OPENING ASSEMBLY - "The Civilization of Peace: Faiths and Cultures in Dialogue"

I PARTE

Chairperson

Françoise Rivière Assistant Director-General for Culture of UNESCO
• Françoise Rivière IT | FR | EN	text

Inaugural greetings

Dimitris Christofias President of the Republic of Cyprus
• Saluto del Presidente della Repubblica Demetrios Christofias	text

Chrysostomos II Orthodox Archbishop of Nea Iustiniana ad All Cyprus
• ADDRESS BY HIS BEATITUDE THE ARCHBISHOP OF CYPRUS CHRYSOSTOMOS IT | EN	text

Introductory speech

Andrea Riccardi Historian, Founder of the Community of Sant'Egidio	biography
• Prof. Andrea Riccardi - Keynote address IT | EN | FR | DE | ES | PT	text

Contribution

Stanislaw Dziwisz Cardinal, Archbishop of Cracow, Poland	biography
• Intervento del card. Stanisław Dziwisz IT | ES | PL	text

II PARTE

Chairperson

Siti Musdah Mulia Representative of the “Indonesian Conference on Religion and Peace”
• Siti Musdah Mulia IT | EN	text

Contributions

Shear-Yashuv Cohen Emeritus Chief Rabbi of Haifa, Israel	biography

Crescenzio Sepe Cardinal, Archbishop of Naples, Italy	biography

Muhammad Fathi Osman Institute for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World, USA	biography
• Intervento di Muhammad Fathi Osman	text

Sri Sri Ravishankar Fondatore dell'Art of Living Foundation, India	biography
• Intervento di Sua Santità Sri Sri Ravishankar	text

Coro dell'Arcivescovato di Cipro "Ioannis Damaskinos"

Chairperson

Françoise Rivière Assistant Director-General for Culture of UNESCO
• Françoise Rivière IT | FR | EN	text

Contributions

Edward Fenech-Adami Presidente della Repubblica di Malta	biography
• ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY DR EDWARD FENECH ADAMI	text

Bamir Topi President of the Republic of Albania
• SALUTO DEL PRESIDENTE TOPI	text

Filip Vujanovic President of the Republic of Montenegro	biography
• Saluto di Sua Eccellenza il Signor Vujianovic, Presidente del Montenegro	text

Message from H.H. Benedict XVI

Tarcisio Bertone Cardinale, Segretario di Stato, Santa Sede	biography
• IT | EN | FR | ES	text