It is a truth, not yet universally acknowledged, but gaining increasing recognition, that the affairs of our troubled world will be settled in the interests of mankind, only if society and its institutions are brought back under the moral guidance of the universal principles embedded in the world's religious traditions. It is this moral vacuum which is threatening the further existence of human society.
Crime is on the rise everywhere.
The solution can only lie in a revival of moral values in all aspects of social life, emphatically in the realm of politics. All had been tried, and failed. As a concrete expression of this proposal, the conference witnessed the inauguration of the Society for the Dialogue of Religions, to be based in Khartoum, with branches in other states of the country. Although the society is based in Sudan, the draft regulations contemplate establishment of international branches, and the thrust of the initiative is international in scope. In parallel, beginning in 1991, the Sudanese had taken steps to launch a dialogue, which culminated in the first international inter-religious conference in Khartoum in April 1993.