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- Friday, October 16, 2020
UPF Co-Sponsors 15th Global Forum on Human Settlements
Asia—UPF was a co-sponsor of the 15th Global Forum on Human Settlements, which focused on accelerating a green transformation in the post-pandemic recovery and reached more than 100,000 people.
- Saturday, October 17, 2020
UPF-Australia Webinar Focuses on Wellbeing
Melbourne, Australia—Twenty-five participants attended a webinar UPF-Melbourne hosted on the topic of wellbeing.
- Tuesday, October 13, 2020
UPF-Portugal Convenes Interfaith Forum
Lisbon, Portugal—For its second online interreligious forum, UPF chose the theme “God as Father and Mother.”
- Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Interfaith Forum in Jerusalem Seeks Hope in Troubled Times
Jerusalem, Israel—An interfaith forum with about 40 participants was held during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.
- Saturday, October 24, 2020
Centenary Forum Discusses Peace in Africa and Korea
Paris, France—On the occasion of the Founders Centenary Exhibition, UPF organized a forum on prospects for peace in Africa and Korea.
- Thursday, October 15, 2020
Coalition of Faith-Based Organizations Webinar Looks at Organized Crime on an International Level: Part Two
Vienna, Austria—The afternoon session of the webinar organized by the Coalition of Faith-Based Organizations on combatting organized crime and corruption had 100 attendees from 31 countries.
- Monday, October 12, 2020
IAED-Russia Introduced at Business Leaders’ Meeting
Moscow, Russia—UPF co-organized a meeting of business leaders whose main focus was how to use wealth in pursuit of peace.
- Monday, September 21, 2020
Central American Region Holds Webinar to Commemorate UN International Day of Peace
Costa Rica—On September 21, 2020, UPF-Central America and the Caribbean held a webinar with the theme "International Day of Peace: Let's Realize a World of Sustainable Peace With Mutual Interdependence."
- Wednesday, September 23, 2020
UPF-Argentina Celebrates UN International Day of Peace with Awards for Outstanding Poetry
Buenos Aires, Argentina— The Award Ceremony for the Ninth International Poetry Contest, organized by UPF-Argentina, had the theme “Interdependence, Mutual Prosperity and Universal Values.”
- Monday, September 21, 2020
Australia Commemorates International Day of Peace with Virtual Conference
Melbourne, Australia—UPF-Australia commemorated the International Day of Peace 2020 by co-organizing a one-day virtual conference, which was attended by 152 participants.
- Saturday, October 3, 2020
UPF Supports Sudanese Peace Initiative and Juba Peace Agreement
(Errata - a previous version of the following report contained several errors of fact. The errors have been corrected in the following article). Juba, South Sudan— The Juba Peace Agreement, an historic peace initiative between Sudan’s transitional government and several rebel groups, was signed on October 3, 2020, aimed at ending years of war in which hundreds of thousands have died.
- Thursday, October 15, 2020
Coalition of Faith-Based Organizations Webinar Looks at Organized Crime on an International Level
Vienna, Austria—The Coalition of Faith-Based Organizations web conference on “Social Harm of Organized Crime on Communities” had 82 attendees from 22 countries.