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Peace Education
UPF organizes seminars and conferences that present core values and universal principles of peacebuilding.
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Peace Education
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Speakers at Washington DC Conference Pass on the Dream of Peace
- Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Inheriting and carrying forward the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and educating people for peace through the media, schools and at home were the dominant themes of the opening plenary of the International Leadership Conference in Washington, DC, on May 15, 2007.
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Parenting for Peace
- Thursday, May 3, 2007
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization published an illuminating document by A.S. Balasooriya on peace education. The main point of the document was that peace is not possible unless peaceable and virtuous people are raised up as individuals of good character. The link between peace and good character was articulated: "Peace education...is basically a character building intervention."
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Ambassadors for Peace Seminar in Korea
- Friday, April 6, 2007
Yong Pyong, Korea - More than 200 Ambassadors for Peace gathered in Yong Pyong, Korea, for a three-day study of the core values and principles of the UPF and its founder’s vision, looking for answers to the deceptively simple question, “Where does peace begin?”
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Ambassadors for Peace Assemble in Paris
- Saturday, March 31, 2007
Paris, France - The FIAP Auditorium in Paris hosted around 200 participants in the French Assembly of Ambassadors for Peace on March 31, 2007. The topic was "Forming Alliances at the time of Global Crises." The purpose of the meeting was to inform guests about UPF activities
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Celebrating the First Anniversary of the Founding of UPF
- Thursday, September 14, 2006
Seoul, Korea - The Universal Peace Federation Assembly, entitled “Peacebuilding and Human Development: The UN and Beyond,” convened in Seoul, Korea from September 10-14, attended by over 400 delegates from 140 nations.
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Cameroon Hosts Seminar on Universal Principles
- Thursday, May 18, 2006
The beautiful Hotel Franco in downtown Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon, was the venue for the May 4-5 seminar organized by the Universal Peace Federation-Cameroon Chapter, with 103 dignitaries in attendance. The theme "Universal Principles: the Foundation for Lasting Peace" was well received by participants from three nations: Central African Republic, Gabon, and Cameroon.
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Seminar in Japan for Traditional Leaders
- Sunday, May 7, 2006
A seminar for traditional leaders from Pacific island nations was held in Hiroshima, Japan, May 1-7, 2006, in a very quiet part of the coastal hamlet town of Kure. The city of Kure is a shipbuilding area and it maintains a formidable naval fleet of frigates and submarines. The largest battleship of the Second World War, the Yamato, was built there.
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Peace Education
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Seminar in Japan for Traditional Leaders
- Sunday, May 7, 2006
A seminar for traditional leaders from Pacific island nations was held in Hiroshima, Japan, May 1-7, 2006, in a very quiet part of the coastal hamlet town of Kure. The city of Kure is a shipbuilding area and it maintains a formidable naval fleet of frigates and submarines. The largest battleship of the Second World War, the Yamato, was built there.
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Ambassadors for Peace Confer in Burundi
- Sunday, April 30, 2006
An Ambassadors for Peace Conference in Bujumbura for government ministers and legislators April 28-30, 2006, led to proposals for training educators to teach a peace curriculum.
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Ambassadors for Peace Attend Conference in Kinshasa
- Saturday, April 22, 2006
Kinshasa, DR Congo - Ninety-six officials from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo Brazzaville, and Angola participated in an Ambassadors for Peace seminar April 21-22, 2006.
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West African Ambassadors for Peace Converge in Abidjan
- Thursday, March 16, 2006
Eminent Ambassadors for Peace in West Africa converged in March 2006 in Abidjan, capitol of the Ivory Coast, to promote regional understanding and cooperation on peace, security and economic development in West Africa.
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Leadership Conference Launches National Peace Council
- Saturday, February 11, 2006
They came in the name of peace, drawing together in common cause, with the confidence that they can bring prosperity and security following the chaos that had wracked the nation of Liberia and the region. Under the umbrella of Universal Peace Federation, they came, putting behind them the horror, to work together to build new partnerships and forge a new nation. The theme of the three-day peace conference in Monrovia from February 9 – 11, 2006 was: “Challenges for Good Governance, Reconciliation and Peace for Liberia: The Role of Peace Councils.”
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