Western Europe

Berlin, Germany - Over 70 Ambassadors for Peace, guests and members of the UPF Peace Council gathered in Berlin-Lichterfelde March 14-16, 2008, to discuss ”On the way to a peaceful society.”

Bergen aan Zee, The Netherlands - A conference on the importance of Security and Development and Economy as Conditions for Peace took place on March 8, 2008 at Huize Glory, Bergen aan Zee, North Holland.

Around 25 Ambassadors for Peace attended a brainstorming session organized by UPF-France on January 26, 2008 in Paris. The main purpose was to launch working committees to prepare for the Global Peace Festival to be held in Paris in September.

The complex interactions between Europe and Islam sparked vigorous discussion during a UPF-Europe conference on leadership and good governance Jan. 18-20, 2008, in Bergen aan Zee, Netherlands.

An International Conference on Interfaith Dialogue towards Global Peace at the Peace Embassy in Brussels, Belgium, unanimously passed a resolution entitled "Brussels Peace Declaration on Religious Coexistence" on December 1, 2007. Participants discussed the importance of interfaith harmony and conflict resolution to combat extremism, intolerance, hatred, and violence in the name of religion.

One day after the signing of a proposed new European Union treaty, Ambassadors for Peace addressed a UPF-Europe conference on leadership and good governance in Bergen aan Zee Dec. 14-16, 2007. 

To honor the Millennium Development Goals, UPF-France organized a dinner at the restaurant of UNESCO, hosted by one delegation. To celebrate the universal values common to our religions, it organized an interreligious colloquium at the Great Mosque of Paris. To celebrate family values and "One Family under God" it organized an event in a major hotel in Paris.

Utrecht, The Netherlands - Young people from different cultures and faiths joined in Utrecht, The Netherlands, for an interfaith service project July 28-Aug 6, 2007 to create peace mosaics at a playground and at a center for handicapped people.

On November 1, All Saints Day, 16 venues in the Kingdom of the Netherlands were scheduled to be visited by 16 saints of the new era, American Ambassadors for Peace delivering UPF's peace message.

The Netherlands - On July 14, UPF-Netherlands hosted an Interreligious Rally for Family Values and World Peace in the Kurhaus Hotel, The Hague. Although Mrs. Hak Ja Han Moon did not deliver the UPF peace message as scheduled, because of difficulties gaining entry into the country, Ambassadors for Peace pulled together to create a dynamic program.

Dr. and Mrs. Sun Myung Moon arrived in the Netherlands for the inauguration of the Dutch chapter of the Universal Peace Federation in the prestigious Kurhaus Hotel in The Hague.

A conference on Nov. 1, 2005 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva was a regional follow-up to the September conference in New York that launched the Universal Peace Federation.