ILC Nigeria

: Peace Education; Monday, July 18, 2011; Written by: UPF International

Dates: July 14-18, 2011 | Location: Abuja, Nigeria

Abuja, Nigeria - The International Conference Center in Abuja, Nigeria, has hosted many prestigious events in the twenty years since the new federal capital was founded in 1991, but the eleventh stop on the UPF Founder’s Peace Tour 2011 on July 17 was surely one of the most memorable. A crowd of around 3,000, including more than 700 from overseas, was on hand to hear the UPF Founder Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon speak at length of God’s hope that Nigeria will become a model nation of peace and a beacon of light to all of Africa.

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Schedule
July 14, 2011
Legacy of Peace Program Emcee Welcome Rev. Mwalagho Kililo - Secretary General, UPF-Africa Interfaith Invocation Bishop Cleham Kings Degaya Sheikh Dr. Musa Mohammed Opening Remarks Dr. Chang Shik Yang - Vice-Chair, UPF-International Introduction to the “Legacy of Peace” Dr. Sun Jo Hwang - Senior Vice-Chair, UPF-International Video Report Memorial Ceremony Mr. Tageldin I. Hamad - Secretary General, UPF-International Reflections Chief Segun Olusola - Chair, UPF-Nigeria Mrs. Kathy Rigney - UPF Special Envoy to Africa Mr. Tafewa Balewa - Son of Hon. Tafewa Balewa Prayers of Rememberance Mr. Tafewa Balewa Rev. Emmanuel Zakwoyi Founder’s Message Dr. Thomas G. Walsh, President, UPF-International Closing Dr. Hee Sun Ji - Regional Chair, UPF-Africa
July 16
	Opening Plenary: Toward an Era of Universal Peace in Africa and the World Watch the video in Arabic, French, Hebrew, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish Moderator Dr. Thomas G. Walsh President, Universal Peace Federation Invocations Bishop Jorge Lindo Cambundo Founder, The Prophetic Church of the Winner in the World Dr. Hamdi Mohammed Murad Co-founder, Jordanian Interfaith Co-existence Center; UPF Presiding Council Plenary Speakers The Rt. Hon. Gabriel Messan Kodjo Former Prime Minister, Togo H.E. Turai Yar'Adua Former First Lady, Nigeria Hon. Telezya P.L. Huvisa Minister, Office of the Vice-President, Tanzania Hon. Ibrahim Nasiru Mantu Former Deputy President of the Senate, Nigeria Hon. Madhav Kumar Nepal Prime Minister (2009-2011), Nepal Video Presentation Introducing the Universal Peace Federation Keynote Address Rev. Hyung Jin Moon International Chairman, Universal Peace Federation
	Session II: UPF 2011-Key Programs and Guiding Principles Moderator Rev. Olaleye Alao Secretary General, UPF-Nigeria Speakers Dr. Chang Shik Yang Vice-Chair, UPF-International Dr. Michael W. Balcomb Director of Communications, UPF-International Mr. Tageldin I. Hamad Secretary General, UPF-International Prof. Masahisa Hayashi Faculty of Social Sciences, Waseda University, Japan
	Session III: Peacebuilding in Africa and the World Moderator Rev. Mwalagho Kililo Secretary General, UPF-Africa Speakers Hon. Lala Henriette Randriamampionona Ratsiharovala Former Minister of Justice, Madagascar H.E. Sam Hanna Zakhem Former US Ambassador to Bahrain Hon. Peter Lokeris Minister of Mining, Uganda Dr. Hideo Oyamada Chair, UPF-Japan Hon. Wim Van Eekelen Former Minister of Defense, the Netherlands
	Sightseeing Outing
July 17
	CONCURRENT A: Agriculture and Africa’s Future Moderator Ms. Chantal Komagata Secretary General, UPF-Switzerland Speakers Jong Hoon Park and Jong Hwan Sung New Village Movement, Korea Hon. Samuel Aryeetey Attoh Former Agriculture Minister, Ghana Hon. Koya Nishikawa Former Cabinet Minister, Japan	CONCURRENT B: Interfaith Peacebuilding Moderator Dr. David Earle Vice-Chair, UPF-UK Speakers Professor Christiaan J.G. Vonck Professor of Comparative Religions, Belgium Imam Drame Moussa Vice President, Islamic National Council, Cote d’Ivoire Msgr. Jacques Gaillot Titular Bishop, Diocese of Partenia, France The Most Rev. Dr. Oluwele Abiola Chairman, Council of African and Afro-Caribbean Churches, UK
	CONCURRENT C: Health and World Peace Moderator Mr. Jacques Marion Secretary General, UPF-Eurasia Speakers Dr. Dong Ho Cho 21st Century Health and Healing Prof. Ndioro Ndiaye Director General of TRS National TV in Senegal Prof. Han Xian Feng UN Chinese Alliance Human Life Research Center	CONCURRENT D: Good Governance Moderator Mr. Mark Brann Secretary General, UPF-Europe Speakers Prof. Akiko Yamanaka Visiting Professor, Cambridge University, UK Hon. Pascal Gayama Special Advisor of the President, Congo Mr. Raul Domingos President, Party for Peace and Development, Mozambique Hon. Ek Nath Dhakal Member of Congress, Nepal
	Founders' Tour 2011: Building a World of Universal Peace at a Time of Global Crisis More on the Founders' Tour Interfaith Invocation Opening Remarks Entertainment Video Presentation Introduction to the Founder Keynote Address Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon - Founder, UPF Conclusion
July 18
	SESSION VI: Africa and the World Moderator Dr. Evelyn D.S. Kandakai Singer, founder of AIDS clinics in Africa H.E. Valentine Sunday Akpati High Priest of Ogumeland in Delta State and of the Oriso Parrapo Kingdom, Nigeria Mrs. Diaka Diakite Minister of Social Affairs, Women and Children, Guinea Hon. Mangwanda Gifudu Former Minister of the Environment, DR Congo Hon. Ricardo Lumengo Member, National Parliament of Switzerland
	Closing Session Moderator Mr. Tageldin Hamad Secretary General, UPF International Speakers Rev. Agatha Chukwurn President, Gold Crest Family Center, Lagos Hon. Evgeny Nikulishev Plenipotentiary State Advisor of the Russian Federation Gen. Malimba Masheke Former Primer Minister of Zambia, UPF Global Peace Council Dr. Thomas G. Walsh President, UPF International

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