PNND joins parliamentarians in Rome to champion inter-faith dialogue for peace and our common future.

From June 19-21, 2025, the Rome Parliament hosted the Second Parliamentary Conference on Interfaith Dialogue: Strengthening trust and embracing hope for our common future. The conference was organised by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and Religions for Peace. PNND promoted nuclear disarmament and the Pact for the Future. 

Photo: PNND Global Coordinator Alyn Ware at the Rome Conference just before presenting to the plenary meeting. 
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PNND joined parliamentarians and religious leaders from more than 100 countries meeting in Rome, June 19-21 for the Second Parliamentary Conference on Interfaith Dialogue: Strengthening trust and embracing hope for our common future.  

The conference was hosted by the Italian Parliament and organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and Religions for Peace. It culminated in the adoption of the Rome Communiqué, in which the participants:

  1. Condemn the misuse of religion or belief to incite hatred or violence;
  2. Promote the essential role of parliamentary and religious diplomacy in fostering peace;
  3. Uphold democratic values, human rights and inclusive governance for all;
  4. Affirm the importance of education for peace, empathy and critical thinking in order to equip citizens with the skills to resist fear-based and divisive rhetoric;
  5. Empower young people, as agents of peace and interfaith understanding, to shape the decisions about the future they are set to inherit, and the health of our planet.

PNND Global Coordinator Alyn Ware addressed a plenary session of the conference, highlighting the Summit of the Future and actions that parliamentarians and religious leaders could take to support nuclear risk-reduction, disarmament and the rights of future generations.

“At the Summit of the Future governments committed to prevent nuclear war and achieve the global elimination of nuclear weapons, and included this commitment in the Pact for the Future adopted at the Summit,” reported Mr Ware. “Yet the threat of nuclear war remains high, nuclear threats are stimulating armed conflict, and governments continue to spend over $100 billion collectively per year on the nuclear arms race.”

Mr Ware called on parliamentarians and religious leaders to elevate their engagement in this critical issue for humanity, and that they could find guidance to do so in:

Mr Ware also highlighted the proposal in the UN Declaration on Future Generations (adopted as part of the Pact for the Future) for the UN to establish an institutional representative for future generations. “The UN Secretary-General has announced his intention to establish a UN Envoy for Future Generations, but needs further political support to achieve this.”

Mr Ware also noted that such representation for future generations should be established at local, national and regional levels as well as at the United Nations.

“An excellent example of such a representative at the national level is the Wales Commissioner for Future Generations established by the Wales Wellbeing of Future Generations Act of 2015.”

This was one of the four winning policies of the 2024 World Future Policy Award run by IPU and World Future Council on the theme Peace and Future Generations. Other award winners include the From Arms to Farms program in Kauswagan, Philippines; Canada’s Feminist International Assistance program; the indigenous Moriori Peace Covenant and the Nigerian National Action Plan on Youth, Peace, and Security which won a visionary award.

The Rome conference was held as part of Jubilee Year declared by the late Pope Francis. Delegates were given an audience with Pope Leo XIV on the final day of the conference.