World’s Youth Leaders Gather in Nepal
(Kathmandu, July 10, 2009) The International Summit of Religious Youth
Leaders on Disarmament for Shared Security was inaugurated by His Excellency
the President, Dr. Ram Baran Yadav, in Kathmandu on 10 July 2009. Organized
by the World Conference of Religions for Peace, the world’s largest
multi-religious organization accredited with the United Nations and
headquartered in New York, the Summit brought together approximately 100
Nepali and 50 international religious and civil society leaders from 25
countries.[1] Other prominent participants in the Summit included Mr. Kul
C. Gautam, former UN Assistant Secretary-General and former Deputy Executive
Director of UNICEF; Mr. Taijiro Kimura, Director, UN Regional Centre for
Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific; Rev. Kyoichi Sugino,
Assistant Secretary General, the World Conference of Religions for Peace;
and Ms. Stellamaris Mulaeh, International Coordinator, Religions for Peace
Global Youth Network.
