During the recent years the delegations of the Ukrainian Peace Council participated in the following events:

In 2000 the delegation of the Ukrainian Peace Council, headed by Leonid Kravchuk took part in World Conference and in General Assembly of the World Peace Council in Greece (the Athens).

World sport and culture festival and the Assembly devoted to “Search for the solutions of the urgent global problems”. Within the frames of the Assembly the topic “The establishment of peace and world views, institutions, leadership and practice” was extremely important.

The representatives from 186 countries participated in this Assembly. The events were organized by International Federation “For peace in the whole world” and the World Association of Non-governmental Organizations and were held in South Korea (Seoul) in February 2002. Also the delegation of Ukrainian Peace Council organized a series of meetings with politicians and public figures Of South Korea. Volodymyr Novochatskiy, the secretary and executive director of the Ukrainian Peace Council gave a speech.


The Conference of the World of Non-governmental Organizations on the topic “The culture of responsibility and the role of non-governmental organizations. This event was held in “Capitol Hilton” in Washington in October 2002. It gathered together the representatives of non-governmental organizations from 86 countries. The matters of fundamental importance for cooperation of international non-governmental organizations were discussed. On behalf of Leonid Kravchuk, the Head of Ukrainian Peace Council made a speech the member of Presidium Of the Peace Council, Juriy Bugai.
  • The Conference of Inter-religious International Federation in the World on the topic “The development of culture, structure and peace politics is in danger” was held in February, 2003 in Southern Korea (Seoul). It gathered 70 most famous political and public figures of the world. Sergiy Komisarenko First Deputy head of the Ukrainian Peace Council gave a speech.
  • Forth International  Conference “Children of Chornobyl – medical consequences and socio-psychological  rehabilitation”. The conference, initiated by the office on coordination of humanitarian matters of United Nations Organization, World Organization of Health Protection and the Association “the Doctors of Chornobyl”, in which participated numerous international and Ukrainian representatives, took place in Ukraine in June 2003. In its work took part doctors and scientists from 24 countries of the world.
  • International seminar “World on the developing stage: innovative approach to peace through responsible leadership and beneficial management” for the leaders of the Interreligious and International Federation for peace in the whole world.

In October, 2003 the Ukrainian Peace Council together with the International charitable Fund of help and friendship held the international conference under the title :”The role of non-governmental organizations, political and public figures in the development of the peace culture”. In the conference participated the representatives of more than 120 non-governmental organizations, Ambassadors and the representatives of the embassies, international representatives of UNO, EU and NATO in Ukraine.

The speeches were given by: Leonid Kravckuk, the Head of the Ukrainian Peace Council, Chong Su Von, the Honorable President of the International charitable fund of help and friendship, public figure of South Korea.

Cooperating with International public organizations the delegation of the UPC took part in the Summit of the World Leaders (Seoul, Korea). There were discussed such matters  as the perspectives of the cooperation of governments and religions and the development of the personality in the 21 century.

  • Third World Summit (Washington, USA). The topic of the Summit : “ The establishment of the new management model in the world for achieving long-lasting peace”.

In October, 2005 with the participation of UPC  in Kiev there was held a presentation of the Federation of the World Peace in Ukraine, established in 2005 on the International meeting of the leaders (New York). The aims and tasks  of the Federation of the World Peace are  the provision of the new level of the leadership by means of solving problems on the way to establishment of  peace, consolidation of the efforts  of the public organizations, scientists, the representatives of the system of education, cultural and religious representatives of the world.

  • Assembly 2005 n the topic “The establishment of  peace in the changing world : tendencies, challenges, innovations” (Seoul, Krea).
  • International Leaders’ Meeting “Time of challenges and changes in the global management and public society: from Peace councils to the peace in nations”, First Assembly  of the World Peace Federation (New York, USA)

Carrying on the long-term cooperation with Greek public municipal veteran organizations, Society “Ukrainian-Greek Thought” of Ukrainian Diaspora in Greece, Greek-Ukrainian Chamber,  Ukrainian Embassy in Greek Republic, Ukrainian Peace Council is implementing numerous authorized programmes, organizing and participating in various cultural events.

