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: Interfaith Programs; Thursday, February 10, 2011; Last Updated: 17 March 2015

UPF 2011 Interfaith Cooperation and Universal Peace

February 6-10, 2011, Seoul, Korea
Conference reports:

A photo report follows the schedule.

Schedule
February 6
	Opening Dinner and Orientation MC: Ms. Tomiko Duggan, Director, Office of Public Affairs, UPF Invocation: Imam Mohamad Ahmed Jodeh, Founding Member, Colorado Muslim Society, USA Remarks: Dr. Sun Jo Hwang, Executive Vice Chair, UPF International Rev. Darryl Gregory Gray, Senior Pastor, Imani Family and Full Gospel Church, Canada Prof. Dr. Rouchy S. Saleh, Professor of Natural Resources, Tanta University, Egypt Orientation: Dr. Thomas G. Walsh, President, UPF
	Session I: Toward an Era of Interfaith Cooperation and Universal Peace MC: Dr. Thomas G. Walsh, President, UPF Interfaith Ceremony: Dr. Jorge Lino Cambundo (Christianity), Prophetic Church of the Winner in the World, Angola Mufti Mustafa Jusufspahic (Islam), Deputy Mufti of Belgrade, Serbia Mr. Prithpal Singh Khalsa (Sikhism), Chairman, Dal Khalsa Human Rights International, Switzerland Rev. Tokunen Miyoshi (Buddhism), Priest, Muryoujuzan Koumyouji Temple, Japan Ven. Taishuu Nara (Shintoism), Chief Priest, Amanoiwakura-Jingu Shinto Shrine, Japan Dr. Shelley Elkayam Sandor (Judaism), Professor, Hebrew University, Israel Mr. Sheng-tsung Yang (Confucianism), Confucian Scholar, Taiwan Video: UPF in Reivew Speakers : Dr. Abdul Wahab Zahid Haq, Grand Mufti of Seoul, Korea Video Link Hon. Evgeny Nikulischev, Advisor to the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Senate Video Link \| Text Madam Ida Betty Odinga, Ida Odinga Trust, Kenya Video Link \| Text Mr. Edwin Shuker, Trustee, Sephardic Voices, United Kingdom Video Link \| Text Keynote: Rev. Hyung Jin Moon, International Chairman, Universal Peace Federation Video Link \| Text
	World Peace Blessing
	Session II: Interfaith Cooperation for Peace; The United Nations Week of Interfaith Harmony Moderator: Mrs. Eugenia M. Kagawa, Deputy Director, UPF International Office of UN Relations Speakers: Mr. Tageldin I. Hamad, Secretary General, UPF International Dr. Peter Åkerbäck, Department of Religious History, Stockholm University, Sweden Text Tan Sri Devaki Ayathurai Krishan, Universal Peace Federation, Malaysia Text Prof. Tsutomu Mizota, Professor Emeritus, Nagasaki University, Japan Dr. Eldad Joseph Pardo, Professor, Hebrew University, Israel Prof. Akiko Yamanaka, Visiting Professor, Cambridge University, UK Text
	Session III: The Life of Rev. Sun Myung Moon Moderator: Dr. Michael Balcomb, Director of Communications, UPF International Video Presentation: The Life of the Founder and the Vision of the 'Abel United Nations' Speakers: Mrs. Kathleen Pauletta Hwang, Oxfam Hong Kong Archbishop G. Augustus Stallings, Jr., Co-President, American Clergy Leadership Conference, USA
February 8
	Interfaith Prayers and Meditation
	Founder's Birthday Celebration
	Session IV: Special Briefings Mr. Thomas P. McDevitt President, The Washington Times Video Link Rev. James Gavin, Regional Secretary General, UPF-USA Video Link Rev. Mwalagho Kililo, Secretary General, UPF - Africa
February 9
	Interfaith Prayers and Meditation
	Session V: Principles and Practice of Conflict Resolution Moderator: Mr. Mark Brann, Secretary General, UPF-Europe Speakers: H.E. Daniel Ohene Agyekum, Ambassador of Ghana to the United States Text H.E. Rahim Alievich Huseynov, Prime Minister (1992-93), Azerbaijan Text Drs. Soewarto Moestadja, Minister of Home Affairs, Suriname Text Hon. Damry Ouk, Commission of Legislation & Justice, Cambodia Text Hon. Lloyd Sandiford, Ambassador of Barbados to China Hon. Ahmet Gokhan Saricam, Member, Grand National Assembly, Turkey Text
	Session VI: Case Studies of Conflict Resolution Moderator: Mr. Jack A. Corley, Director, UPF - Ireland Speakers: Dr. Sun Jo Hwang, Executive Vice Chair, UPF International Video Link Mr. Sung Chun Chu, President, Life Politics Institute, Korea Prof. Dr. Konrad Loew, Retired Professor of Political Sciences, Munich University, Germany Mr. Takahiro Ninomiya, US-EU-Japan Parliamentarians Council for Security, Japan Text H.E. Dr. Fatmir Sejdiu, President (2006-2010), Kosovo Text H.E. Robert Roger Vandemeulebroucke, Honorary Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Belgium Text
	Session VII: Interfaith Cooperation for Peace Moderator: Ms. Ursula McLackland, Secretary General, UPF - Asia Speakers: Bishop Lucrecio Araneta Alaban, Administrative Pastor, Capitol United Evangelical Church, Oroquieta, Philippines Video Link \| Text Prof. Olfat El Mallakh, Professor of World Religions and Arabic Languages, College of DuPage, USA Text Dr. Ahmad Kanaan, Assistant Judge, Higher Sunni Islamic Court, Lebanon Video Link \| Text Dr. Michael Murray, Director, Lantern Interfaith Centre, Ireland Text Mr. Fred Nassiri, Chairman, Nassiri Music LLC Video Link \| Website Prof. Jiwan Shrestha, Former President, Family Party, Nepal Video Link \| Text Dr. Somchai Virunhaphol, Professor, Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy, Thailand Text Mr. Ali Saad Alshahrani, Chairman, Ali Bin Zehefa & Sons, Saudi Arabia Text
	Session VIII: Closing Ms. Ika Kuntari Siagian, Managing Partner, Ika Kuntari & Partner, Indonesia Captain Vladimir Pavlovich Arsenkin, Director, Association of War Veterans Moscow District Branch

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