An Official Side Event of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference

Forging Cooperation on Nuclear Disarmament between

Religious Leaders, Legislators

and their communities

15:00-17:30, May 8, 2015

Conference Room C | , New York

Organized by

Religions for Peace (RfP)

In cooperation with

Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (PNND)

An event to follow-up the launch of the RfP Resource Guide on Nuclear Disarmament for Religious Leaders and Communities. Copies of the publication will be available at the event

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15:00-15:10 Rev. Kyoichi Sugino, Deputy Secretary General, Religions for Peace

Dr. William F. Vendley, Secretary General, Religions for Peace

15:10-15:40 Ven. Gijun Sugitani, Chair, RfP International Standing Commission on Disarmament and Security; Supreme Advisor, Tendai Buddhism Mr. Alyn Ware, Global Coordinator, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non- Proliferation and Disarmament; Principle author, RfP Resource Guide on Nuclear Disarmament for Religious Leaders and Communities

15:40-16:40 Senator Laura Angélica Rojas Hernández, Chair of the Mexican Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and International Organisations Mr. Kenzo Fujisue, Member of the House of Councilors, Japan

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Mr. Aaron Tovish (Austria), Director of the Mayors for Peace 2020 Vision Campaign

Imam Shamsi Ali, Chairman of the Al-Hikmah Mosque in Astoria and the Director of Muslim Center in (Muslim) Ms. Rori Picker Neiss, Orthodox Judaism, USA, Director of Programming, Education, and Community Engagement, Bais Abraham Congregation, and Coordinator, Religions for Peace International Youth Committee (Jewish)

16:40-17:20 Discussion

17:20-17:30 Final Comments: Mr. Alyn Ware, Global Coordinator, PNND Dr. William F. Vendley, Secretary General, RfP

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