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2016 Annual Awards Dinnerin honor of

His Excellency François HollandePresident of France

World Statesman Award

•Andrew N. Liveris

Chairman and CEO, Th e Dow Chemical Company

Appeal of Conscience Award

•Carlos Slim Helú

President, Th e Carlos Slim Foundation


Monday, September 19, 2016Waldorf Astoria New York • Grand Ballroom

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A P P E A L O F C O N S C I E N C E F O U N D A T I O N ~ 2 0 1 6 A N N U A L A W A R D S D I N N E R

“I applaud the Appeal of Conscience Foundation for your work with political and religious leaders across

the globe to advance religious tolerance and peace. These are values that honor the dignity of every life and

set free the creative energies that lead to progress.”

Pr esident Georg e W. Bush

September 2004

“The Appeal of Conscience Foundation has been a powerful tool for progress in a changing world. From

those persecuted by Communist dictatorships in days gone by to those seeking to overcome ethnic, racial and

religious intolerance today, courageous people have found in the Appeal of Conscience Foundation a true

source of hope, help and inspiration.”

Pr esident bil l Cl inton

September 2000

“The Foundation’s efforts to secure religious freedom throughout the world, particularly in Eastern Europe,

the Soviet Union, and China, are exemplary.”

Pr esident Georg e H.W. Bush

May 1989

“The Appeal of Conscience Foundation has long been a leader in the struggle for religious freedom and

human rights around the world. Your ecumenical foundation has been especially vigilant in its fight for the

right of religious expression, and I’m proud to commend you.”

Pr esident Ronal d Reagan

October 1987

United States Presidents’ messages to ACF

September 2015

“I send warm greetings to all those attending the 50th Anniversary Dinner for the Appeal of Conscience Foundation and to its founder, Rabbi Arthur Schneier. In too many corners of the globe, people are still persecuted for their beliefs,

imprisoned for their ideals, and punished for their convictions. By striving to shape a future in which the rights and dignity of every person are protected, organizations like yours play a vital role in bringing us closer to a more just and equal world.”



Common DeclarationThe Appeal of Conscience Foundation and the Council of European Bishops’ Confer-

ences (CCEE), concerned about the persistent violence, persecutions of Christian minorities

and other religious groups, calls upon the United Nations to adopt a Resolution for the Protection

of Religious Minorities.

We condemn all acts or threats of violence, destruction, damage or endangerment, directed against religious minorities, including the de-

struction of places of worship and sacred religious texts of any kind.

We call upon all states to prevent acts or threats of violence, and invite relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to contrib-

ute to those efforts by developing appropriate initiatives to advance mutual respect and recogni-

tion of religious minorities.

The Council of European Bishops’ Conferences and the Appeal of Conscience Foundation encourage all states, intergovernmental and

non-governmental organizations and the media to promote through education a culture of

mutual respect and tolerance for the diversity of religions, which represent an important aspect of

the collective heritage of mankind.

May 26, 2014 – Jerusalem, Israel – At the invitation of President Shimon Peres, Rabbi Arthur Schneier joined the welcome to Pope Francis at the presidential residence.

May 26, 2014 – Jerusalem, Israel – Pope Francis is welcomed by Rabbi Arthur Schneier at the Western Wall at the start of his historic visit.

May 27, 2014 – Jerusalem, Israel – The Ecumenical

Patriarch Bartholomew during his historic visit with Pope Francis, remembers the

victims of the Holocaust at the Yad Vashem Memorial with Rabbi Arthur Schneier and

Archbishop Demetrios, Primate, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of

America, ACF Trustee.

JULY 20, 2016 - Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See receives Rabbi Schneier at the Vatican.



ACF Highlights

APRIL 22, 2015 - UN Alliance of Civilizations debate on Promoting

Tolerance and Reconciliation.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015 - Vice President Joe Biden, Governor Andrew

Cuomo and Rabbi Arthur Schneier address 9/11 Remembrance of fi rst

respondents of Fire, Police and Emergency Services.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 – Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary and

Ambassador Katalin Bogyay, Permanent Representative of Hungary to the

UN with Rabbi Arthur Schneier.

M ARCH 23, 2015 - Vice President Joe Biden greets Rabbi Arthur and

Mrs. Elisabeth Schneier in Washington, DC.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015 - His Holiness Pope Francis greets Rabbi Arthur

Schneier, Papal Knight of St. Sylvester, at the Inter-religious welcome at the

New York 9/11 Memorial and Museum.

OCTOBER 2, 2015 - Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Vatican’s Secre-

tary for Relations with States and Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Permanent

Observer of the Holy See with Rabbi Arthur Schneier.



