Peace Education
UPF organizes seminars and conferences that present core values and universal principles of peacebuilding.
- Written by: UPF-Canada
Toronto, Canada—Pakistani artist and philanthropist Jimmy Engineer gave a talk at a meeting co-organized by the Canada chapter of UPF and the Women’s Federation for World Peace (WFWP).
- Written by: Dr. Raphael Ogar Oko, Secretary General, UPF-Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria—The Federal Ministry of Education has approved UPF-Nigeria to collaborate as an NGO in Nigeria’s education sector.
- Written by: UPF-Malaysia
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia—One-day Malaysia Leadership Seminar addressed topic of “Providing Vision and Leadership for Nation-Building and Peace.”
- Written by: Ulrich Ganz, UPF coordinator for northern Europe
Hamburg, Germany—A special Peace Road event brought bicyclists to the former border between East and West Germany.
- Written by: Colm Ó Cionnaith, secretary general, UPF-Ireland
Carlingford, Ireland—UPF-Ireland added a forum to its “Peace Road” event, discussing the effects of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union.
- Written by: Artur Kukhar, UPF-Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk, Russia—Ildus Yanyshev, a UPF Ambassador for Peace who is bicycling around the world, was welcomed to Novosibirsk by the local UPF chapter.
- Written by: UPF Office of UN Relations
New York, United States—UPF Vice President Dr. Tageldin Hamad chaired a high-level roundtable at the United Nations during a Summit of Parliamentarians.
- Written by: UPF-Ghana
South Dayi, Ghana—Leaders in government, religion, and civil society participated in a program with the theme of “Spiritual Values as a Foundation for Leadership.”
- Written by: Gregor Sattler, UPF-Bonn
Bonn, Germany—The local chapter of UPF held a presentation which asked whether Western civilization is in decline.
- Written by: Mathias Monzebe, Begona Monzebe, and Bernd Flieger, UPF-Berlin
Berlin, Germany—Twenty peace activists bicycled along the route of the former Berlin Wall as part of the 2018 Peace Road event.
- Written by: Willem Koetsier, secretary general, UPF-Netherlands
Utrecht, Netherlands—“Principles and Methods to Accomplish Peace” was the topic of a meeting held by UPF-Netherlands.
- Written by: Giorgio Gasperoni, secretary general, UPF-San Marino
San Marino, San Marino—A roundtable on the theme “Promoting Peace with the Logic of Love” was held as part of a “Football for Peace” initiative.