Peace Education
UPF organizes seminars and conferences that present core values and universal principles of peacebuilding.
- Written by: UPF - Georgia
Tbilisi, Georgia - A presentation about the UPF and Ambassadors for Peace activities for members of the Pushkin Society “Orion,” an association of Russian-speaking writers in Georgia, took place on March 12. The event was initiated with the support of the chair of the Russian-speaking Journalists Association, Ambassador for Peace Mikhail Aidinov.
- Written by: Alan Wilding, UPF-Canada
Vancouver, Canada - Bill Chu, founder of Canadians for Reconciliation, spoke to the Vancouver chapter of UPF on February 28 about his many years of work to redress present and historical injustices between Canadian society, First Nation natives, and Chinese.
- Written by: UPF - Russia
Ryazan, Russia - A workshop on the origin and resolution of conflicts took place on February 27. The event was attended by public figures and representatives of NGOs of the city.
- Written by: UPF - Russia
Moscow, Russia - The Secretary General of UPF-Russia, Konstantin Krylov, met with Ambassadors for Peace, public figures, and interested people on February 25 at the Peace Embassy in Moscow. The theme of the lecture was “The Cause of Conflicts.”
- Written by: UPF - Russia
Novosibirsk, Russia - Nowadays it is impossible to achieve good results in serving the people when acting single-handedly. Members of grassroots organizations and spiritual movements are gradually coming to understand this point. Public leaders admit also the fact that if you adhere to the principle “my ideology is good and yours is improper,” you cannot get very far.
- Written by: UPF - Russia
Novosibirsk, Russia - At the office of the youth organization CARP, the Philosophy Club held a meeting on February 24 related to the Day of the Protector of the Fatherland.
- Written by: Sajmir Hoxha, UPF-Albania
Librazhd, Albania - At the high school where I used to teach, we held a celebration of the "Day of Love" on February 14 and gave a presentation on "The Family as the School of Love."
- Written by: Joy Pople, Assistant Communications Director, UPF
Seoul, Korea - “Bishop Alaban is going to give a different speech this afternoon,” Amala McLackland announced as the final day of the UPF International Leadership Conference in Seoul, Korea, got underway on February 9. Secretary General of UPF-Asia, she was diligently tracking down bios and texts of the speakers at the session she would be moderating.
- Written by: UPF - Russia
St. Petersburg, Russia - The North-West Russian Peace Council met on January 27 in St. Petersburg to review the tenth anniversary of the proposal for establishing an interreligious council at the UN and to observe World Interfaith Harmony Week.
- Written by: UPF-India
UPF-India's annual report for 2010 highlights the United Nations International Day of Peace, Day of Families, and Women's Day.
- Written by: UPF - Hungary
Budapest, Hungary - Selected photos of UPF-Hungary activities in 2010
- Written by: UPF - Central Africa
Kinshasa, DR Congo - The Universal Peace Federation's third Sub-Regional International Conference for Leadership was held in Kinshasa Democratic Republic of Congo December 16-19 in the Palais du Peuple, seat of the Congolese Parliament.