The Interfaith Partnership
for the Environment
and
The United Nations Environment Programme
R E C E P T I O N
To Celebrate Earth Day
And on the Occasion of the UN Year of Dialogue
among Civilizations
Thursday, 19 April 2001
at United Nations Delegates’´ Dining
Room
"Earth and Faith: A Book of Reflection for
Action" is the result of a unique and longstanding
collaboration between UNEP and its Interfaith
Partnership for the Environment, a global
network of faith traditions and organizations
working to bring together the forces of religion
and ecology.
Executive Director Welcoming Speech
HOST
Mr. Adnan Z. Amin, Chair
of IPE
SPEAKERS
Dr. Klaus Toepfer, UNEP Executive
Director
Dr. John J. Kirk, Founder
of IPE
PRAYERS & BLESSINGS
Rev. Dr. Chung Ok Lee,
WON Buddhism International
Rev. Franklin E. Vilas,
Christian Anglican Church
Imam Dr. Muhammad Hatim,
Admiral Family Circle Islamic Community
Rabbi Lawrence Troster,
Congregation Beth Israel
Queen Mother Nana Osei Boakye Yiadom
II Chief, Aburi (Ghana)
MUSIC
Ms. Ilfra Halley, Harpist
The
book, along with this evening was made possible
through the generosity of The Germeshausen
Foundation, Inc., The Lifebridge Foundation,
Partners for Environmental Quality, the
Episcopal Diocese of Newark, and the Forum
on Religion and Ecology.
