Peace Education
UPF organizes seminars and conferences that present core values and universal principles of peacebuilding.
- Written by: UPF - Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan - Throughout the year of 2010 UPF-Afghanistan has been giving Basic Peace Seminars to young Afghanis educating them to become peacemakers and serve their community.
- Written by: Christopher Davies, UPF-Netherlands
Bergen aan Zee, Netherlands - "States operate not under ethical considerations, but by what they feel benefits their own situation," asserted a former Dutch prime minister at a European Leadership Conference in the Netherlands Dec. 10-12, 2010.
- Written by: Rev. Bosako Iyolangomo, UPF-Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe - A December 11 conference on the theme "The Mission and Responsibility of Ambassadors for Peace” was attended by judges, doctors, businesspeople, religious leaders, and teachers.
- Written by: UPF - Russia
Various aspects of human development were explored in discussions among students and among academics.
- Written by: Dr. Robert S. Kittel, Director of Education, UPF-Asia
Seoul, Korea - Amidst the high tension on Korean peninsula, UPF's “World Assembly 2010” Dec. 2-5, 2010, in Seoul, South Korea focused on the need consider spiritual and moral values in addressing global issues.
- Written by: UPF - Tajikistan
Dushanbe, Tajikistan - UPF-Tajikistan, together with an organization that protects vulnerable citizens and refugees, held an event on November 30 dedicated to the death of Karine Mane, who was killed during the civil war on that date 13 years ago.
- Written by: UPF-International
New York, USA - Despite the sudden outbreak of renewed hostilities between the two Koreas, UPF Founder Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon has reiterated his firm belief that a new era of lasting peace is close at hand. His confident prediction came at the conclusion of the UPF World Assembly 2010, which drew a crowd of over 3,000 at the Manhattan Center in New York on November 22.
- Written by: Joy Pople, UPF International
New York, USA - "Have you heard about the peace generation?" the Lovin' Life Band asked delegates from 60 nations to the World Assembly of the Universal Peace Federation that opened November 21 at the New Yorker Hotel in Manhattan.
- Written by: UPF - Russia
Yekaterinburg, Russia - Youth Peace Ambassadors from the youth organization “Sirius” in the town of Serov held a training in Yekaterinburg on November 19 for children on the topic of “Unity: Game or necessity?”
- Written by: UPF - Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia - Administrators from the Mongolian University of Science and Technology asked UPF-Mongolia to arrange a visit to Seoul National University in Korea, which took place November 11-18. This request grew out of the participation of Mongolians in eight recent international leadership seminars with their counterparts in Asian nations.
- Written by: Ursula McLackland
Jakarta, Indonesia - UPF-Indonesia has initiated a series of Ambassadors for Peace Leadership Conferences with a meeting on the theme of “The Role of Ambassadors for Peace at a Time of Global Crisis” at the UPF Peace Center on November 18.
- Written by: UPF - Cote d'Ivoire
San Pedro, Cote d'Ivoire - The port city and beach resort of San Pedro welcomed UPF staff for a ceremony to appoint new Ambassadors for Peace on November 14. During an election campaign, it is not easy to mobilize people, but 150 people came to learn about UPF's peace principles.