UN Secretary-General and Religious Leaders in Lebanon Issued a Joint Communiqué
This communiqué is also available in Arabic.
Below you can find the Joint Communiqué issued by the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Religious Leaders in Lebanon, on Monday, December 20, 2021, during the visit of Guterres to Lebanon.
Joint communiqué issued by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres; His Beatitude Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rahi, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and Head of the Maronite Church; His Eminence Abdul Latif Derian, Sunni Grand Mufti; Judge Sheikh Mahdi El-Yahfoufi representing His Eminence Sheikh Ali Al Khatib, Deputy Head of the Higher Islamic Shiite Council; His Beatitude Patriarch John X Yaziji, Patriarch of Antioch for the Greek Orthodox Church; His Eminence Sheikh Sami Abil Mona, Druze Sheikh Aql and Head of the Druze Unitarian Council; and His Holiness Catholicos Aram I Keshishian, Head of the Catholicosate of the House of Cilicia of the Armenian Orthodox Church.
Eminent religious leaders met today with the United Nations Secretary-General during his visit to Lebanon.
Participants confirmed their commitment to openness, tolerance and coexistence as the essence of Lebanon’s identity and stability.
They stressed the importance of safeguarding these values, which are at the core of faith, especially at this difficult time of grave financial and socioeconomic crisis that is heavily impacting the population. Participants expressed their determination to focus on what unites Lebanon and brings its people together, and they encouraged their communities to do the same and to adopt dialogue as a means of resolving differences in a spirit of consensus and togetherness …
This joint communiqué was originally published on the United Nations Lebanon website. Please click here to read the full text and listen to the interview.
