Peace Education
UPF organizes seminars and conferences that present core values and universal principles of peacebuilding.
- Written by: UPF-India
Puducherry, India - UPF-India, in partnership with the International Centre of Goa and the IILM India Forum of the Centre for Policy Development and Management in New Delhi, held a conference on “A New Paradigm of Leadership and Good Governance” in Puducherry on October 1.
- Written by: Hubert Arnoldi, UPF-Germany
Stuttgart, Germany - “What are the values that promote peace at a time of globalization?” was the theme of a September 27, 2008 UPF conference in Stuttgart, Germany. The setting was the Bella Barba restaurant, whose owner generously offered the hall and all the facilities for free.
- Written by: Philippine Information Agency
Philippines -Cagayan de Oro City (24 September) -- The Universal Peace Foundation, in
partnership with the City Government of Cagayan de Oro, hosted the International
Leadership Conference last September 19-21, as part of the activities to highlight
the staging of the "The Global Peace Festival Mindanao 2008". Read more.
- Written by: Christopher Davies, UPF-Netherlands
“Some people think of Afghanistan as being occupied by Western soldiers, but those boys are giving their lives for Afghanistan; a boy from America, Holland, France giving his life, we always admire him. Massoud could not be successful without the help of other Afghanis and the world, but he was abandoned. I wish he could be alive today, to see the world is now helping Afghanistan.”
- Written by: Laurent Ladouce, UPF-France
World politics at present leans toward globalization through regional unions. The American dream, for instance, is no longer the North American dream, but the Pan-American dream, because God wants to bless all Americans.
- Written by: Robert Kittel, UPI Correspondent, and Amb. K.V. Rajan, Executive Vice-President, UPF-India
Assam, India - An International Leadership Conference in Guwahati, Assam August 30, 2008 had a number of distinguished participants representing academia, politics, business and the media.
- Written by: Robert S. Kittel, UPI Correspondent, and Amb. K.V. Rajan, Executive Vice-President, UPF-India
India - The most eminent Indian dignitaries from government and civil society offered their expertise on pressing issues from terrorism and corruption, to interreligious harmony and character education at International Leadership Conferences in various parts of the country.
- Written by: Joy Theriot & Paula Fujiwara
Houston, Texas - July 19 was proclaimed now and for always “Agape Family Peace Day” in Houston, Texas, by Mayor Bill White. And for good reason. Sixty adults and more than 30 teens and 20 children from around the metropolitan area representing eight church congregations, a Buddhist sect, and a child care center gathered at the Will of God Family Church to celebrate the first annual Agape Family Festival.
- Written by: Miguel Werner, Secretary General, UPF-Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina - "Towards a New Paradigm of Leadership and Good Governance: Dialogue, Cooperation and Service for Peace" was the title of the International Leadership Conference August 28 and 29 at the Chamber of Deputies of the Republic of Argentina.
- Written by: Steinar Murud
Langesbund Bad, Norway - A resort with traditional wooden architecture and calm inlets on Norway's rocky southern coast made a great setting for the presentations, discussions, and sharing during the European Leadership Conference August 8-10, 2008.
- Written by: Hon. Jose de Venecia, Jr., Chairman, CDI-Asia Pacific
Hon. Jose de Venecia, Jr., Chairman, CDI-Asia Pacific Address to International Leadership Conference, Regional Summit, and Global Peace Festival on "Toward a New Paradigm of Leadership and Good Governance for Development and Peace" Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, September 8, 2008
- Written by: UPF-Europe
About 70 guests from all over Europe gathered from June 27 - 29 to attend a European Leadership Conference in the Youth Hostel in Bad Homburg entitled, “New Approaches to World Peace.”