with ,local faith communities, their faith leaders and organizations. The response was overwhelmingly positive. The survey helped UNHCR to compile over 50 examples that explored the impact of faith identities, motivations and structures; the strengths and weaknesses of partnership; and the lessons learned from the experience.i 2. Affirmation of Welcome for Faith Leaders The second work stream developed specific guidance for faith leaders, encouraging them to welcome migrants, refugees and other forcibly displaced people in their communities, and to stand together against intolerance, exclusion and xenophobia. Between January and April 2013, a coalition of faiths and UNHCR staff pursued a recommendation to develop guidance for faith leaders and drafted a text that consists of 16 affirmations in the first person. The document, entitled Welcoming the Stranger: Affirmations for Faith Leaders, is a call to deepen dialogue and cooperation within and across faith communities, and to work toward the common goal of protecting the world's forcibly displaced. They are available in Arabic, English, French, Russian, Spanish, German, Hebrew and Turkish.2 A formal launch of the Affirmation of Welcome took place at the Religions for Peace IX World Assembly in Vienna last week, which adopted the text by acclamation, following a symbolic signing ceremony with representatives of the world's major religions. The World Council of Churches Assembly also endorsed the Affirmation last month in Busan, South Korea, following similar action by the Lutheran World Federation, the World Evangelical Alliance, World Vision International, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, and other groups. 3. 'Faith literacy' training and materials for UNHCR staff and partners The third work stream looks inward at UNHCR. We are developing guidance for UNHCR and partner staff on the multiple dimensions of faith in the context of displacement and the `how to' of dealing with, outreach to and partnering with faith-based organizations. It will draw on the survey and the Affirmations I have just described, and will be informed by the second United Nations System Staff College course on 'Partnering with Faith Organisations' that we .helped to organize last month in partnership with UNFPA, UN-AIDS, UNICEF and a number of faith-based organizations. This year's course explored the linkages between faith and health, development and humanitarian work. It provided an opportunity for staff from a range of organizations to share their experience of engaging with faith communities and organizations in the course of their respective work.3 The survey has been distilled into two documents. Examples of Good Practice: Preliminary Overview (http://www.unhcr,org/51b6debe9.html) and Protection Outcomes (http://www.unhcr.org/51b6df179.html) deriving from the survey of good practice examples were published and presented during a Side Event on Faith and Protection at the June 2013 UNHCR Annual Consultations with NGOs. In collaboration with co-organizers of the Side. Event, a note summarizing key points and recommendations was submitted for publication in the Report on the Annual Consultations with NGOs (htt : Www.uriltations Mex.html). 2 http://www.unhcr.org/51b6de419.html Due to the growing interest In the topic, the editors of the University of Oxford's Forced Migration Review (FMR) have agreed to dedicate an issue to 'Faith-based organisations and responses to displacement'. FMR expressed a keen interest in receiving examples of good, replicable practice and experience as well as sound analysis of faith-related issues, including those that reflect the experience and knowledge of communities and individuals directly affected by displacement. See 3 www.fmreview.org/faith.