Editing Sun Myung Moon (section)

===Politics===
In 1964, Moon founded the [[Korean Culture and Freedom Foundation]], which promoted the interests of South Korea and sponsored Radio Free Asia. Former [[President of the United States|US Presidents]] [[Harry S Truman]], [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], and [[Richard Nixon]] were honorary presidents or directors at various times.<ref>{{cite news|title=Korean denies influence peddling|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2457&dat=19761102&id=y6kzAAAAIBAJ&pg=3422,903462|newspaper=Bangor Daily News|access-date=21 March 2012}}</ref>

In 1972, Moon offered predictions on the decline of [[communism]], based on the teachings of the ''Divine Principle'': "After 7,000 biblical years—6,000 years of restoration history plus the millennium, the time of completion—communism will fall in its 70th year. Here is the meaning of the year 1978. Communism, begun in 1917, could maintain itself for approximately 60 years and reach its peak. So 1978 is the borderline and afterward, communism will decline; in the 70th year, it will be altogether ruined. This is true. Therefore, now is the time for people who are studying communism to abandon it."<ref>[http://www.tparents.org/Moon-Books/sm-gww/GWW-07.htm The Way of Restoration], (April 1972)</ref>

In 1980, Moon asked church members to found [[CAUSA International]] as an anti-communist educational organization, based in [[New York City|New York]].<ref>"Moon's 'Cause' Takes Aim at Communism in Americas", ''The Washington Post'', 28 August 1983.</ref> In the 1980s, it was active in 21 countries. In the United States, it sponsored educational conferences for Christian leaders<ref name=ct>[http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/augustweb-only/8-6-37.0.html Sun Myung Moon's Followers Recruit Christians to Assist in Battle Against Communism] ''[[Christianity Today]]'' 15 June 1985</ref> as well as seminars and conferences for [[United States Senate|Senate]] staffers and other activists.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/cult/unification/image.htm Church Spends Millions On Its Image], ''The Washington Post'', 17 September 1984. "Another church political arm, Causa International, which preaches a philosophy it calls "God-ism," has been spending millions of dollars on expense-paid seminars and conferences for Senate staffers, Hispanic Americans and conservative activists. It also has contributed $500,000 to finance an anticommunist lobbying campaign headed by John T. (Terry) Dolan, chairman of the National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC)."</ref> In 1986, it produced the anti-communist documentary film ''[[Nicaragua Was Our Home]]''.<ref>[http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1555 Public TV Tilts Toward Conservatives], [[Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting]] "While conservatives dismiss Bill Moyers' world-class documentaries on our constitutional checks and balances as "propaganda," they never mention PBS's airing of unabashed right-wing agitprop films such as Nicaragua Was Our Home (the pro-contra film produced by Rev. Sun Myung Moon's CAUSA, which funded the contras after Congress' ban)...."</ref> CAUSA supported the [[Nicaraguan Contras]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Scott|first1=Peter Dale|last2=Marshall|first2=Jonathan|title=Cocaine politics drugs, armies, and the CIA in Central America|date=1998|publisher=University of California Press|location=Berkeley|isbn=978-0520214491|pages=219|edition=Updated ed., Updated pbk.}}</ref><ref name="NewRepub">{{cite magazine|last1=Blake|first1=Mariah|title=The Fall of the House of Moon: Sex Rituals, foreign spies, Biden offspring, and the Unification Church's war-torn first family.|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/115512/unification-church-profile-fall-house-moon|magazine=The New Republic|date=12 November 2013|access-date=9 December 2015}}</ref>

