Pope and Grand Imam propose a
World Day of Fraternity to the UN
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| First meeting of the High Committee (ANSA) |
The request was delivered to the Secretary General of the
United Nations, António Guterres, by the High Committee for Human Fraternity,
established to promote the objectives of the Document on Human Fraternity. In
addition to a World Day, the group also proposed a World Summit on Human
Fraternity.
By the Holy See Press Office
On 20 August 2019 a High Committee was established to
achieve the objectives contained in the Document on Human Fraternity for World
Peace and Living Together (Abu Dhabi, 4 February 2019). It is currently
composed of Christian, Muslim and Jewish members, and chaired by Cardinal
Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, president of the Pontifical Council for
Interreligious Dialogue.
Yesterday, the members of this Committee, led by Cardinal
Ayuso Guixot and Judge Muhammad Abd al-Salam, met in New York with the
Secretary General of the United Nations, Dr. António Guterres, to convey to him
a message from Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed Al-Tayyeb. The
message proposes that 4 February be declared World Day of Human Fraternity and
asks the United Nations to participate, together with the Holy See and
Al-Azhar, in the organization, in the near future, of a World Summit on Human
Fraternity.
Dr. Guterres expressed his appreciation for and openness to
the initiative, underlining the importance of working in the service of the
whole of humanity. He also appointed Dr. Adama Dieng, the United Nations
Secretary General’s Special Adviser on Hate Speech and the Prevention of
Genocide, as the United Nations Representative to follow the proposed
activities and to collaborate with the High Committee.
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