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Press Statement on the Meeting of the High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq with His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani

High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) Under-Secretary-General Miguel Moratinos, accompanied by Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, was extremely honored to have been granted an audience with His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on 6 December 2022 in Najaf.

December 7, 2022 Filed Under: Press Statements

Press Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for
the High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC)

On the Meeting of the High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq with His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani

Najaf, Iraq, 7 December 2022

High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) Under-Secretary-General Miguel Moratinos, accompanied by Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, was extremely honored to have been granted an audience with His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on 6 December 2022 in Najaf.

High Representative Moratinos lauded His Eminence’s wisdom and compassion. He expressed how deeply moved he was by His Eminence’s moderate approach and consistent appeals for mutual respect and unity to prevail in support of diversity and peaceful co-existence.

Recalling the meeting between His Holiness Pope Francis and His Eminence on 6 March 2021, the High Representative and His Eminence exchanged views on the importance of inter- and intra-religious dialogue, which lie at the core of the UNOAC mandate.

High Representative Moratinos also presented the “United Nations Plan of Action to Safeguard Religious Sites: In Unity and Solidarity for Safe and Peaceful Worship”, developed in 2019 in the aftermath of the Christchurch attacks in New Zealand. In Iraq also, worshippers and holy sites have suffered tremendously.

The Plan of Action is a global call to rally around the most basic tenets of humanity, compassion and tolerance, to ensure that people are allowed to practice their faith and observe their rituals in peace. To this end, it is imperative that religious sites and places of worship and contemplation are true safe havens.

Launched in 2019, the High Representative presented the Plan of Action to His Holiness Pope Francis and to His Eminence Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayeb. With today’s meeting, Moratinos said, three major religious leaders represented through the Vatican, Cairo, and Najaf, have been engaged. The High Representative extended his full collaboration and support to any effort that contributes to building a peaceful, just and cohesive society based on mutual respect and human dignity.


بيان صحفي
حول لقاء الممثل السامي لتحالف الأمم المتحدة للحضارات والممثلة الخاصة للأمين العام في العراق
بآية الله العظمى سماحة السيد علي السيستاني
النجف الأشرف، العراق
7 كانون الأول 2022

تشرف الممثل السامي لتحالف الأمم المتحدة للحضارات السيد ميغيل أنخيل موراتينوس برفقة الممثلة الخاصة للأمين العام في العراق جينين هينيس-بلاسخارت بمقابلة آية الله العظمى سماحة السيد علي السيستاني يوم 7 كانون الأول 2022 في النجف.

وأشاد الممثل السامي موراتينوس بحكمة سماحة السيد السيستاني وتعاطفه. وعبر عن مدى تأثره بنهج سماحته المعتدل ونداءاته المستمرة بأن يسود الاحترام المتبادل والوحدة دعماً للتنوع والتعايش السلمي.

وتبادل الممثل السامي وسماحة السيد السيستاني الآراء حول أهمية الحوار بين الأديان وداخل الدين الواحد وهو أمر في صميم ولاية تحالف الأمم المتحدة للحضارات، مستذكرين اللقاء الذي جمع سماحة السيد وقداسة البابا فرانسيس في 6 آذار 2021.

كما قدم الممثل السامي موراتينوس “خطة عمل الأمم المتحدة لحماية المواقع الدينية: الوحدة والتضامن من أجل عبادة آمنة وسلمية”، والتي تم وضعها عام 2019 بعد هجمات كرايستشيرش في نيوزيلاندا. وفي العراق أيضاً، عانى المصلّون والأماكن المقدسة أشد المعاناة.

وخطة العمل هذه هي دعوة عالمية للالتفاف حول أبسط المبادئ الإنسانية، التعاطف والتسامح، لضمان السماح للناس بممارسة عقائدهم وشعائرهم الدينية بسلام. ولهذا الغرض، فمن الضروري أن تكون المواقع الدينية وأماكن العبادة والتأمل ملاذاً آمناً حقيقياً.

وعقب إطلاقها في 2019، قدّم الممثل السامي خطة العمل لقداسة البابا فرانسيس وفضيلة الإمام الأكبر أحمد الطيب شيخ الأزهر. وقال السيد موراتينوس أنه باجتماع اليوم، تم إشراك ثلاثٍ من القيادات الدينية الكبرى الممثلة في الفاتيكان والقاهرة والنجف. وعبر الممثل السامي عن تعاونه ودعمه الكاملين لأي جهد يسهم في بناء مجتمع مسالم وعادل ومتماسك يقوم على الاحترام المتبادل والكرامة الإنسانية.


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