- Written by: Mélanie Komagata, UPF Europe and the Middle East
The fifth plenary session of the World Summit 2022 took place on February 11, 2022, at the Jamsil Lotte Hotel in Seoul, South Korea, under the title of “Peace on the Korean Peninsula: Perspectives from Europe and the Middle East.”
- Written by: Mélanie Komagata, UPF Europe and the Middle East
Journalists, parliamentarians, and ministers from various nations discussed the role of the media for peace on the Korean peninsula.
- Written by: Alan Sillitoe, UPF Europe and Middle East
UPF-International—The 5th Sunhak Peace Prize award ceremony, held on February 12, 2022, focused on the “response to the global pandemic.”
- Written by: Yvo Bruffaerts, Coordinator, UPF West Europe
Seoul, South Korea—World Summit 2022 (Summit for Peace on the Korean Peninsula) was held February 11-14, 2022, with global leaders calling for an end to the Cold War’s last remaining vestige—the divided Korean peninsula.
- Written by: Mélanie Komagata, UPF Europe and the Middle East
Europe and the Middle East—The International Leadership Conference focused on Korean reunification through economic development and ideologies.
- Written by: Yvo Bruffaerts, UPF coordinator for Western Europe
Europe and Middle East—The August 2021 ILC’s first session was on the theme “The Japan-Korea Tunnel: Toward Northeast Asian Prosperity and a Connected World of Peace”
- Written by: Simran Rai, UPF-UK and IAYSP Europe and the Middle East
Europe and Middle East—The August 2021 ILC’s second session was on the theme “The Bering Strait Undersea Tunnel Project”
- Written by: Dong Soon Chen, UPF Europe and the Middle East
Europe and Middle East—The August 2021 ILC’s third session was on the theme “Prospects for a Northeast Asian Economic Union”