Taipei, Taiwan - The final seminar of the year on Rev. Sun Myung Moon's thought, on October 30, explored the theme “Full Dimensional Characteristic of Unification Thought.” The 146 participants included members of the Professors World Peace Academy, Ambassadors for Peace, and people of various religious backgrounds.

Bratislava, Slovakia - UPF Slovakia organized a special event on December 19 to commemorate the end of Communism in the Soviet Union 20 years ago. In Moscow on December 25, 1991, the Communist Party was abolished and on December 31, the Soviet Union was formally dissolved. UPF-Slovakia took this opportunity to highlight the enormous contributions by its founder to end Communism.

Montreal, Canada - The first UPF-Montreal meeting of 2012 was held on January 11 at Hotel Ruby Foos and featured a presentation on the life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a North American peacemaking pioneer.

Anse-la-Raye, St. Lucia - UPF-St. Lucia hosted 17 members of the Generation Peace Academy who came from the United States to Anse-la-Raye on November 22 to engage in volunteer work in the community. They came with a full slate of projects spanning their three-week stay.

Washington, DC, USA - On December 14, the UPF Office of Peace and Security Affairs convened its inaugural roundtable meeting in Washington, DC on the theme, “Regional Perspectives of the Korean Peninsula 
after the November Asian Summits.” 
The roundtable discussions focused on the new shift of US foreign policy towards the Asia Pacific region and its implications towards the Korean peninsula.

Tokyo, Japan - UPF-Japan organized the 13th Peace Diplomats Forum on the theme of "Security" in Tokyo on December 8, and around 40 experts from various fields, including several diplomats from the embassies in Japan, participated.

Vienna, Austria - Two young musicians greeted the audience with the language of music, which can be understood beyond culture and nationality, as they arrived for a December 8 conference on "Interreligious Dialogue: The Role of the United Nations and Peace in the 21^st Century."

Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka - In a village that suffered some of the most brutal fighting of the Sri Lanka civil war, Religious Youth Service brought 43 people from four religious traditions to help build a community center as part of a service-learning project from December 16-22.