By Prensa Latina,
Madrid : Leaders of different religions defended today the cooperation and dialogue among them and suggested a UN General Assembly’s session to work on it.
The suggestion was made when closing the International Conference for Dialogue organized by the Islamic World League and which summoned Muslims, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, among other.
The United Nations plays a key role reaching an understanding among religions, civilizations and cultures, states the document approved in the meeting where terrorism was described as an obstacle for dialogue and peaceful coexistence, a world phenomenon demanding all international efforts to be faced.
King Abdullah Bin Abdelaziz Al Sáud from Saudi Arabia, the president of Papal Council for Religious Dialogue, Cardinal Jean Tauran, and the general secretary of the World Jewish Congress, Michael Schneider, attended the conference.
Also Federico Mayor Zaragoza, president of the Foundation for a Culture of Peace, the UN representative for the Alliance of Civilizations, Jorge Sampaio, and the director of the Latin American Jewish Congress, Claudio Epelman, participated.