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| International
Conference on Muslim Religious Leaders to Support
Population and Development to Achieve MDGs in Bali,
Indonesia. |
| Date
: 12-16 February, 2007 |
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Mr.
Harry Sangeet Jooseery, Executive Director attended
and delivered a speech at the “International Conference
on Muslim Religious Leaders to Support Population and
Development to Achieve MDGs” held in Sanur, Bali,
Indonesia from 12 – 16 February 2007. The conference
brought together, among others, the senior Muslim Religious
Leaders, Islamic Scholars and Jurisprudents from Muslim
Countries of Asia and Middle East, who command profound
respect and loyalty of their followers in those countries,
to deliberate on how they can effectively contribute
to the attainment of MDGs.
Mr Harry Sangeet Jooseery with other
participants of the Conference
In
his speech, citing quotations from Islamic Religious
scriptures, Mr. Jooseery underscored the importance
and sought cooperation of the religious leadership in
bringing out concrete changes in the socio-economic
arena contributing to the attainment of MDGs for improvement
of the living conditions of the people. Mr. Jooseery
also explained how South-South Cooperation in Population
and Development can squarely contribute to the development,
peace, prosperity of mankind, which is the ultimate
objectives of all divine injunctions and religious schools
of thought revealed and recorded in human history. His
speech was greatly applauded by the audience and the
religious leaders expressed their willingness to extend
their support and cooperation to the strengthening of
population and development endeavors and promotion of
South-South collaboration of PPD.
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