Historic URI Asia Assembly in India

New Delhi, India. Twenty-six ‘doves of peace’ traveled from Pakistan and across Indian border lines to reach URI’s Asia Assembly in New Delhi on November 22-27th, 2007. Everyone gathered at the Bai Vir Singh Sahitya Sadan to experience the historic moment when Pakistanis met with their URI family from all over Asia. The theme of the conference was “Promoting Peace through Reconciliation” and there was a great show of URI CC leaders. In addition to the attendees from Pakistan, eighteen came from Korea, three from Bangladesh, one from Nepal, and many from all zones of India.

Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.  MIR CC (Rio Inter-Religious Movement CC) held its end of year event November  24, 2007, and it was a very nice and profound experience. Read the story also in Portuguese: www.uri.org/brasil.

Jerusalem, ISRAEL. November 15-16, 2007.  Two days of ground-breaking events just took place in the Old City of Jerusalem at a time of tension with many worried about the future of Jerusalem and pending political talks in the US next week.  The TRUST WIN (Women's Interfaith Network) enabled 50 Muslim, Christian, Jewish, and Druze women -- Palestinians and Israelis -- to come to the Old City of Jerusalem and to visit each other's holy sites and teachers -- most for the first time.