In August 1985, the [[Professors World Peace Academy]], an organization founded by Moon, sponsored a conference in [[Geneva]] to debate the theme "The situation in the world after the fall of the communist empire."<ref>[http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-14440148/Projections-about-a-post-Soviet.html Projections about a post-Soviet world-twenty-five years later.] // Goliath Business News</ref> In April 1990, Moon visited the [[Soviet Union]] and met with President [[Mikhail Gorbachev]]. Moon expressed support for the political and economic transformations underway in the Soviet Union. At the same time, the Unification Church was expanding into formerly communist nations.<ref name="query.nytimes.com"/> After the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]] in 1991, some American conservatives criticized Moon for his softening of his previous [[anti-communist]] stance.<ref name=salonfeb>{{cite news |url=http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/02/26/washington_times/index.html |title=Washington Times updates style guide, conservatives up in arms |work=Salon.com |date=27 February 2008 |access-date=1 July 2013 |archive-date=10 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210230801/http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/02/26/washington_times/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="auto">[http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=7720 News and Curiosities], ''[[Prospect (magazine)|Prospect]]'', September 2006</ref>

In 1991, Moon met with [[Kim Il Sung]], then North Korean president, to discuss ways to achieve peace on the [[Korean peninsula]], as well as on [[international relations]], tourism, etc.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> In 1994, Moon was officially invited to the funeral of Kim Il Sung in spite of the absence of [[diplomatic relations]] between North Korea and South Korea.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.mk.co.kr/v3/view.php?year=2011&no=822668 |title=mk 뉴스 – 金장례식에 日여자마술사 초청한 까닭 |publisher=News.mk.co.kr |access-date=9 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127021401/http://news.mk.co.kr/v3/view.php?year=2011&no=822668 |archive-date=27 November 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Moon and his church are known for their efforts to promote [[Korean unification]].<ref name="theatlantic.com"/>

In 2003, Korean Unification Church members started a [[political party]] in South Korea. It was named "The Party for God, Peace, Unification, and Home." In its inauguration declaration, the new party said it would focus on preparing for Korean reunification by educating the public about God and peace.<ref>[http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=126&art_id=qw1047283022536B265&set_id=1 'Moonies' launch political party in S Korea],''The Independent'' (South Africa), 10 March 2003</ref> Moon was a member of the Honorary Committee of the [[Unification Ministry]] of the Republic of Korea.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unikorea.go.kr/CmsWeb/viewPage.req?idx=PG0000000117&boardDataId=BD0000204685&CP0000000002_BO0000000041_Action=boardView&CP0000000002_BO0000000041_ViewName=board/BoardView&curNum=350 |script-title=ko:자유게시판 |publisher=Unikorea.go.kr |access-date=23 May 2012}}</ref> In 2012, Moon was posthumously awarded North Korea's [[National Reunification Prize]].<ref name="kcna.co.jp"/>

In 2005, Sun Myung Moon and his wife, Hak Ja Han Moon, founded the Universal Peace Federation (UPF), an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the [[United Nations Economic and Social Council]] (ECOSOC). "We support and promote the work of the United Nations and the achievement of the [[Sustainable Development Goals]]."<ref>{{cite web|title=About the Founders|url=http://www.upf.org/founders|website=Universal Peace Federation: A Global Network of Peacbuilders|access-date=16 September 2017}}</ref>

Moon's projects have been lobbied in the [[National Congress of Brazil]] by Brazilian MPs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.camara.gov.br/internet/plenario/notas/ordinari/V030402.pdf |title=Congressional papers of the Chamber of Deputies |access-date=9 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126012736/http://www.camara.gov.br/internet/plenario/notas/ordinari/V030402.pdf |archive-date=26 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.camara.gov.br/sileg/integras/549661.pdf |title=Congressional papers of the Chamber of Deputies |access-date=9 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126013734/http://www.camara.gov.br/sileg/integras/549661.pdf |archive-date=26 November 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.camara.gov.br/internet/jornal/jc20081209.pdf |title=Congressional papers of the Chamber of Deputies|access-date=9 October 2012}}</ref> Moon has held dialogues between members of the Israeli [[Knesset]] and the [[Palestinian Parliament]] as part of his [[Middle East Peace Initiative]]s.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse/commitment-to-israelpales_b_1263793.html | work=[[HuffPost]]| first=Mike | last=Ghouse | title=Commitment to Israel-Palestine, Part 2 | date=21 February 2012}}</ref>