Brussels, Belgium - The capital of Belgium and the European Union has been chosen as the host city of the Parliament of the World’s Religions in 2014. Brussels is a microcosm of the challenges and possibilities present in an increasingly multi-religious and multi-cultural continental society.

Case studies conflict prevention/conflict resolution: the fall of the Berlin Wall (1989), democratic elections in Benin (1989–1991), and the reconstruction of Europe and the creation of the European Community of Coal and Steel (Treaty of 1951)

US President Barack Obama launched a new beginning between the US and the Muslim world at Cairo University in Egypt on June 4. The relationship between the US and the Muslim world had been marked by ongoing mistrust, discord, and suspicion for several decades. It was particularly tense during the last eight years of the Bush administration. This was due to the fact that after the tragic event of 9 / 11, the “War on Terror” targeted the Muslim countries of Afghanistan and Iraq, causing discord between the Muslims and the United States.

Brussels, Belgium - Mr. Pascal Roussel, an expert on financial derivatives, addressed an International Leadership Conference session on the financial crisis.

Human rights and fundamental freedoms are the birthright of all human being, and their protection and promotion is the first and essential responsibility of every government and authority. Human rights and dignity is the essential and basic entitlement of every individual. The principles of human rights were drawn up by human beings as a way of ensuring that the dignity and rights of everyone is property and equality respected, that is, to ensure that a human being will be able to fully develop and use human qualities such as intelligence, talent, and conscience and satisfy his or her spiritual and other needs.

Antwerp, Belgium - Representatives of various religions expressed their views on how to develop peace.

An International Conference on Interfaith Dialogue towards Global Peace at the Peace Embassy in Brussels, Belgium, unanimously passed a resolution entitled "Brussels Peace Declaration on Religious Coexistence" on December 1, 2007. Participants discussed the importance of interfaith harmony and conflict resolution to combat extremism, intolerance, hatred, and violence in the name of religion.