Preface ix
Summary Report xi

Opening and Orientation 1
Singh Sahib Bhai Manjit Singh 3
H.E. Hamilton Green 4
Dr. Thomas G. Walsh 6
Ms. Karen Judd Smith 12

International Day of Peace: Toward a Comprehensive Peace:
Marking the United Nations’ International Day of Peace 17
Session One: How Our Minds Have Changed: New Considerations
for Peace and Security in the Wake of September 11, 2001 19
H.E. Semakula Kiwanuka 19
RT. Hon. Brig. Al-Haji Moses Ali 21
Dr. Jones Kyazze 23
Rev. Dr. Chung Hwan Kwak 26
Dr. Nicolae Anton Tau 31
Dr. Anele Heiges 33

Session Two: Governments, Religions, and the United Nations in Cooperation for Peace and Security 37
Hon. Francis Nkwain 37
Hon. Dorothy Motubatse 41
Ms. Sonia Saldivar Ronda 43
Rabbi Yitzhak Bar-Dea 46
Dr. Hycel B. Taylor 48

Session Three: How Might Governments and Religions Work
Together in Solving Critical Global Problems? 59
Dr. V. Mohini Giri 59
Hon. Millicent Percival 63
Grand Imam Sayyed Mohammed Musawi 67
Dr. Noel Brown 70
Dr. Vishwanath Karad 73
Rev. George Ogurie 84

Special Session: Founder’s Address 87
Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon 87

Toward an Interreligious Council at the United Nations 97
Session Four: Toward an Interreligious Council at the U.N. 99
H.E. Abd-Elaziz Hegazy 99
Ms. Clara López de Letona 103
H.E. Hamilton Green 105
Dr. Guillermo Reyes 108
Dr. Cromwell Crawford 113
H.E. Rahim Alievich Huseynov 116

Closing 121
H.E. Abd-Elaziz Hegazy 121
Ms. Karen Judd Smith 122
Rev. Dr. Chung Hwan Kwak 123

Appendix I: New York Declaration 127
Appendix II: Session at Capitol Hill 131
Dr. Thomas G. Walsh 133
Senator Christopher “Kit” Bond 135
Rev. Dr. Chung Hwan Kwak 142
Chief Imam Cheikh Assane Cisse 144
Rev. Jesse Edwards 145
Mr. Alier D.R. Deng 147
Grand Imam Sayyed Mohammed Musawi 148

About the Contributors 149