ACF Highlights

JU NE 9, 2016 - Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the

UN, Ambassador Vitaly Churkin and Mrs. Irina Churkina, Ambassador

Samantha Power, Permanent Representative of the US to the UN and

Rabbi Arthur Schneier – Russian National Day.

NOV EMBER 17, 2015 - “Survival in Shanghai”, a tribute to the Chinese

people who provided refuge to over 25,000 European Jews fl eeing Nazi

persecution. L to R: Consul General Zhang Qiyue of People’s Republic

of China, Rabbi Arthur Schneier, Ambassador Liu Jieyi, Permanent

Representative of People’s Republic of China to the UN and Deputy Consul

General Amir Sagie of Israel.

NOV EMBER 19, 2015, NEW YORK – Minister Ahmed Toufi q on behalf

of His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco presents the Commander

of Wissam Alaouite Award to Rabbi Arthur Schneier, Cardinal Timothy

M. Dolan, Archbishop of New York; Archbishop Demetrios, Primate of the

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and Imam Mohamed Hagmagid,

President of the Islamic Society of North America.

DECEMBER 18, 2015 - ACF interfaith eff ort to add Yom Kippur (Day of

Atonement) to Christian and Muslim holidays as an offi cial holiday to the

United Nations calendar.

JULY 25, 2016, GENEVA,

SW ITZERL A ND –

meeting with Director

General Michael Møller of

the UN Offi ce in Geneva.

JA NUARY 27, 2016 - Rwanda survivors recall their horrors; celebrate their

freedom.

M ARCH 11, 2016 - Ambassador Lu Shumin, Vice President of the Chinese

Institute of Foreign Aff airs and his delegation meet with ACF trustees.



VIENNA 2011 – Inter-religious Conference on Family.

L to R: President Heinz Fischer of Austria, Cardinal Dr. Christoph Schönborn, Rabbi Arthur Schneier, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk and Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt of Moscow.

WASHINGTON, DC 2005 – 10th Anniversary of the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords – At the request of Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns, ACF invited religious leaders from Bosnia and Herzegovina to participate in a roundtable discussion at the State Department, “Interfaith cooperation in building a civil society in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

ISTANBUL 2005 – 10th Anniversary of Peace and Tolerance Con-

ference sponsored by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I –

L to R: Mrs. Marietta Giannakou, Minister of Education and

Religious Affairs of Greece; Professor Dr. Ali Bardakoglu, President,

Office of Religious Affairs of Turkey; Rabbi Arthur Schneier, Pres-

ident, Appeal of Conscience Foundation; The Ecumenical Patri-

arch Bartholomew I; Walter Cardinal Kasper, President, Pontifical

Council for Promoting Christian Unity; His Beatitude Theodoros,

Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, met to further peaceful coex-

istence and mutual acceptance through inter-religious dialogue.

2003 – ACF in cooperation with the late President Boris Trajkovski

of Macedonia and UNESCO, co-sponsored a “Regional Forum on

Dialogue Among Civilizations” in Orhid, Macedonia, which brought

together ten heads of state from the region and prominent leaders of

business, religion and culture to help further security and stability in

South East Europe.

2002 – ACF supported a conference on “The Role of Religion and

Belief in a Democratic Society: Searching for Ways to Combat

Terrorism and Extremism” in Azerbaijan. ACF also co-sponsored

the “World Council of Religious Leaders Conference” in Bangkok,

Thailand, to energize Asian religious leaders to promote tolerance.

2001 – ACF supported the “Interfaith Meeting Towards Peaceful

Co-existence Among the Three Monotheistic Religions: Judaism,

Christianity and Islam” conference organized under the auspices of

the European Commission and The Ecumenical Patriarch Bar-

tholomew I in Brussels.

ACF Conferences for Peace and Tolerance



2000 – ACF co-sponsored the Millennium World Peace Summit at the U.N. and organized a session on conflict transformation in the Balkans, Russia and Central Asia.

1999 – ACF organized the historic Kosovo Conference on Peace and Tolerance II which brought together for the first time the leadership of the Catholic, Muslim and Serbian Orthodox Communities of Kosovo and has since encouraged healing and conciliation.

1995 – ACF initiated the Conflict Resolution Conference in Vienna, Austria as a follow up to the Peace and Tolerance Conference. The conference adopted the Vienna Declaration I and the ACF delegation held meetings with the Presidents of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Yugoslavia. ACF, through the media, called for people of all faiths to pray for the success of the Balkan peace talks in Dayton, Ohio.

