Organizations related to the Unification Church

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Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church, believed in a literal Kingdom of God on Earth to be brought about by human effort, motivating his establishment of numerous groups, some that are not strictly religious in their purposes.[1][2] Moon was not directly involved with managing the day-to-day activities of the organizations that he indirectly oversaw, yet all of them attribute the inspiration behind their work to his leadership and teachings.[3][4][5]

Multi-faceted organizations

Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles (CARP)

The Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles (대학원리연구회,CARP) is a collegiate organization founded by Moon and his followers in 1955. According to CARP's website, its goal is to promote "intercultural, interracial, and international cooperation through the Unification world view".[6][7] J. Isamu Yamamoto states in Unification Church: "At times CARP has been very subtle about its association with the Unification Church, however, the link between the two has always been strong, since the purpose of both is to spread Moon's teachings."[8]

Universal Peace Federation

Universal Peace Federation [ko] (천주평화연합,UPF) is an international and interreligious civil society organization that was founded in 2005 which promotes religious freedom.[9] UPF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit NGO in general consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).[10] Dialogue and Alliance is its journal published from Tarrytown, New York.[11] UPF actively supports United Nations projects, especially in the field of peace education, family and peace building.[12][13] At the 2nd Asia-Pacific Summit, Cambodian Prime Minister Sen received the UPF's Leadership and Good Governance Award. This award is given by the UPF when it recognizes someone's excellence in leadership, based on moral and spiritual principles. So far, more than 60 people from 48 countries have received this award, including former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.[14]

During the Covid crisis, UPF organized several gatherings of hope, virtual gatherings that bring together thousands of world leaders, based on a shared culture of interdependence, mutual prosperity and universal values.[15]

On July 1, 2019, UPF President Dr. Thomas G. Walsh met with Pope Francis in the Vatican, in a private audience.[16][17][18] Prior to the audience, UPF had already been active in programs organized by the Vatican, such as consultations on the Syrian crisis in 2014 and the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the papal encyclical in honor of Nostra aetete. Their conversation emphasized the importance of prayer and family, and Dr. Walsh had expressed UPF's and the Unification Church's readiness to support and cooperate with partners in the Catholic Church in the field of family, ecology, and interfaith relations.

At the end of the meeting, the upcoming UPF 2020 summit in South Korea was discussed.[19][20][21]

Women's Federation for World Peace (WFWP)

The Women's Federation for World Peace(세계평화여성연합,WFWP) was founded in 1992 by Hak Ja Han, the wife of Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon. Its stated purpose is to encourage women to work more actively in promoting peace in their communities and greater society. It has members in 143 countries.[22][23][24] WFWP is a non-profit NGO in general consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). [10]

Han has travelled the world speaking at conventions on the WFWP's behalf.[25] In 1993 the WFWP held a conference in Tokyo, Japan, at which the keynote speaker was former U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle's wife Marilyn Tucker Quayle, and in a speech at the event Han spoke positively of Mrs. Quayle's humanitarian work.[26]

In 1993 Han travelled to 20 cities in the United States promoting the WFWP,[27] as well as to 12 countries.[22] At an event in Salt Lake City, Utah, she told attendants: "If a family is not centered on God's ideal of love, there will be conflict among the members of that family. Without God's love as an absolute center, such a family will ultimately break down. A nation of such families will also decline."[27] Her 1993 speeches in the United States focused on increasing violence in the U.S., and the degradation of the family unit.[28]

In 1995, the WFWP contributed $3.5 million to help Liberty University, which at that time was in financial difficulty. This was reported in the United States news media as an example of closer relationships between the Unification Church and conservative Christian congregations.[29] That same year former United States president George H. W. Bush spoke at several WFWP meetings in Japan,[30][31] and at a related conference in Washington, D.C. There he was quoted by The New York Times as saying: "If as president I could have done one thing to have helped the country more it would have been to do a better job in finding a way, either through speaking out or through raising a moral standard, to strengthen the American family."[32]

