United Nations' High-Level Meeting on Culture of Peace Starts 9

Then Lebanon's President General Michel Suleiman delivered a speech
in which he said that UN's high-level meeting on "Culture of Peace"
had a special importance with the participation of the Custodian of
the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Kings,
Emirs, Presidents and Heads of Governments.

He noted that the King's initiative for calling for dialogue between
followers of religions, cultures and civilizations has been joined by
many people for achieving common human gains to build ties of
tolerance, mutual acceptance and respect for religious and cultural
particularities.
In his speech, Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai expressed his
thanks to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for his efforts with
regard to the issue of dialogue between followers of religions and
his initiative to convene this meeting.