“The Talmud says, “He who saves one life, saves the world.” In the Koran it says, “who did harm on earth without justice, did harm to all people on earth.” In Corinthians it is written that “God is Spirit. Wherever there is God’s spirit, there is freedom.” We continue to demand that hostilities cease immediately in order to alleviate the suffering in the war zones in Chechy-na, Armenia, Azerbaijan and in Nagorno-Karabakh; that humanitarian

aid flow freely to all in need, regardless of faith and that religious authorities cooperate in the vital and life saving humanitarian work in the conflict

zones.”

The Vienna Declaration, 1995ACF Conflict Resolution Conference on The Caucasus and Central Asia

Vienna, Austria

1994 – ACF organized, in cooperation with the Ecumenical Pa-triarchate, the Peace and Tolerance Conference in Istanbul, which brought together government and religious leaders from the Balkans, the Caucasus and Central Asia. The conference adopted the Bospho-rus Declaration.

1992 – ACF called for worldwide prayer at the United Nations for peace in Bosnia.

At the start of the conflict in former Yugoslavia and Kosovo, ACF appealed to the government and religious leaders to halt the blood-shed. It convened in Berne, Switzerland, the first religious summit with leaders of the Serbian Orthodox, Catholic, Muslim and Jewish communities in Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia, to further reconciliation and coexistence in those strife-torn countries and to prevent ethnic conflicts from growing into religious confrontations and issued the Berne Declaration, calling for an end to the conflict.

BERNE 1992 – Signing of the “ACF for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina” – L to R: Reverend Vinko Puljic, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sarajevo; Patriarch Pavle of the Serbian Orthodox Church; Rais Ulema Jakob efendi Selimoski of Sarajevo; Rabbi Ar-thur Schneier and Rene Felber, former President of Switzerland.

ACF Conferences for Peace and Tolerance



H O N O R A R Y C O - C H A I R S

B O A R D O F T R U S T E E S A N D T R U S T E E A D V I S O R Y C O U N C I L

Hon. Madeleine K. Albright

Hon. James A. Baker, III

Hon. Henry A. Kissinger

Gen. Colin L. Powell

Hon. George P. Shultz

Rev. Dr. Fred R. Anderson

H.E. Gérard Araud

H.E. Archbishop Bernardito Auza

H.E. Archbishop Khajag Barsamian

Rep. Robert A. Brady

Sen. Susan Collins

Rep. Joseph Crowley

H.E. François Delattre

H.E. Archbishop Demetrios

Hon. David N. Dinkins

H.E. Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan

Rep. Eliot Engel

Sen. Dianne Feinstein

Hon. Jane D. Hartley

Very Rev. Leonid Kishkovsky

Chief Rabbi Haim Korsia

Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney

H.E. Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick

Rep. Jerrold Nadler

Hon. John D. Negroponte

Rev. Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J.

Gov. George E. Pataki

Rep. Charles B. Rangel

Sen. Harry Reid

Rev. Dr. Robert A. Rimbo

Rep. Adam Schiff

Rabbi Arthur Schneier

Sen. Charles E. Schumer

Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft

Hon. Paul A. Volcker

Hon. James D. Wolfensohn

Rabbi Arthur Schneier

President

H.E. Archbishop Khajag Barsamian

H.E. Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick

Rev. Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J.

Vice Presidents

Steven J. Dorn

Secretary-Treasurer

Dr. Josef Ackermann

Very Rev. Dr. Fred R. Anderson

Giampiero Auletta Armenise

Ellen Hassenfeld Block

Hon. R. Nicholas Burns

Hon. William J. Burns

John A. Catsimatidis

Archbishop Demetrios

Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio

H.E. Cardinal Péter Erdő

Rev. Daniel L. Flaherty, S.J.

Rev. Dr. Carl E. Flemister

Paul J. Fribourg

Martin J.G. Glynn

Imam Yahya Hendi

John M. Hennessy

Muhtar Kent

Very Rev. Leonid Kishkovsky

Hon. Ronald S. Lauder

Isabelle R. Leeds

Hon.William H. Luers

Hon. Earle I. Mack

Enrico Mandel-Mantello

Jeffrey A. Marcus

J.W. Marriott

Hon. Jack F. Matlock, Jr.

William F. McSweeny

Hon. John D. Negroponte

Hon. Peter G. Peterson

Hon. Thomas R. Pickering

Anthony J. Pratt

Rev. Dr. David James Randolph

Hon. Rozanne L. Ridgway

Jack Rosen

Peter Thomas Roth

H.E. Cardinal Dr. Christoph Schönborn

Daniel L. Vasella, MD




François Hollande was born on August

12, 1954 in Rouen (Normandy). He has

four children.

