Thursday, 2 February 2023

World Interfaith Harmony Week 2023; February 1-7

 FORUM: "Harmony in a world of crisis." World Interfaith Harmony Weel 2023. Working together to achieve peace, gender equality, mental health and wellbeing, and environmental preservation. 






EVENT:
To commemorate World Interfaith Harmony Week, observed annually during the first week of February, the UN Mission of Sierra Leone and partners hosted a conference at UN Headquarters. Participants explored the theme of harmony in a world of crisis.


3 February 2023
10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
United Nations Headquarters, NYC.

Future pandemics and natural catastrophic events are likely to continue, adversely impacting the health and wellbeing of peoples. These stressors will continue accentuating already-existing inequities, unless addressed with urgency. The Permanent Representatives to the United Nations of Sierra Leone, Belize, and the Permanent Observer of the Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations Faith leaders from the Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, and Muslim traditions and spiritual leaders representing the Onondaga Nation and African Traditional Religion.
- The World We Want, youth panel discussion
- musical performances


Find out more about the themes that will be explored this year.


In 2010, the UN General Assembly passed a Resolution proposed by King Abdullah of Jordan (A/Res.65/5) establishing the first week of February each year as World Interfaith Harmony Week to be observed by meaningful programs and initiatives to promote harmony among the world's faiths.

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