From Oct. 7 to 9, the religious conference hosted by UNESCO, World Fellowship of Buddhism. World Universities of Buddhism, and Australia Jeonjong Academy took place at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France.

This conference was held in commemoration of the 2550th anniversary of birth of Buddha under the slogan of "Contribution of Buddhism for Sustainable Growth of the Humankind and the World Peace." About 50 odd participants and 2,000 officials from 192 countries including Koichiro Matsuura, UNESCO's Director-General, Jan Shin-Saeng, UNESCO's Board member, Chaturon Chaisang, Thai Education Director, Pan Wannameti, Chairperson of WFB, the ambassadors to UNESCO from Korea and 10 other countries and many scholars and professors dignified the convention with their presence.

Meanwhile, the Central Religious Council Chair, Seongam Jeong Dae-Jin, Vice Chair, Seongam Kim Jae-Mok, Secretary General of the Educational Foundation of Daejin Academy, Seongam Joe Tae-Yong and Director of the Plannig Dept, Seongam Baek Seung-Yeon participated in the conference on behalf of Daesoonjinrihoe.

Seongam Jeong Dae-Jin officially delivered the messages regarding the concept of sangsaeng or mutual beneficence and the world peace and harmony, which produced a deep impression on the status of Korean people's biggest religious order, Daesunjinrihoe.

Furthermore, our staff distributed the catalogues written in English, Chinese and Japanese with video clips to the participants, which opened a new chapter in the history of Daesoonjinrihoe worldwide.