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Russian Peace Road Follows Poet’s Footsteps

A small group of dedicated bicyclists traveled 120 kilometers in the Russian Republic of Tatarstan as a Peace Road event.

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UPF-Belarus Hosts River-Rafting as ‘Peace Road’ Event

UPF volunteers went river rafting for four days as a Peace Road event.

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UPF-France and WFWP Discuss "UPF's Vision and Principles of Peace"

A diverse group from all over France gathered to study the UPF Principles of Peace.

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UPF-UK Event Celebrates ‘One Human Family’

A diverse audience of 150 attended an interfaith service co-sponsored by UPF.

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UPF-Estonia Co-Sponsors ‘One Korea’ Event

The fourth One Korea event combined football with a Peace Road walk.

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International Association of Parliamentarians for Peace

World Summit 2020 - IAPP Schedule

The International Association of Parliamentarians for Peace has been launched as a worldwide association of parliamentarians which provides a forum to bring their experience and wisdom to bear in the search for solutions to our world’s problems. Parliamentarians from around the world have offered their remarks on the importance of their work and the value of increased cooperation and collaboration in the search for innovative solutions to some of the critical issues that we face on the local, national, regional and global levels, from climate change to the rise of extremist ideologies to humanitarian disasters and conflict.

Schedule

February 3-5, 2020
 

SESSION IV

Moderator: Hon. Ek Nath Dhakal, Minister (2012-2013), Government of Nepal; regional chair, UPF-Asia-Pacific, Nepal

Opening Remarks
Hon. Dan Burton, U.S. congressman (1983-2013), USA
Hon. Yoon Sang-hyun, Member, National Assembly, Korea
Hon. Yoshinori Ohno, Minister of Defense (2004-2005); President of IAPP-Japan
Hon. Elena Drapeko, Member, Russian Duma, Russia
Rt. Hon. Martin Ngoga, Speaker, East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), Tanzania

Speakers
Hon. Caleb J. Desrasmeaux, Vice President, House of Representatives, National Assembly, Haiti
Hon. Issaka Sidibe, President, National Assembly Mali
Hon. Loretta Sanchez, U.S. congresswoman (1997-2017), USA
Hon. Hilik Bar, Member of Parliament, Israel
 

SESSION V

Moderator: Hon. John T. Doolittle, U.S. congressman (1991-2009), USA

Speakers
Hon. Khoun Sudary, Deputy Speaker, Cambodia
Hon. Kimmo Kalevi Sasi, Minister of Foreign Trade (1999- 2002) and Minister of Transport and Communications (2002-2003), Finland
Hon. Veronica Rosca, Member of Parliament, Moldova
Hon. Allal Amraoui, Member of Parliament, Morocco
Hon. Iro Sani, Vice President, National Assembly, Niger
Hon. Faustina Marugg, Minister of State, Palau
Hon. Otim David Okot, Chairperson, Standing Committee for Federal Affairs, South Sudan
Hon. Dr. Krasae Chanawongse, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister to the Office of the Prime Minister, Thailand
Hon. John Mica, U.S. congressman (1993-2017), USA
Hon. Dana Rohrabacher, U.S. congressman (1989-2019), USA
 

SESSION VI

Moderator:  Hon. David Clarke, Member of Parliament, (2003-2019), Australia

Speakers
Hon. Margarett Best, Cabinet Minister, Government of Ontario, MP, (2007-2013), Canada
Hon. Vasily Vlasov, Member of Parliament, Russia
Hon. Yves Nidegger, Member of Parliament, Switzerland
Hon. Ljudmila Novak, Member of the European Parliament (2004-2009); Parliamentarian (2009-2015), Slovenia
Hon. Margaret Rwabushaija, Parliamentarian, Uganda
Hon. Luis Roberto da Silva, Vice President, National Parliament, Timor-Leste
Hon. Sam P. Teo, Speaker of the Parliament, Tuvalu 
Hon. Edouard Roger Okoula, Senator, Senate of the Republic of the Congo
Hon. Matt Salmon, U.S. Congressman (2013-2017), USA
Hon. Otim David Okot, Assemblyman, National Assembly, South Sudan
Hon. Ana Rita G. Sithole, Assemblywoman and Member of the Committee Central, National Assembly, Mozambique
Hon. Gline Clarke, Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly, Parliament of Barbados
Mr. Hassan Mohamed, Military Attache to Cairo, Ministry of Defense of Somalia
Hon. Barbara Cubin, U.S. congresswoman (1995-2009), USA (Submitted speech)

To read the report on the IAPP Assembly, click here.

To go back to the World Summit 2020 Schedule Page, click here.

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Turkey

UPF-Turkey Program Discusses UPF Vision

Istanbul, Turkey—Mr. Jacques Marion presented the UPF vision and key areas of focus.

Sweden

UPF-Sweden Program Features UPF's Principles of Peace

Stockholm, Sweden—UPF’s Principles of Peace were at the center of the third Nordic Peace Seminar.

Democratic Republic of the Congo

IAYSP-DR Congo Observes UN International Day of Peace

DR Congo—IAYSP-Democratic Republic of Congo observed UN International Day of Peace 2023 and appointed a Youth Ambassador for Peace.