The Mission of Bosnia-Herzegovina to the United
Nations
A Global Summit
Inter-Parliamentary Coalition for
Global Ethics
And
Fundacion Cultura de Paz (founded by
H.E. Frederico Mayor)
In Cooperation with ISAC (International
Strategic Alliance
Committee)
Institute for Noahide Code
MARCH 24, 2014
ECOSOC ROOM
PRESS RELEASE
PARLIAMENTARIANS,
RELIGIOUS AND ACADEMIC LEADERS MEETING AT U.N. PRESENT PROPOSAL FOR THE
FALTERING MIDEAST PEACE PROCESS
The meeting was sponsored by the mission of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and was
initiated by the inter-Parliamentary Coalition for Global Ethics, with the
support of Fundacion Cultura de Paz (founded by former UNESCO Director General,
H.E. Frederico Mayor). The delegates
included among others, Vice-Chair
of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs, MEP Fiorello Provera,
member of the Knesset Foreign Affairs Committee, M.K. Nissim Zeev, Swiss M.P. Alfred Heer, member of
the Board of IPCGE, former President of Romania, Prof. Emil Constantinescu,
Mrs. Lily Valtchanova, UNESCO Liaison Officer, Chief Rabbi of
Geneva and delegate of the Conference of Rabbis to the U.N., Rabbi
Yitzhak Dayan, Master Jon Huong Lu, Global Buddhist leader, Dr. Moustafa,
author and founder of the Muslim Conservative Network, Rev. Joan Campbell,
Co-Chair, Global Peace Initiative of Women, Prof. Gregory Sterling, Dean of
Yale University Divinity Center, Rabbi Yakov Dovid Cohen, founder Institute of
Noahide Code, and representatives from Nigeria sponsored by ISAC.
The delegates presented the proposal for a U.N. affiliated Track
III diplomacy forum based on the " Levant Initiative for Global Peace"
which incorporates for the first time – parliamentarians, religious leaders and
academic leaders who together form the missing link to create the culture of
peace required as a foundation for the areas of conflict in the Middle East,
Africa, Asia, the Pacific. This foundation will serve as a model for all areas
of conflict around the globe.
The conference Road Map for a Culture of Peace as Conflict
Prevention and Mediation introduced the United Nations Resolutions and
Declarations on the culture of peace as a foundation for the peace process in
the Middle East, areas of conflict in Africa, Asia and the Pacific to be
implemented through a three dimensional strategy: 1) parliamentary legislation
2) teaching at all levels of education 3) guidance or a culture of
peace by religious leaders within the realm of their respective faiths.
The goal is to institute a Permanent Forum of parliamentarians,
religious and academic leaders (through the Inter-Parliamentary Coalition for
Global Ethics and the co-sponsors) as a conflict mediation commission to serve
as an affiliate to the United Nations and to work with the key players in the
conflicts in the Mideast, Africa, Asia, and even the new crisis in the
Ukraine/Crimea to institute a culture of peace based on the United Nations
Resolutions – which could pave the way for further progress in the peace
efforts.
As
noted by M.K. Nissim Zeev, "The United Nations
General Assembly has adopted a series of resolutions on the development of a
culture of peace and dialogue among civilizations. We are here today to with the goal of
affiliating the Levant Initiative for Peace
within a Conflict Mediation Commission in the United Nations. I invite all
Parliamentarians, religious and academic leaders to join us in the effort to
implement the culture of peace through national legislation and religious and
academic education. This is the tool to
fill the gap in the peace process in the Middle East
and other areas of conflict in the world.
If the partners for peace in the Middle East want to
convince the world of their sincere desire for a peace agreement in the region
they need to implement the principles of the culture of peace which includes
the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People. This
declaration recognizes the rights of all indigenous people including Jews. This
land does not need to be a source of dispute – but rather a source for a
solution to the dispute based on the cultural values of peace and the rights of
all people in the region".
As noted by Rabbi Yakov D Cohen of Institute of
Noahide our sages teach, that a little light, dispels much darkness. Unity,
funny thing we all want it- never before have we been more globally connected,
yet individually disconnected, we have friends who would have been considered aquatnetces
a generation ago, for true unity, begins not in how many people like you on Facebook,
but quite simply, by how many people you like. When we all recognize the simple
truth – we are on God’s mission, we are God’s agents, we are God’s ambassadors,
to add in the realm of goodness and kindness, then, not only will we like the
candle banish darkness, furthermore the light of love, goodness and kindness
will banish much hate, sadness and loneliness. Peace and unity come, when people see what
they have in common with one another.
Our message is simple: We are all challenged by God to
overcome our selfish side, for our idealistic side - the Laws of Noah for Peace.
This proposal is especially
relevant in the current crisis in the Mideast Peace Process where the lack of
the culture of peace bars any prospect of progress in the core issues which are
at the heart of the dispute.
At the meeting an award
as "Ambassador for the Culture of Peace" was presented by IPCGE and
ISAC to the global Buddhist leader, Master Lu for his dedication, outstanding
leadership and service to the promotion of education for the culture of peace.
In an attempt to emphasize the relevance of the proposal, the
delegates convened two days later at the CVC auditorium on Capitol Hill and
presented Congressmen with a draft resolution to call on the U.S. administration to endorse the
proposal.
Contacts are underway at the United Nations and in Congress to
implement the proposal. Contacts are underway
at the United Nations with UNESCO and the office of the President of the
General Assembly towards a joint session with the upcoming High Level Meeting
on the Culture of Peace at the General Assembly beginning of September.
By: Rabbi Yakov D. Cohen
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