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Description:

Vision

The Committee envisions a global society where there is peace, compassion, love, friendliness, enthusiasm, a feeling of belonging and oneness with all life, as well as commitment, service and responsibility. These spiritual values are common to all faiths, cultures and traditions, are universal in nature and transcend the boundaries of religion and of nationality. These imperatively need to be reawakened, nurtured and sustained for the advancement of the world.

Mission

The Committee aims to bring the spiritual and values dimension in all areas of the United Nations agenda and of public policy.

Mission Statement

The Committee recognizes that an emphasis on spirituality is a key factor in providing common solutions to global concerns as reflected in the Millennium Development Goals, such as human rights violations, lack of distributive justice, inner and outer poverty, destruction of the planet, injustice through racism, religious intolerance and all forms of discrimination, conflict, violence, terrorism, and war. The Committee wishes to facilitate dialogue by bringing people together to inspire an increased awareness of individual and common responsibilities in order to address global concerns and universal values. Religions, cultures and traditions around the world use silence, contemplation, prayer, reflection and meditation to ensure inner peace, well-being and to uplift individuals, families, communities, nations and life on earth, so that the finest and highest human qualities are self-realised and the full potential of human life can be expressed and preserved. The Committee facilitates dialogue, bringing people together to reach a higher level of consciousness and responsibility for our common global values and commitment to improve the state of the world and humankind.

Goals

• To participate in the work of the United Nations and in international conferences;
• To encourage a spiritual perspective within the international community, facilitating written and oral contributions for inclusion in United Nations declarations and programmes of action relating to spirituality, values, justice and peace at all levels;
• To promote the right to lead a spiritual or religious way of life in full respect of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
• To promote programmes relating to spirituality, values and global concern at all levels;
• To support and explore the link between science and spirituality, by presenting evidence-based knowledge to demonstrate the causal effect of the spiritual dimension on personal and global change;
• To advocate for a global network on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns;
• To organize events in order to initiate dialogue between religious and spiritual dignitaries, speakers from United Nations specialised agencies and programmes, UN missions, Non governmental organizations (NGOs), civil society, private sector, media, etc;
• To publish a series of documents on seminars and meetings, thereby demonstrating a commitment to keep the knowledge and wisdom of the spiritual perspective alive and transmitted throughout time.

Membership

The Committee membership consists of NGOs in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations and members of the Conference of NGOs (CONGO) at the United Nations in Geneva who are willing to include the spiritual and values dimension in their work and policy. Participation is open to other international governmental or non-governmental organizations as well as civil society individually or collectively wishing to participate and aspiring to the same goals. Links and collaboration with other NGOs and UN organizations in New York and Vienna are also being established.

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