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Public Affairs and Religious Liberty Department

Building bridges with governments, international organizations, and
religious leaders of diverse faiths; addressing conflicts; improving legislation;
defending those who are persecuted for their faith; and promoting
religious freedom for everyone.

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Documents

PARL Brochure - Newest edition here (pdf file)

Adventist World Affairs - Links to 2002 - 2004 Issues

Articles

• Speech by Sen. Hillary Clinton
• Articles by Bert B. Beach
• Bert B. Beach: Adventist Statesman
• Letter to Ambassador of Serbia Regarding Attack on Adventist Church and Pastor (Printer-Friendly Version)
• The War in Iraq: Is it Too Late? (Printer-Friendly Version)
• Proselytism in the Context of Globalization, Religious Liberty, and Nondiscrimination (Printer-Friendly Version)

Interventions to the Commission of Human Rights, Geneva, on behalf of the Seventh-day Adventist Church

Multimedia (RealPlayer needed to view files)

• Taiwan: Dr. John Graz highlights the importance of religious freedom in a sensitive part of the world prior to the regional conference to be held in Taiwan, August 30-31 (approximately 2.17 MB).
• Strasburg: Dr. John Graz speaks about the upcoming Meeting of Experts to convene in Strasburg June 17-19. The discussion and declaration document will focus on religious symbols in the public sphere in Europe (e.g. the headscarf controversy in French schools) (approximately 3 MB).
• Watch the last commentary from the Commission of Human Rights (approximately 4.84 MB).
• Watch Rwandan minutes of silence and Kofi Annan's speech (first 2 mins) (approximately 7.6 MB).
• Watch a report from Jonathan Gallagher on the Commission of Human Rights (approximately 10 MB).
• Dr. Jonathan Gallagher taking a break and reflecting from Geneva (approximately 4.57 MB).
• Watch a statement from Dr. Gallagher from the Commission of Human Rights in Geneva (approximately 4.24 MB), and watch Dr. Gallagher speaking in front of the Palais des Nations, Genva (approximately 7.39 MB).
• Statement from Juan Perla, our United Nations Liaison Officer stationed in Geneva (approximately 2.17 MB).

Resources - Books and other materials

Statements

• Statements submitted on behalf of the Seventh-day Adventist Church to the U.N. Commission for Human Rights, March 2004
• Persecution of Christians in Turkmenistan, December 19, 2001

World Reports - Reports from 1999 to 2008