In particular:

  • Commemoration of Day of memory of famine victims in Ukraine;
  • Erection and opening of the monument to Taras Shevchenko  in Athens;
  • National cultural project  “Ukrainian Days in Greece” dedicated to every  anniversary of birth of Taras Shevchenko;
  • Conduction of charitable Christmas fair in Athens (Greece), participants of which: diplomatic agencies accredited in Greece, natural cultural associations, which represent local ethnic communities and world public were exposed to masterpieces of Ukrainian folk art masters;
  • Celebration of Victory day and Mother’s day.

Traditionally, for several years already, Peace Council has been the co-organizer of the Forums of the Ukrainians, who live abroad and also the International Forums of Journalists, which are held in Greece.

The Forums gather the representatives from more than 10 countries of the world (from Europe, America and Canada).

In cooperation with Greek public organizations for more than 10 years, Ukrainian Peace Council jointly with the Society Ukrainian-Greek Thought   of the Ukrainian Diaspora and Greek-Ukrainian Chamber initiated the establishment of the public organization, which bears the name The Department of Ukrainian Peace Council in Greece.


That is the first step of the Peace Council to the establishment of the network of similar organizations in the world. Hopefully, this structure will function as the coordinator of public relationships between Ukraine and Greece. It will promote the solution of the urgent maters of the Ukrainians, who are abroad (legal and language assistance, etc.), it will help to promote the work of business entities of both countries, create enterprises, corporations, will attract investments to Ukraine, will help in solving the problems of the existing organizations.

Along with NTUU “KPI”, which is a member of Peace Council, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Black Sea University Network, the Chair of UNESCO “High Technical Education, applied systemic analysis and computer science”, with the help of European center of higher education UNESCO (UNESCO-CEPES),  Ukrainian Peace Council became the co-organizer of the Congress of Black Sea University Network, which was held on 2-5 April 2008 in NTUU “KPI”.

BSUN unites 115 higher educational establishments from 11 Black Sea countries: Azerbaijan, Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Moldova, Russian Federation, Romania, Turkey and Ukraine. The forum’s aim is to strengthen the role of universities in the development of the Black Sea region and to improvement regional cooperation in educational, scientific and other areas.

Mychailo Zgurovskiy, rector of NTUU “KPI”, member of the Presidium of the Ukrainian Peace Council, Academician of NAS of Ukraine and Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, Honored Scientist of Ukraine, was elected to be the President of BSUN for 2008-2010.
The responsibleemployees of the Secretariat of the President of Ukraine, Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the national parliaments in the Parliamentary Assembly of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), deputies of Ukraine, rectors of universities and leading scientists - members BSUN, representatives of international institutions and nongovernmental organizations, diplomatic missions, scientific and educational community, students Organizations of Ukraine and others took part in the performance of the Forum.

Leonid Kravchuk, the first President of Ukraine, Head of the Ukrainian Peace Council, gave a speech.

Welcoming the gathering, he noted that educational and scientific institutions of the  Black Sea region have initiated many ideas. Universities, he said, have always led the world's intellectual processes.
Continues a long fruitful cooperation with the Ukrainian Peace Council, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the UN and embassies, including: Brazil, Greece, Italy, China, South Korea, the USA, other countries.

The year 2008 was marked by the establishment of contacts with public organizations and Ukrainian communities in the Federative Republic of Brazil and Italy, holding of a number of meetings, signing agreements to conduct joint activities between the Ukrainian Peace Council and the committee on relations with the post-Soviet countries of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Federative Republic of Brazil, outlining the principal propositions of the Agreement on cooperation.

It is planned to open the Departments of the Ukrainian Peace Council in Brazil and other countries of Latin America.

The UPC delegation, led by the Head of the Peace Council Leonid Kravchuk, participated in the international conference Universal Peace Federation that took place from January 29th to February 1st, 2009 in New York, USA. The central topic of the conference was: Establishment of the universal peace and global solidarity.

