In the aftermath of the war in Gaza, the Anna Lindh Foundation and Alliance of Civilisations prepare joint region-wide initiative to ‘restore trust and rebuild bridges’ between people across the Mediterranean.
Friday 6th February: the Anna Lindh Foundation and the Alliance of Civilisations jointly issued the conclusions of a Paris Meeting on the ‘consequences of the war in Gaza in relations among and within societies in the euro-mediterranean region’.
The conclusions are the result of the Foundation-Alliance co-organised meeting of 3rd February 2009, held at the Gulbenkian Cultural Centre in Paris, and set out the framework for joint actions aimed at: restoring trust in Euro-Mediterranean dialogue; rebuilding human and cultural bridges among societies; and supporting the consolidation of a wide platform of civil society.
The meeting was co-chaired by President Jorge Sampaio, United Nations High Representative for the Alliance of Civlisations, and Mr André Azoulay, President of the Anna Lindh Foundation, and brought together representatives from a number of important international organizations and bodies.
During the meeting, participants stressed ‘the need to restore trust and rebuild cultural and human bridges as the best way to prevent the aggravation of conflicts, avoid extremism and radicalization fuelded by the instrumentalization of culture and religion’.
For further information and to access a full copy of the conclusions, log on to:
www.euromedalex.org or www.unaoc.org
