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WORLD CONFERENCE OF RELIGIONS FOR PEACE<br />
Address<br />
World Conference of Religions for Peace, 777<br />
United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017<br />
Phone 212 687 21 63<br />
Fax<br />
Web www.wcrp.org<br />
E-Mail info@wcrp.org<br />
Category Dialogue<br />
MISSION STATEMENT<br />
<strong>The</strong> World Conference of Religions for Peace is the largest international coalition of representatives from the world's great religions<br />
who are dedicated to achieving peace. Respecting cultural differences while celebrating our common humanity, Religions for Peace is<br />
active on every continent and in some of the most troubled places on earth, creating multi-religious partnerships that mobilize the<br />
moral and social resources of religious people to address their shared problems.<br />
Founding year 1970<br />
BACKGROUND AND ACTIVITIES<br />
Some of Religions for Peace's recent successes include mediating dialogue among warring factions in Sierra Leone; building a new<br />
climate of reconciliation in Bosnia and Kosovo; organizing an international network of religious women's organizations; and launching<br />
an extraordinary program to assist the millions of children affected by Africa's AIDS pandemic, the Hope for African Children<br />
Initiative.<br />
<strong>The</strong> goals and agendas developed serve as a foundation for the everyday work of Religions for Peace around the world. That work<br />
focuses on effecting change in the following areas:<br />
� Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation<br />
� <strong>The</strong> Child and the Family<br />
� Disarmament and Security<br />
� Development and Ecology<br />
� Human Rights and Responsibilities<br />
� Peace Education<br />
None but press releases and website.<br />
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS<br />
REMARKS<br />
See section “conflict transformation” for further specification on the various recent activities and methods employed.<br />
Dr. William Vendley: Secretary General, Word Conference of Religions for Peace. Former Professor of Systematic <strong>The</strong>ology,<br />
Maryknoll School of <strong>The</strong>ology.<br />
Rabbi David Rosen: co-president. International Director of Interreligious Affairs of the American Jewish Committee.