Beyond War and Towards Reconciliation:
Multi-Religious Peace Roundtables

The Second Tokyo Peace Roundtable

PROGRAMMETOKYO, JAPAN18 - 21 FEBRUARY 2024

The Second Tokyo Peace Roundtable
PROGRAMME
18 - 21 FEBRUARY 2024

Sunday, 18 February 2024
ARRIVAL
09:00 – 17:00

Registration
19:00 – 21:00

Welcome Dinner (Closed)
Excellence Banquet Room, 27th Floor
Welcome Dinner
Master of Ceremony: Rev. Michiomi
Rikihisa, Head Minister, Zenrinkyo in Japan;
Activity Member, Religions for Peace JapanSpeakers:
Most Rev. Mitsuo Miyake, Chief Senior
Minister, Konko Church of Izuo;
Councilor, Religions for Peace Japan
Dr. Francis Kuria, Secretary General,
Religions for Peace

19:00 – 21:00

Toast to be given by: Prof. Dr. Kathy
Matsui, Professor at the Department of Global
Citizenship Studies, Seisen University;
Member, Religions for Peace Japan Women’sCommittee

1The Second Tokyo Peace Roundtable
PROGRAMME
18 - 21 FEBRUARY 2024

Monday, 19 February
WELCOME AND OPENING DISCUSSIONS
Momoyama Banquet Room, Floor B1F
09:00 – 10:00

Registration
Prayer and Introduction (Closed)
Master of Ceremony: Ms. Yasuko Yasue
Miyoshi, Director of General Coordination
Department, Religions for Peace Japan
Prayer:Ven. Eigen Onishi, Kiyomizu-dera
Temple; Board Member, Religions forPeace Japan
Msgr. Hector Fabio Henao, Permanent
Accompanier of the Catholic Episcopal
Conference of Colombia (CEC) to thePeace Dialogue Table between theNational Government and National
Liberation Army (ELN)

10:00 – 10:15

Introduction:
Dr. Francis Kuria, Secretary General,
Religions for Peace

2

The Second Tokyo Peace Roundtable
PROGRAMME
18 - 21 FEBRUARY 2024

Monday, 19 February
WELCOME AND OPENING DISCUSSIONS
10:15 – 11:45

Key Learnings from and Post the First Tokyo Peace Roundtable (Closed)
Moderator: Rev. Dr. Nobuhiro Masahiro Nemoto, Special Advisor, Religions for Peace Asia
Speakers:
Mr. Vakhtang Kipshidze, Deputy Chairman, Russian Orthodox Church’s Synodal
Department for Relations between Church, Society and Media
H.E. Mufti Tagir Hazrat Bikchantayev, Mufti of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims ofRussia; Representative of the Spiritual Assembly of Muslims of Russia
Rev. Dr. Ihor Shaban, Head of the Commission for Interreligious Dialogue and EcumenicalAffairs, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
H.E. Metropolitan of Bila Tserkva Yevstratiy, Deputy Head, External Church Relations,
Orthodox Church of Ukraine
H.E. Cardinal Charles Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar; Co-President, Religions for
Peace
Rev. Kosho Niwano, President-designate, Rissho Kosei-kai; Co-Moderator, Religions for
Peace
Hon. Ichiro Aisawa, Member of the House of Representatives; Director General, Religions for
Peace Parliamentary Support Group
Q&A
12:00 – 13:00

Lunch3

The Second Tokyo Peace Roundtable
PROGRAMME
18 - 21 FEBRUARY 2024

Monday, 19 February
WELCOME AND OPENING DISCUSSIONS
Opening Ceremony (Open to Media and Online)
Prayer /MeditationRev. Munemichi Kurozumi, ChiefPatriarch, Kurozumikyo Shinto; Board
Member, Religions for Peace Japan
H.E. Cardinal Charles Bo, Archbishop ofYangon, Myanmar; Co-President,Religions for Peace

13:00 – 13:10

13:10 – 14:30

Opening Session
Moderator: Rev. Yoshiharu Tomatsu, Chair, Religions for Peace Japan
Welcome Remarks by Ven. Gijun Sugitani, Chief Priest, Myoho-In Temple; Former Chair,Religions for Peace Japan
Speakers
H.E. Metropolitan Emmanuel Adamakis, Elder Metropolitan of Chalcedon; Co-Moderator,Religions for Peace
Dr. Kezevino Aram, President, Shanti Ashram; Co-Moderator, Religions for Peace
H.E. Shaykh Dr. Abdallah Bin Bayyah, President, Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim
Societies, Abu Dhabi; Co-Moderator, Religions for Peace
Bishop Dr. Munib Younan, Bishop Emeritus of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan
and the Holy Land; Honorary President, Religions for Peace
H.E. Mr. Miguel Ángel Moratinos, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and High
Representative, United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC)
Hon. Katsuya Okada, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Co-President of Religions forPeace Parliamentary Support Group4

