Launch of the Muscat Plan of Action

Excellencies, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, please take your seat.
We are going to start.
Your Excellency, Mohammed bin Said bin Khalfan Al Mamari, Minister of Endowment and religious affairs of Oman.
Mr.
António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, under the Secretary-General Courtney Ratan, Chief of the Cabinet, Securty Office of the Secretary-General, I think is coming now.
And Mr.
Chaloka Beyani, Under Secretary-General, Special Adviser of Secretary-General for the prevention of genocide.
Excellences, distinguished traditional and indigenous actor.
It is my great pleasure to welcome you all to this important event.
I thank marking the launch of the Muscat plan of action for traditional and indigenous leader and people encountering and addressing hate speech and preventing genocide and atrocity crimes and incitement through peace mediation, co organized by the permanent Mission of Sultan Aato Oman and the United Nations Alliance of Ccivilization.
The United Nations Alliance for civilization serves as a global platform for intercultural and interreligious dialogue, working to bridge divides, force and mutual understanding, and promote peaceful coexistence across diverse societies in a time when hate speech and its dangerous consequences continue to threaten social cohesion, our collective commitment to dialogue and cooperation is more essential than ever.
My dear friends, let's kick off this event with remark by His Excellency, doctor Mohammed Bin Sed Al Mamari, Minister of Endowment and Religion affairs of the Sultanate Fuman.
You have the floor, Excellency.
Thank you.
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His Excellency, the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
His Excellency, the High Commissioner of the UN AOC, His Excellency, the Special Envoy.
The prevention of genocide.
Your Excellency's, leaders, traditional leaders, and representatives of indigenous peoples from all around the world.
Ladies and gentlemen, may the peace, blessings, and mercy of God be upon you.
At the outset of this speech, allow me to express my appreciation and gratitude to the United Nations and to His Excellcy the Secretary-General and the UN AOC and the UN Office on Genocide prevention, and peacemakers and all international and regional partners and all traditional and indigenous leaders and all experts and organizations who participated and contributed to the development of the Muscat plan.
This plan is not the result of individual action.
It is a result of dialogue and joint action and strong conviction that mutual humanitarian beliefs can bring together and can bring everyone together and build bridges of cooperation in a world that needs peace.
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And perhaps this embodies what His Excellency, Sultan Haytham of the Sultan of Aman, may God protect him.
Spoke of when he said, We are keen that our man's message of peace will travel the world with a great legacy and lofty goals that it shall build and not destroy and shall bring together and not disperse.
This is an expression of a strong conviction of building bridges for dialogue and enhancing joint human values and to work on establishing peace as a foundation for development.
And stability and prosperity.
Ladies and gentlemen, when my country, Oman decided to give the world a plan for peace and development, it did not write it using ink alone.
I did not make it a document to be read or an initiative to be declared.
Orman drafted this document based on decades of human connection and joint work.
It built this 1 stone at a time based on its experience and coexistence and mutual trust.
History has proven that the challenge that faced human cultures and civilizations was not a challenge for their identities and different cultures and religions, but on how to manage this difference.
Diversity is a true and permanent reality, but conflict is not always predetermined.
Between one and the other is our responsibility as humans.
And it is the responsibility of leaders and countries and institutions to build a world that is more stable and understanding.
Based on this realization, we have the philosophy of the Muscat plan of action.
It does not seek to eliminate differences or to mold together identities and cultures, but it calls to build a broader space of difference, a space where humans can meet based on their joint and common values that protect the dignity of human beings and enhance mutual respect and support cooperation for the good of everyone.
Our world today is facing interconnected challenges that cross borders and affiliations.
Environmental crisis and regression in trust between communities and the spread of hate speech and others.
All of these are matters that affirm that the destiny of humankind is more interconnected than ever.
Therefore, development is no longer an economic issue and peace is no longer political arrangements alone.
They are both linked to a person's ability to build trust and build understanding and to direct potential and capabilities towards joint interests.
In this context, our plan presents a vision that common values are not merely slogans that are raised during different events, that this is the main essence of sustainable development and peace and prosperity.
When human dignity is maintained, cooperation grows and the communities possibility to turn challenges into growth and prosperity is increased.
The plan emphasizes that traditional and cultural values are not factors for division.
They are the main sources to build trust and to enhance human cohesion.
Traditional and indigenous leaders have a moral energies that can be used to bring people together and to direct communities towards peace and cooperation.
Ladies and gentlemen, What our world is facing now is not the multiplicity of identities and religions, but there is a regression in understanding each other.
It is not a regression in cultures, it is a regression in the spaces that allow people to cooperate despite their differences and despite their diversity.
Here we see the main message of the Muscat plan of action that real peace is not built on fear.
It is built through trust and not through exclusion, but through participation.
It is not achieved by weakening identities, but by directing it towards serving serving the humanity for overall good.
Our man has believed throughout its history and its experiences until today that coexistence and human cohesion is not an option that is imposed by circumstances.
It is a value of civilization and the sustained approach to build relationships between civilizations and cultures.
Based on this conviction, the plan of action came about as an international call to move from managing differences to building partnerships.
And from competing over a narrow interests to cooperating for a more secure and just and prosperous future.
We believe that persons are larger than hatred and that wisdom is greater than conflict, and that what brings people together is greater than what divides them.
This is the message of the Muskat plan to the world.
It is a message that is based on a real experience and one that looks forward to a future where peace is the basis for development and where development is a path towards more dignity and stability and cohesion for all humanity.
In conclusion, I reiterate my appreciation to the United Nations and to the Secretary-General and to the UN AOC.
And the UN Office on the genocide prevention and the network of peacemakers and all partners who have contributed to this initiative.
We emphasize that the success of this plan of action will not be a success for a document or a program alone.
It will be a success for a common human will that believes that peace and development is a responsibility for everyone and it is the future of everyone.
The Muscat plan of action is the voice of people towards development and peace.
Thank you all.
I thank His Excellency, doctor Omari for his remarks, and I save this opportunity to express our appreciation to the Sultanate of Oman for his leadership and commitment in advancing this timely and important initiative, reflecting your longstanding role in promoting dialogue, tolerance, and peaceful costem.
It is now my honor to introduce the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr.
António Guterres.
Honorable Minister, Excellency, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, hate speech is a grave and growing threat to peace and security.
It divides communities, dehumanizes entire groups, and sets the stage for bloodshed.
It's also a deliberate and the core component in the playbook for virtually every genocide and atrocity crime.
We must break this outrageous cycle through education, support for those targeted by abuse, stronger interventions by governments and technology companies, and deeper engagement with traditional and indigenous leaders, the focus of the Muscat plan of action launched here today.
