Introducing Summit 2014

UNIVERSAL PEACE FEDERATION

Seoul, Korea • August 9–13, 2014

Universal Peace Federation The Universal Peace Federation (UPF) is a global network of individuals and organizations dedicated to building a world of peace centered on universal spiritual and moral values. UPF and its global network of Ambassadors for Peace bring universal, spiritual principles to the task of resolving conflict and reconciling the divided human family.

International Leadership Conferences, symposia, and peace councils offer opportunities for high-level consultations. These are complemented by “track two” diplomacy and grass-roots programs that build support for a culture of peace.

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 the Millennium Development Goals.

Universal Peace Federation

The Universal Peace Federation (UPF) is a global network of individuals and organizations dedicated to building a world of peace centered on universal spiritual and moral values. UPF and its global network of Ambassadors for Peace bring universal, spiritual principles to the task of resolving conflict and reconciling the divided human family.

Founders: Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon and Mrs. Hak Ja Han Moon


International Leadership Conferences, symposia, and peace councils offer opportunities for high-level consultations. These are complemented by “track two” diplomacy and grass-roots programs that build support for a culture of peace.

Chairman: Dr. Charles S. Yang


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 the Millennium Development Goals.

President: Dr. Thomas G. Walsh

WORLD SUMMIT 2014

The World Summit on “Peace, Security and Human Development” will be convened on August 9-13, 2014 in Seoul, Korea.

The World Summit is organized and sponsored by the Universal Peace Federation (UPF), an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

UPF HighlightsKeynote speakers and dignitaries at World Summit 2013

UPF HighlightsWorld Summit 2013: Seoul

WORLD SUMMIT 2014

A highly selective group of delegates from around the world will be in attendance, including current and former heads of state and government, women leaders, and parliamentarians.

In addition to the high-level sessions of the World Summit, delegates will be offered a wider range of opportunities to meet with high-level officials representing the government, academia, the private sector and the media.





PeacePeace is not simply the absence of war or a term that applies only to the relationships

among nations. Peace is an essential quality that should characterize all relationships.

PEACE:Root Causes of Conflict

Today the world faces many conflicts: political, religious, economic and cultural. Too many families struggle with divorce, abandonment, abuse, poverty and neglect. What is the root of all these conflicts?

Interfaith study group in the Middle East

PEACE:Conflict Prevention

Geopolitics, natural resources, environmental change, the global arms trade, and other factors have fueled and prolonged conflict as well as mutual mistrust and antipathy. Such prolonged conflict poses a fundamental challenge to world stability: how can such conflicts be transformed by longer-term peacebuilding efforts?

Interfaith study group in the Middle East

UPF HighlightsPeace: Audience during the World Summit 2013, Seoul

UPF HighlightsPeace: Prayers by faith leaders

UPF HighlightsPeace: Interfaith youth take the stage in Jerusalem.

PEACE:Peacebuilding

Assessments of conflicts and social ills from spiritual or religious perspectives have not been included in the UN’s studies. UPF proposes to combine statesmanship and good governance with the wisdom of the world’s faith traditions and principles of spiritual practice.

Celebration of World Interfaith Harmony Week 2012 in the United Nations General Assembly

PEACEWhen I say that Kosovo has earned a special place in world history, I refer to the path my people have taken in order to achieve peace, freedom, and democracy. Kosovo was a unit in the former Yugoslavia, a country that fell apart completely under the rule of a nationalist regime in a series of bloody wars. I am proud to have been at the forefront of people who chose human rights, dedication to peace, tolerance, and economic development -- people who cherished entrepreneurship and an open society as a way to move forward and develop our war-torn society.

– H.E. Hashim ThaciPrime Minister, KosovoH.E. Hashim Thaci

Prime Minister, Kosovo

UPF HighlightsInterfaith Peacebuilding: Peru

UPF HighlightsInterfaith Peacebuilding: India

UPF HighlightsService-learning: Israel

SecurityUPF recognizes the need for careful and measurable use of

enforcement such as political, military, and civil power to sustain lasting peace. 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 HighlightsPeace and Security forum: Washington, DC


SECURITY:Intra-state Conflicts

Most conflicts today occur within rather than between states, with people from different ethnic groups, religions, or political allegiances fighting each other. UPF invites leaders of opposing sides for dialogue in the presence of a neutral party. Grass-roots activities such as friendly football matches and service projects help build understanding.

Peace and Security forum: Nigeria


SECURITY:Freedom and Democracy

While welcome winds of democracy have been blowing across the globe, freedom should be accompanied by transparency and protective security.

Peace and Security forum: Washington DC

UPF HighlightsVatican City – Forum on the Syrian Crisis

SECURITY:Regional Security

Regional initiatives include both high-level consultations and grassroots programs in the Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, the Balkans, and the South Caucasus.

Peace and Security forum in New York City


UPF HighlightsPeace and Security: Japan

SECURITYOnly when free people can freely discuss across political borders can we ever help to solve the problems that exist around the world. Only when nations are prosperous can we begin to use our knowledge and our talents to help the less fortunate. And only when free nations can continue to build strong families with a God-centered value system can we hope to become a better world.

– Hon. Dennis HastertSpeaker of the US House of Representatives (1999–2007) Hon. Dennis Hastert

Speaker of the US House of Representatives (1999–2007)

DEVELOPMENTDevelopment needs to be seen in relationship to peacebuilding and a

broadened vision of human security that complements social, political, and economic components. Furthermore, virtues such as

honesty, generosity, courage, fortitude and empathy are core strengths or capacities that are needed in order for a social system to function well and result in political, social and economic development.

UPF HighlightsAfrica Day celebration: New York

UPF HighlightsAfrica Day celebration: New York

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT:Global Economic Crisis

A new era of fiscal responsibility is needed to address the root causes of the world’s financial and economic crisis and address underlying ethical issues.

Mrs. Isolina Da Fonseca Nhamajo, First Lady, Guinea Bissau

UPF HighlightsSession on Peace, Security and Human Development: Africa


HUMAN DEVELOPMENT:RIO+20

Regarding the environment as a gift from a divine source, people of faith see themselves as stewards of a legacy of compassion and unselfishness to pass on to generations yet to come, countering prevailing values of self-centeredness and over-indulgence.

Service-learning project

UPF HighlightsService-learning project: Nepal

UPF HighlightsService-learning project: Russia

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT:Achieving the MDGs

A comprehensive understanding of development includes social, political, and economic components. Civil society organizations, NGOs, private sector philanthropists, voluntary associations, and faith-based organizations can be valuable partners with governments and inter-governmental organizations in advancing the Millennium Development Goals.

First Ladies High Level Forum in New York City

UPF HighlightsSeminar on families: St. Lucia

UPF HighlightsEducational programs: Nepal

DEVELOPMENTWe may wear different clothes, have different skin color, and speak different languages, but fundamentally we are all the same human beings. That is what allows us to understand each other and feel close to each other. Because we all live on this little planet, we must live in peace and harmony with each other and with nature itself. Consequently, we must help each other and share the benefits.

–Mme. Mintou Doucoure Traore First Lady, Mali (2012-13)

Mme. Mintou Doucoure Traore First Lady, Mali (2012-13)

UPF HighlightsWomen’s forum: Washington, DC

UPF HighlightsConference at the UN headquarters in Geneva

UPF HighlightsConference at the UN headquarters in Vienna

See you in Seoul!UPF World Summit 2014

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Seoul, Korea • August 9–13, 2014

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Introducing Summit 2014