Position Papers for UN's DPI/NGO Conferences
- G20 Interfaith and PaRD Forum in Brasilia 2024
The 2024 G20 Interfaith and PaRD Annual Forum on Religion and Sustainable Development, held in Brasilia from August 19-22,2024, brought together leaders, policymakers, academics, and civil society to address global challenges.
Themed “Leave No One Behind: The Well-Being of the Planet and Its People,” it aligned with Brazil’s G20 Presidency's focus on a just and sustainable world. Read more about the Brahma Kumaris' presence and contribution at the event.
- A statement for the DPI/NGO conference May 2016
Statement for the United Nations 66th DPI/NGO Conference “Education for Global Citizenship: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Together.”
Realizing our Interconnectedness Through a Shift in Awareness
May 30 – June 1, 2016 , Gyeongju, Republic of Korea.
- Earth Care - A Revolution in Thinking
Statement for the 64th Annual UN DPI/NGO Conference: Sustainable Societies; Responsive Citizens
September 3-5, 2011, Bonn, Germany - Climate Change: How It Impacts Us All
Statement for the 60th Annual DPI/NGO Conference,
5 – 7 September 2007, United Nations, New York
Save our Ocean, Protect our Future
2022 UN Ocean Conference Lisbon, Portugal, 27 June – 1 July 2022
The Second United Nations Ocean Conference will take place from 27 June to 1 July 2022, at the Lisbon Altice Arena Convention Center (www.un.org/en/conferences/ocean2022).
The ocean covers 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, is the planet's largest biosphere, and is home to up to 80 percent of all life in the world. It generates 50 percent of the oxygen we need, absorbs 25 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions and captures 90 percent of the additional heat generated from those emissions. It is not just ‘the lungs of the planet’ but also its largest carbon sink - a vital buffer against the impacts of climate change.
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Joint written statement for Human Rights Council Forty-fifth session
Position Papers for United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
- Aligning Awareness and Action For the Future We Want
Statement for the Rio+20, United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development,
June 20-22, 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Spirituality – the Heart of Sustainable Development
Statement for the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development,
August 26 – September 4, 2002, South Africa, Johannesburg
Faith in Action for Climate and Sustainable Development
Multifaith Global Ethical Stocktake · Raising Hope Laudato Si’ · PaRD Annual Forum
In October 2025, faith leaders, climate advocates, and development partners from around the world came together to advance moral leadership on climate justice and sustainable development. Through three major global gatherings—the Multifaith Global Ethical Stocktake in Italy, the Raising Hope Laudato Si’ Conference in Castel Gandolfo and the PaRD Annual Forum in Istanbul—participants explored how spiritual wisdom can help turn climate commitments into meaningful action.
The Brahma Kumaris actively contributed across all three programs, offering meditation, spiritual reflection, and thought leadership grounded in inner transformation and ethical values. Their participation emphasized that lasting climate and development action begins with inner awareness—cultivating responsibility, non-violence, humility, and care—and flows outward into compassionate leadership and collective action.
Across these gatherings, Indigenous and ancestral wisdom, interconnection with the natural world, grassroots leadership, intergenerational solidarity, and accountability were uplifted as essential pathways for change. Together, participants affirmed that faith communities—supported by spiritual practices such as those shared by the Brahma Kumaris—hold a unique moral imagination capable of inspiring hope and building a just and sustainable future for people and planet.
Read Service Report Interfaith, Climate, Sustainable Development October 2025