I commend those leading this process, notably the Sultanate of Oman, the UN Office on genocide Prevention and the responsibility to Protect, and the Network for religious and traditional peacemakers.
I also thank the United Nations Alliance of Ccivilizations for co hosting this event, building on its efforts to foster peaceful, inclusive and just societies through intercultural and inter religious dialogue.
I thank all of you here this afternoon for recognizing traditional and indigenous leaders as essential partners in the quest for peace and security.
Your support has never been more needed.
Across the world, we see conflicts raging, inequalities widening, climate chaos worsening, and they speech spreading faster than ever, amplified by unregulated platforms and intensified by artificial intelligence.
Excellencies, the primary responsibility for preventing genocide and other atrocity crimes rests with states.
But all of society plays a role.
The Muscat plan of action draws on centuries of knowledge and the expertise of traditional and indigenous leaders.
It reminds us that hate speech is both a warning sign that violence is coming and the catalyst that speeds its arrival.
To address this challenge, we need action at all levels.
I see four areas where member states can play a vital role.
First, by holding digital platforms to account on matters of public safety.
Social media, messaging apps, and other tools let hate speech and incitement to violence spread faster and further than ever before.
But it doesn't have to be that way.
Digital platforms must do far more to protect individuals and groups from harm.
I am particularly concerned about the risks faced by children.
States should require tech companies to embed user safety in product design and rein in misguided algorithms and misuses of artificial intelligence.
I'm counting on delegates to address some of these concerns next month when we convene the first global dialogue on AI.
Second, by strengthening local capacity for prevention and mediation.
That includes training on human rights, monitoring and reporting to strengthen early warning mechanisms.
Guidance on the use of nonviolent methods for confronting hate speech and incitement to violence.
Mentorship opportunities aligned with international standards and local values and traditions, and educational activities that foster respect for diversity and non discrimination, counter and address aid speech, and promote peaceful coexistence.
Third, communication, by supporting dialogue and other initiatives that build mutual understanding and strengthen social cohesion within and among communities, and by helping traditional and regional leaders neutralize aid field narratives.
This includes deconstructing myths and refuting harmful ideologies and rumors, denouncing instances of incitement to violence, and promoting tolerance, mutual coexistence, and understanding.
And force collaboration.
That means expanding opportunities for traditional and regional leaders to mediate local conflicts with support from political leaders and institutions, enhancing collaboration between traditional, indigenous, and political actors around shared goals, and developing policy guidance and resources on local mechanisms for countering hate speech and preventing genocide and other atrocity crimes.
The United Nations is committed to strengthening the role of traditional and indigenous leaders in the prevention and resolution of conflicts.
You bring crucial knowledge of local realities plus the respect and trust of your people.
Your authority and influence can help you tensions before they escalate and your lived experience makes it more likely that the mediation and settlement of disputes will be respected, implemented, and sustained.
This is why your perspectives must be front and center in efforts to combat hate speech and prevent genocide and other atrocity crimes.
This includes faith leaders, youth leaders, and women leaders.
The meaningful participation of women is especially critical as reflected in the Security Council 13 25 on women peace and security.
Excellencies, we must confront it speech and uphold human rights and human dignity before it is too late.
States have clear obligations under international law to combat incitement to hatred and to promote inclusion, respect for diversity and solidarity.
Reigning innate speech does not mean extinguishing freedom of expression.
At the same time, freedom of expression must never be an excuse for harmful messages.
I'm determined to keep advancing the United Nations strategy and plan of action on hate speech, as well as the global principles for informed motion integrity, our roadmap to a safer, more ethical digital ecosystem.
And I count on your support to ensure the Muscat plan of action empowers traditional and indigenous leaders to help counteract and prevent atrocities.
Together, we can build the inclusive, just and peaceful societies all people deserve.
And I thank you.
Thank you very much, Mr.
Secretary-General, for your inspiring remark, State FOD leadership, and for your consistent support to intercultural interreligious dialogue, your emphasis on the role of faith actor and indigenous actor in countering hated speech and preventing atrocity crime.
I echo your words that reigning in hated speech doesn't mean extinguishing freedom of expression.
At the same time, freedom of expression must never be in a school for harmful messages.
So thank you again, Mr.
Secretary-General, for taking the time to join us today, and I made your extremely hectic schedule.
I know you have to leave now.
Please join me in thanking the Secretary-General.
Thank you very much.
Let us now proceed to the next segment of our program.
The road to Moscow was a three year journey undertaken by the Office of the Special Advisor for genocide and the network for traditional religious and traditional peacemaker.
The Muscat plan of action is the outcome of two global consultation convened by the United Nations Office of Special Adviser for Prevention genocide and the Peacemaker Network, bringing together traditional indigenous leader and people from diverse backgrounds to liberate on the roles in atrocity prevention, particularly through mediation and local peace structure.
The consultation process included in person meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, and culminated in Muscat Oman.
Now, I give the floor to Mr.
Chabjani' Secretary-General, special adviser of the Secretary-General for the Prevention of genocide to elaborate about the action plan.
My friend, you have the floor.
Your Excellency, doctor Mohammed Bin Saed Al Mari, Minister of Endowments and Religious Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman.
Your Excellency, Under Secretary-General Miguel Age Mauritanos, High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilzations, United Nations Special Envoy to Combat Isla for Pia.
Distinguished guests, please allow me to start by thanking the permanent mission of the Sultanate of Oman to the United Nations and the Network for religious and traditional peacemakers for the support provided throughout the consultation process leading up to the master plan of action for traditional and indigenous leaders and peoples encountering and addressing hate speech and preventing genocide and other atrocity crimes, and the incitement through peace mediation we are launching today.
I would also like to thank His Excellency, Mr.
Miguel Angio Mauritanos and his office, the United Nations Alliance of Ccivilizations, for organizing this event.
And please allow me to extend my gratitude to all of you, Excellencies, and distinguished guests for making the time in these very busy days to join us this afternoon.
The mascot plan of action is the result of a consultation process that started in June 2022 in Abuja, Nigeria, gathering for additional and indigenous leaders and actors to discuss their role in preventing atrosit crimes, genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
During that meeting, which resulted in a draft plan of action, it was evident that more had to be done to ensure the urgency and leadership of traditional and indigenous leaders in atrocity prevention.
It was also evident that traditional and indigenous leaders occupy a strategic position within their communities with an unparalleled power to influence behavior and shape narratives.
On that occasion, the influence they have, especially on their communities, came to the surface.
An influence also demonstrated by their role in countering hate speech, one of the most insidious risk factors for atrocity crimes, and in positioning themselves on speaking out firmly against it and on disseminating positive messages of respect and social cohesion.
Their role in mediating local conflict and address discrepancies was also stressed.
