The Universal Peace Federation (UPF) was founded by the Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon in 2005 and represents the fruit of more than forty years of his investment and efforts for the sake of world peace. it builds directly upon the work of the Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace, founded in 1999, and earlier initiatives which engaged leaders in the sciences, arts, academia, and in
terreligious fields. UPF is in special consultative status with ECOSOC, the Economics and Social Council at the United Nations. the Secretariat is based in New York, and there are currently 12 regional offices and more than 150 active chapters worldwide. Each Chapter is entitled to nominate a representative to the UPF Global Peace Council. Individual members of UPF are called to be Ambassadors for Peace.
