UPF ANNUAL REPORT 2011

OVERVIEW OF 2011

FOUNDERS’ PROGRAMS UNITED NATIONS OUTREACH AREAS OF FOCUS

REGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

INTERFAITH PEACEBUILDING

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

EDUCATION SERVICE & RELIEF

FOUNDERS’ PROGRAMS

BIRTHDAY OF REV. & MRS. SUN MYUNG MOON

INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

PEACE TOUR 2011

A birthday gift from the First Lady of Kenya

Interfaith Assembly in Seoul, Korea

Peace TourIncheon – Madrid – Oslo - Rome

Peace Tour:Athens – Istanbul – London -

Geneva

Peace Tour:Berlin – Las Vegas – Abuja

UNITED NATIONS OUTREACH

9/11 COMMEMORATIONUN COMMEMORATIVE DAYSINTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE

AFRICA DAY

9/11 Memorial Program

Sponsored by the US Mission

Assisted by UPF

Interfaith Ceremony

New York CitySymphony performed.

Little Angels visited the UN and Ground Zero.

The Office of the President of the General Assembly turned to UPF

to help organize the 9/11 memorial service at the United Nations.

Principal Speakers

Susan Rice US Ambassador

Joseph DeissGeneral Assembly

President

Asha-Rose MigiroDeputy UN

Secretary-General

The keynote speakers reviewed the progress … and the challenges … ten years after the 9/11 attacks on the United States.

UPF Chapter Programs on UN Days

Program 2008 2009 2010 2011

World Interfaith Harmony Week (February) -- -- -- 23

International Day of Women (March) -- 5 10 10

International Day of Families (May) -- 31 41 47

International Day of Peace (September) 58 50 50 68

Other Commemorative Days (Various) 3 6 20 19

TOTAL 61 92 121 167

International Day of Peace

AfghanistanAlbaniaArgentina AustraliaAustriaBarbadosBelarusBeninBrazilBurkina FasoCambodiaCameroonCanadaC.A.R.ColombiaCongoDominican Rep.Ecuador

EstoniaFinlandFranceGabonGeorgiaGermany Ghana GuyanaHondurasIndiaIndonesiaIrelandIsraelItalyJapanKenyaLatviaLiberia

Marshall IslandsMauritiusMexicoMoldovaNepalNetherlandsNew ZealandNicaraguaNigeriaNorwayParaguayPeru RussiaRwandaScotlandSenegalSeychellesSierra Leone

SlovakiaSloveniaSolomon IslandsSpainSri LankaSwitzerlandTaiwan ThailandTogoUnited KingdomUnited StatesUruguayVenezuela

Celebrations in 68 Nations

International Day of Peace

Playing traditional music in Afghanistan (left), a forum at a mosque in Norway (top right), planting trees in Barbados (bottom right)

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds gives the keynote address in Guyana (left),

the President of the Congress of Peru, Dr. Daniel Abugattas Majluf (above), addresses members of all political parties.

International Day of Peace

International Day of Peace

Dominican Republic (top left), Finland (top right), Marshall Islands (bottom left), Ecuador (bottom center), Kenya (bottom right)

World Water DayWorld Environment DayInternational Day against Drug Abuse

and Illicit TraffickingInternational Youth DayUN Day of Non-violenceInternational Day of ToleranceWorld AIDS DayWorld Food DayHuman Rights DayWorld Humanitarian DayInternational Human Solidarity DayWorld Day for Cultural DiversityInternational Friendship DayUniversal Children’s DayInternational Volunteer DayUnited Nations Day

Other UN Observances

Music, dancing, food, and speeches in New York City

CongoEcuadorGeorgiaGhanaIsraelItalyKazakhstan

LatviaNepalRussiaSwitzerlandUS

African Film Festival in Nepal (above), Africa Day program in Ghana (right)

Celebrations in 12 Nations

INTERFAITHPEACEBUILDING

INTERFAITH PEACEBUILDING

INTERFAITH PEACE COUNCILS WORLD INTERFAITH HARMONY WEEK

Interfaith Peace CouncilsInauguration of the Thailand Interreligious Peace Council (below), consultation with the Ethiopia Interreligious Council (right)

World Interfaith Harmony Week

Celebrations in 23 Nations

BarbadosCanadaCote d’IvoireGermanyIndiaIndonesiaIsraelItalyJapanKazakhstanKoreaMalaysiaMoldova

NepalRussiaSlovakiaSolomon IslandsSt. LuciaSwitzerlandThailandTaiwanUkraineUS

Motto: "Love of God and Love of the Neighbor" / "Love of the Good and Love of the Neighbor"

Canada (top), Taiwan (middle), Israel (bottom)

STRENGTHENING MARRIAGE AND

FAMILY

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

UN INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FAMILIES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY MARRIAGE & FAMILY PROGRAMS

Theme for 2011: “Confronting Family Poverty and Social Exclusion”

Celebrations in 47 Nations

ArgentinaArmeniaAustriaBangladeshBeninCameroonCanadaColombiaCongoCroatiaEcuadorEstoniaGabonGeorgiaGhanaIndia

