List of Inaugiral Speakers, Panelists and Sicussants

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
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