The events in Japan drew protests from Japanese people who were wary of unorthodox religious groups, including the Unification Church. Bush's spokesperson Jane Becker stated "We were satisfied that there was not a connection with the Unification Church, and based on the information we were given we felt comfortable speaking to this group."[33] 50,000 people attended Bush's speech in Tokyo.[34] The theme of the talks was "family values".[30] In the half-hour speech, Bush said "what really counts is faith, family and friends". Bush also spoke on the importance of the relationship between Japan and the United States and its importance for world peace.[35] Han spoke after Bush's speech and praised Moon, crediting him for the decline of communism and saying that he must save America from "the destruction of the family and moral decay".[35][36]

In 1999 the WFWP sponsored a conference in Malaysia in which religious and government leaders spoke on the need to strengthen education and support families, as well as the need for peace and understanding between ethnic and racial groups in the nations.[37] In 2009 it co-sponsored, along with the Unification Church affiliated organization the Universal Peace Federation and the government of Taiwan, a conference in Taipei calling for Taiwan's greater participation in world affairs independent of the People's Republic of China. Taiwan's president, Ma Ying-jeou, spoke at the event.[38] The WFWP has also been active in sponsoring various local charity and community events.[39][40]

Service For Peace (SFP)

Service For Peace (서비스포피스,SFP) is a non-profit organization, founded in 2001 by the Sun Myung Moon's third son, Hyun Jin Preston Moon, to give opportunities to young people who wish to better themselves and their communities. As of April 2007, the organization had established chapters in North America, Central America, Caribbean, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania. SFP is active in communities and statewide. Colleges have recruited Service for Peace Campus Corps to benefit their fellow peers as well as the communities around them.[41][42] Some SFP chapters have smaller initiatives designed to meet local needs. In the US, Service For Peace's Backpack Angel program supports students throughout Kentucky by providing backpacks and school supplies for children in need.[43]

International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences (ICUS)

International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences (ICUS) is a series of conferences formerly sponsored by the International Cultural Foundation and since 2017 by the Hyo Jeong International Foundation on the Unity of the Sciences (HJIFUS).[44] The first conference, held in 1972, had 20 participants; while the largest conference, in Seoul, South Korea in 1982, had 808 participants from over 100 countries.[45]

Participants in one or more of the conferences included Nobel laureates John Eccles (Physiology or Medicine 1963, who chaired the 1976 conference),[44] Eugene Wigner (Physics 1963),[46] economist and political philosopher Friedrich Hayek,[47] ecologist Kenneth Mellanby, Frederick Seitz, pioneer of solid state physics, Ninian Smart, President of the American Academy of Religion,[48] and Holocaust theologian Richard Rubenstein.[49]

Moon believed that religion alone can not save the world,[50] and his particular belief in the importance of the unity of science and religion was reportedly a motivation for the founding of the ICUS.[2] American news media have suggested that the conferences were also an attempt to improve the often controversial Unification Church's public image.[51][52]

The last two editions of the conference have focused on environmental issues, such as rising sea levels and water temperatures, food scarcity, renewable energy, and waste management. The theme in 2017, at ICUS XXIII, was "Earth's Environmental Crisis and the Role of Science", with a similar theme following at ICUS XXIV, in 2018: "Scientific Solutions to the Earth's Environmental Challenges".[53] At ICUS XXV in 2019, the theme was "Environmental Health and the Quality of Human Life."[54]

