The World Peace Foundation is one of the social, cultural, artistic, educational, security and medical organizations registered with the United Nations NGOs and enjoying special consultative status in the United Nations. It is a non-governmental organization aiming at promoting world peace and development. Promote international cultural exchanges, communication and cooperation and safeguard and promote world peace in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. Life-long Chairman of the World Peace Foundation: Kong Jian Living Buddha.

Note: The Foundation is registered as a non-governmental organization with secondary consultative status within the United Nations system.

Institutions directly under the World Peace Foundation:

United Nations (NGO) World Peace Foundation-World Peace International Education Federation

United Nations (NGO) World Peace Foundation-World Peace and Security Risk Management and Control Consortium