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- Monday, February 25, 2013
UPF Summit Addresses Peace, Security, and Development
Seoul, Korea - National flags flanked a hall of the Sheraton Grande Walkerhill Hotel filled with 800 delegates from 91 nations attending UPF's World Summit 2013 in Seoul, Korea, February 22 to 25.
- Saturday, March 9, 2013
Toronto Ambassadors for Peace Reflect on World Summit
Toronto, Canada - The monthly meeting of Ambassadors for Peace in Toronto featured reflections on memorable moments during UPF's World Summit in Seoul, Korea, February 22-25.
- Thursday, February 7, 2013
Interfaith Conference in Bangkok on Strengthening Families
Bangkok, Thailand - The Chairman of the Committee of Religions, Art and Culture of the House of Representative of Parliament of Thailand gave the keynote address at a Feb. 7, 2013 conference in Bangkok on "Interreligious Principles for Strengthening Families."
- Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Youth Discover Value through Love and Service in Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina - Fifteen young Americans from the Generation Peace Academy arrived in Buenos Aires Jan. 17, 2013, as part of a service-learning program designed to strengthen ties between people of North America and South America..
- Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Vienna Youth Forum Addresses Stereotypes
Vienna, Austria - "Beyond Fears and Stereotypes" was the theme of a Vienna Youth Forum on March 12. It was inspired by the theme of the Youth Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilization conference in February on migration, integration, and innovative ways to tell the story of globalization.
- Saturday, March 9, 2013
Lima Mosque Hosts Interfaith Meeting
Lima, Peru - The Christian Ministers Alliance and the Islamic Association of Peru joined together on March 9, 2013, under the banner "the uniqueness of God" to share the vision of each faith.
- Monday, January 28, 2013
Jerusalem Interfaith Forum: Models of Interfaith Respect
Acre, Israel - The Aljazar Mosque in Acre (the second-largest in Israel) hosted an interfaith dialogue on Jan. 28, 2013, on the topic of Models of Interfaith Respect.
- Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Ambassadors for Peace Education in Southern Nepal
Tackling current issues head-on, UPF-Nepal held two education programs in southern Nepal, in Itahari and Biratnagar, January 29 and 30. Addressing the concerns about declining moral values, the theme for each event was “The Role of the Family in Nation-Building.” Three presentations were given at each event.
- Friday, February 1, 2013
UN Secretary-General's Message for Interfaith Harmony Week
New York, USA - For billions of people around the world, faith is an essential foundation of life. It provides strength in times of difficulty and an important sense of community. The vast majority of people of faith live in harmony with their neighbours, whatever their creed, but each religion also harbours a strident minority prepared to assert fundamentalist doctrines through bigotry and extreme violence.
For reports of World Interfaith Harmony Week observances organized by UPF, click here.
- Saturday, February 2, 2013
Winter Play Football for Peace Tournament in Moscow
Moscow, Russia - The winter Play Football for Peace tournament took place on the open ground in the yard of House 61 on Lyublinskaya Street in Moscow on February 2.
- Friday, December 21, 2012
Religious Youth Service Heals War Wounds in Northwestern Sri Lanka
Puttlam District, Sri Lanka - In the ongoing process of healing the wounds of civil war, participants in a Dec. 15-21, 2012, Religious Youth Service project built a community center in a northwestern Sri Lanka village where Muslim civilians found safe haven during the civil war.
- Thursday, January 24, 2013
India's Perspective on the Nepal Peace Process
New Delhi, India - UN representatives, journalists, government officials, student leaders, and NGO envoys, numbering nearly 50, attended a half-day program at the prestigious Civil Services Officers’ Institute in New Delihi on January 24. The theme was “India’s Perspective on Nepal’s Peace Process.”