Interfaith organizations

  • The Assembly of the World's Religions was founded by Sun Myung Moon. The first assembly was held from November 15 to 21, 1985, in MacAfee, New Jersey. The second was from August 15 to 21, 1990 in San Francisco.[55]
  • Interreligious Federation for World Peace[56][57]
  • American Clergy Leadership Conference (ACLC)[58][59][60]
  • The Peace Road is a major international initiative that wants to emphasize the importance of building the International Highway of Peace, in order to connect nations and continents around the world. The project to build the International Highway of Peace was proposed by Reverend Sun Myung Moon at the International Conference on the Unity of Science (ICUS) in 1981. He also proposed building a highway between former enemies, South Korea and Japan, and a "tunnel of peace" across the Bering Strait with the goal of connecting people and overcoming divisions in the world. Peace Road takes place in 120 countries around the world and is sponsored by the Universal Peace Federation.[61][62][63]
  • The Middle East Peace Initiative sponsors projects to promote peace and understanding including visits by international Christians to Israel and Palestine and dialogues between members of the Israeli Knesset and the Palestinian Legislative Council.[64]
  • The Interreligious Association for Peace and Development (IAPD) is an interfaith association that represents different religious traditions from around the world. It was launched in November 2017 in South Korea. The IAPD supports the efforts of the United Nations to achieve sustainable development and emphasizes the importance of religious freedom in society, and promotes interreligious cooperation, in accordance with publicly published information on the organization's official website.[65] Eminent Hindu leader Sadguru Bhau Maharaj ji supported the founding conference of the Interreligious Association for Peace and Development in India.[66] On August 14, 2021, the UPF initiated the establishment of the Interreligious Association for Peace and Development in Ghana, with the aim of promoting peace in the world through interfaith dialogue and cooperation. IAPD National Branches have so far been launched in Benin, DR Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria and Zambia.[67][68] The inauguration of the Interreligious Association for Peace and Development for Europe and the Middle East was held in April 2018 in Vienna, Austria. The ambassador of the Republic of Korea in Austria spoke at the inauguration, as did Dr. Unger, one of the founders of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. Speakers also included the Apostolic Archbishop of Zimbabwe, the President of the World Congress of Religions from the United Kingdom and other religious leaders.[69][70] In 2021, IAPD was also established in Malaysia.[71] At the UPF summit in Korea in August 2022, a resolution was adopted to launch the IAPD Advisory Council in partnership with the African Union.[72] During the celebration of the World Week of Interfaith Harmony in Georgia, a local branch of the Interreligious Association for Peace and Development was established in February 2022.[73] The African Union and the Inter-Religious Association for Peace and Development (IAPD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding in April 2024 at the headquarters of the African Union in Ethiopia. [74][75]

Educational organizations

  • Kirov Academy of Ballet, dance school in Washington, D.C.[99]
  • Little Angels Children's Folk Ballet of Korea, a dance troupe founded in 1962 by Moon and other Unification Church members to project a positive image of South Korea to the world.[100][101] In 1973 they performed at the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City.[102] The group's dances are based on Korean legends and regional dances, and its costumes on traditional Korean styles.[103]
  • Manhattan Center, Theater and recording studio in New York City.[104]
  • The Universal Ballet, founded South Korea in 1984, is one of only four professional ballet companies in South Korea. The company performs a repertory that includes many full length classical story ballets, together with shorter contemporary works and original full-length Korean ballets created especially for the company. It is supported by Unification Church members with Moon's daughter-in-law Julia Moon, who was the company's prima ballerina until 2001, now serving as General Director.[105][106][107][108]
  • The International Association of Arts and Culture for Peace (IAACP) was created and operates as one of the specialized organizations of the UPF.[109][110]