He was first secretary of the Socialist Party

from 1997 to 2008, mayor of Tulle from

2001 to 2008, representative of Corrèze

from 1988 to 1993 and again from 1997 to

2012, and president of the General Council

of Corrèze from 2008 to 2012.

François Hollande is an alumnus of HEC

Paris (business school) and of Sciences Po

(Paris Institute of Political Studies). He is

also a graduate of the French National School

of Public Administration (ENA), Voltaire

class of 1980.

He joined the Socialist Party in 1979. In

1980, he became an auditor at the Court

of Audit (Cour des comptes, charged with

conducting financial and legislative audits

of most public institutions including the

government). He also lectured at his alma

mater, Sciences Po. Following François

Mitterand’s election as President of the

Republic in 1981, François Hollande joined

the President’s staff as special advisor.

During the June 1981 legislative elections,

François Hollande campaigned to become

representative of Corrèze.

In 1983 he is appointed chief of staff to the

government’s spokesperson Max Gallo, and

then Roland Dumas, under Prime Minister

Pierre Mauroy. In 1984 François Hollande

became officer to the Court of Audit.

During the 1988 legislative elections

following the reelection of François Mitterand

for his second term, François Hollande is

elected representative of the first district of

Corrèze.

From 1988 to 1991, he served as professor of

economics at Sciences Po.

Defeated at reelection in 1993, François

Hollande took on the role of president of

Jacques Delors’ think tank, and continued to

serve in this capacity until 1997. In November

1994, François Hollande became national

secretary of the Socialist Party responsible for

economic issues. The following year, Lionel

Jospin appointed him spokesperson for the

Socialist Party.

In 1997, following the victory of the left-

wing coalition Gauche Plurielle, François

Hollande regained his seat as representative

of Corrèze and became the first secretary of

the Socialist Party. He officially declared his

candidacy in the Socialist primaries in March

2011, and won in October 2011.

In May 2012, François Hollande became the

seventh president of the Fifth Republic.

His Excellency François Hollande president of france

Appeal of Conscience World Statesman Award



Andrew N. Liveris is Chairman and Chief

Executive Officer of The Dow Chemical

Company, a materials, polymers, chemicals

and biological sciences enterprise, with 2015

annual sales of nearly $49 billion.

A 40-year veteran of Dow and recognized

global business leader, Liveris’ career has

spanned roles in manufacturing, engineering,

sales, marketing, and business and general

management around the world. During more

than a decade as Dow’s CEO, Liveris has led

the Company’s transformation from a cyclical

chemicals manufacturing company into a

novel enterprise – one powered by science,

driven by innovation and delivering solutions

to the world.

An international advocate for the criticality

of manufacturing to the long-term health of

national economies, Liveris is the author of

Make It in America, a book which presents

a comprehensive set of practical policy

solutions and business strategies to achieve

the Company’s vision of an ‘Advanced

Manufacturing’ economy, and served as Co-

Chair of U.S. President Obama’s Advanced

Manufacturing Partnership steering

committee. Liveris believes that a clear

roadmap is vital for countries, regions and

the global community to drive the future of

advanced manufacturing. To this end, he has

led Dow to collaborate with governments

on Advanced Manufacturing Plans for the

U.S., Australia, Europe and Kenya, while

simultaneously driving the Company’s world-

class investment and industry leadership in

fast-growing regions around the globe.

In addition to his work at Dow, Liveris’

breadth of experience and expertise is broadly

represented across business, government,

academic and non-profit sectors. He sits on

the Board of Directors of IBM, is Vice Chair

of the Business Roundtable, an Executive

Committee Member and Past Chairman of

the U.S. Business Council, and a member

of the U.S. President’s Export Council,

the Concordia Leadership Council and the

Australian government’s Industry Growth

Centres Advisory Committee. Liveris serves

on the Board of Trustees for the Herbert H.

and Grace A. Dow Foundation, California

Institute of Technology and the United States

Council for International Business. He is also

a member of The B Team.

Born in Darwin, Australia, Liveris attended

the University of Queensland in Brisbane,

graduating with a bachelor’s degree (first-

class honors) in Chemical Engineering. He

is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of

The Institute of Chemical Engineers as well

as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of

Technological Sciences and Engineering.

Liveris resides in Midland, Michigan with his

wife Paula. They have three adult children.

Andrew N. Liveris chairman and ceo – the dow chemical company




Carlos Slim Helú studied Civil Engineering

at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de

México.

