United Nations International Day of Peace 2020
- Written by: Dmitry Samko, President, UPF-Moscow
Moscow, Russia—Ambassadors for Peace and other public figures joined a UPF celebration of the UN International Day of Peace 2020.
- Written by: Heiner Handschin, coordinator of IAPD for Europe and the Middle East
Geneva, Switzerland—IAPD co-sponsored a two-day conference on “Empowering Youth for Peace.”
- Written by: Mykhailo Ilin, secretary general, UPF-Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine—UPF celebrated International Day of Peace 2020 together with a congress of Youth Ambassadors for Peace.
- Written by: UPF-Central America and the Caribbean
Costa Rica—On September 21, 2020, UPF-Central America and the Caribbean held a webinar with the theme "International Day of Peace: Let's Realize a World of Sustainable Peace With Mutual Interdependence."
- Written by: UPF-Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina— The Award Ceremony for the Ninth International Poetry Contest, organized by UPF-Argentina, had the theme “Interdependence, Mutual Prosperity and Universal Values.”
- Written by: UPF-Australia
Melbourne, Australia—UPF-Australia commemorated the International Day of Peace 2020 by co-organizing a one-day virtual conference, which was attended by 152 participants.
- Written by: UPF-Canada
Montreal, Canada—On a sunny, chilly Saturday morning, UPF’s 2020 Peace Road Canada project got under way with the support of local Member of Parliament Emmanuella Lambropoulos, Borough Mayor Alan DeSousa, and Councilors Francesco Miele and Aref Salem.
- Written by: UPF-Brazil
Brazil—On September 21, 2020, UPF-Brazil celebrated UN International Day of Peace with the theme proposed by the United Nations for this year: “Forging Peace Together.”
- Written by: UPF-India
New Delhi, India—UPF-India commemorated the UN International Day of Peace and International Day of Nonviolence with a 12-day online campaign in which more than 5,000 people took part.
- Written by: Barbara Grabner, UPF-Slovakia
Bratislava, Slovakia—A famous international security expert spoke about China’s relations with the world.
- Written by: UPF-Uruguay
Uruguay—Looking at the topic “Shaping Peace Together,” UPF-Uruguay’s webinar took the theme “Four Women, Four Glances, Four Paths in the Search for Social Peace.”