Peace Education
UPF organizes seminars and conferences that present core values and universal principles of peacebuilding.
- Written by: UPF-Australia
Melbourne, Australia—UPF peacebuilding principles could counter fundamentalism and extremism, said members of the Peace Council of the state of Victoria.
- Written by: Jean Mensah Noumonvi, secretary general, UPF-Swaziland
Manzini, Swaziland—Ambassadors for Peace and other guests attending a seminar gained a vision of Swaziland as a leader in building peace in the world.
- Written by: Milo Klas, secretary general, UPF-Slovakia
Bratislava, Slovakia—A world that has moved beyond communism and capitalism to a higher level of economy was the vision offered at a talk organized by UPF.
- Written by: Samat Zinullin, secretary general, UPF-Kazakhstan
Almaty, Kazakhstan—The publication in Russian of the book World Scripture and the Teachings of Sun Myung Moon was the occasion for a roundtable held in Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city.
- Written by: UPF-USA
Richmond, USA—On May 17, members and guests of UPF-Richmond gathered to discuss UPF's Principles of Peace.
- Written by: UPF-Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina—“Principles and Values for Peace” was the theme of a seminar co-organized by UPF-Argentina in Buenos Aires in May.
- Written by: UPF-Canada
Montreal, Canada—An evening of prayers and readings from the Bible and the Koran took place at the Église Sainte-Trinité in Vaudreuil-Dorion in Quebec on May 6.
- Written by: Dr. Nurit Hirschfeld, secretary general, UPF-Israel
Jerusalem, Israel—On May 4, the Harry S. Truman Research Institute held a conference on the theme, “Dialogue instead of Conflict–Education for Recognition of the Other.”
- Written by: Dr. Raphael Ogar Oko, secretary general, UPF-Nigeria
Kaduna, Nigeria—The UPF-Nigeria secretary general has commended the outgoing Kaduna State governor for supporting peace initiatives and for his conduct in accepting defeat in recent general elections.
- Written by: UPF-USA
Washington, D.C., United States—A seminar on the UPF Principles was given to a diverse group of Ambassadors for Peace and guests on April 26, 2015.
- Written by: Shigenari Kato, secretary general, UPF Peace Diplomats Forum
Matsushima, Japan—Togo’s chargé d'affaires and his wife were the special guests at a seminar on their country’s culture, followed by a lesson in Togolese cuisine, both of which were organized by UPF-Japan.
- Written by: Samko, secretary general, UPF-Moscow
Moscow, Russia—More than 100 UPF leaders, members and Ambassadors for Peace from Korea and Russia came together as friends at a Bridge of Peace ceremony.