Prof. Dr. Azza Karam serves as the Secretary-General of Religions for Peace. She also holds a Professorship of Religion and Development at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, in The Netherlands—of which she is a citizen. She served as a Senior Advisor on Culture, at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA); and as Coordinator/Chair of the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Religion and Development (UN IATF-R&D); and is the founder of the Multi Faith Advisory Council of the UN IATF- R&D.

Audrey E. Kitagawa, J.D., is the President/Founder of the International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation, the Chair of the Anti-Racism Initiative and Co-Chair of the Gender Equality Working Group of the G20 Interfaith Forum,and former Advisor to the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict at the United Nations. She is also a United Nations Representative for the United Religions Initiative, an Ambassador of Religions for Peace International, and Chair Emerita of the NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns.

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