Sports organizations

Political organizations

  • Freedom Leadership Foundation, an anti-communist organization in the United States active in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.[118][119]
  • Peace United Family Party, a South Korean political party founded by the Sun Myung Moon, one of whose main goals is the reunification of Korea.[120]
  • The International Association of Parliamentarians for Peace (IAPP) works to promote peace and understanding between potentially hostile nations.[121] More than a hundred parliamentarians from about 40 countries of the world announced a resolution on the establishment of the International Association of Parliamentarians for Peace IAPP in the National Assembly of South Korea in February 2016 at an international conference.[122] Since its foundation, IAPP has spread to all continents of the world.[123] In Uganda, the IAPP was established in 2017 in the national parliament with the participation of several legislators.[124] The Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana, Mr. Bagbin, supported the establishment of the International Association of Parliamentary Members for Peace, IAPP, in May 2021.[125] The establishment of the International Association of Parliamentarians for Peace (IAPP) in Liberia 2018 was supported by Dr. Roland of the Parliamentary Committee on Peace, Religion and National Reconciliation.[126]
    Further information: The International Association of Parliamentarians for Peace (IAPP)
  • TheConservatives.com, a former political website in partnership with The Heritage Foundation.[127]
  • The Summit Council for World Peace is an international group active in Moon's effort to unite North and South Korea.[128]
  • Coalition for a Free World, anti-Soviet group active in the 1980s.[129]
  • Washington Institute for Values in Public Policy[130][131]
  • CAUSA International is an anti-communist educational organization created in New York City in 1980 by members of the Unification Church.[132] In the 1980s it was active in 21 countries. In the United States it sponsored educational conferences for evangelical and fundamentalist Christian leaders[133] as well as seminars and conferences for Senate staffers, Hispanic Americans and conservative activists.[134] In 1986 it produced the anti-Communist documentary film Nicaragua Was Our Home.[135]
  • Rally of hope was launched in 2020 with the goal of connecting people around the world live online. At the Rally of Hope, experts talk about major world problems such as climate change, the COVID-19 crisis, geopolitics and more. Rallies of Hope was attended by millions of people around the world, and some of the speakers were former United Nations Secretary General Ki-Moon, former US Vice President Pence, former US Secretary of State Pompeo and other politicians. Rally of Hope is sponsored by UPF.[136][137][138]
  • The International Coalition for Religious Freedom is an activist organization based in Virginia, the United States. Its president is Dan Fefferman, who has held several leadership positions within the Unification Church of the United States. Founded in the 1980s, it has been active in protesting what it considers to be threats to religious freedom by governmental agencies.[139][140][141][142]
  • International Federation for Victory over Communism (IFVOC)
  • Korean Culture and Freedom Foundation, a nonprofit organization which in the 1970s staged a public diplomacy campaign in the United States for South Korea[143] When it was founded in 1964, former U.S. Presidents Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower were named as honorary presidents and former Vice President Richard Nixon (then practicing corporate law) was named as a director.[144]
  • National Committee Against Religious Bigotry and Racism[145]
  • National Prayer and Fast Committee, which supported President Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal.[146][147]
  • Radio Free Asia.[144]
  • Think Tank 2022, launched in May 2021, is a global network that brings together thousands of experts with the aim of seeking solutions for achieving peace on the Korean Peninsula. The initiative was supported by many world leaders such as former UN Secretary General Ki-Moon, former US Vice President Pence, former US Secretary of State Pompeo, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, former U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Gingrich and others. Think Tank 2022 operates through expert groups and in cooperation with international UPF associations.[148][149]
