On the occasion of World Interfaith Harmony Week the Permanent Delegation of the OIC to the United Nations in Geneva is co-organizing the 2nd Dialogue of Faith, Peacebuilding and Development on February 9, 2017 in the Emirates Room, Palais des Nations in Geneva, with the UNITAR. The other co-organisers are the Permanent Mission of Jordan to the United Nations in Geneva, the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See, the Permanent Observer of Malta to the United Nations in Geneva and the United Nations Christian Association.

The celebration of the World interfaith Harmony Week is held the first week of February each year in accordance with the resolution of the United Nations General Assembly A/RES/65/5 adopted in 23 November 2010. It is an occasion to remind us that peace, tolerance and coexistence are essential elements for installing harmony and interfaith dialogue among people and Nations. OIC stands firmly to advocate for diversity that enriches our humanity and openness that conduces to tolerance and peaceful coexistence.

Our common Humanity is enlightened by the variety of faiths, beliefs and cultures that forms a mosaic of identities that each should be respected and valued as major pieces of heritage that constitute our shared human legacy and future, as people and nations.

The OIC is reiterating with this celebration its attachment to intercultural and interfaith dialogue and its call for combating jointly any form of religious intolerance or other forms of discrimination against individuals or communities that constitute for sure a treat to our stability, security and development.