Highlights of Universal Peace Federation's work around the world in 2011, including seminars, forums, service projects, and observances of UN days such as the International Day of Peace, International Day of Families, Women's Day, and World Interfaith Harmony Week. On local, national, and global levels, interreligious councils provide a platform for people of diverse faiths to contribute their wisdom and work effectively for peace alongside representatives of government, business, and civil society. UPF acknowledges the need for careful and measurable use of enforcement such as political, military, and civil power to sustain lasting peace. At the same time we strongly emphasize the pursuit of internal solutions that are essential to peacebuilding. UPF has been a leading exponent of “track two” diplomacy, with particular emphasis on the role and responsibility of religious and spiritual leaders to transcend historical self-interest and pursue the ideal of “One family under God.” UPF is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. We support and promote the work of the United Nations and the achievement of sustainable development goals. Marriage, parenting, and the family are the foundations of sustainable human development and the building blocks of society. Educational programs present the personal and social benefits of marriage, promote a marriage-friendly culture, teach relationship skills, and encourage spiritual growth through relationships. UPF's leadership conferences and seminars focus on the urgent need for new vision and leadership based on core values and universal principles of peacebuilding. Service-learning programs bring together youth from different cultures and religions in order to promote mutual understanding and respect. Participants serve a community in need, visit religious and historic sites, and learn communication and team-building skills.

2.  FOUNDERS’ PROGRAMS
 UNITED NATIONS OUTREACH
 AREAS OF FOCUS
INTERFAITH MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
PEACEBUILDING
EDUCATION SERVICE & RELIEF
 REGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

3. BIRTHDAY OF REV. & MRS. SUN MYUNG MOON
INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
PEACE TOUR 2011

8.  9/11 COMMEMORATION
 UN COMMEMORATIVE DAYS
 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE
 AFRICA DAY

9. Sponsored by the US Mission
Assisted by UPF
Interfaith Ceremony
New York City
Symphony performed.
Little Angels visited
the UN and Ground Zero.
The Office of the President of the General Assembly turned to UPF
to help organize the 9/11 memorial service at the United Nations.

10. Principal Speakers
Susan Rice Joseph Deiss Asha-Rose Migiro
US Ambassador General Assembly Deputy UN
President Secretary-General
The keynote speakers reviewed the progress … and the challenges … ten years after
the 9/11 attacks on the United States.

11. UPF Chapter Programs on UN Days
Program 2008 2009 2010 2011
World Interfaith Harmony Week (February) -- -- -- 23
International Day of Women (March) -- 5 10 10
International Day of Families (May) -- 31 41 47
International Day of Peace (September) 58 50 50 68
Other Commemorative Days (Various) 3 6 20 19
TOTAL 61 92 121 167

12. Celebrations in 68 Nations
Afghanistan Ecuador Latvia Senegal
Albania Estonia Liberia Seychelles
Argentina Finland Marshall Islands Sierra Leone
Australia France Mauritius Slovakia
Austria Gabon Mexico Slovenia
Barbados Georgia Moldova Solomon Islands
Belarus Germany Nepal Spain
Benin Ghana Netherlands Sri Lanka
Brazil Guyana New Zealand Switzerland
Burkina Faso Honduras Nicaragua Taiwan
Cambodia India Nigeria Thailand
Cameroon Indonesia Norway Togo
Canada Ireland Paraguay United Kingdom
C.A.R. Israel Peru United States
Colombia Italy Russia Uruguay
Congo Japan Rwanda Venezuela
Dominican Rep. Kenya Scotland

13. International Day of Peace
Playing traditional music in Afghanistan (left), a forum at a mosque
in Norway (top right), planting trees in Barbados (bottom right)

14. International Day of Peace
Prime Minister Samuel Hinds gives
the keynote address in Guyana (left),
the President of the Congress of
Peru, Dr. Daniel Abugattas Majluf
(above), addresses members of all
political parties.

15. International Day of Peace
Dominican Republic (top left), Finland (top right), Marshall Islands
(bottom left), Ecuador (bottom center), Kenya (bottom right)

16. World Water Day
World Environment Day
International Day against Drug Abuse and
Illicit Trafficking
International Youth Day
UN Day of Non-violence
International Day of Tolerance
World AIDS Day
World Food Day
Human Rights Day
World Humanitarian Day
International Human Solidarity Day
World Day for Cultural Diversity
International Friendship Day
Universal Children’s Day
International Volunteer Day
United Nations Day

17. Music,
dancing,
food, and
speeches in
New York
City

18. Celebrations in 12 Nations
Congo Kazakhstan
Ecuador Latvia
Georgia Nepal
Ghana Russia
Israel Switzerland
Italy US
African Film Festival in Nepal
(above), Africa Day program in
Ghana (right)

20.  INTERFAITH PEACE COUNCILS
 WORLD INTERFAITH HARMONY WEEK

21. Interfaith Peace Councils
Inauguration of the Thailand
Interreligious Peace Council (below),
consultation with the Ethiopia
Interreligious Council (right)

22. World Interfaith Harmony Week
Celebrations in 23 Nations
Barbados Moldova
Canada Nepal
Cote d’Ivoire Russia
Germany Slovakia
India Solomon Islands
Indonesia St. Lucia
Canada (top), Israel Switzerland
Taiwan (middle), Italy Thailand
Israel (bottom) Japan Taiwan
Kazakhstan Ukraine
Korea US
Malaysia
Motto: "Love of God and Love of
the Neighbor" / "Love of the Good
and Love of the Neighbor"

