Ambassador Dr. Shik (Charles) Yang, International Chairman and Ambassador Adama Doumbia, Vice Chairman for Africa arrive in Liberia today to attend the impending inaugural ceremony of President elect, Joseph N. Boakai slated for Monday, January 22, 2024. At the behest of the incoming President, UPF International is to launch a National Peace Summit, an event which is to form part of the 150 days deliverables of the new government.
During their stay in Liberia, Ambassador Dr. Yang and his team will meet with various stakeholders including but not limited to the outgoing President, George Manneh Weah, incoming President, Joseph N. Boakai, Pro Tempore of the Liberian Senate, Hon. Nyonblee Karngar Lawrence, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Johnathan Fonati Koffa, Peace Ambassador for Liberia, Liberia Peace Building Office, the Liberian Chapter of UPF, the Young Ambassadors for Peace (YAP), and other actors in the peace building sector.
Universal Peace Federation has been in Liberia for many years and has been involved in peace building activities and programs and also winning more activists and practitioners into building peace at community and national levels. UPF Liberia has a network of more than 300 Ambassadors for Peace around the country. During its annual convention of Ambassadors for Peace held in September of 2023, 28 new Ambassadors were admitted into the network.
Similarly, the youth wing of UPF Liberia, known as Young Ambassadors for Peace (YAP) has also been involved in mobilizing young people of peaceful conduct into been agents and Ambassadors for Peace. They too hold annual conference of young ambassadors every year to deliberate on the affairs of the organization and state of affairs on the peace status of the country, especially among young people.
UPF, which has the motto: ‘Living for the Sake of others’, is a non for profit organization founded by Ambassador Dr. Sun Myung Moon in South Korea and is involved with building social ties, peaceful coexistence amongst families, communities, and nations around the world; advancing social cohesion and national stability, as well as working with the United Nations to maintain world peace.
The organisation is in general consultative status with the social organ of the United Nations (UN) and has national offices in most of the countries in the world. The global headquarters is in Seoul, South Korea. The Liberian Chapter is headed by Rev. Dr. Jasper Ndaborlor, Chairman, and Pindarous Allison, Secretary General (SG).