CONFERENCE ON
INTERFAITH COOPERATION FOR PEACE
Enhancing Interfaith Dialogue and Cooperation towards Peace in the 21st Century
PROGRAM
22 June 2005
Conference Room 4
United Nations Headquarters, New York
OPENING CEREMONY
(9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.)
- H.E. Dr. Alberto G. Romulo
Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Philippines
- H.E. Mr. Kofi Annan
Secretary-General, United Nations
- H.E. Mr. Jean Ping
President, General Assembly, United Nations
- H.E. Mr. Munir Akram
President, Economic and Social Council,
United Nations
- H.E. Mr. Koichiro Matsuura
Director-General, UNESCO
- Mr. Hiro Sakurai
President, Committee of Religious NGOs at the UN
MORNING SESSION (10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.)
“The role of religions in promoting intercultural understanding towards sustainable peace”
MODERATOR:
Professor Diana L. Eck
Director, Pluralism Project, Harvard University
SPEAKERS:
Dr. H.M. Din Syamsuddin
Vice-Chairman of Muhammadiyah (Indonesia)
Ms. Sarah Titchen
Programme Specialist for Culture
UNESCO (New York)
Dr. Pauline Muchina
Representative, Anglican Consultative Council
(with a message from Most Reverend Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury)
DISCUSSANTS:
Professor Andrea Bartoli
Director, Center for International Conflict Resolution, Columbia University (Representing the Holy See)
Ms. Katherine Marshall
Director and Counsellor to the President of the World Bank
Mr. Ramu Damodaran
Chief, Civil Society Service Outreach Division, UN-DPI
Rev. Dr. Laurence Bropleh
Permanent Representative to the UN, Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, World Council of Churches
Ms. Bani Dugal
Principal Representative to the UN, Baha’i International Community
AFTERNOON SESSION (3:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.)
“Exploring strategies to enhance interfaith cooperation for sustainable peace”
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Dr. Maleeha Lodhi
High Commissioner for Pakistan in London
MODERATOR:
Mr. Giandomenico Picco
CEO and Chairman, GDP Associates and
Former Undersecretary-General of the United Nations
SPEAKERS:
Ambassador Dr. Gunter Mulack
Commissioner for Dialogue with the Islamic World (Germany)
Dr. Josef Boehle
Coordinator, UNESCO Chair for Interfaith Studies,
University of Birmingham
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf
Chairman, The Cordoba Initiative
Founder, American Society for Muslim Advancement
DISCUSSANTS:
Mr. Rapil Zhoshybaev
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kazakhstan
Mr. Adnan Amin
Director, Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs,
UNEP, New York
Dr. William Vendley
General Secretary, World Conference of Religions for Peace
Dr. Georgette Bennett
President, Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding
LIVE VIDEO MESSAGE:
His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians and Rev. Dr. Robert Edgar, General Secretary, National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA
CLOSING CEREMONY
(5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.)
- Report of the Moderators
- Adoption of the Conference Conclusions and Recommendations