Dialogue, Reconciliation and Peace (DREP) CENTRE: PHOTOS: DREP PROGRAM MANAGER, MR. CHRIS OGBONNA RECEIVED A UNIVERSAL AMBASSADOR OF PEACE AWARD!

On Sunday 30th August 2015, DREP Centre Program Manager Mr. Chris Ogbonna received an...
Ambassador of Peace award from Universal Peace Federation (UPF International, A Global Network of Peace builders).

The UPF Leadership and Good Governance Award is presented on behalf of the Founders, Rev. and Mrs. Sun Myung Moon, to those manifesting excellence in leadership, integrating professional excellence and practical wisdom with moral and spiritual principles.
Candidates from all fields and realms of governance are considered, including leaders from religion, government, non-governmental organizations, corporations, and educational institutions. Past recipients include current and former heads of state and government, parliamentarians, and religious leaders from throughout the world.
The Leadership and Good Governance Award recognizes those who have demonstrated outstanding leadership principles, including fairness, honesty, accountability, transparency and inclusiveness, based on the core values of:

living for the sake of others in service to God and humanity.
promoting harmony and cooperation beyond barriers of race,
religion, nationality and culture;
strengthening marriage and the family as the school of love;
affirming universal spiritual values

UPF acknowledges the need for careful and proportionate use of power, including political, economic, military and civil society power to sustain lasting peace. However, we strongly emphasize "soft power" solutions as essential to peace-building. A leading exponent of “track two” diplomacy, UPF emphasizes the role and responsibility of religious and spiritual leaders to transcend historical self-interest and pursue the ideal of “One family under God.”

Goal: Increase dialogue and understanding between parties in conflict
Methods: Consultations among scholars, diplomats, government officials, civil society representatives, and religious leaders; people-to-people diplomacy.

We the staff and volunteers of DREP congratulate our Program manager for a well deserved achievement!! May God continue to bless and increase him in all endeavors of his life. Once again we say congrats to Amb. Chris Ogbonna.