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Chapter Secretary General
UPF-Austria Holds ‘Rethinking Peace’ Event
September 11, 2022
Stadtschlaining, Austria—Speakers at a UPF peace conference described their experiences of reconciliation.
UPF-Austria Hosts Albanian Peace Council Launch
July 7, 2022
Vienna, Austria—The Albanians' Peace Council in Austria was inaugurated in a ceremony attended by more than 70 people.
Three European Nations Promote the Peace Road
June 25, 2022
Central Europe—Austrians, Czechs and Germans hiked to a hilltop border triangle as a Peace Road event.
UPF-Austria Co-Sponsors Philosophers’ ‘Dialogue in Hell’
May 20, 2022
Vienna, Austria—UPF-Austria co-hosted a side event at the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.
UPF-Austria Observes International Day of Families
May 14, 2022
Vienna, Austria—UPF and two affiliated organizations jointly commemorated International Day of Families.
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.
