United Nations Relations
As an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, the Universal Peace Federation promotes interfaith understanding, sustainable development, strengthening of marriage and family, mediation of conflict, the empowerment of women and the revitalization of the UN. UPF supports the goals of the UN with programs on occasions such as:
- World Interfaith Harmony Week (first week of February)
- International Women's Day (March 8)
- International Day of Families (May 15)
- Global Day of Parents (June 1)
- International Day of Peace (September 21)
- Written by: Santosh Neupane, chair, FFWPU-Fiji
Suva, Fiji—UPF-Fiji joined with affiliated organizations to celebrate World Interfaith Harmony Week.
- Written by: Dr. Raphael Ogar Oko, secretary general, UPF-Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria—UPF-Nigeria will observe World Interfaith Harmony Week with a special conference on interreligious peace education.
- Written by: Genie Kagawa, director, UPF Executive Office
Abuja, Nigeria—UPF of Nigeria has been honored for a special conference it organized, together with United Religions Initiative-West Africa, in commemoration of World Interfaith Harmony Week 2017.
- Written by: Tatyana Krasnosumova, secretary general, UPF-St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg, Russia—At the height of World Interfaith Harmony Week, followers of different faiths—believers and non-believers—gathered on February 5, 2017, in a close circle of song lovers.
- Written by: UPF-Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal—UPF-Nepal, in partnership with three Nepalese nonprofit organizations, organized an event to commemorate World Interfaith Harmony Week.
- Written by: Geoffrey Fyers, secretary general, UPF-New Zealand
Auckland, New Zealand—Ambassadors for Peace commemorated World Interfaith Harmony Week by visiting the worship centers of three faiths.
- Written by: Dr. Raphael Ogar Oko, secretary general, UPF-Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria—UPF-Nigeria has received an honorable mention in the HM King Abdullah II of Jordan World Interfaith Harmony Week 2017 Prize.
- Written by: UPF-Germany
Stuttgart, Germany—Interfaith prayers and a ceremony with light and water were the highlights of the 2017 World Interfaith Harmony Week celebration.
- Written by: UPF-Italy
Bergamo, Italy—UPF-Italy celebrated World Interfaith Harmony Week with an interreligious public meeting on the topic "Faith in Peace—Peace in Faith."
- Written by: Dr. Raphael Ogar Oko, secretary general, UPF-Nigeria, and Dr. Emmanuel Ivorgba Ande, coordinator, United Religions Initiative-West Africa
Abuja, Nigeria—Representatives of Nigeria’s religious traditions were among more than 120 participants of a conference held in honor of World Interfaith Harmony Week 2017.
- Written by: UPF-Peru
Lima, Peru—UPF in Peru held a forum in celebration of UN World Interfaith Harmony Week 2017 at the Peruvian Congress.
- Written by: Peter Haider, president, UPF-Austria
Vienna, Austria—Approximately 200 persons attended a UPF-Austria conference at the United Nations offices to mark World Interfaith Harmony Week 2017.
- Written by: UPF-Japan
Tokyo, Japan—To commemorate U.N. World Interfaith Harmony Week 2017, UPF-Japan’s Council of Religious Ambassadors for Peace held an interreligious forum.
- Written by: UPF-Taiwan
Taipei, Taiwan—UPF-Taiwan observed U.N. World Interfaith Harmony Week with a seminar on “Social Responsibility of Taiwan Religious Institutions in Facing Serious Social Moral Crisis.”
- Written by: Maria Nazarova, president, UPF-Russia
Moscow, Russia—To mark World Interfaith Harmony Week, UPF held a roundtable for about 60 participants at its Peace Embassy in Moscow.
- Written by: Dmitry Samko, secretary general, UPF-Moscow
Moscow, Russia—World Interfaith Harmony Week 2016 was marked by intense and interesting events from which Mister and Miss University participants could not stay away.
- Written by: UPF-Japan
Tokyo, Japan—To commemorate UN World Interfaith Harmony Week, UPF-Japan organized an event on the topic, “Clarifying the Role of Religious Leaders Toward Peacebuilding.”
- Written by: UPF-USA
New York, USA—UPF-USA commemorated World Interfaith Harmony Week 2016 with events around the country.
- Written by: Dr. Juraj Lajda, secretary general, UPF-Czech Republic
Prague, Czech Republic—Representatives of five world religions and four Christian denominations attended a meeting held by UPF to mark World Interfaith Harmony Week 2016.
- Written by: Greg Stone, president, UPF-Australia
Sydney, Australia—UPF marked World Interfaith Harmony Week 2016 with a program titled “Interfaith in Action: Working Together for the Common Good.”
- Written by: UPF-International
New York, United States—World Interfaith Harmony Week 2016 was celebrated at the UN on February 3 with the theme, “Interfaith Harmony: Implementing the Transformative Agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals.”
- Written by: Milo Klas, secretary general, UPF-Slovakia
Bratislava, Slovakia—To commemorate World Interfaith Harmony Week 2016, UPF held an event titled “Activities of Peacemakers in the Middle East.”
- Written by: Hubert Arnoldi, chair, UPF-Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany—More than 12 religious representatives attended a special program to celebrate World Interfaith Harmony Week 2016.
- Written by: UPF-Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia—UPF-Malaysia commemorated UN World Interfaith Harmony Week by organizing a pilgrimage to places of worship.