Ambassadors for Peace
- Ambassadors for Peace
- Written by: UPF - Canada
Montreal, Canada - Ambassadors for Peace in Montreal gathered for their monthly meeting on March 21. The focus was on providing a report of recent activities internationally through a pictorial presentation of the conference in Korea held in late January and efforts to support Interfaith Harmony Week worldwide. Rev. James Pratt and Mr. Ralph Gaudet, a veteran of the Korean War, were appointed as Ambassadors for Peace during the meeting.
- Ambassadors for Peace
- Written by: UPF - Russia
St. Petersburg, Russia - A regular session of the Northwest Russia Peace Council with participation of Ambassadors for Peace took place in St. Petersburg on March 3. A report about the recent Religious Youth Service project “St. Petersburg as a city of Interreligious Harmony” was presented to the audience.
- Ambassadors for Peace
- Written by: UPF - Lithuania
Vilnius, Lithuania - UPF-Eurasia Secretary General Jacques Marion visited Lithuania on February 18 to meet with Ambassadors for Peace and report on recent UPF activities in Eurasia and throughout the world. Raimondas Urbonas, Secretary General of UPF-Lithuania, reported about the International Leadership Conference in Korea.
- Ambassadors for Peace
- Written by: Dr. Robert S. Kittel, Director of Education, UPF-Asia; Photo-journalist, Segye-Ilbo
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.
- Ambassadors for Peace
- Written by: UPF - Canada
Ottawa, Canada - Ernest G. Tannis, LL.B., C.Med., won a national award from the Canadian Ethnic Media Association for an episode of his radio show on Alternative Dispute Resolution entitled "Common Values of the Abrahamic Faiths."
- Ambassadors for Peace
- Written by: UPF - Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - An overview of UPF-Malaysia activities during 2011.
- Ambassadors for Peace
- Written by: UPF - Peru
Lima, Peru - Ambassadors for Peace in Peru concluded the year with a meeting in the Congress, regional activities in Puno and Trujillo, and sharing Christmas gifts and treats with inmates in a women's prison and children in a poor district of Lima.
- Ambassadors for Peace
- Written by: UPF - Kazakhstan
Almaty, Kazakhstan - Ambassadors for Peace gathered in the Kazakhstan Peace Embassy on December 19 to review developments during the year. The presentation on “From dependence through independence towards interdependence” by Konstantin Krylov, Secretary General of UPF-Russia, stimulated much discussion.
- Ambassadors for Peace
- Written by: Helen M. Osei, UPF - Ghana
UPF-Ghana organized a number of activities in December to close the year 2011, including a General Assembly of Ambassadors for Peace in Accra and an Legacy of Peace festival honoring Ghana's late heads of state.
- Ambassadors for Peace
- Written by: UPF - Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina - “Share, recognize, and celebrate” was the motto of UPF-Argentina's final event of 2011 on December 18.
- Ambassadors for Peace
- Written by: UPF - New Zealand
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.
- Ambassadors for Peace
- Written by: UPF - Cote d'Ivoire
Bondoukou, Cote d'Ivoire - Ambassadors for Peace in northeast Cote d'Ivoire organized a seminar in Bondoukou on November 25 attended by a UPF delegation from the capital, Abidjan.