{"id":9106,"date":"2026-05-02T11:04:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T09:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/academy.grainesdepaix.org\/ressources\/the-geneva-spiritual-call\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T15:51:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T13:51:47","slug":"the-geneva-spiritual-call","status":"publish","type":"ressource","link":"https:\/\/academy.grainesdepaix.org\/en\/ressources\/the-geneva-spiritual-call\/","title":{"rendered":"The Geneva Spiritual Call"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On October 24, 1999, United Nations Day, the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aasg.ch\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Geneva Spiritual Appeal<\/a> was proclaimed in Geneva Cathedral,<strong> signed by a number of international and local personalities from Geneva<\/strong> and around the world.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Appeal is now supported by representatives of all the religious communities present in Geneva, and by a growing number of people from civil society.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>It is addressed to the world&#8217;s leaders, whatever their sphere of influence, and calls on them to adhere unreservedly to the following three principles:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;<\/strong>Because :<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>our religions or personal convictions have in common respect for the dignity of the human person<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>our religions or personal convictions have in common the rejection of hatred and violence<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>our religions or personal convictions have in common the hope of a better and fairer world<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">we, representatives of religious communities and civil society, call on the world&#8217;s decision-makers, whatever their field of activity, to respect absolutely the following three precepts:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Do not invoke religious or spiritual force to justify violence of any kind.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do not refer to a religious or spiritual force to justify discrimination and exclusion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Don&#8217;t use your strength, intellectual or spiritual capacity, wealth or social status to exploit or dominate others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our Appeal, which is in keeping with Geneva&#8217;s tradition of welcome, asylum and compassion,<br\/>is open to anyone whose convictions accord with the present requests.<strong>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You too can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aasg.ch\/aasg_French\/form2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>sign this Appeal<\/strong><\/a> and pass it on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 24, 1999, United Nations Day, theGeneva Spiritual Appeal was proclaimed in Geneva Cathedral, signed by a number of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[],"ressources-theme":[],"category-ressources":[282],"class_list":["post-9106","ressource","type-ressource","status-publish","hentry","category-ressources-peace"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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