The Foundation’s Secretary General, Mr Steve Howard, participated in a thought-provoking meeting on new Ethical Multilateralism, held by Professor Jeffrey Sachs on July 3-4 at the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (PASS), Casina Pio IV in Vatican City.

The multi-day meeting considered the many crises facing multilateralism, UN system and the future of the role of global governance.

Sister Helen Alford, Mr Jeffrey Sachs and  H.E Mrs. Emine Erdoğan, First Lady of the Republic of Türkiye
Pictured: Sister Helen Alford, Mr Jeffrey Sachs and H.E Mrs. Emine Erdoğan, First Lady of the Republic of Türkiye

The meeting featured an impressive group of global keynote speakers including the below:

  • Sister Helen Alford OP, Economist and Dean of Social Sciences and Vice-Rector at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas
  • H.E. Judge Abdelsalam, Senior Representative of His Eminence Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Secretary-General of the Muslim Council of Elders and Co-President of Religions for Peace
  • Dr. William Vendley, Secretary General Emeritus of Religions for Peace International
  • H.E. Mrs. Emine Erdoğan, First Lady of the Republic of Türkiye
  • H.E. Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group
  • H.E. Miguel Angel Moratinos, United Nations Under-Secretary-General
  • H.E. María Fernanda Espinosa, President of the seventy-third session of the General Assembly
  • H.E. Grigory Yavlinsky, Chairman of the Federal Political Committee of the Russian United Democratic Party YABLOKO, Vice President of Liberal International, Professor of the National Research University Higher School of Economics
  • H.E. Jigmi Thinley, Former Prime Minister of Bhutan
  • Prof. Glenn Diesen, Professor and Editor: Russian Foreign Policy, Greater Eurasia & Geoeconomics
  • H.E. Mario Marazziti, Journalist and Writer, Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy
  • Dr. Gustavo Beliz, Independent Consultant
  • H.E. Stefano Zamagni, Professor of Economics, (and former Dean of the economics faculty) at the University of Bologna and Member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
  • Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, Vice President for the World Bank’s Africa Region
  • Prof. Klaus Michael Leisinger, Founder and President of the Foundation Global Values Alliance
  • Dr. Martin Guzmán, Professor of Economics at School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University, Professor of Money, Credit, and Banking at the National University of La Plata, Argentina
  • Dr. Vera Songwe, non-resident Senior Fellow in the Africa Growth Initiative at the Brookings Institution
  • Dr. Sabina Alkire, Professor of Poverty and Human Development, Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI)
  • Dr. Kevin Urama, Chief Economists/Vice President for Economic Governance & Knowledge Management, African Development Bank Group (AfDB)
  • Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Emeritus Librarian of Alexandria, Founding Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the New Library of Alexandria
  • Mr. Lode Vanoost, Journalist/ editorial member at DeWereldMorgen.be, former member of Parliament in Belgium, advisor for international institutions in the Balkans (Kosovo, Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia and Serbia), the Caucasus (Armenia), Asia (East Timor) and Africa (Niger, Benin, Congo-Kinshasa and Burundi) 
  • H.E. Metropolitan Serafim (Seraphim) Kykotis, Archbishop of Zimbabwe and Exarch of Southern Africa (Zimbabwe, Angola and Mozambique), part of the Church of Alexandria. Formerly Archbishop of Johannesburg and Archbishop of Kenya
  • Prof. Ana Marta Gonzalez, Full Professor of Philosophy, at the University of Navarra
  • H.E. Ambassador Francesco di Nitto, Ambassador of Italy to the Holy See
  • Prof. Riccardo Pozzo, Professor of the History of Philosophy, the Università di Verona
  • H.E. Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, Professor, History of Philosophy, Secretary of the Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Titular Bishop of Vescovìo 

Read the full statement from the workshop below.

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