A second consultation took place in November 2023 in Maskat Oman, to fine tune and further expand the draft plan of action to be more inclusive of indigenous people's stories and voices.
MaskT, the beautiful capital of Oman gave the name to this document to honor the support and contribution of the Sultanate of Oman, for which we are very grateful.
Finally, a third meeting was held in April 2024 on the sidelines of the United Nations Permanent Forum on indigenous issues to finalize this document with inputs from indigenous leaders across the world.
This process lasting almost two years, was very comprehensive and inclusive.
78 traditional and indigenous leaders and actors representing 45 countries with experience in preventing genocide and its incitement in their respective local communities, particularly through mediation and local peace structures, attended and jointly drafted the Mascot plan of action.
4% of them were women.
Let me pause on women participation.
This is something we're particularly proud of considering the role which women play in peace and security, a role emphasized in Security Council Resolution 13 25, and many more subsequent resolutions.
A rule where we will never be tired of stressing and supporting.
At all levels of prevention, peacemaking, and peace building processes, women make a tangible and solid positive difference.
Excellencies.
Having explained the process that led to the elaboration and finalization of the master plan of action, let me now focus on its content.
As I mentioned, the document contains three main groups of recommendations which are clustered around capacity, communication and collaboration.
The capacity cluster focuses on strengthening and supporting traditional and indigenous dispute mechanisms to prevent genocide and atrocity crimes and the excitement, including by mediating in situations at risk of these crimes and building and all revising children and youth education and adult education curriculum and providing capacity building and capacity sharing opportunities.
The communication cluster aims at engaging and strengthening intra and inter community dialogue and activities to foster social cohesion and develop strategic communication and messaging for alternative or counter narratives associated with acts of incitement to violence that could lead to genocide and other atrocity crimes.
Lastly, the collaboration cluster zooms into strengthening the collaboration between traditional and indigenous leaders and peoples with stakeholders, including political leaders on enhancing local government and peace building frameworks while building their capacities and providing tools to effectively negotiate and mediate identity conflicts that contribute to the prevention of genocide and other atrocit crimes.
Each cluster contains specific recommendations tailored to various stakeholders, including and academia, international, regional, and sub regional organizations, and traditional, indigenous and new media.
These recommendations aim at supporting policymakers and practitioners in advancing across prevention, especially at community level.
They are also fully aligned with the UN strategy and plan of action on hate speech, the main policy of our organization on countering hate speech for the implementation of which my office is the UN system wide focal point.
Let me also highlight two very important points which are mainstreamed in the mascot plan of action and which are embedded in the agency and leadership of traditional and indigenous leaders to advance peaceful, inclusive, and just societies.
First, the role that traditional and indigenous leaders play in addressing and countering hate speech in their communities, because of the influence they have on the people they serve, because their voice matters, and because they also are role models who inspire many The role model of function they play is intergenerational.
There are many young traditional and indigenous leaders contributing to advancing peace and security globally.
Many participated in the consultations, stressing that wisdom has no age.
Second, the role of traditional and indigenous leaders in mediating conflicts and disputes.
Their expertise is rooted in the knowledge of grievances, of local conflict resolution methods, and of what has worked or not in the past.
We at the Office on Genocide Prevention and the responsibility to Protect, believe that the risk of genocide and other atrocities can be mediated, meaning that we can address many, if not all, risk factors of these crimes by using mediation as a tool for prevention.
For this reason, we also believe that traditional and indigenous leaders must take the lead in local mediation processes because this can help reducing or stopping risks of atrocity crimes and enhance the success rate of prevention strategies.
My office has a long history of engaging various stakeholders in the prevention of atrocity crimes.
Indeed, as mentioned before, we believe that prevention is a shared responsibility, and it can only be effective when everybody plays a role.
Based on this approach, we supported the development of the plan of action for religious leaders and actors to prevent incitement to violence that could lead to atrocity crimes, also called the phase plan of action, launched by the Secretary-General in July 2017.
And we are now launching the mascot plan of action to include traditional and indigenous leaders in the compass of stakeholders who can contribute to atrocity prevention efforts globally, to make atrocity prevention more effective, longstanding, and sustainable.
But first and foremost, to embed it in the century of knowledge and wisdom brought from front, center by these actors and which must never be forgotten or discarded.
For this reason, I urge us all today to support the role of traditional and indigenous leaders within their communities and beyond as guides, advisors, and champions of prevention and peace and to support implementation of the mascot plan of action without hesitation to advance across the prevention globally.
I count on you all and on your partnership.
I thank you very much.
I thank you very much, my dear friend, Mr.
Tako Bajani and the Secretary-General Special Adviser Secretary-General for the prevention of genocide, for explaining to us the plan and the commitment that we are going to have responsibility, all of us.
And now I give the floor to doctor Mohammed Al Sinusi, Executive Director, the Network of Religion and Traditional Peacemaker, whose role was instrumental in bringing traditional tribal and indigenous actors together to contribute to a constructive consultation process.
Mohammed, you have the floor.
Well, thank you so much, Your Excellency, UN Under Secretary-General and the High representative of the Alliance of civilizations and the special envoy for the anti Semitism and Islamophobia.
I personally would like to thank you for your support, as well as the unwavering support that we got from your office in the process leading to the launch of this important plan of action.
His Excellency, the Minister of Endowment of religious and Religious Affairs of Sultan Fuman, doctor Muhammad Mari, Under Secretary Bayani, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General, In the Office of the Prevention of Genocide and responsibility to Protect, Excellencies, distinguished traditional and indigenous leaders and people, colleagues and friends with all protocols observed.
I particularly would like to thank the indigenous people, the representative of the indigenous people who actually traveled this journey with us.
Not only that, they also travel distances to be with us here.
Please stand to be recognized the indigenous communities here.
It is an honor for me to join you today for the launch of the Muscat Pina action, an important milestone that reflects years of dialogue, trust building and collective commitment.
Today is not simply the launch of a document.
It is the recognition of the reality that indigenous people and traditional leaders have long known that sustainable peace cannot be built without those who hold legitimacy, wisdom, and truth within their own communities and trust within their own communities.
At a time when the world is experiencing rising polarization, identity based violence, hate speech, displacement, and deep fractures and social cohesion, the Muscat plan of action reminds us all that local leadership matters and that prevention begins in communities.
For us at the Network for religious and traditional peacemakers, this particular initiative, the Musket Plan of action, is deeply connected to who we are and the role we seek to play globally.
As a network dedicated to supporting insider peacemakers, mediation actors, and locally rooted peace efforts, we have consistently worked to elevate the voices and leadership of those who are too often excluded from formal peace and security processes, including traditional and indigenous leaders.
Women and youth as well.
