International Media Association for Peace
The International Media Association for Peace (IMAP) is an association of media professionals. IMAP is a global network of media who work together for the achievement of a world of lasting and sustainable peace.
- Written by: Gani Rroshi, secretary general, UPF-Albania
Tirana, Albania—Prominent journalists were among the participants of a UPF event on the role of the media.
- Written by: Hans Moyer, IMAP Coordinator North America
United States—A webinar, “Expectations for a United Nations Regional Office on the Korean Peninsula,” was held on April 26, 2022.
- Written by: Hans Moyer IMAP Coordinator North America
United States—On December 28, 2021, UPF-IMAP hosted an online meeting on the theme “Backchannel Diplomacy Approaches to Korean Unification, Telling the Rest of the Story.”
- Written by: Hans Moyer, IMAP coordinator North America; and executive director UPF-PA
USA—IMAP hosted a webinar on November 30, 2021 to discuss the “Essential Roles of Media and Culture in Peacebuilding.”
- Written by: Ray Lipowcan and Hans Moyer, UPF-USA
USA—IMAP sponsored a webinar on October 21, 2021, “Covering the Koreas: Traditional and Non-Traditional Approaches to Understanding.”
- Written by: Hans Moyer, IMAP coordinator, North America
USA—The International Media Association for Peace hosted an online webinar, “The Changing Landscape of Social Values in the Koreas.”
- Written by: Ray Lipowcan and Pierre Beauregard
North America—IMAP held a webinar on the topic, “Change in North Korea – What Has to Happen and When Might it Be?”
- Written by: Barbara Grabner, journalist
Bratislava, Slovakia—A longtime journalist explained “Media and Manipulation” to an international audience.
- Written by: Sekai Nippo
Europe and the Middle East—IMAP provided a forum in which journalists and experts from Japan and Europe exchanged opinions.
- Written by: Dmitry Samko, chairman, UPF-Moscow
Moscow, Russia—Journalists, social activists, bloggers and film industry representatives attended a UPF conference.
- Written by: Robin Marsh, secretary general, UPF-UK
London, United Kingdom—Eminent commentators and journalists offered their views of the UK’s post-Brexit future.
- Written by: UPF-Peru
Peru—UPF-Peru hosted an online forum introducing the International Media Association for Peace (IMAP) on January 20, 2021.