PRESS CONFERENCE
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WORLD CONFERENCE ON
"RELIGIONS, CREEDS AND/OR OTHER VALUE SYSTEMS JOINING FORCES TO ENHANCE EQUAL CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS"
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5 June 2018 | Ecumenical Centre (150 Route de Ferney)
14:00 - 14:45
The first World Conference on “Religions, Creeds and Value Systems: Joining Forces to Enhance Equal Citizenship Rights” will be held on 25 June 2018 under the Patronage of His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan. It will mark a new conceptual departure towards expanding the boundaries of the convergence of values, which bring the world of religions and faiths together.
While celebrating diversity and multiculturalism, the conference will aim at promoting equal citizenship rights, which together with global citizenship is another name for peace. This initiative is a contribution to the celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the United Nations Universal Declaration on Human Rights.
WHEN:
5 June 2018, 14:00 – 14:45 CET
WHERE:
Ecumenical Centre, 150 Route de Ferney, Geneva.
WHO:
- Ambassador Idriss Jazairy, Executive Director of the Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue;
- Reverend Dr. Peniel Rajkumar, WCC Programme Executive - Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation.
The debate will be moderated by Ms. Marianne Ejdersten, WCC Director of Communication
RSVP:
To confirm your participation, please send an email to [email protected]
INTERVIEW:
A one-on-one interview with Ambassador Jazairy and Reverend Dr. Rajkumar can be organized at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva.
Interviews can be done in English, Arabic and French.
If interested in pursuing this opportunity, please send an email to either
[email protected] and/or [email protected]
RESOURCES:
The Press Conference will be livestreamed, in the original languages of the speakers,
at www.youtube.com/worldcouncilofchurches/live
Download the latest version of the World Conference draft agenda
at: https://www.gchragd.org/sites/default/files/DRAFT%20AGENDA%20R5.pdf