Santa Catarina, Brazil - A series of events took place in southern Brazil for UPF's Global Peace Tour in April. These events included a peace march, service activities, an international conference, and a festival. The events were made possible by local Ambassadors for Peace and were sponsored by local organizations and the city council.

Abuja, Nigeria - The Africa Youth Leaders Peace Summit was convened in commemoration of the 2009 African Liberation Day, and held at the Economic Community of West African States in Abuja, Nigeria, from June 2 to 5 with the theme of the Role of Youth in achieving the Millennium Development Goals & Regional Integration of Africa.

Seebenstein, Austria - For the last several years UPF-Austria has made it a tradition to organize a small Peace Festival at the time of the summer solstice. This year it was combined with a June 20 conference on “20 Years Since the Fall of the Iron Curtain.”

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -  No one's too young to be a peacemaker. Through collecting donations of 10 sen (a Malaysian coin), Malaysian children have proven that! Within two months, a total of RM 143,730.10 (US$ 40,700) was collected by the united effort of about 500,000 children in this southeast Asian nation. [watch video report.]

Kathmandu, Nepal - On May 20, three Nepali climbers reached the summit of Mt. Everest and unfurled a banner that read “Mt. Everest Expedition for a New Constitution and World Peace – 2009.”