A two-day meeting at the UN, the "Culture of Peace," was the initiative of the King of Saudi Arabia. It was a large faith-based conference to promote inter-religious dialogue. The result has been a consensus resolution of the UN General Assembly. According to the UN News Centre, the meeting joined the leaders together to "decry the use of religion to justify the killing of innocent people and terrorist acts." The overall goal: Increase mutual understanding. 14 world leaders went to New York , including President Bush. There are positive reports about the fact that the Saudi king and Shimon Peres were at least in the same room, and Peres said that the initiative of the Saudi king "inspired hope that all countries in the Middle East could live in peace." Unfortunately, at the same time, other reports are discussing the Iranian envoy's accusation that Israel was abusing the conference for political purposes (merely by its presence) and that its participation brought no benefit to the purpose of the meeting: Dialogue.
