Organizations Filed Purposes:
Development of a global culture of service and cooperation, guided by the principle of "living for the sake of others". Peacebuilding efforts among governmental, religious, cultural, education and civil society representatives working together with mutual respect and a shared commitment to cooperation and good governance. Renewal of the United Nations, including a recommendation that the UN create an interreligious council within its structures.
Our world is in urgent and desperate need to restore and improve the relationships that exist not only between nations, but also between racial, ethnic and religious groups. The Universal Peace Federation is a global alliance of individuals and organizations dedicated to building a world of peace in which everyone can live together in freedom, harmony, cooperation and prosperity.
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMUPF networks with people of diverse religious and national backgrounds to promote a culture of peace and human development. Our International Leadership Conference (ILC) programs promote interfaith cooperation and good governance, and create lasting partnerships, guided by universal principles. In 2018, UPF held 2 major ILC programs attended by around 600 participants from over 40 nations. There is a growing awareness among people throughout the world of the urgent need for innovative vision and courageous leadership if we are to resolve the critical issues of our time. UPF's World Summit programs have been developed to address this need. The World Summit program introduces essential universal values, principles and practices that are necessary to create a world in which people of every region, race, nationality, culture and religion live together in peace, We will consider the root causes of conflict and the ways we can move together from states of conflict, inequality, poverty and enmity toward reconciliation, cooperation and prosperity as one human family under God. Four World Summits were held in 2018 in Senegal, Brazil, Nepal and South Africa.UPF also offers educational programs for young people. These programs, organized by the Religious Youth Service (RYS) develop leadership and skills for young adults through service, sports, and character education. UPF's character education curriculum focuses on universal values and core ethical principles common to all cultures. Service projects focus on peacebuilding, as well as topics such as health care, nutrition, literacy, and microfinance. UPF sponsored 2 Religious Youth Service programs in 2018, in Honduras and Sri Lanka.In 2016, UPF founded the International Association of Parliamentarians for Peace (IAPP) as an organization of parliamentarians on a global level to seek out the realization of a world of everlasting peace and the development of mankind towards a path of coexistence and mutual prosperity for future generations. Thus, it is an international network created to take on critical issues such as territorial disputes, religious conflicts, racial conflicts, environmental degradation, climate change, violent extremism and poverty, through the common solidarity and cooperation of the parliamentarians of the world. UPF sponsored over 20 IAPP conferences in 2018.UPF founded the Sunhak Peace Prize Foundation LLC in 2014, to recognize the effort of individuals and organizations for their peace work to serve, expand and spread the vision of peace in relation to three key banners, "respect for human rights," "conflict resolution, and "ecological conservation." The $1 million prize is generally awarded every two years. In February 2019 the Federation's Sunhak Peace Prize program awarded prizes to Dr. Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Group, in recognition of his work to improve Africa's economy through promoting good governance and encouraging agricultural innovation; and Waris Dirie, human rights pioneer in the fight against female genital mutilation (FGM). Each winner received a medal, a plaque, and a cash prize of $500,000. Each of the winners directed the Federation to donate their cash prize to a nonprofit organization that they selected which does work in their field: to World Hunger Fighters Foundation and Desert Flower Foundation, respectively, instead of receiving the money for themselves.
UNITED NATIONS INITIATIVEAs an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the United Nations' Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the Universal Peace Federation supports the mission and work of the United Nations, with special focus on promoting interfaith dialogue, strengthening marriage and family, and achieving the Millennium Development Goals. The Universal Peace Federation seeks to strengthen the UN and work for UN renewal by:1) Creating an Interreligious Council as a forum for spiritual leaders committed to peace;2) Strengthening marriage and family as the basis for human development; and,3) Promoting a culture of peace through education and service to others.Programs are held at the UN offices in New York, Geneva, Paris, and Vienna.
PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIATo promote UPF's vision for world peace, the Communications Department runs a website (upf.org) that reports on activities of the UPF chapters worldwide. To supplement this website, UPF Today, a quarterly magazine, is published in several languages. UPF also publishes Dialogue and Alliance, a bi-annual journal focused on interfaith dialogue. Books on good governance, character education and interfaith dialogue have also been published and made available to the public, along with a wide variety of reports and brochures related to UPF activities. UPF also produces and maintains an extensive online video library on youtube and vimeo, a collection of educational PowerPoint presentations on slideshare, and a comprehensive character education curriculum in both English and Spanish on wikispaces.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Dr Thomas G Walsh | Chairman | 40 | $113,071 |
| Taj Ibrahim Hamad | Vice President | 40 | $94,299 |
| Chung Shik Yang | Director | 40 | $81,615 |
| Michael Jenkins | President | 5 | $0 |
| Kathy Rigney | Director | 1 | $0 |
| In Sup Park | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Sun Jin Moon | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Ki Hoon Kim | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Yeon Ah Choi | Director | 1 | $0 |
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