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Religions for Peace
TypeNon-governmental organization (NGO)
Headquarters777 United Nations Plaza, 9th Floor New York, NY 10017
MembershipOver 97 countries
Websitewww.rfp.org

Religions for Peace is an international coalition of representatives from the world's religions dedicated to promoting world peace. It was founded in 1970.

The International Secretariat's headquarters is in New York City, with regional conferences in Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa and the Americas. Religions for Peace enjoys consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), with UNESCO and with UNICEF. From August 2019 until June 2023, Azza Karam was the Secretary General, proceeding William F. Vendley.[1]. On February 2024, Dr. Francis Kuria Kagema was appointed by the World Council as Secretary General.

World Assemblies
1970 Kyoto, Japan
1974 Leuven, Belgium
1979 Princeton, New Jersey, United States
1984 Nairobi, Kenya
1989 Melbourne, Australia
1994 Riva del Garda, Italy
1999 Amman, Jordan
2006 Kyoto, Japan[2]
2013 Vienna, Austria
2019 Lindau, Germany[3]

The 2020 Sunhak Peace Prize was awarded to President Macky Sall of Senegal and Bishop Munib Younan of Religions for Peace.[4]

In 2020 Religions For Peace was nominated for the "Freedom of Worship" Four Freedoms Award.[5][non-primary source needed]

Sources

  1. ^ Peace, Religions for. "International Secretariat". Religions for Peace International. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Eighth World Assembly of Religions for Peace endorses declaration on violence against children".
  3. ^ 10th World Assembly
  4. ^ "Senegal President Macky Sall and Former President of the Lutheran World Federation Bishop Munib A. Younan Selected As the 2020 Sunhak Peace Prize Laureates". allAfrica. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Religions for Peace International - Laureate Freedom of Worship Award 2020 - Laureates since 1982 - Four Freedoms Awards". www.fourfreedoms.nl. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
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