Throughout his entire life, with a ministry spanning more than fifty years, the Reverend Sun Myung Moon has devoted himself to the pursuit of peace, and he has established numerous organizations and foundations whose main focus has been peace.  These include the Professors World Peace Academy, the Women's Federation for World Peace, the Youth Federation for World Peace, the Inter-Religious Federation for World Peace, the World Media Association, the International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences, the Federation for World Peace, the Summit Council for World Peace, the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations, and the Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace.   In his own description of the vision of the Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace, Reverend Moon has proposed the development of a council of religious leaders that would work within the structure of the United Nations, serving as a complement to the almost exclusively political and economic emphasis that characterizes peacekeeping efforts among its member nations. His hope is to create over time a comprehensive and effective approach to peacemaking. In his own words:  The time has come when cooperative and mutually supportive relationships among the world's statesmen and religious leaders are desperately needed... Since the root of human problems is not merely political, it follows that social and political solutions alone will always be insufficient. While most societies are politically governed, religion lies at the root of most national and cultural identities. ("Founders Address", IIFWP Inaugural Assembly, February 6, 1999) Copyright (c) 2002 IIFWP All rights reserved.