24.  UN INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FAMILIES
 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
 MARRIAGE & FAMILY PROGRAMS

25. Celebrations in 47 Nations
Argentina India Rwanda
Armenia Indonesia San Marino
Austria Ireland Senegal
Bangladesh Israel Slovakia
Benin Japan Solomon Is.
Cameroon Kazakhstan Spain
Canada Latvia Switzerland
Colombia Malaysia Taiwan
Congo Moldova Thailand
Croatia Nepal United States
Ecuador New Zealand Uruguay
Estonia Nigeria Venezuela
Gabon Peru Zambia
Georgia Philippines
Ghana Russia
Moldova (top), Benin (bottom)
Theme for 2011: “Confronting Family Poverty and Social Exclusion”

26. In Cagayan de Oro, Philippines (above left), Honiara, Solomon Islands (above right),
Yekaterinburg, Russia (below left), and Dublin, Ireland (below right)

27. In Yerevan, Armenia (above left), Montevideo, Uruguay (above right),
Lusaka, Zambia (below left), and Almaty, Kazakhstan (below right)

28. A Parallel Event of
the 55th Commission
on the Status of
Women
The Permanent Missions of Nigeria and the Slovak Republic to the United Nations,
in partnership with UPF, sponsored a forum at the Nigeria House on March 2.

29. International Women’s Day
International
Women’s Day
Programs
Australia Nepal
Georgia Russia
India UK
Italy US
Japan
In New York, UPF
organized a Parallel
Event to the UN
Commission on the
Speakers at a forum Status of Women, at the
in India (above), Mission of the African
making posters in Union to the UN.
Georgia (right)

30. Marriage and Family Initiative
Programs in 25 nations
Argentina Nepal
Azerbaijan Norway
Bangladesh Panama
Cambodia Peru
Czech Rep. Russia
Georgia Rwanda
Ghana Scotland
Indonesia Sierra Leone
Japan Solomon Is.
Kazakhstan Sri Lanka
Latvia Taiwan
Lithuania Uruguay
Moldova
Argentina (top),
Cambodia (bottom)

32.  INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP
CONFERENCES
 MARRIAGE & FAMILY
 CHARACTER EDUCATION
Conference in Malta:
“Europe, Africa and the
Culture of Peace: A New
Vision for Cooperation”

33. Download from http://upf.org/education/presentations

34. “The Benefits of Marriage”
“Promoting a Marriage-Friendly Culture”
“The Family as the School of Love and Peace”
“Solving Moral Confusion”
“Really Listening”
“Parenting Teens”
“World Peace Blessing”
“Marriage, My Spiritual Path”
Download at http://www.upf.org/idf-resources.

35. Discovering the Real Me offers a comprehensive
character education focusing on universal values
and core ethical principles common to all cultures.
For more information see http://upf.org/education/character-education.

37.  RELIGIOUS YOUTH
SERVICE
 HUMANITARIAN
RELIEF
 SPORTS, ARTS,
MUSIC, AND
CULTURE
Cleaning hospital grounds in
Sierra Leone

38. Service Programs
Religious
Youth Service
Projects
in 6 Nations
Georgia
India
Nepal
Russia
Sri Lanka
St. Lucia
Sri Lanka (top),
St. Lucia (bottom)

39. Service Programs
Building a “Peace Park in Russia with
plantings designed like a world map (top
left), planting a garden in India (top right),
building a classroom in Nepal (bottom)

40. Disaster Relief
Disaster Relief
in 3 Nations
India
Japan
Thailand
Tsunami relief in Japan (above)
Flood relief in Thailand (below)

41. Humanitarian Care
Health education for displaced people in Haiti
(top left), school supplies for Roma orphans in
Albania (bottom left), serving meals to children
in Nepal (bottom right)

42. Promoting a Culture of Peace
Through Sports,
Music, Art, and
Cultural Programs
Brazil (top),
Austria (bottom left),
Estonia (bottom right)

43.  Africa – Post-Conflict Reconciliation
 Americas – Promoting a Culture of Peace
 Asia – Peacebuilding Forums
 Eurasia – Regional Initiatives
 Europe – Advocating Multiculturalism
 Oceania – Advancing a Pacific Rim Era

44. Planting a Peace Pole in Rwanda (top left), meeting with traditional leaders in Burkina Faso
(bottom left), peace campaign in Cote d’Ivoire (right)

45. Japanese Tea Ceremony in Washington, DC (top left), Day of Peace in Mexico (top right),
traditional dance in Nicaragua (bottom left), Canada’s Colors of Peace festival (bottom right)

46. Day of Peace at the Afghan Embassy in Japan (top left), leaders of 7 political parties meet in
Nepal (bottom left) inaugural assembly of the Asia Peace Conference in Malaysia (right)

47. Celebrating the ethnic groups in Georgia (top left), Azerbaijan Ambassadors for Peace
(top right), forum in Vladivostok, Russia (bottom left), dialogue in Latvia (bottom right)

48. Forum in Paris (top left), “Water of Peace” ceremony in London
(top right), Model UN Interreligious Council session in Geneva (bottom)

49. Forum in Australia (top left), condolence gift from the Solomon Islands to the Japanese
ambassador after the tsunami (top right), building friendships in New Zealand (bottom)

50. FOR MORE INFORMATION
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