More than 400 participants from 194 countries of the world took part in the conference they included current and former leaders of the countries and governments represented,  parliamentarians, religious figures, other officials of high rank, delegates of governmental and public organizations, representatives of academic circles, of the private sector, mass media and culture and other persons.

The conference was opened by the Secretary General of the Universal Peace Federation Dr. Walsh.

The first President of Ukraine, Head of the Ukrainian Peace Council Leonid Kravchuk made a speech in which he pointed out that: peace is of pivotal importance for Ukrainian people because of the historical past of Ukraine. That is why from the very first days of the independence of Ukraine its policy has been outlined as peace oriented and life supporting. In June 1990 the Verkhovna Rada (parliament ) of Ukraine adopted “The Declaration of Independence” that envisioned Ukraine as a country free from nuclear weapons. The decision to scrap all the nuclear weapons in the territory of Ukraine showed that Ukraine had no nuclear ambitions. It was an unprecedented step in modern history. (Speech).

The Head of the Ukrainian Peace Council called upon the participants of the conference to unite their efforts, their wisdom, experience and opportunities for the sake of promoting universal peace The establishment of a global network of peace-making organizations would contribute to the development of the global peace processes.

During the conference Ukrainian delegation took part in a number of meetings with the management of the Universal Peace Federation: the President of the Federation Dr. Quaq Chong Hwa, the Secretary General Dr. Walsh, the executive director of the Peace Festival Aya Goto, the director of the department of cooperation with representatives Massimo Trombin, and with the heads and representatives of the national peace movements.

Leonid Kravchuk gave the interview to the Universal Peace Federation and the American mass media in which he expressed his attitude to the democratic processes that were taking place in the post-Soviet countries. He congratulated the founders of the Federation Dr. Sun Myung Moon on his 90th birthday and awarded the UPC orders to Dr. Sun Myung Moon and Mrs. Hak Ja Han Moon.

In March 2009 the Ukrainian Peace Council in cooperation with the Universal Peace Federation held the international conference Mankind is One family: New Vision of Peace in the 21st Century in the framework of the World Tour for Peace 2009.

Representatives of public organizations, governmental institutions, public and political figures, representatives of the diplomatic corps of Ukraine, educationists and scientists, experts on religious matters took part in the conference. The participants adopted the Resolution and the Statement of the international conference Mankind is One family: New Vision of Peace in the 21st Century with the appeal to all progressive forces to step up work in the peace movement.

Jointly with the UPC collctive member the National Technical University of Ukraine Kyivsky Politekhnichny Instytut, with the Embassy of Japan in Ukraine, and with the agency of Japan on international cooperation, friendly relations were established with the International Association Mayors for Peace.

1698 cities are members of the organization Mayors for Peace includes. Working with the understanding that Megapolises are the primary victims of wars, they carry on an active campaign for complete scrapping of nuclear weapons by the year 2020. The UPC supported peace-making initiatives of the international association Mayors for Peace and offered cooperation within the framework of the nuclear-free movement. The UPC also appeals to other countries with propositions to follow the example of Ukraine in scrapping nuclear weapons. At present, some new lines in cooperation are being worked out.

In 2010, the Ukrainian Peace Council participated in the activities and seconded the initiative of its collective member, the National Technical University of Ukraine Kyivsky Politekhnichny Instytut (NTUU) and of the Ukrainian-Polish Center centre at the NTUU to hold a football competition in Ukraine among  Ukrainian and Polish student football clubs.

The competition was held in the cities of Donetsk, Kyiv, Lviv and Kharkiv in September of 2010 (these cities will be the venues of the finals of the European Championship Euro-2012). The motto of the tournament was: Through Sports to Cooperation and Mutual Understanding in Europe.

The event was promoted cooperation between establishments of higher education of the Polish Republic and of Ukraine, friendship among young people, and preparation for the Euro-2012. In future, it is planned to widen the geography of the participants and make such football competitions regular.

 
     
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