Wednesday, November 12, 2008
General Assembly Hall, UN Headquarters, New York City
Thank you very much, Mr. President, Your Majesties, Your Excellencies, Mr. Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Mr. President, thank you for convening this high level meeting of the General Assembly. And congratulations to His Majesty, the Custodian of Two Holy Mosques, for drawing attention to the World Conference on Dialogue held in Madrid last May.
In that conference, Their Majesties, the King of Saudi Arabia and the King of Spain, brought together Jews, Muslims, Christians, Hindus, Buddhists and representatives of other religions in the hope of promoting understanding and tolerance among followers of the world’s faiths. This is also the hope for this meeting here in New York.
The Philippines fully supports this initiative because we take a great interest in promoting world peace and in encouraging greater cross-religion exchange.
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