  • The World Summit is a UPF project that aims to bring together the heads of state, who with their vast experience and wisdom can help build a world of mutual understanding, sustainable peace and prosperity for all.[150][151] Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan delivered the opening speech at the 2019 International Peace Summit in Sao Tome and Principe. The conference was attended by several current and former African leaders, such as the president and prime minister of Sao Tome, the former president of Niger and the former president of Guinea-Bissau.[152][153][154] Peace, security and human development were discussed at the 2020 World Summit in South Korea. The summit was attended by the prime minister of Cambodia Hun Sen, former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, former President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan, Newt Gingrich, former president of the US Congress and many other world leaders.[155][156][157] In February 2022, a global forum was held to discuss the establishment of peace on the Korean Peninsula. This forum is part of the World Peace Summit 2022 in South Korea.[158] The UPF and the Royal Government of Cambodia have convened the World Summit for Peace on the Korean Peninsula 2022 in South Korea. Former US president Trump, Sall, President of Senegal, former US Secretary of State Pompeo, former US Congress president Gingrich, former European Commission president Barroso, and numerous other world leaders took part in the summit, live or via video.[109][159][160][161] UPF organized a world summit for peace in August 2022 in South Korea. The summit was attended by several world leaders such as former Canadian Prime Minister Harper, former president of the US Congress Gingrich, former US Secretary of State Pompeo and others. The participants of the summit gave their support to building peace in the world, especially on the Korean Peninsula. Religious freedom was also discussed at the Summit and support was given to the education of young people in Africa.[110][162][163]
    Further information: UPF World Summit
  • The International Summit Council for Peace (ISCP) was launched in 2019 in South Korea with the aim of bringing together former and current heads of government and state. Among the participants of the inaugural meeting were former US Vice President Cheney, former Speaker of the US House of Representatives Gingrich, former President of Albania Moisiu, former President of Paraguay Gómez and other former and current presidents.[164][165] ISCP continues to work on the foundations of the World Peace Summit, established in 1987.[165] Goodluck Jonathan, the former president of Nigeria, became the chairman of the ISCP-Africa International Summit Council for Peace, an organization made up of former African presidents.[166][167][168] At the opening ceremony of the Asia-Pacific Summit 2019, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen signed the Resolution on the launch of the International Summit Council for Peace (ISCP).[169] The Prime Minister of Cambodia, Hun Sen, delivered the keynote speech at the International Summit Council for Peace Council (ISCP) in 2022. Hun Sen proposed that the two Koreas should begin to cooperate through UNESCO, to cooperate culturally and to change the demilitarized zone into a zone of peace.[170][171] The International Summit Council for Peace (ISCP)-Africa discussed the issue of COVID-19 in Africa and pledged support for the efforts of African countries in curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. They called on the international community to help people in Africa fight against COVID-19 with medical supplies. ICSP Africa stands for good governance on the African continent and the organization gathers former African presidents.[172][173][174] At the Sao Tome Peace Summit 2019, Goodluck Jonathan stated that the goals of the International Summit Council for Peace (ISCP) coincided with his personal goals and ideals of strengthening democracy, peace and stability by supporting the youth of Africa.[175][176][177] The former president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, at the 2020 world summit in South Korea, led the session of the International Summit Council for Peace (ISCP), where former and current heads of governments discussed current problems in the world.[178]
    Further information: International Summit Council for Peace

