First session of State Commission on preparation for III Congress of World and Traditional Religions? Leaders held in Astana
20:44, 10 March 2009
ASTANA. March 10. KAZINFORM First session of the State Commission on preparation and holding the III Congress of the World and Traditional Religions? Leaders has been held in the Upper Chamber of the Kazakh Parliament under the chairmanship of Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, Senate Speaker, Head of the Congress Secretariat, Kazinform reports.
K. Tokayev acquainted the sitting participants ? heads of state bodies ? with an Action Plan on preparation and organization of the VIII session of the Secretariat and the III Congress of the World and Traditional Religions? Leaders and the program of its work.
As is known the event is scheduled for July 1-2 of the current year in Astana.
The oncoming forum will focus on the issues regarding the role of religious leaders in building the world based on tolerance, mutual respect and cooperation. 450 representatives of different religious confessions and international organizations are expected to take part in it.