Peace Education
UPF organizes seminars and conferences that present core values and universal principles of peacebuilding.
- Written by: UPF-Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina—UPF launched the Peace Road 2016 in Argentina on August 31.
- Written by: UPF-Indonesia
Jakarta, Indonesia—Cyclists from different bicycle clubs from around Jakarta joined government officials and Ambassadors for Peace to take part in the Peace Road 2016 event.
- Written by: Samat Zinullin, secretary general, UPF-Kazakhstan
Almaty, Kazakhstan—By ascending to the top of Peak Furmanov, UPF-Kazakhstan has supported the international Peace Road initiative.
- Written by: Gregor Sattler, UPF-Germany
Bonn, Germany—A German husband and wife who have made their home in Lebanon shared their insights on that country with a Bonn audience.
- Written by: UPF-Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand—More than 1,600 people, including 1,000 cyclists, participated in the Peace Road 2016 event, “Bike for Peace.”
- Written by: Steinar Murud, secretary general, UPF-Norway
Oslo, Norway—The Peace Road 2016 event was a hike to the top of Gaustatoppen, one of the highest mountains in southern Norway.
- Written by: Dmitry Oficerov, secretary general, UPF-Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk, Russia—Holding the Peace Road banner, a group of young people met for a photo shoot on one of the world's longest arch bridges.
- Written by: UPF-Haiti
Cap-Haitian, Haiti—UPF-Haiti co-hosted the Peace Road 2016 and a two-day seminar in July.
- Written by: Vitaly Maksimov, secretary general, UPF-Belarus
Minsk, Belarus—Using automobiles and bicycles, peace-loving Belarusians took part in the Peace Road 2016 event.
- Written by: Vitaly Maximov, chair, UPF-Belarus
Minsk, Belarus—"The Role of NGOs in Promoting World Peace" was the title of an international conference held on July 16, 2016.
- Written by: Heiner Handschin, president, UPF-Switzerland
Geneva, Switzerland—The 2016 Peace Road urged the UN to open an office in Korea and honored the memory of a well-known peace bicyclist.
- Written by: UPF-Middle East
Rome, Italy—Ambassadors for Peace from across the Middle East and North Africa gathered in Rome in July for UPF-Middle East’s second advanced seminar on UPF’s peace principles.