Stories from around the globe show how a united world is already in motion. This platform highlights experiences, initiatives, and projects from people and communities working for unity and peace. Explore what’s happening and get inspired.
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em>From May 1 to 10, various initiatives in the five continents were made for make visible the culture of fraternity, in which the main theme of the whole United World Week was interculturalism: enter into dialogue with the different cultures and recognize the equal dignity that makes us equal.</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em><span style="background-color: transparent;"><img src="images/news/2016/AL_2.jpg" alt="AL 2" width="400" height="300" style="margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border: 1px solid #cccccc; float: left;" />The United World Week this year has had a very special meaning, because it was the first United World Week as Brazil This itself made us live it differently, although in previous years we knew many realities in Brazil, this year, in our hearts, all the experiences had more meaning because we were one heart.</span></em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em><img src="images/news/2016/Optimized-IMG_0017.JPG" alt="Optimized IMG 0017" width="400" height="266" style="margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border: 1px solid #cccccc; float: left;" />Saturday, May 14, in Medan in Indonesia, the capital of the province Sumutra, there was a concert with the aim of promoting the culture of peace, raise funds for refugees and witness that peace must be built day by day, moment by moment , starting from personal choices.</em></p>
<p><img src="images/news/2016/13147659_1014265461993819_7523400491729070138_o.jpg" alt="13147659 1014265461993819 7523400491729070138 o" width="400" height="267" style="margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; border: 1px solid #cccccc; float: left;" /></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><em>The United World Week in Lebanon was a collection of environmental, intellectual and social events. The Youth for a United World in Lebanon share with us the different activities that they did.</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em><img src="images/news/2016/WhatsApp-Image-20160606.jpg" alt="WhatsApp Image 20160606" width="400" height="300" style="margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border: 1px solid #cccccc; float: left;" />The final project of the United World Week 2016 (<a href="en/activities/united-world-watch/action-for-peace/1129-a-spark-of-light-in-lebanon.html" target="_blank">See all activities of UWW – Lebanon</a>) in Lebanon took place the weekend of 21- 22 May. It was the second “Feed the Homeless” project that the Y4UW in Lebanon did, however, this year was a little different.</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em><img src="images/news/2016/12734236_1717845158459997_193781124226822855_n.jpg" alt="12734236 1717845158459997 193781124226822855 n" width="400" height="400" style="margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border: 1px solid #cccccc; float: left;" />Five hundred Christian and Muslim young people from 43 countries link up for a global dialogue on the topic of peace. The event will be repeated 4 times a year and be presented at the World Peace Forum on May 24, 2016 in Luxembourg.</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em><img src="images/photo/13129088_10154228707506995_206401132_o.jpg" alt="13129088 10154228707506995 206401132 o" width="400" height="400" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; border: 1px solid #cccccc; float: left;" />That HIGH RESOLUTION has two (or more) meanings: means that to live for Fratenity and Peace.</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em>The first World Youth International conference just finished, a great hope beyond the expected! More than 400 youth were linked from all over the world.<br /></em></p>
<p></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><em>1200 in Loppiano for the appointment of First May, at the opening of the United World Week. The commitment to stop the war , for the population of Ecquador, for their town and for Italy. “Less walls and more synergies”, word from the youth</em></p>
Dialogue & Interculture
United World Week
More than 170 events across dozens of countries brought United World Week 2026 to life through initiatives, meetings, and concrete actions dedicated to peace, fraternity, and the building of a more united world.
Dialogue & Interculture
Health, Sport & Ecology
Dialogue & Interculture
Active Citizenship & Politics
Stefano Zaffino, author of Fraternità e Profezia (Fraternity and Prophecy): The Thought of Igino Giordani in the Wake of the Encyclical Fratelli tutti, reflects on fraternity as a response to the conflicts and divisions of the contemporary world.
Economy & Work
Anna Granata, professor at the University of Milano-Bicocca, reminds us that teaching peace is not an abstract utopia. It is something that happens every day in Italian classrooms among children with diverse stories, languages, and backgrounds.
Art & Social Commitment
Celebrated Marvel and DC artist Gabriele Dell’Otto invites us to consider the people who are working to build peace as the real superheroes of our world. A profound discussion on responsibility, citizenship, and the challenge of doing the extraordinary in our everyday lives.
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