on Hard and Soft Roads to Peace
Seoul, Korea - An International Leadership Conference in Korea Jan. 21-25, 2012, brought together more than 200 participants from 72 nations to consider possible roads to peace.
St. Petersburg House of Writers Hosts Religious Youth Service Project
St. Petersburg, Russia - People from Russia, Estonia and Latvia assembled iat the House of Writers near St. Petersburg for a Religious Youth Service project Jan. 24-27, 2012, helping clean the building and visiting religious sites in the area.
Former UN Diplomat Appointed Ambassador for Peace
Kathmandu, Nepal - H.E. Kul Chandra Gautam, former Assistant Secretary-General of the UN and Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF, was appoointed Ambassador for Peace in Kathmandu on February 5, and called for religious harmony to insure peace and development.
Toronto Interfaith Forum: On Relationship with God
Toronto, Canada - A January 7 forum on the theme of "The Relationship with God" opened a new year of monthly meetings of the Central District Chapter of UPF-Canada.
Bratislava Forum on the End of Communism
Bratislava, Slovakia - UPF Slovakia organized a special event in Bratislava on Dec. 19, 2011 to commemorate the end of Communism in the Soviet Union on Dec. 25, 1991, when the Communist Party was abolished.
Washington DC Forum: Regional Perspectives of the Korean Peninsula
Washington, DC, USA - On Dec. 14, 2011, the UPF Office of Peace and Security Affairs convened its inaugural roundtable meeting in Washington, DC on “Regional Perspectives of the Korean Peninsula after the November Asian Summits.”
US and St. Lucia Youth Inspire One Another
Anse-la-Raye, St. Lucia - UPF-St. Lucia hosted 17 members of the Generation Peace Academy who came from the United States to Anse-la-Raye in November 2011 to spend three weeks repairing homes along the beach and teaching classes at the local primary school.
Seminar in Taipei Explores the Dimensions of Love
Taipei, Taiwan - A seminar on Oct. 30, 2012, in Taipei explored the theme “Full Dimensional Characteristic of Unification Thought.”
Diplomats Forum in Tokyo Considers Security Issues
Tokyo, Japan - UPF-Japan organized a Peace Diplomats Forum on the theme of "Security" in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2011, with around 40 experts from various fields participating.
Montreal Interfaith Forum: The Power of Forgiveness in Montreal
Montreal, Canada - A presentation on the life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a North American peacemaking pioneer, highlighted a forum on Jan. 11, 2012 in Montreal.
Conference in Vienna on Interreligious Dialogue
Vienna, Austria - A Dec. 8, 2011, conference in Vienna on "Interreligious Dialogue: The Role of the United Nations and Peace in the 21st Century" featured speeches and music.
Sri Lanka Religious Youth Service Project Proves That 'Nothing Is Impossible'
Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka - In a village that suffered some of the most brutal fighting of the Sri Lanka civil war, Religious Youth Service brought 43 people from four religious traditions to help build a community center as part of a service-learning project from December 16-22.
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