The Muscat P of action emerged through a truly global and participatory consultation process.
Together with the United Nations Office of the Prevention of Genocide, we convened consultations in Abuja, Nigeria in 2022, followed by consultations in Muscat Woman in 2023, as well as a validations and consultations workshops during the United Nations Permanent Forum on the Indigenous issues in New York.
Across these consultations, representatives from 45 countries came together to share experiences, challenges, and solutions grounded in their realities.
What is stood out throughout this dialogue was a shared message, a shared message that traditional leaders and indigenous people are not simply stakeholders in peace building.
They are often first responders to conflict, mediators during crisis, custodians of social cohesion, and protectors of communities resilience.
In Abuja, we heard powerful reflections on the role of traditional leadership in mediating identity based violence and strengthening local governance mechanisms.
In Moscow Oman, we deepened discussions on hate speech, atrocity prevention, and the urgent need to strengthen partnerships between traditional leadership, governments, and international institutions, a truly realization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal number 17, and at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous issues, Indigenous leaders reminded all of us that peace building efforts must move beyond symbolic inclusion toward genuine partnership, shared leadership, and respect for indigenous knowledge systems and mediations traditions.
The Muscat plan of action reflects those voices.
It recognizes that traditional and indigenous knowledge system, cultural practices, and locally trusted mediations mechanisms are essential to preventing violence and building peaceful, inclusive societies.
Importantly, action, this musket plan of action also reflects the strategic direction of the peacemakers network itself as we move toward it is implementation and implementing our new strategy from new straight 2026 to 2031, We are deepening our commitment to advancing the role of indigenous people and traditional leaders within peace building, peace mediation, atrocity prevention, and social cohesion efforts globally.
Our future work will focus not only on convening dialogue, but also on A, strengthening indigenous and traditional mediations capacities.
And B, supporting locally led peace architectures, and C, fostering intergenerational leadership, including women and youth.
I am so delighted to see the majority of the representatives of the indigenous communities with us in this room, they are from the woman leadership.
And D, building stronger connections between traditional leadership and international policy spaces.
Finally, ensuring that indigenous people are not consulted only during moments of crisis but are recognized as long term partners in shaping and shaping peace and security agendas.
The Muscat plan of action is therefore not the end of the process.
It is the beginning of a collective responsibility.
Implementation will require political will, political will, resources, and sustained partnership.
It will also require member states, United Nations entities, civil society, and donors to move from acknowledgment to action.
It will require us all to listen more carefully to the communities that are already doing the work of preventing violence day in and day out.
The Network for religious and Traditional peacemakers remains committed to accompanying this process and supporting the implementations of this plan of action alongside our partners, the Oman Ministry of Endowment and Religious Affairs, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as the UN Office of Prevention of Genocide and Responsibility to Protect and the United Nations Alliance of Cvilizations.
Of course, the traditional and indigenous leaders who made all of this possible.
And finally, allow me to close with this in a moment when multilateralism and restraint and divisions are deepening globally, the Must pillar of action efforts the Musket pilar of actions offers something urgently needed a reminder that peace is the strongest when it is locally rooted, culturally grounded and collectively owned.
Thank you so much, Your Excellency.
Okay.
Thank you very much, doctor Muhammad Senusy for very robust and very clear analysis of how this plan of Muscat was developed, was conceptualized, and was finally achieved and the important role of traditional and indigal leader that have been instrumental for having this important method for peace and understanding.
This brings us to the end of this segment.
We will now move to the next segment where we hear from the actors themselves.
Over to Simone Cucani, political Affairs Officer, United Nations Office on genocide prevention and responsibility to Pec to lead this segment.
Thank you and Simona to take over.
Thank you.
Thank you Madam.
Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, it's my honor to introduce this segment now in which we will hear the voices from the traditional and indigenous people who play a pivotal role in developing the Musca plan of action.
I will call you one by one to come to the lecture.
Starting from grandfather Dominique Rankin, co founder and organizer of organism, Kena eight and the Dominique Rankin Foundation.
Grandfather.
Zang Shia we do.
It is an honor to be here today.
It's a gift as well to meet people that I met in Oman, There are many things that when we peoples speak together, we are able to resolve many things and recognize other peoples, be it through the language that we speak, the religion that we espouse, we are nevertheless peoples.
Our territory is the planet itself that is suffering and we suffer as well.
What is it that I have learned over the last 2.5 years? This morning, a great many things came back to my mind.
First of all, my ancestors who were there before us, who were there before me.
I have to share that with all of the spiritual leaders from my home.
We have been doing a great deal of work to address our own problems, our personal problems.
I am one of the survivors, but there are many that are not still with us, children that have been recovered, but nevertheless, we must remain standing.
I am very pleased to have been able to hear someone here say that we need to stick together.
We are walking the same planet together, and we will keep walking until the end of our lives together without judgment.
We do not judge.
That is the worst possible thing, judgment.
And we are here to protect culture, to protect the memory of our forebears, to protect spirituality and belief.
Everything that has been left to us must in turn be re given to all peoples.
We are all models for a different life for future generations that we are in the process of handing on to them.
We have a prophecy of seven sacred fires 900 years ago that was built for the well being of peoples.
That is also something that prophecy of that fire that must be shared.
Because our forebears left us a great many things that allow us to be able to live together, living together.
Everything that the creator has given us comprises a life.
Today, this morning, it's a life, it's a new day.
I'm doing a great deal of work for the well being of peoples.
There are a great many people working on that with us, be it grandfathers, grandmothers, young people to give people who are suffering what they need to give to women everything that has been taken from them.
Today, we are all working together.
To make everything that is happening today visible.
The historic meetings.
This is part of history for us.
I'm not afraid of saying so.
I'm not afraid of speaking.
I'm wearing this because it belonged to my father and my grandfather and now I am the one who is wearing it.
That is one of the reasons I wanted to join this group.
My thanks to the entire team that has worked on this.
Thank you very much, my friend.
I would like to thank you ever so much and I love you, gt.
I thank grandfather Dominique Rankin and I introduce now grandmother Maria Jose Tardiv, co founder of Organism ina eight and the Dominique Rankin Foundation.
A few years ago, after a conference that grandfather Dominique and I, a lecture that we gave at the headquarters of the International Red Cross in Geneva, a retired Swiss banker came up to see me.
He asked me, the person that we see in films, the person who is given light to peace, does that still exist? I answered that, yes.
Of course, we would be delighted to invite you to a ceremony and the banker replies with surprise, Isn't the pipe something that you smoke after war? There I had to really think on my feet for a good answer to that.
I said, No.
Above all, we tried to smoke it before the war to avoid the war in the first place.
Excellencies, dear friends, that is what grandfather and I devote our lives to.
