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Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.
Buddha

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Dates: July 14-18, 2011 | Location: Abuja, Nigeria

Abuja, Nigeria - The International Conference Center in Abuja, Nigeria, has hosted many prestigious events in the twenty years since the new federal capital was founded in 1991, but the eleventh stop on the UPF Founder’s Peace Tour 2011 on July 17 was surely one of the most memorable. A crowd of around 3,000, including more than 700 from overseas, was on hand to hear the UPF Founder Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon speak at length of God’s hope that Nigeria will become a model nation of peace and a beacon of light to all of Africa.

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Schedule
July 14, 2011

Legacy of Peace Program

Download the Program (PDF)

Emcee Welcome
Rev. Mwalagho Kililo - Secretary General, UPF-Africa

Interfaith Invocation
Bishop Cleham Kings Degaya
Sheikh Dr. Musa Mohammed

Opening Remarks
Dr. Chang Shik Yang - Vice-Chair, UPF-International

Introduction to the “Legacy of Peace”
Dr. Sun Jo Hwang - Senior Vice-Chair, UPF-International

Video Report

Memorial Ceremony
Mr. Tajeldin I. Hamad - Secretary General, UPF-International

Reflections
Chief Segun Olusola - Chair, UPF-Nigeria
Mrs. Kathy Rigney - UPF Special Envoy to Africa
Mr. Tafewa Balewa - Son of Hon. Tafewa Balewa

Prayers of Rememberance
Mr. Tafewa Balewa
Rev. Emmanuel Zakwoyi

Founder’s Message
Dr. Thomas G. Walsh, President, UPF-International

Closing
Dr. Hee Sun Ji - Regional Chair, UPF-Africa

July 16
9:00 AM

Opening Plenary: Toward an Era of Universal Peace in Africa and the World

Moderator
Dr. Thomas G. Walsh
President, Universal Peace Federation

Invocations
Bishop Jorge Lindo Cambundo Audio
Founder, The Prophetic Church of the Winner in the World

Dr. Hamdi Mohammed Murad Audio
Co-founder, Jordanian Interfaith Co-existence Center; UPF Presiding Council

Plenary Speakers
The Rt. Hon. Gabriel Messan Kodjo Audio
Former Prime Minister, Togo

H.E. Turai Yar'Adua Audio
Former First Lady, Nigeria

Hon. Telezya P.L. Huvisa Audio
Minister, Office of the Vice-President, Tanzania

Hon. Ibrahim Nasiru Mantu Audio
Former Deputy President of the Senate, Nigeria

Hon. Madhav Kumar Nepal Text
Prime Minister (2009-2011), Nepal

Video Presentation
Introducing the Universal Peace Federation

Keynote Address
Rev. Hyung Jin Moon
International Chairman, Universal Peace Federation

11:30 AM

Session II: UPF 2011-Key Programs and Guiding Principles

Moderator
Rev. Olaleye Alao
Secretary General, UPF-Nigeria

Speakers
Dr. Chang Shik Yang Audio
Vice-Chair, UPF-International

Dr. Michael W. Balcomb Audio
Director of Communications, UPF-International

Mr. Tageldin I. Hamad Audio
Secretary General, UPF-International

Prof. Masahisa Hayashi
Faculty of Social Sciences, Waseda University, Japan

All Day

Session III: Peacebuilding in Africa and the World

Moderator
Rev. Mwalagho Kililo
Secretary General, UPF-Africa

Speakers
Hon. Lala Henriette Randriamampionona Ratsiharovala Audio
Former Minister of Justice, Madagascar

H.E. Sam Hanna Zakhem Audio
Former US Ambassador to Bahrain

Hon. Peter Lokeris Audio
Minister of Mining, Uganda

Dr. Hideo Oyamada Audio
Chair, UPF-Japan

Hon. Wim Van Eekelen
Former Minister of Defense, the Netherlands

4:00 PM Sightseeing Outing
July 17
9:00 AM

CONCURRENT A: Agriculture and Africa’s Future

Moderator
Ms. Chantal Komagata
Secretary General, UPF-Switzerland

Speakers
Jong Hoon Park and Jong Hwan Sung
New Village Movement, Korea

Hon. Samuel Aryeetey Attoh
Former Agriculture Minister, Ghana

Hon. Koya Nishikawa
Former Cabinet Minister, Japan

CONCURRENT B: Interfaith Peacebuilding

Moderator
Dr. David Earle
Vice-Chair, UPF-UK

Speakers
Professor Christiaan J.G. Vonck
Professor of Comparative Religions, Belgium

Imam Drame Moussa
Vice President, Islamic National Council, Cote d’Ivoire

Msgr. Jacques Gaillot Audio
Titular Bishop, Diocese of Partenia, France

The Most Rev. Dr. Oluwele Abiola Audio
Chairman, Council of African and Afro-Caribbean Churches, UK

10:45 AM

CONCURRENT C: Health and World Peace

Moderator
Mr. Jacques Marion
Secretary General, UPF-Eurasia

Speakers
Dr. Dong Ho Cho Audio
21st Century Health and Healing

Prof. Ndioro Ndiaye Audio
Director General of TRS National TV in Senegal

Prof. Han Xian Feng Audio
UN Chinese Alliance Human Life Research Center

CONCURRENT D: Good Governance

Moderator
Mr. Mark Brann
Secretary General, UPF-Europe

Speakers
Prof. Akiko Yamanaka Audio
Visiting Professor, Cambridge University, UK

Hon. Pascal Gayama Audio
Special Advisor of the President, Congo

Mr. Raul Domingos Audio
President, Party for Peace and Development, Mozambique

Hon. Ek Nath Dhakal
Member of Congress, Nepal

4:00 PM

Founders' Tour 2011: Building a World of Universal Peace at a Time of Global Crisis

Speech PDF

More on the Founders' Tour

Interfaith Invocation

Opening Remarks

Entertainment

Video Presentation

Introduction to the Founder

Keynote Address
Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon - Founder, UPF

Conclusion

July 18
9:00 AM

SESSION VI: Africa and the World

Moderator
Dr. Evelyn D.S. Kandakai Audio1 Audio2
Minister of Education, Liberia

Speakers
Ms. Patti Boulaye Audio
Singer, founder of AIDS clinics in Africa

H.E. Valentine Sunday Akpati Audio
High Priest of Ogumeland in Delta State and of the Oriso Parrapo Kingdom, Nigeria

Mrs. Diaka Diakite Audio
Minister of Social Affairs, Women and Children, Guinea

Hon. Mangwanda Gifudu Audio
Former Minister of the Environment, DR Congo

Hon. Ricardo Lumengo Audio
Member, National Parliament of Switzerland

11:00 AM

Closing Session

Moderator
Mr. Tageldin Hamad
Secretary General, UPF International

Speakers
Rev. Agatha Chukwurn Audio
President, Gold Crest Family Center, Lagos

Hon. Evgeny Nikulishev Audio
Plenipotentiary State Advisor of the Russian Federation

Gen. Malimba Masheke Audio
Former Primer Minister of Zambia, UPF Global Peace Council

Dr. Thomas G. Walsh Audio
President, UPF International

Last Updated on Monday, April 02, 2012