| Conference on Tolerance Education |
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| Written by UPF-Russia |
| Thursday, 21 June 2007 12:00 |
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On June 20 the Moscow branch of UPF, in cooperation with the local chapters of the International Educational Foundation (IEF) and the Women's Federation for World Peace, held a conference on the theme: "Tolerance Education – Base for Mutual Understanding among People and a Stable Society." In today's Russia, the issue of tolerance and ethnic harmony is a widely shared concern among social leaders. Forty participants from several universities and public organizations of Moscow attended the conference, including several Ambassadors for Peace. The speakers included: Mr. Vladimir Petrovsky, Ambassador for Peace, chairman of the National Peace Council and member of the Board of Directors of the Russian Association of Political Science; Mr. Mikhail Grishin, doctor of culture and professor at the State Institute of Art Research; Mrs. Larisa Ruban, doctor of sociology; and Mr. Boris Panteleev, member of the Council of Justice and a legal expert of the Moscow Bureau of Human Rights. The lectures stimulated very positive feedback from the audience. |
Following the increasing pace of UPF activities worldwide in 2007, and stimulated by the monthly international leadership seminars for Ambassadors for Peace, UPF-Russia is stepping up its own activities with programs of outreach in several cities of Russia.
