{"id":5628,"date":"2006-09-22T01:11:31","date_gmt":"2006-09-22T01:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/09\/an-appeal-for-religious-minorities.html"},"modified":"2006-09-22T01:11:31","modified_gmt":"2006-09-22T01:11:31","slug":"an-appeal-for-religious-minorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/09\/an-appeal-for-religious-minorities.html","title":{"rendered":"An appeal for religious minorities.."},"content":{"rendered":"

Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, the Holy See’s permanent observer to the U.N. office at Geneva, at the Second Session of the Human Rights Council, held today in Geneva:<\/a> <\/p>\n

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Thank you for the time allotted to discuss the issues of religious tolerance and freedom, topics that certainly require careful and extended reflection in the years ahead. For now it can suffice to note that where there is doubt, the best interpreter of a text is its author. The Holy Father Benedict XVI has explained what he meant. It is mere fairness to take him on his words. <\/p>\n

1. Twenty-five years ago, the international community adopted by consensus the important Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief.[1] <\/p>\n

2. Today the implementation of this declaration remains in many ways still a distant goal, a work in progress requiring concerted action to promote the standards of religious freedom recognized by the international community. In several countries intolerance and violent acts directed in particular at people and communities of different religions violate their rights in a variety of ways. <\/p>\n

3. The delegation of the Holy See observes that legal structures have not everywhere sufficiently evolved to protect religious minorities and their members, even when they are citizens of the countries concerned. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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