- Friday, January 27, 2012
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.
- Sunday, February 5, 2012
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.
- Saturday, January 7, 2012
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.
- Monday, December 19, 2011
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.
- Wednesday, December 14, 2011
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.”
- Tuesday, December 13, 2011
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.
- Sunday, October 30, 2011
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.”
- Thursday, December 8, 2011
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.
- Wednesday, January 11, 2012
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.
- Thursday, December 8, 2011
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.
- Thursday, December 22, 2011
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.
- Saturday, December 3, 2011
End-of-Year Program in Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand - UPF-New Zealand held its end-of-year function on December 3. The program began in the garden at the Parnell Peace Embassy with an opening prayer by Ambassador for Peace Rev. Rob Mckay followed by a barbecue dinner. Then people moved into the main room of the Peace Embassy for musical entertainment and a program.