XXIV Secretariat of the Congress

10.00

Opening of the XXIV Session of the Secretariat of the Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions

Venue: Atrium Hall

10.00-10.10

Welcoming remarks by Erlan KARIN, Vice President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Head of the Secretariat of the Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions

10.10-11.00

Welcoming remarks by participants

Moderator: Yerzhan Ashikbayev, Deputy Head of the Secretariat of the Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan

(time limit: 5 minutes)

1. Abdulrahman Abdullah Al-Zaid, Deputy Secretary-General of the Muslim World League for Corporate Communications (Saudi Arabia)
2. Laurent Basanese, Head of the Office of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue of the Holy See (Vatican)
3. Mohamed Abdelsalam, Secretary-General of the Muslim Council of Elders (UAE)
4. Abdelrahman Moussa, Advisor to the Sheikh of Al-Azhar for International Relations (Egypt)
5. Qiu Shuang, Vice President of the Buddhist Association of China, President of the Jiangsu Buddhist Association (China)
6. Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazade, Chairman of the Caucasus Muslims Board (Azerbaijan)
7. Nihal Saad, Director of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations
8. Igor Vyzhanov, Deputy Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate (DECR), Archpriest (Russian Federation)
9. Afra Mohamed Alsaabri, Director General of the Ministry of Tolerance and Coexistence (UAE)
10. Fatih Mehmet Karaca, Deputy President of the Presidency of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye (Türkiye)
11. Mohammed Abdulwahed Alarifi, Advisor to the Minister of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)

11.00-12.05

Discussion of the agenda of the XXIV Session of the Secretariat of the Congress

Moderator: Rustam Ali, Deputy Head of the Secretariat of the Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, Vice Minister of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan

 11.00-11.40

PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECISIONS OF THE VIII CONGRESS OF THE LEADERS OF WORLD AND TRADITIONAL RELIGIONS

Presentation of the joint documents “The Role of Religions in Combating Climate Change” and “Code of Ethics for the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Religious Contexts”

Main speaker: Gulsana Kozhabay, Chair of the Board of the International Center for Interfaith and Interreligious Dialogue NJSC

(time limit: 5 minutes)

1. Jo Bailey Wells, Deputy Secretary General of the Anglican Communion, Bishop for Episcopal Ministry of the Anglican Communion (United Kingdom)
2. Megumi Abe, Head of the International Department of the Education Center of the Association of Shinto Shrines “Jinja Honcho” (Japan)
3. Sun Xiao, Deputy Secretary-General of the Chinese Taoist Association, Chairman of the Management Committee of Beijing Dongyue Temple, Taoist (China)
4. David Rutstein, Secretary-General of the Bahá’í International Community (Israel)
5. Ali Akbar Ziaei, Head of the Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue of the Organization for Culture and Islamic Relations under the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran)
6. Elder Marcus B. NASH, Member of the Presidency of the Seventy, Head of the Church in the Eurasia region (USA)
7. David Antebi Sakka, Adviser to the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel (Israel)

 11.40-12.00

Presentation of the initiative of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Holy See to promote the “Charter of Rights of the Child with an Incurable Disease”.

Main speaker: Yerzhan Ashikbayev, Deputy Head of the Secretariat of the Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan

(time limit: 6 minutes)

1. Laurent Basanese, Head of the Office of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue of the Holy See (Vatican)
2. Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Vice Chancellor of the University of Narowal, doctor(Pakistan)
3. Rostislav Novgorodov, Primate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Kazakhstan, Representative of the Lutheran World Federation, Bishop

12.00-12.05

Determination of the date and venue of the XXV Session of the Secretariat of the Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions

Main speaker: Rustam Ali,

Deputy Head of the Secretariat of the Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, Vice Minister of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan

(time limit: 5 minutes)

12.05-12.15

Adoption of the Minutes of the XXIV Session of the Secretariat

Closing remarks by Erlan KARIN, Vice President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Head of the Secretariat of the Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions