Baku, Azerbaijan - An international conference on “Peace Initiative in the South Caucasus: New Approaches to Peacebuilding” took place in Azerbaijan on May 29 with about 120 experts from Azerbaijan, France, Japan, USA, and Russia. The conference was hosted by the chair of the Azerbaijan Peace Council, former Prime Minister Rahim Huseinov.

Baku, Azerbaijan - A seminar on Unification Thought was attended by members of the Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences, representatives of the Ministry of Education, Medical University, Construction University, University of the Humanities, NGOs of the republic, psychologists, and businessmen. It took place in Baku May 26-27.

Address to the International Leadership Conference in Seoul, Korea, February 2012

Could it be that politicians ignore the fact that territorial integrity and the right of self-determination are two mutually contradictory principles? Could this be the reason why both the mediators and the international community have been unable to bridge the gap between Azerbaijan and Armenia?

Baku, Azerbaijan - On December 28-29 the Azerbaijan branch of UPF held a seminar on the peace philosophy of Dr. Sun Myung Moon the founder of UPF. The program took place at the Irshad Conference Center in Baku city.

Baku, Azerbaijan - A conference initiated by the Universal Peace Federation on “Promoting a Culture of Stable Marriages and Families” was held in the Ambassador Hotel of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, on November 11. A Unification Thought seminar took place the previous day.

Baku, Azerbaijan - UPF-Azerbaijan held a seminar for Ambassadors for Peace in Baku on April 18 on the theme of "Conflicts in the World and UPF."

If people of different nations and religions do not hold grudges against each other, there will be no cause for conflicts and revenge. There will be no need for wars and acts of terror that cause people to hate one another.

Baku, Azerbaijan - UPF-Azerbaijan held a conference at the Ambassador Hotel in Baku on December 27 to support interreligious dialogue and cooperation.

Moscow, Russia - UPF-Eurasia hosted a farewell gathering for Dr. Katsumi Ohtsuka, Chair of UPF Eurasia, on October 28 in Moscow. In his speech he expressed his gratitude to the UPF activists for their important work in the CIS.

Baku, Azerbaijan - UPF held a conference in Baku on September 27 to review the peace process in the Caucasus and review the proposal for an interreligious council at the UN.

Baku, Azerbaijan - A workshop on Unification Thought for professors and educators took place September 26 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Such programs add discussions of values to the peacemaking process. Topics included moral education, causes of conflicts, dialogue between Islam and Christianity, and philosophical and historical aspects of the alignment of forces in the modern world.

Yerevan, Baku, and Tbilisi - The South Caucasus conflicts, like all territorial disputes, cause a deep pain. Yet when UPF-Eurasia leaders visited Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, people said they want to see relationships normalized.

UPF is to become the blueprint of a new type of United Nations that unites the efforts of political, social, and religious leaders in order to solve the problems of the globe. This is a radical vision. Obviously, such a vision is necessary in our days in order to transform the world of conflicts, suffering, and poverty into a world of stable development and well being.