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STATEMENT ON MULTI-RELIGIOUS COOPERATION FOR HUMANITARIAN RELIEF,

DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE FOR FBOs:

INTRODUCTION

Faith Based Humanitarian, Development and Peace Organizations (FBOs) are working closely

with many religious communities and structures on local and national levels. FBOs have

developed impressive professionalism in working with local partners, and particularly through

local and national faith institutions. The urgent need to work across religions has resulted in a

number of initiatives in which FBOs support organizations and communities of different

religions to work in coordinated ways, or even in joint actions, addressing humanitarian needs,

development and peace building.

In the spirit of common goals and concerns across religious lines, Religions for Peace convened

representatives of Faith Based Humanitarian, Development and Peace Organizations to

establish an interfaith FBO forum for consulting on matters of common concern.

Some concern has been expressed among members of faith communities that FBOs may use

humanitarian assistance to convert people to a particular religious creed. We therefore want to

make our position clear with the following statement:

STATEMENT

We as FBOs are rooted in faith, and believe that religion can be a power of positive change

when people, across religious boundaries, identify and strengthen the values and potentials

within their own religion that affirm justice and protect the oppressed and destitute.

Being committed to various relevant and internationally recognized codes of conducts.

We, the undersigned FBOs, hereby make clear beyond any doubt, that our humanitarian,

development and peace assistance is provided based on mutual respect without any intention

of converting people. In our program work we oppose proslytation or any discriminatorytreatment based on religious affiliation.

List of FBOs sharing the statement Signatures of RfP focal points

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