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The Institute organized “All Religion Conference for Global Peace” at the Bangladesh China Friendship Conference Center on October 1, 2004. The First session was chaired by Law, Justice and Parliament Affairs Minister Barrister Moudud Ahmed. Among the Special Guest were US Ambassador to Bangladesh Harry K Thomas Junior, Russian Ambassador Oleg S Malginov, German Ambassador Pietro Ballero, Editor of the Daily Star Mahfuz Anam, Editor of Prothom Alo Motiur Rahman, UNFPA Representative in Bangladesh Suneeta Mukherjee, Officer Commanding of the Salvation Army, Bangladesh Lt Col Ethne Flintoff, Nabila Naureen on behalf of the preists of Sikh Gurudwara in Dhaka, Pranesh Samaddar of Brahma Samaj and Sijata Sree Mahathero of Dharmrajika Bouddho Bihar and Chief Advisor of the Institute Lt. General M. Nooruddin Khan (Retd.). In the Afternoon session, Water Resources Minister Hafizuddin Ahmed was the chief guest. The session was addressed among others by religious scholars Benjamin Marsh and Dr Charles McDaniel from the United States, Martin Weightman from Belgium and Dean of the Darul Ihsan University Shaikh Mohammad Al Sayed Al Safti.