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<p><em>The clashes of the last days in Israel and other conflicts in the world. On the site of the UWP, our appeal for reconciliation, is a wall: <em style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">a space for dialogue, for sharing our thoughts and for taking actions that promote peace.</em></em><em> </em></p> <p><strong>Salt counts of victims in Israel. </strong>But we will not forget this or any other conflicts around the world through a call to reconciliation, this is the "Wall for Peace": open space to converse and share thoughts and actions on peace on the website of the UWP.<strong><br /></strong></p>
<p><em>Some young peolple tell us about a special dinner campaign in Philippines. How sponsorize one (or more) family’s Noche Buena</em></p> <p><strong>“Christmas is a special season for the Filipinos,</strong> with celebrations lasting for several months. One of the traditions looked forward to is the Christmas dinner feast, called the Noche Buena. Unfortunately, not all families can afford this kind of luxury due to the widespread poverty in the country.
<p><em>50 years after his famous speech, some selected passages of Martin Luther King for "The Protagonists of the fraternity"</em></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong>250 thousand people attended the 28 of August 1963</strong> for the "March for work and freedom" at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. There, Martin Luther King pronounced his famous speech "I Have a Dream" which still preserves its universal message of freedom and fraternity. <br />For "Protagosnists of fraternity" we selected some passages of this historical speech.
<p><em>At the conclusion of a workshop/meeting, 650 educators from around the world commit to an ‘educational pact.’ Their mission of teaching pathways to peace continues in hundreds of initiatives and projects already underway. During the live streaming: a new presentation for the United World Project</em></p> <p><strong>Education, the privileged pathway for seeking peace.</strong> This was the idea that brought together: families, schools, group animators, educational researchers and also some young and even very young people from many cultural backgrounds who are working daily to face the educational challenges of our times. They met at Castelgandolfo, Italy (September 6, 2013 – September 8, 2013) for a workshop entitled <a href="http://www.new-humanity.org/it/learning-fraternity.html" target="_blank">Learning Fraternity</a>.</p>
<p><em>How would you translate in practical terms: ‘do unto others as you would have them do unto you’?This is what the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Y4UW.JO?fref=ts" target="_blank">Youth for a United World (Y4UW) - Jordan</a> share on their Facebook page.</em></p> <p>Over 60 thousand persons have signed <a href="http://unitedworldproject.org/en/signatures/sign-up-online.html" target="_blank">their committed to live the Golden Rule</a> and endorse the United World Project: young people, adults and even personalities. There are, in fact, so many ways to put it into practice in our everyday situations or challenges as it entails going “beyond” our way of life and acquire a new lifestyle in which one puts the other person at the centre of attention.
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border-width: 0px;"><em>The 20th of August - humans consume more than planet can produce for the year</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border-width: 0px;">There are only so many natural resources the earth can supply and today we’ve gone over our annual limit. <strong>Earth Overshoot Day</strong> is the point in the year when humans have used as much nature, such as land, trees and fish, as the planet’s ecosystems can regenerate.</p>
<p><em>“A modern society needs fraternity in order to govern complex social relationships.” For “The protagonists of the fraternity,” ten years after his death we wish to introduce Sergio Vieira de Mello, UN official, promoter of peace in places of conflict alongside refugees and protector of human rights</em></p> <p><strong>16:40, 19th August 2003</strong>. A violent explosion blasts Canal Hotel, which was being used as UN headquarters in Baghdad. It was a serious attack that killed 22 people. Among these people, there was the Brazilian Sergio Vieira de Mello, Special Envoy to the United Nations. Three days of official mourning was later decreed by the then Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in remembrance of the UN Human Rights High Commissioner. In 2008 the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 19th August as the World Humanitarian Day. It is a way to raise awareness on humanitarian issues because nowadays, we live conflicts on a globalized level. In Bologna (Italy), a square that leads to ‘Porta Europa’ is named in his honour.</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.
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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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