Den koreanske evangelisten Sun Myung Moons profetior fullbordas:

Hans tal under 1999 om FN:s roll:

Telegram från Sunday Daily Telegraph (London) den 3 Oktober 1999

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> UN unites 1,000 clergy for world peace summit

> By Jonathan Petre

> Sunday Daily Telegraph (London)

> October 3, 1999

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> THE United Nations is to extend its peacekeeping role into spiritual

> territory next year by hosting its first summit for world religious

> leaders, bringing together the likes of the Pope, the Archbishop of

> Canterbury, the Aga Khan and the Grand Mufti live on television.

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> In one of the UN's most ambitious projects, more than 1,000 clergymen,

> from cardinals and rabbis to imams and patriarchs, will join "living gods"

> and gurus at the body's New York headquarters in August. Organisers of

> the Millennium World Peace Summit, which will take place days before the

> world's political leaders gather for the UN General Assembly, hope to

> encourage faiths to bury ancient enmities and co-operate in resolving

> world conflicts.

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> The idea for the gathering emerged from a conversation between Kofi Annan,

> the UN's Secretary-General, and Ted Turner, the multi-millionaire owner

> of CNN and the husband of Jane Fonda, who has promised to broadcast

> the proceedings live. Bawa Jain, the summit's New York-based executive

> co-ordinator, said: "Ted Turner said to the Secretary-General, 'If you

> want peace in the world you have to bring together religious leaders at

> the UN and get them to sign a declaration'."

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> Because of the political sensitivities involved, however, the summit is

> being organised at one removed from Mr Annan. It has his full backing,

> said Mr Jain. He said: "Our dream is to get the top religious leaders

> to the UN so they can discuss the role they can play with the political

> bodies here. The gathering will not include politicians but it should

> feed into the General Assembly."

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> Against a background of friction in Kosovo, East Timor, the Middle East

> and Northern Ireland, the leaders would be expected to sign a common

> declaration pledging their commitment to reduce religious tensions. The

> first ever council of senior clerics could also be established to

> advise the Secretary-General, and its members could be "parachuted"

> into troublespots, said Mr Jain.

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> He said: "These leaders could go into those places physically and use

> their influence to make sure no violence occurs. They could say, 'We're

> not going to move from here until you make peace'. Religions must exert

> more authority. It is a call to action." While planning was still in

> the early stages and much was "still up in the air", interest had been

> "phenomenal" and talks were under way with, for example, Lambeth Palace

> and the Vatican, he added.

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> Apart from the Pope and Dr George Carey, religious leaders expected to

> be approached include Sheikh Ahmed Keftaro, the Grand Mufti of Syria,

> the Grand Sheikh of Al-Alazar from Cairo, the imams of the mosques of

> Mecca and Medina, Dr Abdullah Salehal-Obaid, the secretary of the World

> Muslim League, the Israel's Chief Rabbi, Israel Meir Lau, the Ecumenical

> Patriarch of the Orthodox Church, the Most Rev Bartholomew, the Russian

> Patriarch, His Holiness Alexii II, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Bishop

> Carlos Belo, the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize winner from East Timor.

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> One notable absentee, however, is likely to be the Dalai Lama, the

> Tibetan spiritual leader, because his presence at the summit might

> inflame the Chinese, who hold one of the five permanent seats on the

> UN Security Council. Canon Andrew Deuchar, Dr Carey's secretary for

> Anglican Communion affairs, confirmed that the Archbishop was taking

> the summit "very seriously" but was awaiting details before confirming

> his attendance.

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> Canon Deuchar said: "It has the potential to be a very significant event,

> not only by bringing world religious leaders together in a common cause

> but also by bringing them into an encounter with political leaders."

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> Barbara Smoker, the former president of the National Secular Society,

> said that it was "about time" religious leaders worked for peace but she

> doubted that they would have much impact. She said: "They have a lot to

> answer for. There is an element of religious conflict in practically

> every conflict in the world. But they won't have much influence on

> the majority of believers, who are more motivated by ingrained emotion

> engendered by religion than by what their leaders say."