Businesses

The Unification Church controls a large number of businesses around the world. In 1997 David Bromley, a sociologist at Virginia Commonwealth University, said: "The corporate section is understood to be the engine that funds the mission of the church. The wealth base is fairly substantial. But if you were to compare it to the LDS Church or the Catholic Church or other churches that have massive landholdings, this doesn't look on a global scale like a massive operation."[179]

The lines between the Unification Church's charities, businesses, religious activities, and related organizations is blurred with money and goods flowing between them. Money is in general believed to flow from East Asia to the United States although these flows are opaque. In the 1990s One Up Enterprises Inc. was the Church's primary American holding company.[180] Business are owned by the Church through arcane corporate structures with many ultimately controlled by the holding company Unification Church International Inc.[181]

  • The International Association for Peace and Economic Development (IAED) was created and operates as one of the specialized UPF organizations.[182][183] At the first virtual International Leadership Conference (ILC) in September 2020, organized by UPF, the work of the International Association for Peace and Economic Development (IAED) was presented.[184][185]

Automotive

Pyeonghwa Motors is an automobile manufacturer based in Seoul, South Korea, and owned by the Unification Church. It is involved in a joint-venture with the North Korean Ryonbong General Corp. The joint venture produces two small cars under license from Fiat,[186] and a pick-up truck and an SUV using complete knock down kits from Chinese manufacturer Dandong Shuguang. Pyeonghwa has the exclusive rights to car production, purchase, and sale of used cars in North Korea. However, most North Koreans are unable to afford a car. Because of the very small market for cars in the country, Pyeonghwa's output is reportedly very low. In 2003, only 314 cars were produced even though the factory had the facilities to produce up to 10,000 cars a year.[187] Erik van Ingen Schenau, author of the book Automobiles Made in North Korea, has estimated the company's total production in 2005 at not more than around 400 units.[188]

Health care

  • Cheongshim Hospital, Korean hospital.[189]
  • Ilhwa Company, South Korean based producer of ginseng and related products.[190]
  • Isshin Hospital, Unification Church sponsored hospital in Japan which practices both modern and traditional Asian medicine.[191][192]

Manufacturing

In South Korea the Tongil Group was founded in 1963 by Sun Myung Moon as a nonprofit organization which would provide revenue for the Unification Church. Its core focus was manufacturing but in the 1970s and 1980s it expanded by founding or acquiring businesses in pharmaceuticals, tourism, and publishing.[193] In the 1990s Tongil Group suffered as a result of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis. By 2004 it was losing money and was $3.6 billion in debt. In 2005 Sun Myung Moon's son, Kook-jin Moon was appointed chairman of Tongil Group.[193] Among Tongil Group's chief holdings are: The Ilwha Company, which produces ginseng and related products; Ilshin Stone, building materials; and Tongil Heavy Industries, machine parts including hardware for the South Korean military. The Tongil Group funds the Tongil Foundation which supports Unification Church projects including schools and the Little Angels Children's Folk Ballet of Korea.[194]

Shipbuilding

The Church owns Master Marine, a shipbuilding and fishing company in Alabama;[195] International Seafood of Kodiak, Alaska;[196][197] In 2011 Master Marine opened a factory in Las Vegas, Nevada, to manufacture a 27-foot pleasure boat designed by Moon.[198][199]

Seafood

The Unification Church owns True World Foods, which controls a major portion of the sushi trade in the US.[200][201] True World Foods parent company is the corporate conglomerate True World Group which operates restaurants and markets.[181]

The Unification Church's foray into the seafood industry began at the direction of Reverend Moon who ordered an expansion into "the oceanic providence." In 1976 and 1977 the Church invested nearly a million dollars into the American seafood industry.[200] Moon delivered a speech in 1980 entitled "The Way of Tuna" in which he claimed that "After we build the boats, we catch the fish and process them for the market, and then have a distribution network. This is not just on the drawing board; I have already done it." and declared himself the "king of the ocean." He also suggested that they could get around the recently imposed 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone by marrying American and Japanese members allowing the Japanese ones to become American citizens, because once married "we are not foreigners; therefore Japanese brothers, particularly those matched to Americans, are becoming ..... leaders for fishing and distribution." He also declared that "Gloucester is almost a Moonie town now!"[200]

Later in 1980 Moon gave a sermon in which he said that "This ocean business is really reserved for Unification Church. How much income would this business generate? Roughly speaking, enough money to buy the entire world. That's true! It has unlimited potential."[181] In 1986 he advised his followers to open a thousand restaurants in America.[200]

Agriculture

The Church owns a chinchilla farm named One Mind Farms.[180]

Media

News World Communications is an international news media corporation.[202] It was founded in New York City, in 1976, by Sun Myung Moon. Its first two newspapers, The News World (later renamed the New York City Tribune) and the Spanish-language Noticias del Mundo, were published in New York from 1976 until the early 1990s. In 1982 The New York Times described News World as "the newspaper unit of the Unification Church."[203] Moon's son Hyun Jin Moon is its chairman of the board.[204] News World Communications owns United Press International, The World and I, Tiempos del Mundo (Latin America), The Segye Ilbo (South Korea), The Sekai Nippo (Japan), the Zambezi Times (South Africa), The Middle East Times (Egypt).[205] Until 2008 it published the Washington, D.C.-based newsmagazine Insight on the News.[202] Until 2010, it owned The Washington Times. On November 2, 2010, Sun Myung Moon and a group of former Times editors purchased the paper from News World.[206]