IndonesiaIrelandIsraelJapanKazakhstanLatviaMalaysiaMoldovaNepalNew ZealandNigeriaPeruPhilippinesRussiaRwandaSan Marino

SenegalSlovakiaSolomon Is.SpainSwitzerlandTaiwanThailandUnited StatesUruguayVenezuelaZambia

Moldova (top), Benin (bottom)

In Cagayan de Oro, Philippines (above left), Honiara, Solomon Islands (above right), Yekaterinburg, Russia (below left), and Dublin, Ireland (below right)

In Yerevan, Armenia (above left), Montevideo, Uruguay (above right), Lusaka, Zambia (below left), and Almaty, Kazakhstan (below right)

The Permanent Missions of Nigeria and the Slovak Republic to the United Nations, in partnership with UPF, sponsored a forum at the Nigeria House on March 2.

A Parallel Event of the 55th Commission on the Status of Women

International Women’s Day

In New York, UPF organized a Parallel Event to the UN Commission on the Status of Women, at the Mission of the African Union to the UN.

International Women’s Day Programs

AustraliaGeorgiaIndiaItalyJapan

NepalRussiaUKUS

Speakers at a forum in India (above), making posters in Georgia (right)

Marriage and Family Initiative Programs in 25 nationsArgentinaAzerbaijanBangladeshCambodiaCzech Rep.GeorgiaGhanaIndonesiaJapanKazakhstanLatviaLithuaniaMoldovaNepal

NorwayPanamaPeruRussiaRwandaScotlandSierra LeoneSolomon Is.Sri LankaTaiwanUruguay

Argentina (top), Cambodia (bottom)

EDUCATION

EDUCATION

INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCES

MARRIAGE & FAMILY CHARACTER EDUCATION

Conference in Malta: “Europe, Africa and the Culture of Peace: A New Vision for Cooperation”

Leadership Conference Presentations

Download from http://upf.org/education/presentations

Marriage and Family Presentations

Download at http://www.upf.org/idf-resources.

“The Benefits of Marriage”“Promoting a Marriage-Friendly Culture”“The Family as the School of Love and Peace”“Solving Moral Confusion”“Really Listening”“Parenting Teens”“World Peace Blessing”“Marriage, My Spiritual Path”

Character Education Curriculum

Discovering the Real Me offers a comprehensive character education focusing on universal values and core ethical principles common to all cultures.

For more information see http://upf.org/education/character-education.

SERVICE AND HUMANITARIAN

RELIEF

Promoting a Culture of Peace

RELIGIOUS YOUTH SERVICE

HUMANITARIAN RELIEF

SPORTS, ARTS, MUSIC, AND CULTURE

Cleaning hospital grounds in Sierra Leone

Service Programs

GeorgiaIndiaNepalRussiaSri LankaSt. Lucia

Religious Youth Service Projects in 6 Nations

Sri Lanka (top), St. Lucia (bottom)

Building a “Peace Park in Russia with plantings designed like a world map (top left), planting a garden in India (top right), building a classroom in Nepal (bottom)

Service Programs

Disaster Relief

IndiaJapanThailand

Disaster Relief in 3 Nations

Tsunami relief in Japan (above)Flood relief in Thailand (below)

Humanitarian Care

Health education for displaced people in Haiti (top left), school supplies for Roma orphans in Albania (bottom left), serving meals to children in Nepal (bottom right)

Promoting a Culture of PeaceThrough Sports, Music, Art, and Cultural Programs

Brazil (top),Austria (bottom left), Estonia (bottom right)

Africa – Post-Conflict Reconciliation

Americas – Promoting a Culture of Peace

Asia – Peacebuilding Forums Eurasia – Regional Initiatives Europe – Advocating

Multiculturalism Oceania – Advancing a Pacific Rim

Era

REGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

Africa: Post-Conflict Reconciliation

Planting a Peace Pole in Rwanda (top left), meeting with traditional leaders in Burkina Faso (bottom left), peace campaign in Cote d’Ivoire (right)

Americas: A Culture of Peace

Japanese Tea Ceremony in Washington, DC (top left), Day of Peace in Mexico (top right),

traditional dance in Nicaragua (bottom left), Canada’s Colors of Peace festival (bottom right)

Asia: Peacebuilding Forums

Day of Peace at the Afghan Embassy in Japan (top left), leaders of 7 political parties meet in Nepal (bottom left) inaugural assembly of the Asia

Peace Conference in Malaysia (right)

Eurasia: Regional Initiatives

Celebrating the ethnic groups in Georgia (top left), Azerbaijan Ambassadors for Peace (top right), forum in Vladivostok, Russia (bottom left), dialogue in Latvia (bottom right)

Europe: Multiculturalism

Forum in Paris (top left), “Water of Peace” ceremony in London(top right), Model UN Interreligious Council session in Geneva (bottom)

Oceania: Pacific Rim Era

Forum in Australia (top left), condolence gift from the Solomon Islands to the Japanese ambassador after the tsunami (top right), building friendships in New Zealand (bottom)

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