At 25, in 1965, he began to build his holding

group, Grupo Carso. He learned basic

business practices from his father, from a very

early age, and worked in his family’s business

as a teenager. After he graduated from college,

he began investing in earnest and slowly

began building a multi-industry empire

of conglomerates and corporations; both

developed and purchased by him.

He has holdings in México, Latin

American and international companies,

in industries ranging from construction

and manufacturing to financial, mining,

commerce, real estate and important inf luence

in telecommunications sector with presence in

26 countries.

Today, Mr Slim is honorary chairman for

life of his parent company, ‘Grupo Carso,

Honorary Chairman of América Móvil

and currently Chairman of the Carlos Slim

Foundation, Telmex Foundation.

In 1986, he established Fundación Carlos Slim

to impact the most vulnerable populations;

the foundation has directly benefited millions

of people. With a marked sense of social

responsibility, efficiency, and proven results,

the Foundation has programs in various

fields, such as education, employment,

health, nutrition, social justice, culture,

human development, support during natural

disasters, protection and conservation of the

environment, and economic development.

These programs help improve the quality of

life for populations of all ages, fostering the

development of human capital and generating

opportunities for people, their communities,

and their countries.

Mr. Slim supports a significant genomic

medicine partnership with the Broad Institute

of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute

of Technology, and has established different

partnerships with the Bill & Melinda Gates

Foundation, like Salud Mesoamérica 2015 to

improve the health of women and children

in Central America- and the Global Polio

Eradication Initiative (GPEI).

In 2012, Mr. Slim was awarded for his

leadership in philanthropy by former US

President Bill Clinton at the Clinton Global

Citizen Awards.

Carlos Slim is passionate about history, the

arts, astrophysics, nature and sports, but above

all, he is devoted to his family.

Carlos Slim Helú president – the carlos slim foundation




DINNER CHAIRS

K. Rupert Murdoch

Stephen A. Schwarzman

Jerry I. Speyer

DINNER CO-CHAIRS

Bernard J. Arnault

Len Blavatnik

Declan Kelly

Muhtar Kent

Michael S. Klein

Maurice Lévy

Peter G. Peterson

EXECUTIVE CO-CHAIRS


Michael L. Corbat

Paul J. Fribourg

Evan Greenberg

Alex Gorsky

Hon. Ronald S. Lauder

Bernard-Henri Lévy

Hon. Earle I. Mack

Nazee and Joseph Moinian

Howard J. Rubenstein

VICE-CHAIRS

James Dimon

James P. Gorman

Robert A. Iger

Marc-Antoine Jamet

Juan Luciano

Lewis C. Pell

Michael A. Peterson

Anthony J. Pratt



Christopher Ruddy

Martin Schlaff

Sheldon H. Solow

Rajeev Suri

Robert Thomson

GENERAL CO-CHAIRS

Dan and Ewa Abraham

Giampiero Auletta Armenise

Jill and Jay Bernstein

Harry J.F. Bloomfield, QC, MBA

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Feinberg

Kenneth M. Jacobs

Klaus Kleinfeld

Ruiqi Liu

Jed Manocherian

Jean-Marie Messier

Venia Mucha

Robert E. Nederlander

William R. Rhodes

Dr. Sigmund A. Rolat

HRH Princess Basmah bint Saud

Alan Schnitzer

Roberto Slim

Louis Vega

Wendell Weeks

Philip Zev Weisberg

Leonard Wilf

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Steven J. Dorn

Karen Dresbach

Gabriel Erem

Polly and Herman Hochberg

David Schneider

Elisabeth Schneier



UNDERWRITER

The Carlos Slim Foundation

The Dow Chemical Company

PATRON

21st Century Fox

China General Chamber of Commerce

M. Klein & Company

Teneo

Tishman Speyer

BENEFACTOR

Blackstone

The Blavatnik Family Foundation

Chubb

Citi

The Coca-Cola Company

Johnson & Johnson

LVMH Möet Hennessy Louis Vuitton

Peter G. Peterson Foundation

Publicis Groupe

Salesforce

AMBASSADOR

Archer Daniels Midland Company

Continental Grain Company

Jessco Medical Supply



JPMorgan Chase & Co.

MasterCard

Morgan Stanley

News Corp

Newsmax Media

Nokia

Pratt Industries

Red Apple Group

Ronald S. Lauder Foundation

Solow Building Company, LLC

The Starr Foundation

The Walt Disney Company

SPONSOR

Alcoa Corporation

Corning Incorporated

Facebook

HengYuanXiang Co., Ltd.