  • AmericanLife TV cable television network formerly owned by the Unification Church.[207]
  • The International Media Association for Peace was founded and operates as one of the peace associations of the UPF.[208][209][210]

Real estate

In the 1970s the Unification Church of the United States began making major real estate investments. Church buildings were purchased around the nation. In New York State the Belvedere Estate, the Unification Theological Seminary, and the New Yorker Hotel were purchased. The international headquarters of the church was established in New York City.[citation needed] In Washington, D.C., the church purchased a church building from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,[211] and in Seattle the historic Rolland Denny mansion for $175,000 in 1977.[212][213] In 1991 Donald Trump criticized Unification Church real estate investments as possibly disruptive to communities.[214] As of December 1994, Unification Church had invested $150 million in Uruguay. Members own the country's largest hotel, one of its leading banks, the second-largest newspaper and two of the largest printing plants.[215] In 2008 church related real estate investment partnership USP Rockets LLC was active in Richmond, Virginia.[216] In 2011 the church related National Hospitality Corporation sold the Sheraton National Hotel.[217] U.S. Property Development Corporation, real estate investment[218] Yongpyong Resort, which hosted the alpine skiing events for the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.[219][220]

United Nations–related non-governmental organizations

From 2000 until his death in 2012, Moon promoted the creation of an interreligious council at the United Nations as a check and balance to its political-only structure.[221][222] Since then King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and King Juan Carlos I of Spain hosted officially a program to promote the proposal.[223] Moon's Universal Peace Federation is in general consultative status [10] with the United Nations Economic and Social Council[224][225] and a member of the United Nations Division for Palestinian Rights,[226][227] a member of the UN Human Rights Council,[228][229] a member of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.[230] Three of Moon's non-governmental organizations (NGOs) – Universal Peace Federation, Women's Federation for World Peace and Service for Peace – are in consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.[231][225][232]

Other organizations

  • International Relief Friendship Foundation (IRFF)[233][234]
  • Joshua House Children's Centre in Georgetown, Guyana helps homeless and victimized children.
  • Korean War 60th Anniversary Memorial Committee[235]
  • National Committee Against Religious Bigotry and Racism[236]
  • The New Hope East Garden Project (새소망농장), agricultural project in Brazil.[citation needed]
  • Ocean Church[237]
  • Summit Council for World Peace[238]
  • Tongil Foundation[194]
  • World Media Association, sponsors trips for American journalists to Asian countries.[239]

Organizations which are supported by the members of the Unification Church

  • American Conference on Religious Movements, a Rockville, Maryland-based group that fights discrimination against new religions. The group is funded by the Church of Scientology, the Hare Krishna organization, as well as by the Unification Church, which gives it $3,000 a month.[104]
  • American Freedom Coalition (AFC), a group which seeks to unite American conservatives on the state level to work toward common goals. The coalition, while independent, receives support from the Unification Church.[240] American Freedom Journal was a publication of the AFC published by Robert Grant.[241] The journal was started in 1988 and suspended publication sometime before 1994.[242] Contributors included Pat Buchanan, Ed Meese, Ben Wattenberg and Jeane Kirkpatrick.[243]
  • Christian Heritage Foundation, a private, independent charitable foundation based in Virginia that distributes Bibles and Christian literature to Communist and Third World nations. In 1995 it was given $3.5 million by the Women's Federation for World Peace.[244]
  • Empowerment Network, a pro-faith political action group supported by United States Senator Joe Lieberman.[245]
  • Foundation for Religious Freedom (Also known as the New Cult Awareness Network), an organization affiliated with the Church of Scientology which states its purpose as "Educating the public as to religious rights, freedoms and responsibilities."[246][247]

See also

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