Rich Indeed
July 17th, 2008, 01:25 PM
Alliance of Civilizations Madrid Forum Report
"Hosted by the Government of Spain, the First Alliance of Civilizations Forum convened over 500 leaders, activists, scholars, and public figures from every region of the world in an effort to find new ways to bridge the growing divide between nations and cultures, and to establish new partnerships to promote global understanding.
Over one and a half days, political leaders including heads of state and government; ministers and senior officials; civil society activists and Nobel laureates; corporate executives; religious leaders; and leading scholars dialogued and debated with each other, launched practical initiatives and made commitments to action aimed at improving relations across regions and cultures."
Some excerpts:
"A consensus statement by diverse religious leaders committing to advance conflict resolution and to provide youth with guidance to counter extremist influences;"
"The establishment of an Alliance network of goodwill ambassadors made up of prominent, high‐profile, internationally recognized figures drawn from the worlds of politics, culture, sport, business and entertainment to help in promoting the work of the Alliance, highlighting priority issues and drawing attention to its activities.
"The launch of a Rapid Response Media Mechanism beginning with an online resource that will feature a list of global experts, who are available to comment and give media interviews, particularly in times of major cross‐cultural crises;"
link: http://www.unaoc.org/repository/newsletter.pdf
My guess is that by religious 'extremist influences' they are not only talking about those that believe in beheading and 'suicide' bombing, but those that peacefully contend that Jesus is THE ONLY way.
I guess it's no surprise, but it sounds to me like they plan to target our youth and involve any/everyone that might hold some degree of influence to promote their agenda.
"Hosted by the Government of Spain, the First Alliance of Civilizations Forum convened over 500 leaders, activists, scholars, and public figures from every region of the world in an effort to find new ways to bridge the growing divide between nations and cultures, and to establish new partnerships to promote global understanding.
Over one and a half days, political leaders including heads of state and government; ministers and senior officials; civil society activists and Nobel laureates; corporate executives; religious leaders; and leading scholars dialogued and debated with each other, launched practical initiatives and made commitments to action aimed at improving relations across regions and cultures."
Some excerpts:
"A consensus statement by diverse religious leaders committing to advance conflict resolution and to provide youth with guidance to counter extremist influences;"
"The establishment of an Alliance network of goodwill ambassadors made up of prominent, high‐profile, internationally recognized figures drawn from the worlds of politics, culture, sport, business and entertainment to help in promoting the work of the Alliance, highlighting priority issues and drawing attention to its activities.
"The launch of a Rapid Response Media Mechanism beginning with an online resource that will feature a list of global experts, who are available to comment and give media interviews, particularly in times of major cross‐cultural crises;"
link: http://www.unaoc.org/repository/newsletter.pdf
My guess is that by religious 'extremist influences' they are not only talking about those that believe in beheading and 'suicide' bombing, but those that peacefully contend that Jesus is THE ONLY way.
I guess it's no surprise, but it sounds to me like they plan to target our youth and involve any/everyone that might hold some degree of influence to promote their agenda.