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URI Asia Executive Council Meets in San Francisco

The URI Asia Executive Council met at 4 p.m. Friday, March 8 at the Hilton San Francisco Airport Bayfront Hotel in the United States of America.

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IPRI to host TPA training in Kerala, India

Applications for week-long program in peacebuilding and conflict transformation are now available.

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URI Asia Executive Council attends URI Korea Youth Leadership Peace Camp

For the past four years, URI Korea has organized a Youth Leadership Peace Camp in partnership with the Korea Ministry of Culture and Tourism. This year the Peace Camp took place June 24-26 in Seoul. Dr. Abraham Karickam and Dr. Hira Paul Gagnegi, URI Coordinators from India, and Father James Channan, URI Coordinator from Pakistan, who are members of the URI Asia Executive Council, joined the Ven. Dr. Jinwol Lee and the young adults attending the Peace Camp this year. In addition to sharing their perspectives on interfaith work, they joined in youth activities and took this opportunity to develop plans and programs to sustain and develop URI across the Asia region.

URI youth visit demilitarized zone in Korea

Sixty one years ago on this day (June 25th, 1950), the Korean war erupted, which lasted for three years, causing much destruction and painful division. UN army comprising soldiers from 16 nations fought the battle, which was very rare. 10 million people had to part, for no reasons and still those millions long for a family re-union. Yes, today is the Korean commemoration day and we, the URI youth Camp family visited the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) to offer prayers for peace, with hundreds who flocked there with the same intent.

Inauguration of URI International Peace Research Institute

We are happy to announce the inauguration of URI International Peace Research Institute (IPRI) in Kerala in conjunction with the Fourth International Holy Books Conference (Intertextuality Series),... Read more...

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International Interfaith Conference on Holy Books 2011

URI-Asia invites the URI community to its fourth annual conference in Kerala, India August 27-29, 2011.

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Inter-religious dialogue for social harmony

Dear friends and colleagues, Is religion a source of conflict or resource for peace? Why are there so many religious wars around the world today? Can we transcend the boundaries and barriers of... Read more...

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Successful Completion of TPA Training in Bangladesh

I write this from the house of Holy Cross Brothers in Dhaka. We are the guests of Brother Jarlath D’  Souza, a veteran in the field of interfaith dialogue. George and myself  are on... Read more...

TPA in Bangladesh

The TPA is widening its wings and many promising peace builders come under its fold from different parts of the world. The reception in Bangladesh was excellent and we had an impressive lot of... Read more...

Visit to Bangladesh

We landed in Bangladesh today morning and it is the beginning of yet another TPA adventure. We were received at the airport by Francis Halder and went to the office of Anando straight from there. This... Read more...