STATEMENT
International Association for the Defense of Religious Liberty (IADRL)
Liviu Olteanu, Secretary General
United Nations Office Geneva
27 NoveMber 2013
How to promote the constructive interfaith dialogue, consultation and
exchange? Madame Chair, Ladies and Gentlemen,
International Association for the Defense of Religious Liberty (IADRL) is ensuring
that human rights, religious freedom and religious minority have a view of equality and
without discrimination to all people.
Article 4, paragraph 2 of the Declaration on the rights of persons belonging to
national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities - 1992, provides that States "will
adopt the necessary measures to ensure that persons belonging to minorities can express
their characteristics and develop their culture, traditions.
We ALL PEOPLE, can do a lot promoting constructive interfaith dialogue, and
appreciating the culture of other.
We all people want to live in a world with peace, liberty and security.
We don't have to be afraid of the diferencies' other. The diversity has a creative value
for all of us.
The Nations of the world and all the actors, have to give a special atention finding
solutions against discrimination which affects specially the women and the girls. Also
the young people which belong to religious minorites have to receive protection against
every form of discrimination « direct or indirect, multiple or combined >>.
Congratulation to all the women from this Room XX at the Palace of UN and to all the
women of entire world for all their efforts in favor of peace, arniony and better world,
Positive solutions, EFFICIENT MEASURES
1. Training programs on human rights, religious freedom and religious
minorities, carried out in two directions: a) on the one hand for public and
Governmental officials, aiming to know and update on the rights of minorities,
and b) on the other hand, for religious M inorities, in order that they know their
rights.
Social awareness and constant "interreligious - intergovernmental academic and civil society" dialogue.
We are conducting these activities, periodically organizing training conferences, with the
cooperation of parliaments and ministries of foreign affairs, justice, education, and
culture, with religious leaders and universities. .
o Examples of recent events of this type: Romania and Spain.