This conversation reminds us how much indigenous wisdom continues to be misunderstood.
For more than 20 years now, I have been able to work with the indigenous elders of many nations.
I've learned their lessons.
I have seen the way that they resolve conflicts.
I've been able to admire the way that they honor the sacred link between everything that is living.
Previously, First Nations peoples were looked at as primitive beings, but the exact opposite is true.
Through lengthy, passionate and rigorous oral transmission, they have been able to preserve something invaluable, and that is the memory of humanity, very ancient and very precious memory.
This is not just a tradition, it is a science, the science of the human being in connection with everything that is alive.
I have spent my life observing conflicts between peoples.
And also the conflict within each human being.
Over time, I have understood that everything is the same.
When the heart grows up in fear, they search an enemy, but when the heart can be safe and feel a sense of belonging, that person no longer needs hate.
That is what traditional wisdom offers to a world that is polarized.
This is not just one more theory, but rather the art of stemming violence before it breaks out.
The Musgat plan of action recognizes this contribution, and I very much hope that it will help states, institutions, and communities to recognize the precious place of indigenous peoples in mediation, reconciliation, and the prevention of violence before that violence breaks out and also to honor the sustainable link that we must maintain with Mother Earth.
Human beings will need all of their intelligence to overcome the challenges of our time.
They we need all of their wisdom even more so.
Thank you for at long last lending an ear to those who have preserved this memory for all of us, and then perhaps we will be able to smoke the pipe before war rather than after it.
Thank you, Ng.
I thank Grandmother Maria Tardif.
Now I give the floor to Her Highness Queen Rani Yang Yan, advisor for the Chakma Circle.
BakuremZgo Aktgori Kobaya, Excellencies, respected indigenous leaders and traditional leaders, distinguished delegates, and honored guests.
It has been a privilege for me to be part of the journey of drafting of the Musket plan of action.
I am honored to attend and speak at this launching event.
Today, we stand at a defining moment, one that calls upon all of us to reaffirm our collective commitment to peace, justice, and the protection of human rights of all peoples.
The Musket plan of action represents a landmark step forward in recognizing what many indigenous communities have long understood that indigenous leaders and peoples are not merely witnesses to conflict.
They are among its most powerful preventers.
For generations in exercising right to self determination, indigenous leaders have served as pillars of governance and dispute resolution within and among communities.
Their wisdom, cultural legitimacy, and deep rooted trust within their communities make them uniquely positioned to detect early warning signs of violence, to counter hate speech, and to mediate in situations where there's risk of ethnocide and other atrocity crimes.
Indigenous leaders, including indigenous traditional leaders as recently as two months ago here in New York, have been calling for the global recognition of indigenous people's role in conflict prevention, resolution, and peace building.
The Musket Plan provides formal recognition that indigenous peoples have long deserved.
The plan lays out a concrete roadmap for empowering indigenous leaders and peoples to take their rightful place at the center of atrocity prevention efforts.
It calls for meaningful investment in their capacity to mediate, for the development of counter narratives that draw on indigenous knowledge and cultural practices and emphasizes stronger partnerships of indigenous leaders and peoples with national and international bodies and institutions.
Yet a plan is only as powerful as the commitment behind it, which is why I cannot overstate the obligations of the member states towards countering and addressing the hate speech and incitement to mass violence perpetrated against indigenous peoples and other communities.
The challenges is such incidents are all too often sanctioned or en It by systematic state structures that lead to outrages being carried out by the dominant populations.
This is particularly true for indigenous populations and communities living a during militarization, who, in such situations, must struggle to survive under sustained manufactured conflict that produces frequent atrocity crimes against indigenous peoples, just like in Chittagong Hill tracks in Bangladesh, where I come from, the country that His Excellency, the UN Secretary-General visited last year where indigenous peoples are still denied the recognition of their identity as indigenous peoples.
In such contexts, the Musket plan of action will be truly effective when states commit to recognizing, upholding and protecting indigenous people's rights as enshrined in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of indigenous peoples.
Therefore, it is crucial that states recognize and strengthen indigenous governance institutions and structures, protect indigenous leaders and indigenous traditional leaders from political marginalization, create legal environments that allow for counter narratives on hate speech against indigenous people to safely flourish and through partnership with indigenous leaders and peoples, mitigate, if not, eliminate any incitement to violence against indigenous peoples.
As we strive towards that vision, Let us remember that Musket plan of action is a call to action, and we must honor it, not with words alone, but with the sustained political will, resources, and equal footing partnerships among all the stakeholders that are necessary to build a world where no community is left vulnerable to the horrors of genocide, ethnocide, and atrocity crimes.
Thank you.
I thank Her Highness Queen Rani Yanyan, and I give the floor now to miss Sonya as to Raman Padave, Andean coordinator of Indigenous Organizations.
Auch In this prestigious place, we honor life, we honor speech, we honor this path and this plan of action of Muscat.
Muscat is something great that has opened up hope for us and opened up the doors of this word and this union.
I would like to speak with a great deal of respect to the Excellency' Miguel Angel Martins, doctor Mohammed Bin Saed, Al Mamari, Mr.
Minister of Endowments and Religious Affairs of Oman, to His Excellency, Mr.
António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, to doctor Mohammed El Sanussi, Executive Director of the Network for religious and Traditional Peacemakers.
And how could I fail to mention our indigenous and traditional leaders and also honor the memories of those that have already walked the path that we are now continuing.
They are shining down on us from heaven, providing us with light, with knowledge, and with conscience.
The leadership of indigenous peoples is not just an act of justice and respect for our rights, but it's also an effective strategy to be able to build more peaceful, inclusive, and resilient societies.
The importance of indigenous peoples of the Andes and of all territories and reserves of tribes and nations faced with the need to prevent violence and the need to build an equitable peace based on consent and the construction of this plan with spirit and with life because for us, everything is imbued with life as peoples.
This is peace that is built from feeling and living on a daily basis based on our spirituality and based on our connection with our teachers, our holy places.
Starting from that voice that says that there is nothing that divides us because we're all breathing the same air, we are all drinking water from the same stream, and we all eat the fruit of Mother Earth.
Yes.
Why do we draw dividing lines between us? Why do we isolate ourselves from one another? When we are actually being taught to come together? That is what Aman taught us to come together around this important relevant plan and why not say so such a substantial plan, a plan that is taking a firm step to come together in our diversity, in these new times in this latest cycle to demonstrate that, yes, we can have a dialogue in harmony.
Based on our senses and our experience of living.
Because in spite of our adversity, we nevertheless managed to engage in dialogue with our spirits, the spirits of our ancestors, our grandparents who make us sensitive of heart.