Honeywell

IBM

Lazard

Messier Maris & Associés

Shearman & Sterling, LLP

The Travelers Companies, Inc.

William R. Rhodes

in memory of Louise Tilzer Rhodes



VATICAN 2013 – Pope Francis I. greets Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick at the inaugural ceremony of the Pontiff on March 19, 2013.

NEW YORK 2008 – Pope Benedict XVI made a historic visit to Park East Synagogue, meeting with Rabbi Arthur Schneier and the ACF delegation in New York. This marked the first visit of a Pope to an American Synagogue and signified a reaffirmation of his outreach and commitment to inter-religious dialogue.

VATICAN 1985 – Pope John Paul II and Rabbi Arthur Schneier discussed ways to strengthen oppressed religious communities.

NEW YORK 2010 – Bartholomew I and

The Ecumenical Patriarchate,

along with ACF, have taken many

joint initiatives to further peace,

tolerance and inter-religious dialogue.

Moscow 2006 - At the World Summit

of Religious Leaders Conference in

Moscow, Patriarch Aleksy II, Rabbi

Arthur Schneier and the ACF discuss joint initiatives to promote

peace and inter-religious cooperation.

Making a Difference



WASHINGTON DC 2007 – Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, Karekin II, Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, ACF vice president, and Rabbi Arthur Schneier exchange views on the ACF’s role in reconciliation talks between Armenia and Turkey.

MOSCOW 2009 – President Dmitry A. Medvedev of the Russian Federation met with UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow

and All Russia, Grand Mufti of the Caucasus Sheik-ul-Islam Allahshakur Pashazade of Azerbaijan and Rabbi Arthur Schneier to call for the engagement of

religious leaders in advancing tolerance and mutual understanding.

SAUDI ARABIA 2008 – King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia convened the Inter-Religious conference held in Madrid. In his keynote, Rabbi Arthur Schneier addressed Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, and Taoist faiths on broadening inter-religious dialogue to ease world tensions.

Making a Difference

NEW YORK 2001 – “UN Resolution for the Protection of Religious Sites” initiated by ACF to protect churches, mosques, synagogues and temples was adopted unanimously by the UN General Assembly at the office of Secretary General Kofi Annan.

NEW YORK 2007 – ACF delegation: Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, Rabbi Arthur

Schneier and Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, Primate

of the Armenian Church of America, met with Secretary

General Ban Ki-moon to discuss human rights,

humanitarian issues and on the dire situation in Darfur.

“With an unwavering com-mitment to religious freedom and human rights, as well as wide-ranging programmes to

promote mutual understanding and conflict resolution, the Appeal of Conscience Foundation’s work complements that of the United

Nations. I would like to thank you for your efforts to build a safer,

more humane world.”

Kofi A. AnnanSecretary General, United

Nations, September 2004

“This is a critical moment for the international community, requiring decisive move-ment on many fronts and a renewed multilateralism that delivers for real people in real time. Human rights and conflict resolution, so central to your work, are key components of this endeavor, especially given the potential of the global economic downturn to foster social unrest. The efforts of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation to counter rising ten-sions and promote mutual understanding will continue to provide valuable support to

the United Nations as we work for a sustainable recovery that benefits all people.”

Ban Ki-MoonSecretary General, United Nations, September 2009



Strengthening people to

people relations

BEIJING 2010 – Chinese Vice

Premier Hui Liangyu and his delegation greets Rabbi

and Mrs. Schneier.

July 11, 2012 Commemoration of the Srebrenica Genocide - 8,000 Muslim Bosniak killed on July 11, 1995. Rabbi Arthur Schneier at the invitation of

Grand Mufti Ceric was the first non-Muslim leader who addressed the 50,000 mourning family members, government and foreign leaders including a message

from President Barack Obama: “...We all desire continued reconciliation and peaceful coexistence for the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Balkans.”

New York 2012 - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and Ambassador Zhang Yesui discuss China-US relations with Rabbi Arthur Schneier and Michael A. Peterson.

WASHINGTON, DC 1998 – President Bill Clinton, Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright and Samuel R. Berger, U.S. National Security Advisor met with Dr. Don Argue, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and Rabbi Arthur Schneier in the White House Oval office prior to their mission to China.

WASHINGTON, DC 2011 – Luncheon with President Hu Jintao of China.

BEIJING 1998 – Appointed by President Clinton to start the first dialogue on religious freedom with China, Rabbi Arthur Schneier, along with ACF delegation: Dr. Don Argue and Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, Archbishop of Washington, met with Chinese President Jiang Zemin.

