Indonesia host to Asia Pacific global peace festival

Antara News, Saturday, June 26, 2010 02:13 WIB

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia will be host of the Global Peace Festival (GPF) 2010 for Asia Pasifik from October 15 to 17, 2010.

"As a country with many ethical origins, religions and other resources, but everybody living in close harmoney, it is only reasonable that Indonesia had been elected to become host," GPF Executive Director of Asia Pasifik Chandra Setiawan said in Jakarta Monday.

GPF is a celebration to unite all efforts for world peace.GPF has been held in more than 30 countries. This year, not only in Indonesia, GPF is also held in Kenya and many other parts of Africa, Paraguay and Nepal as well as in South Asia.

The holding of GPF in Indonesia is the result of a cooperation between GPF Foundation Internasional, GPF Indonesia, and Nahdlatul Ulama central executive board with the support of ICRP, religious leaders, Universities, and governmental institutions.

The activities of GPF include international conferences of religious leaders followed by 400 participants from October 15 and 16, 2010.

"We hope the conference would not merely in the form of dialogues but realized and practiced in daily programs, Siti Musdah Mulia, one of the GPF chairmen of Asia Pasifik.

Anohter program of the GPF is a social activity involving 10 thousand young people of different religious believes in various cities and activities to strengthen the marital institution and family as a school of love.

The peak of the program will be held at Gelora Bung Karno on October 17 with cultural and art performances from many regions in Indonesia and from various Asean countries with a message of peace from religious and public leaders, local and overseas.