The result of all of that is to want to reduce discrimination and conflicts, as has already been mentioned as well, and the need to strengthen social cohesion and increase participation in all of the peace processes of our peoples to promote values such as reciprocity, solidarity, and mutual respect to strengthen the ability to live together and to strengthen social peace.
Today, we are facing a great many limitations such as the scarce representation of states.
I would like to say that we're not talking about all states because we have seen that everyone came together in Oman, which leads us to say that yes, When states have that heart and that sense of life in harmony with everything, then they are doing so.
We face so many limitations, the limits of economic resources and language barriers relating to our mother tongue, our mother language, which is very important.
In many cases, the participation of young people and women in decision making spaces is not possible.
Today, We say that with this Muscat plan of action, we are attempting to strengthen indigenous leaders and peoples.
That also means strengthening peace, strengthening inclusion, and strengthening the prevention of violence.
Ancestral knowledge and dialogue mechanisms are extremely valuable tools to be able to build more just intercultural and resilient societies.
In this very important message, I wish to say to you that we are all part of this great cosmic embrace.
Mother Earth does not keep the heat of the sun just for itself.
She gives us back that heat in the form of seeds, in the form of the fruits that we eat in the form of rain and the very root of life itself.
It is not accumulated, it is passed on, it is not possessed, it is shared.
Greatness lies in that great knowledge More than 80% of peoples do conserve and preserve the planet.
They rely on ancestral practices, knowledge, thought.
Conceiving of life and of spirit.
Our spirituality and our religiosity is a wonderful experience that we have been able to feel and thanks to this Muscat plan of action, thank you to Aman.
You were able to bring together all of those leaders and based on our lived experience, we have been able to lend our voice with respect and reach an agreement on this extremely important plan.
We must always keep learning.
I think, rather than speaking about regret for problems, this plan of action talks about sustainable solutions in order to achieve the future.
There can be no lasting peace without recognition, respect, and active participation of indigenous peoples in building solutions for communities and for the entire world.
We're not talking about peoples.
We're not talking about Iman, we're talking about the entire world.
Life and time are our masters and we have to pay tribute and give account to our ancestors because these spaces are here so that we can fulfill our mission.
We have to honor our lineage, honor our grandparents, and do things properly with that sense of humanity.
What happens to you, what happens to me happens to each and every one of us.
If I am sad.
If I am deprived of rights, I am putting that out into the environment and you are breathing in what I am breathing out.
But let us not breathe out pain and sorrow.
Let us instead breathe the joy of living in harmony.
How wonderful that we have this opportunity to move forward so that this plan can flow on powerfully into the future because here we are like the lights in the sky.
So a massive hug to all of you.
We are alive.
We will see each other once again, lp, sulp.
I thank miss Sonia Atuman.
With this, now the segment is closed, and I give the floor back to the High Representative of the United Nations Alliance of Ccivilizations, His Excellency Miguelge Martinez.
Thank you very much for all the indigenal actors that have took the floor and for giving us this powerful message of unity, peace, and spirituality.
Some of you mentioned very clearly that memoir de man, I took also from my friend from Spanish language, Lau deer Naga.
We are all here to really work together for making a better world, and I think your methods have been extremely important and extremely timely in order to pursue our common goal.
Now it's time for our next segment of the program where we are going to hear member state, the one who have to implement the plan.
We have done our homework is now them to respond to this new plan of MassAT in order to be implemented.
And I want also to welcome His Excellency, Mr.
Salat Suleiman Habib Araki, ambassador of Sultanate of Oman to the United States of America, who came from Washington to join our meeting, Ambassador Arabi De Flori George.
Thank you, Your Excellency.
Miguel Martinez, under Secretary-General for High representative for the United Nations Alliance.
Maris Vkdor Hamed.
Your Excellency, Sheikh Muhammad Al Mamari.
Your Excellency ladies and gentlemen, I am honored to participate today in launching the Mustat P of action and to participate in this important discussion on one of the most pressing challenges in the modern world.
Despite the recent decades of progress and an expansion in communication technologies.
However, we in turn see a rise in division and polarization and an increase in hate speech and exclusion and regression in trust in societies and its internal relations.
One of the ironies during this time is that while the world is more connected than in the previous time, it has not become more understanding.
The ease of communication does not necessarily mean ease of understanding and the proliferation of information does not lead to greater wisdom.
Accordingly, is the importance of initiatives that redirect attention towards the human dimension of peacemaking and the need to invest in trust as one of the most important components and factors for stability.
International experiences have proven that conflicts do not usually start with weapons but with diminished trust and diminished ability to listen to the other.
When the language of dialogue is replaced by a language of exclusion, then communities become more vulnerable.
Therefore, real prevention does not begin when crises begin, but way before through the maintenance of the social fabric and maintenance of mutual respect and preservation of spaces for dialogue, understanding, and the peaceful management of disputes.
In this context, the Muscat plan of action is especially important.
It highlights the actors who were not part of peacemaking throughout history.
They are the traditional indigenous leaders who have maintained in many communities the roles for mediation and have maintained among generations the values of coexistence.
They provide a new model for international efforts and they remind us an important fact that building sustained peace cannot be achieved through official institutions alone.
It rather requires the participation of communities themselves, and it requires benefiting from accumulated experiences and wisdom and addressing tensions at the roots.
Your Excellencies, our world today needs renewed appreciation for the culture of prevention because prevention is much less costly than addressing conflicts after they erupt.
The world needs to move from conflict management to addressing the reasons that lead to conflicts and addressing the conditions that allow for growth and accordingly, the real value of the Muscat plan of action does not only lie in its recommendations, but rather in the message it carries.
The message is that peace is not built through agreements and institutions alone, but through trust and the ability to listen and in continued investment in human relations that preserve the cohesion of communities.
If this plan of action can promote this conviction and can encourage greater alliances between international organizations and governments, then it will have provided an essential contribution to the international efforts aimed at building a more stable world and a more cohesive world and more peaceful world.
Thank you very much.
I thank Ambassador Aragi and now I go to the list of speaker we have distributed have asked to take the floor.
And the first speaker on the list is my dear friend, He Excellency, Mr.
Abdalsi, Al Wasil ambassador permanent representative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations.
You have the floor.
Thank you very much, Your Excellencies.
Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to begin by welcoming most passionately with His Excellency, the Minister of Endowment and religious affairs of the Sultan of Amana, his Excenc doctor Muhammad Bin Saed Al Mari and the King of Saudi Arabia is honored to participate in this important meeting to launch the Muscat Plan of action.
This initiative reflects a commitment to address hate speech and the atrocities and to promote the role of mediation and peacemaking as an essential means to achieve peace.