Making a Difference

NEW YORK 2008 – The Council on Foreign Relations and ACF co-sponsored a luncheon in honor of President Abdullah Gül of Turkey, who was accompanied by Foreign Minister Ali Babacan. They were welcomed by former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Marc Grossman, CFR President Dr. Richard N. Haas and Rabbi Arthur Schneier.



POLAND 2009 – President

Lech Kaczynski and First Lady

Maria Kaczynska met with ACF delegation: Dr.

Sigmund A. Rolat and Rabbi Arthur

Schneier; and Mrs. Ewa Junczyk-

Ziomecka, Minister of State, during

Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to

Warsaw.

MOROCCO 2010 – ACF delegation paid tribute to King Mohammed V at his Mausoleum and to the memory of King Hassan I .

MOSCOW 1987 – ACF met with human rights activist and 1975 Nobel Peace Prize winner Andrei Sakharov and his wife, Yelena Bonner.

STRASBOURG 2007 –

Parliamentary Assembly of

the Council of Europe (PACE) – Rabbi Arthur

Schneier called for strong

measures to stem the rise of racism,

xenophobia, anti-Semitism,

and Islamophobia in Europe and urged mutual cooperation to promote peace and tolerance.

HAVANA 2008 – The ACF Interfaith Cuban Mission, L to R: Archbishop Khajag, Barsamian, Ambassador

Earle I. Mack, Ambassador Charles Gargano, Rev. Dr. Fred R. Anderson, Elisabeth Schneier, Karen Dresbach, Rabbi Arthur Schneier, Fernando Remirez de Estenoz,

First ViceMinister of Cuba; Gov. George Pataki, and Adela Dworin, President, Jewish Community of Cuba.

Making a Difference

MOSCOW 2005 – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey

Lavrov met with Rabbi Arthur Schneier to discuss strengthening

people to people relations between Russia and the US.

HAVANA 1988 – ACF delegation met with President Fidel Castro.



THE APPEAL OF CONSCIENCE FOUNDATION ACF, founded by Rabbi Arthur Schneier in 1965, has worked on behalf of religious freedom and human rights throughout the world. This interfaith coalition of business, religious and foreign policy leaders promotes peace, tolerance and ethnic conflict resolution. It also provides a voice of conscience to protect minorities at a time of increasing ethnic con-flict in many regions of the world.

As a member and ambassador of the United Nation’s “Alliance of Civilizations” High Level Group, Rabbi Arthur Schneier has extended the ACF’s work and reputation through his own participation, forging ties with political and religious leaders from Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and South America – in conferences in Spain, Qatar, Senegal, and Turkey.

To uphold the principle of “live and let live” is the ACF’s continuing goal. The ACF believes that free-dom, democracy and human rights are the fundamen-tal values that give nations of the world their best hope for peace, security and shared prosperity.

One of the primary ways in which the ACF carries out its mission, and disseminates its message of peaceful coexistence and religious freedom, is by bringing del-egations of religious, business and government leaders from all over the world to meet with their counter-parts. ACF delegations have met with government and religious leaders worldwide. The ACF also hosts delegations from abroad to acquaint them with the diversity of American religious life and its con-tribution to a civil society.

“A crime committed in the name of religion

is the greatest crime against religion.”

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The struggle for human rights is ongoing and tolerance can be achieved by encouraging open

dialogue and mutual understanding. The ACF is dedicated in reaching this endeavor by rallying religious leaders worldwide to take a stand,

using their influence to halt violence and terrorism.

ACF Objectives

• To preserve the rights of all religious groups everywhere.

• To advance tolerance and religious pluralism by strengthening democratic values and institutions.

• To strengthen ties with religious communities in different parts of the world.

• To inform public opinion by developing symposia on vital foreign policy issues related to tolerance and human rights.

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United Nations A/RES/55/254

General Assembly Distr.: General11 June 2001

Fifty-fifth sessionAgenda item 32

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

[without reference to a Main Committee (A/55/L.81 and Add.1)]

55/254. Protection of religious sites

The General Assembly,

Recalling its resolutions 53/22 of 4 November 1998, 54/113 of 10 December1999 and 55/23 of 18 November 2000, entitled “United Nations Year of Dialogueamong Civilizations”,

Recalling also its resolution 36/55 of 25 November 1981, by which itproclaimed the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and ofDiscrimination Based on Religion or Belief, and its resolution 55/97 of 4 December2000 on the elimination of all forms of religious intolerance,

Recalling further its resolutions 47/124 of 18 December 1992, 48/126 of20 December 1993, 49/213 of 23 December 1994 and 51/95 of 12 December 1996,on the United Nations Year for Tolerance,

