UN Global Day of Parents 2014
For a PowerPoint overview of UPF observances, click here.
- UN Global Day of Parents 2014
- Written by: Mrs. Lynn Walsh, Director, UPF Office of Marriage and Family Education
New York, USA - In commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the International Year of the Family and the Global Day of Parents, the Permanent Mission of Grenada and UPF organized a forum at the UN about "The Significance of Parents in Human and Societal Development" June 17, 2014.
- UN Global Day of Parents 2014
- Written by: Dr. Trevor Jones, Executive Director, UPF-Peru
Lima, Peru - Many Ambassadors for Peace and friends gathered in the Congress of Peru on June 9, 2014, to celebrate the Global Day of Parents, established by the United Nations in 2012.
- UN Global Day of Parents 2014
- Written by: UPF - India
Gangtok and Chennai, India - Observances of the UN Global Day of Parents took place in Gangtok, Sikkim on June 1, 2014 and in Chennai on June 6.
- UN Global Day of Parents 2014
- Written by: UPF-Burkina Faso
A week of programs promoting family values marked the Global Day of Parents, June 1, 2014, in Burkina Faso.
- UN Global Day of Parents 2014
- Written by: UPF International
UPF chapters organized observances of the UN Global Day of Parents, June 1, 2014, in Austria, Burkina Faso, India, Japan and Peru.
- UN Global Day of Parents 2014
- Written by: UPF - Japan
Osaka, Japan - To enhance a campaign for sound families and a peaceful society, an Ambassadors for Peace Council was launched in Osaka on May 31, 2014, the eve of the UN Global Day of Parents.
- UN Global Day of Parents 2014
- Written by: Maria Pammer, UPF-Austria
Linz, Austria - The Upper Austrian chapter of UPF organized an interreligious celebration on May 25, 2014, commemorating the Global Day of Parents, a day initiated by the United Nations in 2012.