The Second Tokyo Peace Roundtable
PROGRAMME
18 - 21 FEBRUARY 2024

Monday, 19 February
WELCOME AND OPENING DISCUSSIONS
14:30 – 14:45

Break
14:45 – 16:15

Session I: Reflections on Ongoing Conflicts and the Role of Religious Leaders inForgiveness and Reconciliation (Closed)
Moderator: Dr. Joan Hernandez Serret, Secretary General, Religions for Peace Europe
Presentation from Africa:
H.E. Sheikh Thierno Hady Thiam, Vice President, Muslim High Council of Mali;
Member, Council of Presidents, Interreligious Council of Mali (Virtual)
Q&APresentation from Asia:
H.E. Cardinal Charles Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar; Co-President, Religions forPeace
Q&A
Presentations from Europe:
H.E. Chief Rabbi Yaakov Dov Bleich, Chief Rabbi of Kyiv and Ukraine, Founder andPresident, Union of Jewish Religious Organisations of Ukraine
Rabbi Aharon Gurevich, Head, Department of Federation of Jewish Communities ofRussia
Q&A
Presentations from Latin America and the Caribbean:Msgr. Hector Fabio Henao, Permanent Accompanier of the Catholic Episcopal
Conference of Colombia (CEC) to the Peace Dialogue Table between the National
Government and the National Liberation Army (ELN)Rev. Pierre Rigaud Julien, First Counselor, Executive Committee, Protestant Federationof Haiti; Representative, Religion for Peace Haiti
Q&A5

The Second Tokyo Peace Roundtable
PROGRAMME
18 - 21 FEBRUARY 2024

Monday, 19 February
WELCOME AND OPENING DISCUSSIONS
Presentations from the Middle East:
Mr. Salah Zuhaika, Former Deputy Minister of Islamic Endowment; Member, The
Council of Religious Institutions in the Holy Land (CRIHL)
Mr. Avi Dabush, Chief Executive Officer, Rabbis for Human Rights
Q&A
16:15 – 16:30

Break
16:30 – 18:00

Session II: Multi-Religious and Multi-Stakeholder Approach to Forgiveness andReconciliation (Open to Media and Online)
Moderator: Ms. Deepika Singh, Deputy Secretary General and Director of Programmes, Religions
for Peace
Speakers:
Dr. Francis Kuria, Secretary General, African Council of Religious Leaders – Religions forPeaceRev. Dr. Yoshinori Shinohara, Secretary General, Asian Conference of Religions for Peace;
Secretary General, Religions for Peace Japan
Dr. Joan Hernandez Serret, Secretary General, Religions for Peace Europe
Mr. Elias Szczytnicki, Secretary General and Regional Director, Religions for Peace Latin
America and the Caribbean

6The Second Tokyo Peace Roundtable
PROGRAMME
18 - 21 FEBRUARY 2024

Wednesday, 21 February
DISCUSSION AND CLOSING CEREMONY
Momoyama Banquet Room, Floor B1F
Opening Prayers / Meditation
Ven. Sojo Kobayashi, Director, General
Affairs Department of Tendai Buddhism
in Japan
Dr. Kezevino Aram, President, Shanti
Ashram; Co-Moderator, Religions forPeace

09:00 – 09:10

Introduction: Rev. Dr. Yoshinori
Shinohara, Secretary General, Asian
Conference of Religions for Peace; SecretaryGeneral, Religions for Peace Japan
09:10 – 10:20
Breakout Group Discussions: Leveraging theUnique Strengths of Multi-Religious andMulti-Stakeholder Approaches toForgiveness and Reconciliation (Closed)
Plenary Session on the Presentations from theBreakout Group Discussions (Closed)
10:20 – 11:00

Moderator: Ms. Deepika Singh, Deputy
Secretary General and Director of Programmes,
Religions for Peace

7

The Second Tokyo Peace Roundtable
PROGRAMME
18 - 21 FEBRUARY 2024

Wednesday, 21 February
DISCUSSION AND CLOSING CEREMONY
11:00 – 12:30

Forging Ahead: Catalysing Multi-Religious and Multi-Stakeholder
Cooperation and Action for Forgiveness and Reconciliation (Closed)
Moderator: H.E. Metropolitan Emmanuel Adamakis, Elder Metropolitan of Chalcedon; CoModerator, Religions for Peace
Speakers: All Participants of the Second Tokyo Peace Roundtable
This will be a moderated interactive discussion where all participants will have the opportunity tocontribute.
Discussion on the Official Statement andCommitments from the Second Tokyo Peace
Roundtable (Closed)
Review and Endorsement of the Official
Statement (Closed)

12:30 – 13:00

Moderator: Dr. Kezevino Aram, President,
Shanti Ashram; Co-Moderator, Religions forPeace
13:00 – 14:30

Lunch8

The Second Tokyo Peace Roundtable
PROGRAMME
18 - 21 FEBRUARY 2024

Wednesday, 21 February
DISCUSSION AND CLOSING CEREMONY
14:30 – 16:00

Closing Ceremony (Open to Media and Online)
Prayer:Ms. Naoko Kawada, Vice Chair, Religions for Peace Japan Women’s Committee
Rev. Pierre Rigaud Julien, First Counselor, Executive Committee, Protestant Federation ofHaiti; Representative, Religion for Peace Haiti
Moderator:
Dr. Francis Kuria, Secretary General, Religions for Peace
Official Presentation of the Statement
Speakers:
H.E. Metropolitan Emmanuel Adamakis, Elder Metropolitan of Chalcedon; Co-Moderator,
Religions for Peace
Hon. Hirofumi Nakasone, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs; Chairman, Initiatives ofChange (IC) Parliamentary Support Group
Hon. Yukihisa Fujita, Former Vice Minister of Finance; Secretary General, Religions for Peace
Parliamentary Support Group
Rev. Kosho Niwano, President-designate, Rissho Kosei-kai, Co-Moderator, Religions forPeace
16:30 – 17:30

Press Conference (Open to Media)
Asuka Room, Floor BF19Thank you for attending
The Second Tokyo Peace Roundtable