Members of the Network Secretariat recently held a diplomatic briefing at the Finnish Embassy in Bangkok to discuss the work of the Network and its members and supporters in Thailand. The participants of the meeting included embassies and delegations from: Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Australian, European Union, Austria, Belgium, France, New Zealand, Switzerland and the United Nations.
The discussion focused on current dynamics and ongoing initiatives to advance interfaith peacebuilding throughout South and Southeast Asia. The Network presented on its work with women of faith and the related exchange between Southern Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, the Peacebuilders Conference on Faith, Development, and Peace, and the European-Union funded project Southeast Asia: Advancing Interreligious Dialogue and Freedom of Religion or Belief.
The Peacebuilders Conference was hosted by the Rotary Peace Center at Chulalongkorn University, and organized in collaboration with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (MFA) and the Network. The diplomatic briefing was the first of a series of planned follow-up activities to the conference, including future diplomatic briefings and disseminating a letter highlighting the conference’s key messages to local and international media outlets. Representatives from all conference organizers presented at the briefing.’
18 December 2019