Bearing in mind the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,1 the InternationalCovenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights2 and the International Covenanton Civil and Political Rights,2 as well as the pertinent universal and regional humanrights instruments,

Bearing in mind also the relevant provisions of the Geneva Conventions of19493 and the Additional Protocols thereto, of 1977,4 as well as the relevantprovisions of the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in theEvent of Armed Conflict of 1954,5

Recalling the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by theWorld Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993,6 which emphasizes the needto counter intolerance and related violence based on religion or belief, including thedesecration of religious sites,

Recalling also the appeal of the United Nations Millennium Declaration of8 September 20007 to respect the diversity of belief, culture and language, to cherishdifferences within and between societies as a precious asset of humanity and topromote a culture of peace and dialogue among all civilizations,

1. Condemns all acts or threats of violence, destruction, damage orendangerment, directed against religious sites as such, that continue to occur in theworld;

2. Calls upon all States to exert their utmost efforts to ensure that religioussites are fully respected and protected in conformity with international standards andin accordance with their national legislation and to adopt adequate measures aimedat preventing such acts or threats of violence, and invites relevant intergovernmentaland non-governmental organizations to contribute to those efforts by developingappropriate initiatives in this field;

3. Encourages all States, relevant intergovernmental and non-governmentalorganizations and the media to promote, inter alia, through education, a culture oftolerance and respect for the diversity of religions and for religious sites, whichrepresent an important aspect of the collective heritage of humankind;

4. Requests the Secretary-General to devote, in consultation with therelevant bodies of the United Nations system, attention to the issue of protection ofreligious sites in his forthcoming reports related to the United Nations Year ofDialogue among Civilizations;

5. Decides to continue consideration of the question of the protection ofreligious sites under the item entitled “United Nations Year of Dialogue amongCivilizations”.

101st plenary meeting31 May 2001

1 Resolution 217 A (III).2 See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.3 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, Nos. 970–973.4 Ibid., vol. 1125, Nos. 17512 and 17513.5 Ibid., vol. 249, No. 3511.6 A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.7 See resolution 55/2.



L to R: Cardinal

Th eodore E.

McCarrick,

Archbishop Emeritus

of Washington, ACF

Vice-President; Rabbi

Arthur Schneier

and Dr. Sheik-ul-

Islam Allahshukor

Pashazade,

Chairman, Religious

Council of the

Caucasus

50th Anniversary Dinner

World Statesman

Award recipient

Prime Minister

David Cameron

of the United

Kingdom

Alex Grosky, Chairman and CEO, Johnson & Johnson, Rabbi Arthur Schneier,

Laurence D. Fink, Chairman and CEO, BlackRock and Ambassador Matthew

Rycroft, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations

L to R: Th e Rev. Robert Rimbo, Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church;

Very Rev. Dr. James A. Kowalski, Dean of Cathedral of St. John the Divine;

Stephen Schwarzman; Rev. Dr. Fred R. Anderson, ACF Trustee; Archbishop

Khajag Barsamian, Primate, Diocese of the Armenian Church of America, ACF

Vice-President; Archbishop Demetrios, Primate, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of

America, ACF Trustee; Rev. Dr. Carl E. Flemister, ACF Trustee; Rabbi Arthur

Schneier, Alex Gorsky; Laurence Fink; President Kolinda Graber-Kitarovic of

the Republic of Croatia; Dr. Sheik-ul-Islam Allahshukor Pashazade; Ambassador

Matthew Rycroft; John A. Catsimatidis, Chairman and CEO, Red Apple Group

and Ambassador John D. Negroponte

L to R: UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, Ambassador John D. Negroponte,

Vice Chairman, McLarty Associates, ACF Trustee, Ambassador Matthew Rycroft, Alex

Gorsky, Rabbi Arthur Schneier, Laurence Fink and Stephen Schwarzman, Chairman

and CEO, Th e Blackstone Group



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Founded in 1965 by Rabbi Arthur Schneier, the APPEAL OF CONSCIENCE FOUNDATION

has worked on behalf of religious freedom and human rights throughout the world.

To uphold the principle “live and let live” is the Appeal of Conscience Foundation’s

continuing goal. An interfaith coalition of business, religious and foreign policy leaders,

this international organization promotes mutual understanding, peace and interreligious

cooperation and provides a voice of conscience to protect minorities.

Appeal of Conscience Foundation believes that freedom, democracy and

human rights are values that give nations of the world their best hope for peace,

security and shared prosperity.



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