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This list includes every page or product from UUA.org, UU World magazine, or inSpirit books & gifts that is tagged with Asia or its children.

  • The recently concluded 64th Founding Anniversary and First General Assembly (formerly General Convention) of the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Philippines was attended by almost 80 delegates from 23 congregations. Delegates officially adopted the UUCP’s new Constitution and By-Laws, which...

    By UU Church of the Philippines Inc., Negros Oriental | May 7, 2019 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Ordinations, International Opportunities, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Human beings and nuclear weapons cannot co-exist. I am writing from downtown Nagasaki where I have been attending the 2018 World Conference Against Atom and Hydrogen Bombs. Three days ago, we commemorated the 73rd anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima. There, on a hot, clear August...

    By Jerald Ross | August 15, 2018 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • The Nepal-based organization ANSWER was founded by a Unitarian and was immensely helpful in making the 2018 Conference of the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists in Kathmandu possible.

    By Sara Ascher | March 30, 2018 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Opportunities, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Just as the initiation of recent student led advocacy from Parkland, Florida brings hope for positive change in this country, so too have students in Japan addressed the issue of nuclear disarmament in their country by sharing the stories of nuclear blast survivors.

    By Joanne Dufour | March 28, 2018 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • What is the Heart of Unitarian/Universalism? What is at the core of our varied theologies and diverse cultural contexts that brings Unitarians and Unitarian Universalists together as a single faith? What does this faith call us to be and to do, today? These were the central questions posed by the 2018 Conference of the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists (ICUU) which met in Kathmandu, Nepal February 12-15, 2018.

    By Allison Hess | February 27, 2018 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: UU Identity, UU Theology, International Opportunities
  • By William Williamson
    The Heart of Unitarianism/Universalism​, Shillong, India During the next International Council of Unitarians and Universalists Conference in the Khasi Hills of North East India, we will explore the multifaceted nature of our global faith and strive to better articulate what our shared faith is. We will hear from...
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  • The India Chapter of the International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF) conducted a national conference in Pondicherry, India from the 26th to 27th of May, 2017. Representatives from many states attended - giving all participants a good opportunity to interact with IARF activities, to...

    June 2, 2017 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Engagement & Building Peace
  • For the past two years, it has been my honor to chair the NGO/DPI Executive Committee, which represents about 1,500 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) affiliated with the Department of Public Information (DPI) at the United Nations....

    By Bruce Knotts | May 8, 2017 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, LGBTQ Issues
  • Bruce Knotts is the Director of the Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office. In January, he travelled to Vietnam to endorse the Think Equal initiative and to China to encourage greater civil society participation at the United Nations. Here, he writes about his experience in Vietnam. Leslee...

    By Bruce Knotts | March 1, 2017 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, Equal Opportunity, International Engagement & Building Peace
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    February 14, 2017 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, LGBTQ Issues, LGBTQ Welcome & Equality