Parliament of Worlds Religion 1993 Chicago IL

Author(s): Parliament of the World’s Religions
Publisher: USA Parliament of the Worlds Religions

Page 140

Violence Symposium
|
William Vendley-Secretary General, World Conference on Religion
and Peace/International; Director International Secretariat staff, New York, Geneva, Tokyo and Melbourne; former Dean, Doctor of Ministry and Master of Arts in Theology programs and Professor of Theology, Roman Catholic Major Seminary, Long Island, Ph.D. Doctor of Philosophy, Fordham University. David Little-Senior Scholar of Religion, United States Institute of Peace. Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne-lay Buddhist leader; founder and president of
the Sarvodaya Movement in Sri Lanka; recipient, 1992 Niwano
Peace Prize. Joseph V. Montville-Senior Associate and Director of the Conflict
Resolution Project; Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.; lecturer on Psychiatry, Cambridge Hospital,
Harvard University Medical School Dr. Fareed Essack-Professor, Selly Oak College, Birmingham, United
Kingdom; Islamic scholar, specializing in South African affairs. Norma Levitt-Honorary Vice Chair, Union of American Hebrew
Congregations; Honorary Life Vice-President, World Union of Progressive Judaism; an International President of the World Conference on Religion and Peace; United Nations NonGovernmental Organization (NGO) Representative; Honorary
President, National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods. Dr. Anand Mohan-Secretary of the Association of Hindu Temples of
North America, and a professor at Queens College, New York.
4:00 PM-5:30 PM Salon II "Global Solutions" Rolf C. Carriere; William Vendley; Dr. M. Aram In each of his postings, Mr. Carriere has had occasion to work with religious and spiritual leaders in pursuit of the goals for children in the field of health and nutrition, water and sanitation, education and social welfare for children in especially difficult circumstances. Two brief video presentations ("Three Fortyone" and "Beneath the Penetrating Gaze") followed by a lecture/ discussion with slides. Rolf C. Carriere Currently UNICEF Representative in Bangladesh;
formerly, UNICEF Representative in Myanmar (Burma); began working for United Nations in 1971 in Indonesia (first for the Food and Agriculture Organization, then for UNICEF), subsequently for the World Bank in Washington, and thereafter in-charge of UNICEF
India's health and nutrition programme. William Vendley-Secretary-General, World Conference on Religion
and Peace/International; Director International Secretariat staff, New York, Geneva, Tokyo and Melbourne, former Dean, Doctor of Ministry and Master of Arts in Theology programs and Professor of Theology, Roman Catholic Major Seminary, Long Island; Ph.D.
Doctor of Philosophy, Fordham University Dr. M. Aram--founder and president of Shanti Ashram, India, and
former Vice-Chancellor of the Gandhigram Rural University.
2:00 PM–2:45 PM Salon II "Agenda for Disarmament, Peace-Building and Global Security in the Post Cold War" Jonathan Granoff Presentation addressing creation of a new agenda for Peace. The Cold War created a destructive dynamic founded on fear: insecurity bred armaments while armaments bred insecurity. Now we have a unique historic opportunity that compels us to address these tasks: undo the armament legacy of the Cold War (examples: nuclear weapons and their proliferation): address military and non-military sources of insecurity (examples: conventional arms trading and ethnic conflict); strengthen U.N. based and regional security systems, and initiate new mechanisms for conflict resolution. Attention to the role NGOs (non-governmental organizations) can have. Jonathan Granoff-(Ahmed Muhaiyaddeen); Attorney, author, screen. writer award-winning "The Constitution: The Document that Created a Nation"; Co-Chair Conference “New Realities: Disarmament, Peacebuilding and Global Security" (1993 at UN); Boards: The Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship, Society for Interreligious Intercultural Dialogue, Lawyers Alliance for World Security (Pres. Phila. Chap. and UN Rep.), NGO Common Disarmament, Temple of Understanding; a spiritual son of His Holiness Bawa Muhaiyaddeen.
3:00 PM–3:45 PM Salon II "Round Table of Religious Leaders and Communities" Ivanka Vana Jakic This presentation discusses proposals for the establishment of Round Tables, and the Council for Reconciliation, submitted to the World Council of Churches (Geneva), the World Council on Religion and Peace (New York), the United Nations, and at the seminar on the Role of Churches in the Creation of Culture of Peace, held in Barcelona by Centre UNESCO De Catalunya in cooperation with the UNESCO division for Human Rights and Peace. Ivanka Vana Jakic-initiator of the "Zones of Peace Transnational
Project;" reconciliation missionary for past five years; native of the former Yugoslavia, Tibetologist.
THE PARLIAMENT OF THE WORLD'S RELIGIONS, CHICAGO, 1993 • 139
Jain Education Interational 2010_03