Universal Peace Federation (UPF) – A Global Network of Peacebuilders / https://www.upf.org/
Founders: Rev. Sun Myung Moon and his wife, Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, founded the Universal Peace Federation in 2005.
158 Worldwide Chapters: https://www.upf.org/chapters
Primary Associations:
International Summit Council for Peace (ISCP)
International Association of First Ladies for Peace (IAFLP)
International Association of Parliamentarians for Peace (IAPP)
Interreligious Association for Peace and Development (IAPD)
International Media Association for Peace (IMAP)
International Association of Academicians for Peace (IAAP)
International Association for Peace and Economic Development (IAED)
Our Partners: https://www.upf.org/who-we-are/partners
1. Coalition of Faith-Based Organizations; Spirituality and Justice Initiative: The FBO
Coalition is a broadly-based multi-faith coalition of leading representatives of the world’s
great religious traditions, along with interfaith leaders, academics, and practitioners actively
engaged in various areas of criminal justice and crime prevention.
2. United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC): UPF is an NGO in General Consultative
Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
3. African Union: UPF has a partnership with the African Union in the celebration of Africa Day
in New York City and a Memorandum of Understanding related to a tsetse fly eradication campaign.
https://www.upf.org/peace-education-and-human-development/peace-education-reports/6126-progress-report-in-tsetse-fly-eradication-campaign
4. United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC): UPF has a Memorandum of Understanding with
the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations to reinforce cooperation in continuing to promote
intercultural dialogue, peace and security.
https://www.upf.org/united-nations-relations/6363-upf-signs-working-agreement-with-u-n-group
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5. Global Citizen Forum: UPF has a Memorandum of Understanding with the Global Citizen Forum
with a mutual commitment to cooperate to promote peace and human development.
6. Global Council for Tolerance and Peace (GCTP): UPF signed a Memorandum of Understanding with
the Global Council for Tolerance and Peace (GTCP), an NGO that shares many of the same goals and
objectives as UPF, such as peace and tolerance, inclusiveness, and respect for each other’s
mandate and enhance complementary.
7. Global Forum on Human Settlements: an NGO in Special Consultative Status with ECOSOC,
convenes an annual conference of the Global Forum on Human Settlements Former UN Under-
Secretary-General Amb. Anwarul K. Chowdhury serves as the Chairman. UPF works in collaboration
with GFHS to support and promote the work of the United Nations and the achievement of the
Sustainable Development Goals.
8. International Institute for Tolerance: is a peace organization founded by H.E. Sheikh
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates(UAE). UPF works in
collaboration with the Institute to support and promote initiatives such as the World Tolerance
Summit.
(22 NOV 2020) Universal Peace Federation:
70 Years After the Korean War World Leaders Call for Peace at Online Rally of Hope
Millions of viewers tuned into hundreds of broadcast stations and gathered online to call for peace among and
between nations at the third Rally of Hope sponsored by the Universal Peace Federation (UPF) in Korea on
Sunday, Nov. 22. UPF was founded in 2005 by Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon and Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon and is an NGO in
General Consultative Status with the United Nations.
Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon addresses live audience and online participants from all around the world at the Rally of Hope
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201124005906/en/
November 2001: Rev. Moon and the United Nations
https://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/176/31366.html
The Washington Times & Comments by the Reverened Sun Myung Moon
http://www.perkel.com/journal/times.htm
Reverend Sun Myung Moon and the Washington Times daily newspaper connection
The Washington Times was founded in 1982 by News World Communications, an international media conglomerate
associated with the Unification movement which also owns newspapers in South Korea, Japan, and South America,
as well as the news agency United Press International (UPI).
Bo Hi Pak, the chief aide of Unification movement founder and leader Sun Myung Moon, was the founding president
and the founding chairman of the board. Moon asked Richard L. Rubenstein, a rabbi and college professor who had
written on the Holocaust, to serve on the board of directors. The Washington Times’ first editor and publisher
was James R. Whelan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Times
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