In urging all nations to look at Worldwide Day of Human Fraternity February 4, UN Secretary-Basic António Guterres pressured the necessity “to advertise cultural and non secular tolerance, understanding and dialogue.”
The UN Day is well known as a part of World Interfaith Concord Week, February 1 – 7, launched in 2010 to additional concord amongst folks all over the place no matter their religion, tradition, ethnicity, area or continent.
In observance of the week, the UN requires “all States to unfold the message of interfaith concord and goodwill on the planet’s church buildings, mosques, synagogues, temples and different locations of worship … on a voluntary foundation and in keeping with their very own non secular traditions or convictions.” And on the touchdown web page for the day, the UN expresses “deep concern relating to acts that advocate non secular hatred, and thereby undermine the spirit of tolerance and respect for variety, particularly at a time when the world confronts the unprecedented disaster brought on by the coronavirus illness (COVID-19) pandemic.” It stresses the necessity for “a worldwide response based mostly on unity, solidarity and renewed multilateral cooperation.”
In adopting World Interfaith Concord Week in November 2010, the UN decision stresses that “the ethical imperatives of all religions, convictions and beliefs name for peace, tolerance and mutual understanding.”
The decision additionally pays tribute to a variety of world and regional efforts to foster mutual understanding and interfaith concord, together with an initiative often called “A Frequent Phrase” launched in 2007. A Frequent Phrase requires Christian and Muslim leaders to have interaction in dialogue based mostly on two rules widespread to their faiths—love of God and love of 1’s neighbors. As expressed on the initiative’s web site: “With out peace and justice between these two non secular communities, there could be no significant peace on the planet.”
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