International Association of Parliamentarians for Peace (IAPP)

This session and the one before it both focused on the International Association of Parliamentarians for Peace (IAPP). The moderator for this session was Dr. Thomas Walsh, the president of UPF International.

This session and the one after it both focused on the International Association of Parliamentarians for Peace (IAPP). The moderator of Session IV was Hon. Dan Burton, a former U.S. congressman from the state of Indiana (1983-2013) and one of the two co-chairs of IAPP.

Plenary Session VI: Peace and Human Development: ICUS: The Role, Responsibility and Relevance of the Sciences.

Seoul, Korea—The second day of World Summit 2017 began with a celebration of the UPF founders’ birthdays.

The UPF World Summit 2017 brought more than 400 parliamentarians representing 120 nations to the National Assembly, the national legislature of South Korea, for a special session of the International Association of Parliamentarians for Peace.

We, convened at the round-table “Family Values, Family Policies, European Culture: Challenges and Opportunities in Central Europe Today” in Vienna on July 8, 2016, are a group of concerned citizens, educators, experts, opinion-makers and politicians from the “Visegrad Four” and other Central European countries.

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina—Consensus and cooperation in the Balkan region were the focus of a conference held on December 15, 2016.

Prague, Czech Republic—More than 50 participants attended a conference held in the Czech Parliament on “Challenges and Opportunities of Our Time.”

I am very honoured to address this conference and to be part of IAPP. First of all, may I introduce myself? I am from Malta, a country which, from the beginning, even before its independence in 1964, promoted initiatives for peace.

First, please accept my apologies for not being able to join you earlier. I’m supposed to be out of the country, but all the program changed and I happen to be here, so first let me welcome you all here and say how glad am I and proud to be associated, myself, with the organisation and the many friends I can see from everywhere that I can see joining us today.

It’s only natural that good people want everyone else to feel good too. It is reminiscent of communism, in which everyone is supposed to contribute what they are best at and get what they need.

Distinguished members of parliament! Participants in the UPF International Leadership Conference, from Europe, Eurasia, the Middle East and North Africa. Ladies and gentlemen! Good afternoon. It is an honor for me to stand here today in this historic venue and to be with all of you.

Following up on the Vienna Round table, 17 politicians, experts, academics and NGO representatives from 5 nations gathered in Budapest on Monday 24, October 2016 for a Round table convened by Hon. Nina Nováková, member of the Czech Parliament and Mr. Jacques Marion, Secretary General of UPF Europe.

Pristina, Kosovo—Around 90 dignitaries from Albania, Macedonia, Serbia and Kosovo attended a one-day conference titled “Righteous Peace, Sustainable Peace.”

Ladies and gentlemen, I am very honoured to be here today.

Let me introduce myself: I am a woman, white, Czech, catholic, European, mother, wife, teacher, politician, activist…

I would like to express my gratitude to the organizers of this imposing inter-parliamentary peacemaking action — the Universal Peace Federation, which was able to involve such qualified personalities for the common good. This significant event brought together people caring, principled, and open to dialogue.

First, I am very excited to be here at the British Parliament to actually discuss peace. I am not saying this just for nothing, because it’s not very popular to discuss peace; not in our region, in the Middle East and in Israel between us and the Palestinians, and definitely not in parliament. What we are doing here, UPF at the British parliament, is amazing; it is to put peace at the top of the priorities.

Today in this institutional setting I’m going to talk to you with humility and passion about the reasons why I consider essential, for my country and for the whole world, the establishment of a worldwide association of parliamentarians, whose purpose is to weave a rich, continuous dialogue in order to build peace and the awakening of human consciousness.

Islamabad, Pakistan—The 19th South Asia Peace Initiative (SAPI) conference was held at the National Library of Pakistan in Islamabad on September 29, 2016.

Rome, Italy—A major conference connected with the launch of the International Association of Parliamentarians for Peace was held in the Italian Parliament.