The European Council of Religious Leaders - a resource for peace

The European Council of Religious Leaders is one of four regional Inter- Religious Councils  (IRCs) within the World Conference of Religions for Peace (WCRP) network. The European Council of Religious Leaders brings together senior religious leaders from Europe’s historical religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam, with Buddhists, Hindus, Sikhs and Zoroastrians as active participants.

The Council, which has 30 members, was founded in Oslo in 2002. The Council is funded by its members and has received project support from The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Religions for Peace (WCRP) is a network of national and regional Inter-Religious Councils (IRC) connected through an international World Council and Secretariat, based opposite the UN Headquarters in New York. The global organisation brings together 51 national and 4 regional IRCs. More  

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The Finnish Women of Faith Network launched

10.03.10

The Religions for Peace Finnish Women of Faith Network was launched on the International Women´s Day, 8 March 2010. The working group consists of women from ten different faiths and denominations and is the first interreligious women’s group in Scandinavia promoting social cohesion: peaceful and just communities with the interfaith dialogue and cooperation.   >>>

Multi-religious Consensus to Ban Cluster Munitions Helps Advance Binding International Law

24.02.10

– A milestone in the work to eliminate cluster munitions from our world, says European Council of Religious Leaders – Religions for Peace (ECRL) General Secretary, Revd Vebjørn Horsfjord. Last week two countries (Burkina Faso and Moldova) ratified the Convention on Cluster Munitions, thus bringing the total number of ratifications to thirty and making the convention legally binding. The work of religious communities and the Religions for Peace network has helped advance the ban against cluster munitions.   >>>

Launch of French Women of Faith for Peace Network

18.02.10

Saturday, February 13th 2010, in St Francis of Assize Conference Room, in Capucin Covent in Paris XIV, a venue rich with long history of living together and dialogue between different religions, about forty women, deeply committed to their respective faith traditions and involved in various interfaith organizations have launched the French Women of Faith for Peace Network (FWFN). This initiative led by Mehrézia LABIDI-MAIZA, the Global Women of Faith Network coordinator and Brigitte CHEVALIER, the Religions for Peace representative at UNESCO was welcomed by women of faith from different traditions, Christians, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Sikh and Baha’i.   >>>

Bishop Gunnar Stålsett, Bishop Emeritus of Oslo

Lutheran

Dr. Gunnar Stålsett is the Moderator of the
European Council of Religious Leaders. 
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