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Youth Leaders at World Economic Forum
Dead Sea, Jordan
May 20-22, 2005
WYPS Secretariat Staff visit the “adopted” school in rural Thailand
Pichit, Thailand
May 25, 2005
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World Youth Peace Vigil
October 28, 2004
WYPS Japan
Tokyo, Japan
August 5, 2004
WYPS Taipei
Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C.
July 7, 2004
European Regional Summit
Sarajevo, B&H
May 7-10, 2004
Asia-Pacific Regional Summit
Bangkok, Thailand
February 24-29, 2004
WYPS India
Bangalore, India
December 7-9, 2003
Kyoto Planning
Session
Kyoto, Japan
April 8-11, 2003
World Youth Quest for Peace
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GOLD STAR SPONSORS
 Dr. B.K. Modi
Master Sheng Yen, of Dharma Drum Mountain
Inner Trip Reiyukai International
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The Founding Meeting of the World Council of
Religious Leaders® Buddhamonthon,
Nakhon Pathom, Thailand,
12 June 2002
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WORLD
COUNCIL OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS® |
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Initiation of a
process to form a World Council of Religious
and Spiritual Leaders to work in an advisory
capacity with the United Nations and other international
organizations in peacemaking and peace-keeping
efforts. It will bring a religious and spiritual
presence into conflict transformation and will
help address critical issues facing the world
community. There is a general consensus among
religious leaders concerning the need for such
a Council. The details of its mission, structure,
functions and sources of funding are being addressed
by a gathering of religious leaders and scholars
at the first meeting of a Steering Council in
October, 2001, organized by The Millennium World
Peace Summit®.
DESCRIPTION
The World Council of Religious Leaders® is a
unique collaboration of the world's most senior
leaders of all the major Faith Traditions working
to address critical social issues. The objective
of the council is to serve as a resource to
the United Nations and its agencies around the
world, nation states and other international
organizations, offering the collective wisdom
and resources of the faith traditions towards
the resolution of critical global problems.
The launching of the World Council of Religious
Leaders® took place in Bangkok from June 12th-14th,
2002, at Buddhamonthon and UNESCAP. Participants
adopted a Charter that outlines key areas in
which religious leaders can play an active role
in reducing conflict and addressing the critical
needs of mankind.
MISSION AND GOALS
The World Council
of Religious Leaders® aims to serve as a model
and guide for the creation of a community of
world religions. In the spirit of service and
humility, it seeks to inspire women and men
of all faiths in the pursuit of peace, justice
and mutual understanding. It will undertake
initiatives to provide the spiritual resources
of the world's religious traditions to assist
the United Nations and its agencies in the prevention,
resolution and healing of conflicts and in the
eradication of their causes.
The Council will also address social and environmental
problems. By promoting the practice of the spiritual
values shared by all religious traditions, and
by uniting the human community for times of
world prayer and meditation, the World Council
of Religious Leaders® seeks to aid in developing
the inner qualities and external conditions
needed for the creation of a more peaceful,
just and sustainable world society.
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