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This speech was given by The Rt. Rev. William E. Swing, President and Founding Trustee of URI, and Former Episcopal Bishop of California, at the occasion of the planting of trees at the San Francisco Japanese Tea Garden - saplings from trees that survived the atomic blast in Hiroshima.

Two descendants of trees that survived the nuclear blast on Hiroshima were planted in a ceremony that also honored former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz and Dame Charlotte Malliard Shultz for their advocacy around nuclear disarmament.

See the different ways the international URI community celebrated the International Day of Peace 2019.

Please give a warm welcome to the latest groups to join the global URI network.

Read the latest issue of UMANG, a newsletter from URI Pakistan. This issue covers events from April - June 2019.

August 24, 2019, was the URI Youth Assembly at Karickam International Public School.

Ganesh Chaturthi, also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi, or Vinayaka Chavithi, is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Ganesha, the elephant-headed god.

AYEPO, a URI member group, hosted a student art competition to help heal the wounds of living with violence and to promote peace among students of different backgrounds in Afghanistan.

Read detailed reports and see photos from multiple URI Cooperation Circles in West India.