Education and Human Development
UPF's seminars and leadership conferences focus on the urgent need for new vision and leadership based on core values and universal principles of peacebuilding.
UPF and its global network of Ambassadors for Peace bring universal, spiritual principles to the tasks of resolving conflict and reconciling the divided human family. Speakers share insights from their backgrounds in governance, diplomacy, academia, religion and civil society.
- Written by: UPF-Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina—UPF-Argentina organized an event at the 42nd Buenos Aires International Book Fair, where winners of the 2015 International Poetry Contest read their poems.
- Written by: UPF-Sri Lanka
Colombo, Sri Lanka—Representatives of UPF met with the President of Sri Lanka, H.E. Maithripala Sirisena, and other government leaders, at the Sri Lankan parliament on December 11.
- Written by: Shigenari Kato, secretary general, Peace Diplomats Forum, UPF-Japan
Tokyo, Japan—UPF-Japan commemorated the 70th anniversary of the UN by organizing the 25th Peace Diplomats Forum, on the theme, “Actions Toward the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.”
- Written by: Denny R. Ristie, secretary general, UPF-Suriname
Paramaribo, Suriname—UPF-Suriname is hosting a radio program every Saturday from 12 to 1 p.m. on the government radio station Radio Boskopu 93.5 FM.
- Written by: Indira Brenes J.
San José, Costa Rica - In their first meeting of 2015, Costa Rican Ambassadors for Peace defined the two most important projects for the new year.
- Written by: Jacques Marion
Paris, France - Commemorating Human Rights Day, UPF-France held a meeting on “Human Rights, Responsibilities for Peace: The Role of Civil Society in Peacebuilding” Dec. 13, 2014.