And we here would like to applaud the Alliance of civilizations under the wise leadership of His Excellency, Mr.
Migula Matis.
We also express appreciation to the permanent mission of the Sultanate of Oman for organizing this event.
Your Excellencies, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia reiterates that a culture of tolerance and moderation and addressing hate speech is necessary.
In this regard, we would like to mention our successful hosting of the Alliance of civilization meeting that was an international platform for promoting dialogue between religions and cultures and the combating hate speech and building bridges between cultures.
The forum has affirmed the importance of international partnership in addressing transboundary challenges and the important role of local populations in improving social cohesion.
Indigenous peoples have generational wisdom and ancient wisdom.
Accordingly, their role is important in addressing conflict and promoting reconciliation.
And addressing the extremism that leads to violence, we support all initiatives aimed at prevention of crimes through international partnerships and regional partnerships.
The Kingdom's initiatives, including the efforts of the King Abdullah Center for Dialogue between religions and cultures and hosting the form of the Alliance of civilizations, these efforts affirm our firm commitment to support the culture of peace.
The Kingdom reiterates its full readiness to support international efforts and initiatives that aim to address hate speech and prevent incitement and promote sustained peace.
Thank you very much.
I thank Her Excellency, Mr.
Abdullah Cecil Wasil and again, I thank the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for having host this important for of the lines and expressing my gratitude for that.
Now, I ask my also very good friend of Morocco, Her Excellency, Mr.
Omar Hilai, ambassador, permanent representative of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United Nations.
You have the floor.
Thank you very much, Mr.
Chair.
Excellencies, thanks traditional and indigenous leaders, ladies and gentlemen.
The Kingdom of Morocco thanks to the Sultanate of Oman, the United Nations Alliance of Scivilization, the Office of the Special Advisor on the Prevention of genocide, and the network of religious and traditional peacekeepers for convening this important event and for their leadership in advancing the Moscat plan of action.
Morocco welcome the launch of this timely initiative.
Which recognize the indispensable role that traditional and indigenous leaders and people can play in preventing hate speech, fostering social cohesion, mediating disputes, and addressing the root causes of violence and atrocity crimes.
The Muscat plan of action rightly highlights the importance of inclusive approaches to peace building and atrocity prevention.
It reminds us that effective prevention requires partnerships that bring together government, local communities, civil society, religious actors, traditional authorities, women, and youth.
Morocco has been committed to the promotion of dialogue, coexistence, and mutual respect as essential pillars of peace and the far sighted leadership of His Majesty, King Mohammed Sikh, the commander of the faithful, Morocco remains committed to fostering an cultural and inter religious dialogue.
Combating all forms of hatred and discrimination and supporting initiatives that strengthen moderation, coexistence, and human dignity.
It is particularly fitting that today's discussion builds upon frameworks and initiatives that be the print of Morocco's contributions.
The Robot plan of action remains a landmark reference for addressing advocacy of hatred while safeguarding freedom of expression.
The FAS plan of action also highlights the role of religious leaders and faith based actors in preventing incitement to violence that could lead to atrocity crimes.
The precips underpinning, both the Robbt and FAS plan resonate strongly with the objective of the Muskrat plan of action, namely the mobilization of trusted community leaders as agents of prevention, dialo mediation, and social cohesion.
At the multilateral level, Morocco has consistently advanced the United Nations effort to counter hate speech.
The Kingdom successfully spared resolutions adopted by consensus by the Gen Assembly promoting anti religious and antercrtural dialogue, combating hate speech, and establishing the International Day for countering hate speech.
This spirit, Morocco welcomes the Muscat plan of action as a natural and important extension of the bat and Fz processes and as practical roadmap for empowering traditional and indigenous leaders to contribute to the prevention of hate speech.
I thank you very much.
I thank He Excellency, Mr.
Mal Hil ambassador, permanent representative of the King of Morocco to the United Nations for the speeding the speech and for the contribution of Morocco to fight hate speech and the robot plat of action.
I still is a guideline for all of us.
Now also give the floor to my dear friend, He Excellency, Mr.
Asin Eftikahr Ahmad, Ambassador, permanent representative of Pakistan to the United Nations.
Ambassador, you have the floor.
Thank you, High Representative, Mr.
Miguel Martinez.
His Excesy doctor Muhammad bin Said A Mamari, Minister of Endowment and Religious Affairs of Oman and traditional and Indigenous leaders.
Excellencies, dear colleagues.
I wish to begin by congratulating Sultanate of Oman, United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of genocide and the Peacemakers Network for compiling and finalizing the Muscat plan of action.
For Pakistan, here I see twin objectives.
One is countering and addressing hate speech and secondly, effectively in the best possible ways to utilize the mediation tools in advancing our collective objectives.
I see that these two elements are together in this initiative.
Hate speech and incitement to genocide and atrocity crimes are driven by complex factors.
We know that and in our view, an effective and holistic response to these crimes in terms of prevention and creating awareness entails national and international responsibility, as well as the role of local leaders.
We know that heads of clan, tribal chiefs and indigenous leaders have historically played a leading role in local governance and conflict prevention and mediation, and even today, they remain at the forefront of peace building, dispute resolution, and humanitarian relief efforts.
From this perspective, Musket Plan of action is an innovative pathway as it galvanizes the cultural legitimacy and credibility of the traditional and indigenous leaders in countering hate speech.
By mobilizing traditional knowledge, cultural practices, and local mechanisms, the plan of action reinforces states efforts for establishing just inclusive and peaceful societies.
And particularly in the backdrop of a steep rise in exclusion, intolerance, and discrimination that we see around us.
Today, Pakistan supports initiatives such as the Musket plan of action, and we appreciate the urgency and the attention accorded to these issues by the United Nations.
Pakistan continue to work hand in hand with all our partners to dismantle the twisted and flawed ideology of hate speech and for turning our societies into oasis of peace, equality, and tranquility.
I thank you very much.
Thank you very much, Youxcellency, Mr.
Asean Afar Ahmad, Ambassador Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations for your commitment and to work of all of us to implement the Masket action plan.
At the same time, I now give the floor to my dear friend, misses Alia Ahmed Shide Al Thani, ambassador permanent representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations.
You have the floor, Madam.
San com Thank you, Your Excecy.
Doctor Mohammed Bense the Mahdi Minister of the Endowment and religious affairs of Oman, Mr.
Miguel Angel Mauritanis High Representative, Your Excellencies, at the outset, I would like to congratulate warmly the Sultanate of Oman and the UN Office for the prevention of genocide and the Alliance of civilizations and the network of peacemakers for the successful launch.
Qatar welcomes this important plan that affirms the importance of community engagement in supporting efforts aimed at addressing hate speech.
