The Global Forum is the highest-profile event of the UN Alliance of Civilizations, bringing together prominent personalities, current and potential partners, and others from different sectors. 

In December 2025, the 11th Global Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) was hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the city of Riyadh on 14–15 December under the overarching theme, “UNAOC: Two Decades of Dialogue for Humanity — Advancing a New Era of Mutual Respect and Understanding in a Multipolar World”.

The Forum brought together political leaders, international and regional organizations, religious leaders and faith actors, as well as representatives of the private sector, civil society, academia, youth, arts, sports and media. They renewed their shared commitment to the enduring power of dialogue, mutual respect and understanding. As UNAOC entered its third decade, the Forum served as an opportune occasion to commemorate the organization’s 20th anniversary and to chart its future course in the pursuit of lasting peace.

The World Alliance of Religions’ Peace (WARP) Summit is

The HWPL World Peace Summit is an annual commemorative event series marking the original September 18th World Peace Summit first convened in 2014. It is an extensive gathering of like-minded leaders and citizens sincerely taking action for settling the sustainable environment for peace in today’s world.

The 11th World Peace Summit, held in September 2025, brought together approximately 800 global leaders, including representatives from governments, religious communities, civil society, youth, and academia. The gathering presented reported achievements in peace advocacy and outlined a forward-looking vision focused on interreligious dialogue, civic responsibility, and the expansion of localised “Peace City” initiatives.

The summit series promotes sustained international collaboration and multi-stakeholder engagement in support of dialogue-based approaches to conflict prevention and social cohesion.

honoured the legacy of the inaugural gathering while advancing interreligious dialogue, civic engagement, and peacebuilding collaboration. Bringing together religious leaders, policymakers, youth representatives, and civil society actors, the summit promotes sustained global cooperation and localized peace initiatives.

Every five to seven years, Religions for Peace gathers hundreds of eminent religious leaders from the world’s great faith traditions together in an assembly where they can share concerns about international affairs and address political and social issues. Each assembly adopts a formal Declaration, which guides the focus of the global network for the next five years. Since the first World Assembly in Kyoto, Japan, in October 1970, Religions for Peace has convened ten Assemblies on five continents.  The last World Assembly was held in August 2019, in Lindau, Germany, titled: “Caring for our Common Future.”

Declaration of the 10th World Assembly of Religions for Peace

The Assembly is the “supreme legislative body” of the WCC, and meets every eight years. The formal purpose of the Assembly is to review programmes and determine the overall policies of the WCC, as well as to elect presidents and appoint a Central Committee which serves as the chief governing body of the WCC until the next assembly. Alongside the committee work and business sessions for the delegates, assemblies are also times of celebration and sharing for the many thousands of other visitors at the event.

The theme of the 11th Assembly in 2022 was “Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity”.  The next Assembly is scheduled for 2030.

The Baku Process for the promotion of intercultural dialogue was initiated in 2008 by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.  The World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue of the Baku Process is an open and respectful exchange of views between individuals and groups with different ethnic, cultural, religious and linguistic backgrounds and heritage living on different continents, on the basis of mutual understanding and respect.  The 6th Forum was held in May 2024 under the Title “Dialogue for Peace and Global Security: Cooperation and Interconnectivity”

Preparations for the 7th Baku Forum are underway. Further announcements will be made here

The World Interfaith Harmony Week seeks to spread the message of harmony and tolerance among the followers of all the world’s religions, faiths and beliefs. It seeks to do this by promoting their common basis of “Love of God and Love of the Neighbor, or Love of the Good and Love of the Neighbor”. Its message invites everyone, excludes no one, and is purely voluntary.

From 1 – 7 February of each year, the World Interfaith Harmony Week provides a platform for interfaith groups and other groups of goodwill to show the world the thousands of events they organized and which often go unnoticed.  During the Harmony Week those groups are given the opportunity to become aware of each other, seeing others efforts and building ties.

See Event Reports from 2026 and earlier years here

A global gathering promoting interreligious dialogue, tolerance, solidarity, and peace within Scouting.
The World Scout Interreligious Symposium (WSIS) is an official global gathering within the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). Its purpose is to bring together representatives of National Scout Organizations and religious networks to foster:

• Interreligious dialogue
• Tolerance and solidarity
• Peace and mutual understanding

It is coordinated by the World Scout Inter-religious Forum (WSIF) and is part of WOSM’s wider work on spiritual development and faith cooperation.

The 5th World Scout Interreligious Symposium, themed ‘Duty to God- Duty to Scouting’, was held from 27-29 January 2017 at the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in New York, USA. 

The World Scout Jamboree is a major international event organised by the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). Held every four years, it brings together tens of thousands of Scouts, aged 14 to 17, from around the globe to promote cultural exchange, friendship, and adventure.

The first World Scout Jamboree was held in 1920 in London. With exceptions for the World War years and the Iranian Revolution, it has been organised every four years in different locations across the world.
In 2027 Poland will host the jamboree for the first time in the history welcoming more than 50,000 Scouts in Gdańsk.

Visit the Jamboree site here

The Global Interfaith Wash Alliance (GIWA) was launched during the 2013 United Nations General Assembly Meetings at UNICEF Headquarters in New York under sponsorship of USAID and the Government of the Netherlands.  GIWA’s vision is a watersecure world in which universal access to safe drinking water, improved sanitation and proper hygiene will be achieved by inspiring and equipping leaders to collaborate across faiths, nations, and populations for the
health and well-being of all.

From its Worship for WASH Summits to large-scale public events and beyond, leaders and communities join forces, and hands, to save lives to bring about a healthier, happier, more peaceful world. The last Worship for WASH Interfaith Summit was held in August 2016 in Ladakh.  The “Worship for WASH” GIWA-UNICEF Ladakh Summit initiated a dialogue on critical issues of WASH (Water, Sanitation and Health), specifically in the Ladakh region. The Summit discussed the inter-linkage of multiple issues of inequity, lack of access and other related issues in the region, with special focus on minority populations. (Source: https://washalliance.org/an-inspirational-worship-for-wash-summit-brings-together-faith-leaders-in-ladakh-day-1/).