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[Webinar] Affirming an Interreligious Response to Supporting Peaceful, Inclusive, and Just Societies
16 July 2020 @ 9:00 AM - 11:10 AM EDT
FreeAffirming an Interreligious Response to Supporting Peaceful, Inclusive, and Just Societies: Building on a Historic Interfaith Statement on ISIL Accountability in Iraq
Dear Esteemed Leaders and Partners of Religions for Peace, UN OSAPG and UNITAD,
We are pleased to cordially invite you to join the Webinar on “Affirming an Interreligious Response to Supporting Peaceful, Inclusive, and Just Societies: Building on a Historic Interfaith Statement on ISIL Accountability in Iraq”, co-hosted by Religions for Peace (RfP), United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect (UN OSAPG) and the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD) on Thursday, 16 July 2020 at 9:00 – 11:10 am EDT.
Please register here or by clicking on the following link by Wednesday, 15 July 2020: https://religionsforpeace.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ej3s6SDORbCmLeulMT7fHQ
You will receive the link to join the Webinar after your registration. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Sarah van Bentum at svbentum@rfp.org. The webinar will applaud the step taken by Iraqi religious leadership representing various faith traditions in adopting the historic Interfaith Statement on the Victims and Survivors of ISIL, while also addressing critical issues of interreligious collaboration around Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development and the promotion of accountability as a basis for reconciliation. The webinar will primarily be conducted in English. However, Arabic and Kurmanji simultaneous interpretation will be available. We warmly welcome you to attend this important webinar.
With respect and appreciation,
Prof. Dr. Azza Karam
Secretary General, RfP
Mr. Adama Dieng
UN Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide (UN OSAPG)
Mr. Karim Asad Ahmad Khan
Special Adviser and Head of the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh / ISIL (UNITAD)
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