Peace Education
UPF organizes seminars and conferences that present core values and universal principles of peacebuilding.
- Written by: Dr. Raphael Ogar Oko, secretary general, UPF-Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria—Following the postponement of general elections, UPF-Nigeria, in partnership with the West Africa Network of Election Observers (WANEO), has intensified efforts to train volunteers in peaceful election practices.
- Written by: Yoshinobu Murotani, secretary general, UPF-Fiji
Suva, Fiji—A member of Fiji’s Parliament was one of the main speakers at a program held under the banner of South Pacific Peace Initiatives.
- Written by: Shigenari Kato, secretary general, UPF Peace Diplomats Forum
Sendai, Japan — A delegation of officials from Togo who had come to Japan for a UN conference met with UPF-Japan and local Ambassadors for Peace and prayed for victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
- Written by: Dr. Helen M. Osei, secretary general, UPF-Ghana
Accra, Ghana — Two people who have made remarkable contributions to Ghanaian society were guests of honor at a one-day seminar organized by UPF.
- Written by: Indira Brenes Jiménez, Executive Director, UPF-Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica - Working with existing peace networks in 2015 is one of the plans made by UPF-Costa Rica at its second meeting of the year.
- Written by: Dr. Raphael Ogar Oko, Secretary General, UPF-Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria - Ambassadors for Peace came from all over Nigeria to be trained as election observers to ensure that upcoming elections will be peaceful.
- Written by: Dr. Trevor Edward Jones, executive president, UPF-Peru
Lima, Peru - A delegation of Korean Ambassadors for Peace held a brotherhood meeting on Jan. 17, 2015, with their Peruvian counterparts.
- Written by: Dr. Raphael Ogar Oko, Secretary General, UPF-Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria - UPF-Nigeria has been invited to submit 144 Ambassadors for Peace to be trained as local election observers in the upcoming presidential elections.
- Written by: Dr. Raphael Ogar Oko, Secretary General, UPF-Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria - A training session for Nigerian young adults on peaceful elections has led to the formation of a Second Generation Peace Initiative.
- Written by: Sokol Rexhepi, UPF-Albania secretary general
Pristina, Kosovo - Kosovars and Albanians held a special ceremony in Pristina on Jan. 13, 2015, to honor their ancestors.
- Written by: Qamrul A. Khanson
Toronto, Canada - At UPF-Canada’s monthly meeting on Jan. 10, 2015, the topics of discussion were spirituality and true peace.
- Written by: Dr. Kazi Nurul Islam
Dhaka, Bangladesh - With the strongest possible language I condemn the brutal and inhuman activities of the perpetrators of the terror attacks of Jan. 7 and Jan. 9, 2015, in Paris, France, who claim to be Muslims.