Interfaith Programs
UPF organizes programs that help build understanding, respect and cooperation among people of different faiths.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Joy Pople, UPF-International
New York, USA - Youth from various faiths addressed the Interfaith Youth Leaders Forum held at the UN Headquarters in New York on Dec. 2, 2008.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Council of Religious Youth Delegates, UK
Young leaders of the world’s religions and faith communities issued a declaration on interfaith cooperation at a Nov. 22, 2008 meeting in London.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Matthew Huish
London, England - Although the popularity of the interfaith focus session during GPF-UK could have been predicted, the level of popularity was unprecedented: Extra chairs had to be brought into the conference room even after the focus session had started in order to accommodate the large number of participants.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: UPF - Italy
Participants in a conference on Interreligious Cooperation for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity held in Bergamo, Italy, Nov. 15-16, 2008, adopted a declaration on interreligious cooperation.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Theophilus Bela, Secretary General, Indonesian Committee of Religions for Peace
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Patrick Jouan, UPF-Monaco
Nice, France - Imam Othmane Aissaoui invited Jewish and Christian representatives to a special dinner at the mosque in Nice, France, to celebrate the end of the Ramadan fast on Sept. 24, 2008.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Carolyn Handschin, Coordinator, Geneva Office for UN Relations, UPF
The founding document of the Geneva Interfaith Intercultural Alliance on Sept. 2, 2008, describes the organization's vision, mission, projects and leadership.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Carolyn Handschin, Coordinator, Geneva Office for UN Relations, UPF
Geneva, Switzerland - A conference on Interfaith Cooperation and the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity Sept. 1-2, 2008 brought together a broad range of leaders to address the contribution of faiths to peace and human dignity, focusing on the potential role of an interfaith advisory council within the United Nations.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Geneva Conference on Interfaith Cooperation and the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity
Geneva Declaration on Interreligious Cooperation Drafted in the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland, on September 1, 2008.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: GPF-USA
Washington, D.C. – Thousands of peacemakers came to celebrate peace on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol on August 9 at the Global Peace Festival USA. The gathering, billed as the largest interfaith and multicultural event ever held in Washington D.C., was the second in a series of fifteen Global Peace Festivals this year.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Global Peace Festival-USA
Washington, D.C. - The Global Peace Festival-USA is part of a worldwide celebration of faith, family, and service, gathering people from different races, religions, and national origins as "One Family under God."
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Christopher Davies, UPF-The Netherlands
UPF-Netherlands held a Peace Festival in Huize Glory, Bergen aan Zee on July 6 featuring guest speaker Rev. Euft F. Verbaas from Almere.