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Chapter Secretary General

Peter Haider

UPF-Austria Celebrates Nowruz, the Persian Festival of Spring

March 20, 2022

Vienna, Austria—UPF held a cultural afternoon to celebrate the Persian festival of spring.

UPF-Austria Celebrates World Interfaith Harmony Week

February 10, 2022

Vienna, Austria—UPF and affiliated organizations celebrated World Interfaith Harmony Week with an interfaith conference.

Current and Future Women Leaders Engage in Dialogue for Peace

January 3, 2022

Europe and the Middle East—UPF’s International Association of First Ladies for Peace (IAFLP) co-sponsored an intergenerational conference on peace.

UPF-Austria Supports Coalition of Faith-Based Organizations

September 28, 2021

Vienna, Austria—UPF-Austria participated in the general assembly that elected the board of the Coalition of Faith-Based Organizations (CFBO) in Austria.

Ambassadors for Peace Welcome Sub-Regional Chair

September 26, 2021

Vienna, Austria—Dr. Dieter Schmidt gave a talk on UPF events and activities of 2021.

Austrian Castle Serves as Venue for UPF Peace Conference

August 29, 2021

Stadtschlaining, Austria—More than 50 participants attended a conference titled “Building Bridges—Overcoming Division.”

"Peace Road" Participants Converge at Crossroads of Three Nations

June 20, 2021

Central Europe—"Peace Road" participants from Austria, Czech Republic, and Germany met atop a hill where their borders converge.

ILC2021 EUME: International Summit Council for Peace

April 29, 2021

Vienna, Austria—Two former prime ministers joined the International Summit Council for Peace session of ILC2021.

Coalition Features Pakistan Interfaith Harmony Council

March 31, 2021

Vienna, Austria—UPF co-sponsored an international virtual conference in support of Pakistan’s Interfaith Harmony Council.

European Experts Discuss Korean Reunification

February 26, 2021

Vienna, Austria—An audience of 150 attended a UPF webinar on Europe’s potential role in Korean reunification.

World Interfaith Harmony Week Observed in Austria

February 5, 2021

Vienna, Austria—UPF-Austria held a webinar titled “Interfaith Cooperation as a Basis for Social Cohesion.”

Faith Groups’ Pro-Peace, Anti-Crime Roles Lauded

February 2, 2021

Vienna, Austria—UPF co-sponsored a webinar that examined faith-based organizations’ role in bringing peace and preventing crime.

Conference Focuses on Africa-Europe Cooperation

December 3, 2020

Stuttgart, Germany—More than 100 participants joined a conference on “Africa’s Century—Opportunities and Challenges for Europe.”

Experts Discuss Tragic Terror Attack in Vienna

November 10, 2020

Vienna, Austria—UPF-Austria held an online conference to address the recent attack on civilians in central Vienna.

‘Peace Road’ Traces 1945 Death March

October 26, 2020

Steyr, Austria—Participants bicycled more than 400 kilometers from the Hungarian border to the Mauthausen concentration camp.

Coalition of Faith-Based Organizations Webinar Looks at Organized Crime on an International Level

October 15, 2020

Vienna, Austria—The Coalition of Faith-Based Organizations web conference on “Social Harm of Organized Crime on Communities” had 82 attendees from 22 countries.

Coalition of Faith-Based Organizations Webinar Looks at Organized Crime on an International Level: Part Two

October 15, 2020

Vienna, Austria—The afternoon session of the webinar organized by the Coalition of Faith-Based Organizations on combatting organized crime and corruption had 100 attendees from 31 countries.