URI Stories of Impact

It was Tuesday 21st September- we observed the International Day of Peace in Bangladesh. Like last year, we are happy to observe this day at Khagrachari – a hilly district of Chittagong Hill...

On Wednesday, October 20, the United Nations passed a resolution creating a "World Interfaith Harmony Week' to be held on the first February of every year.

URI's President and Executive Director joined more than fifty of the world’s most visionary interfaith leaders at the Temple of Understanding in New York City on Tuesday, October 19 for a Call to Action Conference on Sustainable Development.

On Saturday, October 30, the Orange County Interfaith Coalition for the  Environment (OCICE, a Cooperation Circle of URI located in Southern California, USA) will hold a one day conference titled...

WFIRC's 2010 assembly will be held at the Franciscan Centre: Assisi Shanthi Kendra, Karukutty, Kerala, India, from December 9th to 12th, 2010 on the topic of “Religion and the Marginalized”

Everest: A Climb for Peace will begin airing nationwide on Public Television (PBS) starting Saturday, October 23^rd.  The film will be pre-released on the WORLD Channel, which airs on 124 Public TV stations nationwide including the following top ten markets: New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Dallas, Boston, and Atlanta. 

It will feed to these 124 stations on two consecutive Saturdays:

- First on Oct 23rd at 8:00am, 2:00pm, 8:00pm and 2:00am
- And then again on October 30th at 12:00pm and 6:00pm.
- It also will feed once on Friday, October 29 at 5:00am.
- Please check your local listings as times may differ according to station.

Historic New Treaty Lays Out Ground Rules for Sharing Benefits of World’s
Wealth of Genetic Resources

Governments Also Agree on Strategic 10-Year Plan with Targets and
Timetables to Combat Loss of Planet’s Nature-Based Resources