URI Stories of Impact

Mr. Yuel Bhatti, Executive Secretary of URI Pakistan, presents flowers to Fr. Dr. James Channan OP, celebrating the achievement of being honored with two Peace Awards from the United Nations.

International Day of Peace 2015 is almost upon us! This year, URI is gathering reports of celebrations on and around September 21 from all around the globe and plotting them on the map.

Read news from the URI Horn of Africa General Assembly in Nairobi earlier this month; 11 Cooperation Circles were represented in the assembly and presented their work to participants and URI staff. It was a strong moment for the URI network.

As I listened to President Obama address the nation on last week’s tragedy in San Bernardino, California I was surprised and relieved to hear a call for Americans to become active, as opposed to passive, neighbors to one another in this time of tension.

At a dinner celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, I noticed URI President’s Council member and former United States Secretary of State George Shultz engaged in a conversation with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon.