Peace Education
UPF organizes seminars and conferences that present core values and universal principles of peacebuilding.
- Written by: UPF - Solomon Islands
Honiara, Solomon Islands - A leadership seminar took place in Honiara on May 21. The seven participants, who had attended an introductory seminar one month earlier, included two high school principals, two media representatives, two community leaders, and one student.
- Written by: UPF International
On April 24, in Incheon, Korea, Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon and Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon initiated the Founders’ Tour 2011 dedicated to the theme of Building a World of Universal Peace at a Time of Global Crisis. The tour took them to Europe and concluded on May 21 in Las Vegas in the United States.
- Written by: UPF-Germany
Berlin, Germany - Crowds packed the avant-garde Tempodrom in Berlin two nights in a row to see the Little Angels Children's Folk Ballet in their thank-you tour to veterans who defended freedom in Korea six decades ago and to hear UPF Founder Rev. Sun Myung Moon challenge Germans to lift up the banner of peace in our time.
- Written by: UPF - Switzerland
Geneva, Switzerland - The majestic circular room of the Palais des Nations at the UN headquarters in Geneva was filled to capacity on May 13, 2011, for an address by UPF Founders Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon and Mrs. Hak Ja Han Moon.
- Written by: UPF - United Kingdom
London, UK - Returning to London for the first time since founding the UPF in 2005, Dr. and Mrs. Sun Myung Moon said they had 'great expectations' for their visit, which culminated in both of them giving public addresses on May 11, first with a special event in the Houses of Parliament.
- Written by: Thomas Schellen, UPF-Lebanon
Istanbul, Turkey - More than 50 Ambassadors for Peace, civil society leaders, and religious figures from more than 12 countries in the Middle East dedicated three days of their busy lives to discussing vital issues from the perspective of the region.
- Written by: UPF - Australia
Sydney, Australia - UPF-Sydney hosted an Australian Leadership Conference on May 7 at the Oceania Peace Embassy. The theme was “Towards a New Paradigm of Leadership & Good Governance: The Role of the Ambassadors for Peace.”
- Written by: UPF - Greece
Athens, Greece - On May 3, Rev. Sun Myung Moon announced that he wanted to give his proclamation "Building a World of Universal Peace at a Time of Global Crisis" in Athens, the birthplace of European civilization. As a result some 500 Unificationists and Ambassadors for Peace eagerly converged the next day in the capital of Greece for the fourth speech of the European leg of the UPF Founders’ World Tour.
- Written by: UPF-International
We learned at very short notice that the UPF Founder, Rev. Sun Myung Moon, would give a public address in Athens on May 4 at the Athens Ledra Marriott Hotel. Ambassadors for Peace in Greece were given a special invitation to this special program, sponsored by the Universal Peace Federation on the theme, "Building a World of Universal Peace at a Time of Global Crisis." This program was part of the Founders' European Peace tour which began in Madrid on April 25.
- Written by: UPF - Europe
Oslo, Norway - A European Leadership Conference sponsored by the Universal Peace Federation and Women’s Federation for World Peace was held in Oslo, Norway, on April 30 and May 1. Distinguished delegates from many European countries were in attendance.
- Written by: Steinar Murud, UPF-Norway
Oslo, Norway - Excerpts of presentations at the European Leadership Conference in Norway in May 2011 and responses by the distinguished audience to the speech by UPF Founder Rev. Sun Myung Moon.
- Written by: Steinar Murud, UPF-Norway
Oslo, Norway - A warm spell melted the fjord and brought trees two bloom came two weeks early in southern Norway, as if welcoming the UPF Founders Dr. and Mrs. Sun Myung Moon and their message of building a world of universal peace at a time of global crisis.