University of Cyprus – Sport Centre
Nicosia
November 16 2008 16:30
OPENING ASSEMBLY - "The Civilization of Peace: Faiths and Cultures in Dialogue"
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I PARTE
Chairperson
Françoise Rivière
Assistant Director-General for Culture of UNESCO
Inaugural greetings
Dimitris Christofias
President of the Republic of Cyprus
Chrysostomos II
Orthodox Archbishop of Nea Iustiniana ad All Cyprus
Introductory speech
Andrea Riccardi
Historian, Founder of the Community of Sant'Egidio
Contribution
Stanislaw Dziwisz
Cardinal, Archbishop of Cracow, Poland
II PARTE
Chairperson
Siti Musdah Mulia
Representative of the “Indonesian Conference on Religion and Peace”
Contributions
Shear-Yashuv Cohen
Emeritus Chief Rabbi of Haifa, Israel
Crescenzio Sepe
Cardinal, Archbishop of Naples, Italy
Muhammad Fathi Osman
Institute for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World, USA
Sri Sri Ravishankar
Fondatore dell'Art of Living Foundation, India
Coro dell'Arcivescovato di Cipro "Ioannis Damaskinos"
Chairperson
Françoise Rivière
Assistant Director-General for Culture of UNESCO
Contributions
Edward Fenech-Adami
Presidente della Repubblica di Malta
Bamir Topi
President of the Republic of Albania
Filip Vujanovic
President of the Republic of Montenegro
Message from H.H. Benedict XVI
Tarcisio Bertone
Cardinale, Segretario di Stato, Santa Sede
