In late October, peace workers from the US, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, the Philippines, Mongolia and Hong Kong came to Taiwan at the invitation of ten domestic NGOs working in fields including cross-strait security, human rights, women's rights and environmental protection, to attend the International Symposium on Peace and Grassroots Movements and share their experience in promoting peace.
10 月底在台舉辦的「和平願景與草根運動── 2006 年台灣和平國際研討會」，由國內 10 個長期關心台海安全、人權維護、婦女權益、生態環保等議題的民間非營利組織，合力邀請了來自美、日、韓、印尼、菲律賓、蒙古與香港等地的和平工作者，分享他們推動和平的理念和經驗。