Education and human development

Kyiv, Ukraine—UPF has held three online meetings with Peace School organizers about future activities.

Prague, Czech Republic—The Czech chapter of UPF, in collaboration with UPF of Central Europe, organized a "Peace Talks" webinar on "European Values at the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic."

Düsseldorf, Germany—The speaker dealt with questions such as “What was God doing before He created the world?”

Intervention of Mr. Jacques Marion, President, UPF Europe and the Middle East, in the Peace Talks webinar on 9-6-2020.

Intervention of Mrs. Cheryl Wetzstein, Senior Adviser, IMAP; former Washington Times National Reporter & Special Sections Manager, in the Peace Talks on 9-6-2020.

Vienna, Austria—Leading media professionals were among the speakers at a Peace Talk hosted by the International Media Association for Peace.

Rome, Italy—Anxiety and stress resulting from social distancing were the topics of a webinar held by UPF and an affiliated organization.

Biel/Bienne, Switzerland—An Africa Day commemoration discussed violence against women and government corruption.

Cascais, Portugal—UPF has been active in volunteer work during the coronavirus-related lockdown of spring 2020.

Bonn, Germany—UPF celebrated the relatively unknown International Day of Happiness.

Munich, Germany—Almost 30 people attended the closing event of artist Uk-Je Kang’s exhibition at the UPF offices.

Bratislava, Slovakia—The 100^th birthday of Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon was honored at a special program held by UPF-Slovakia.

Lisbon, Portugal—UPF-Portugal joined an international Lusophone organization in visiting the parliament of Portugal.

The main IAAP Assembly was held from February 4-5 with prominent scholars and academics from around the world.

Stuttgart, Germany—On the occasion of the Chinese New Year, about 120 guests and friends of UPF celebrated at a musical benefit.

Frankfurt, Germany—Pastors and representatives of various religions and cultures attended a UPF celebration of the Lunar New Year.

Birmingham, United Kingdom—Forgiveness and its relevance to our lives were discussed at a meeting that drew an audience of 45.

Geneva, Switzerland—UPF held its first seminar of the year for Ambassadors for Peace, with 12 attendees.

Lisbon, Portugal—A UPF-Portugal delegation had a meeting with Professor Paulo Mendes Pinto to introduce him to UPF and its activities.

Monza, Italy—The ethical dimension of sport was discussed at a conference held in northern Italy.