And promoting a culture of dialogue and preventing crimes and incitement through mediation and dialogue.
These efforts are more important now in light of the increase in hate speech and incitement, which requires uniting regional and international and local efforts in order to address the reasons and to promote the pillars of peace and in light of the current challenges and the threat to peace, is the great importance of this plan of action.
It represents a practical framework to promote the participation of traditional and civic leaders.
The state of Qatar believes that addressing hate speech and the prevention of atrocities, including genocide requires a holistic approach based on promoting the culture of peace and the dialogue between cultures and religions.
In this context, we take pride in our national vision that supports dialogue between civilizations and coexistence.
Qatar continues to support international efforts that aim to promote peace and promote mediation and a peaceful settlement of disputes.
Through supporting the initiatives that aim to build a culture of peace.
Leading these efforts is the Doha Center for dialogue between religions, which carries out an important role in this regard in order to promote the values of tolerance and mutual respect.
Qatar also takes pride in its partnership with the Alliance of civilizations.
We highly value the Alliance's role in building bridges between cultures and communities.
In conclusion, Qatar affirms its full support of the MustT plan of action and our readiness to contribute all efforts aimed at promoting tolerance in the world.
Thank you very much.
Thank you very much.
Her Excellency, Mr.
Ali Adm Sabal thani, Ambassor Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the Unitedations.
We are extremely grateful for the role and commitment of State of Qatar in all this issue.
Now I give the floor to Your Excellency, Mr.
Kirt Rarov, ambassador permanent representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United Nations.
You have the floor.
Mr.
Miguraj Martinez, Minister, doctor Saed A Mamari, Excellencies, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen.
Karsan warmly welcomes the launch of the Muscat plan of action.
We extend our gratitude to the United Nations Alliance of Ccivilizations, the Sultanat of Oman, and all partners involved in this vital initiative.
Today's discussion comes at a crucial moment.
Worldwide, we're witnessing a dangerous rise in hate speech, intolerance, and identity based violence.
The trends threaten social cohesion and create conditions that can lead to atrocity.
Crimes.
In this context, Kazakhstan strongly supports strengthening prevention through dialogue, mediation, and inclusive peace building.
We especially welcome the plan's recognition of traditional and indigenous leaders.
Their moral authority makes them indispensable partners in preventing conflict and fostering reconciliation.
Kazakhstan's own experience for the last 23 years underscores the power of this approach.
The Congress of Leaders of Walter and traditional religions in Astai is a globally recognized platform for peace.
Year's eighth Congress brought together over 100 religious leaders from around 60 countries.
The Congress concluded with the Astai Peace Declaration, which champions unity in diversity and calls for integrating the shared goals directly into the UN agenda.
Domestically, Kazakhstan has always prioritized national unity.
This September, our main dialogue platforms, the Assembly of People, and the National Council will merge into a single powerful entity, the People's Council of Kazakhstan.
This new body will serve as the ultimate platform for national dialogue and societal consolidation.
Our focus on human protection also drives our global engagement jointly with other five founding countries and the ICRC.
Kazakhstan continues to advance the global initiative to mobilize political commitment to international humanitarian law.
While our global initiative secures state level legal commitments, the Musket plan of action provides a vital shield on the ground, utilizing the moral authority of local leaders to stop hatred before it turns into conflict.
Kazistan reaffirms its commitment to the UN Charter and stands ready to support all initiatives that promote social cohesion.
Let us work together to ensure that diversity becomes a source of strength and that future generations inherit a world built on dignity, respect, and peace.
I thank you.
Thank you very much, my dear friend, Excellency, Mr.
Kraumao, Ambassador, permanent representative of Republic of Kastan, the United Nations and to your country for the very important Congress Summit of traditional religious leader and the United States Declaration of Astana.
Now, I give the floor to Her Excellency, Mr.
Dionicio Dacosta A Babo Suarez, Ambassador, permanent representative of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste to the United Nations.
You have the floor.
Thank you.
Thank you, Mr.
Adel Martinez.
Excellency Minister of Religious Affairs of Oman Saed Al Mamari.
I would also like to thank the Mission of Oman here in New York for organizing this event alongside with the United Nations Alliance for Ccivilizations.
Mr.
Chair, Timor-Leste welcome the Moscow plan of action as a timely step towards strengthening global prevention frameworks.
We commend the extensive consultations with traditional indigenous leaders and peoples that gave rise to this plan, ensuring its recommendations are grounded in lived experience and local knowledge.
For a nation forged through a struggle and sustained by community reconciliation, these principles are deeply personal.
The international community cannot afford complacency.
Rising hate speech, identity based violence and eroding social cohesion are early warning signs of fractures that escalate into atrocity crimes.
The Muscat plan offers a practical response and Tim less stands firmly committed to its implementation through four key actions.
First, traditional mediation must be recognized as a strategic asset.
Tim ss practice of Nahibbt or rolling the mat demonstrates how community based mechanism restore dignity, rebuild trust and reach where formal systems cannot.
We recommend that member state consistent with national legal frameworks, integrate traditional mediation systems, in national prevention structures, and that the UN invest in scaling these practices.
Second, confronting hate speech requires urgency.
Hate speech creates conditions that facilitate discrimination, hostility, and atrocity crimes.
We recommend strengthening community level early warning systems, advancing responsible digital governance, while safeguarding freedom of expression.
And empowering local leaders to counter harmful narratives with credible, culturally grounded alternatives.
Third, protecting vulnerable populations must remain central.
Prevention begins long before violence occurs, rooted in inclusion, equity and dignity.
We recommend embedding inclusive governance and indigenous rights into national policies while strengthening community resilience through targeted socioeconomic investments.
Finally, the Musket plan must be treated as a call to action.
Prevention must be systematic, sustained, and adequately resourced.
We urge that UN and regional organizations to maintain mainstream prevention across peace, human rights, and development agendas, and to ensure predictable resources for community level initiatives.
We reiterate our commitment to the UN charter and stand ready to work with all partners, champion this implementation and ensure traditional voices are recognized as essential to building a peaceful world.
Thank you.
We thank Your Excellency, Mr.
Jonso Acosta Babos Suarez, Ambassor permanent representative of the Democratic Repuity more or less to the United Nations for his contribution, intervention.
And now I give the floor to His Excellency, Mr.
Luckmann Abdulra Hahim Al Faili, ambassador permanent representative of the Republic of Iraq to the United Nations.
You have the floor.
Okay.
As Habitad.
Your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, at the outset, I would like to express our appreciation for the efforts of the mission of the Sultanate of Aman.
To the United Nations and also our appreciation to Mr.
Miguel Angel Martinez, the special envoy to combat Islamophobia and the commissioner of the UNAOC and we thank their teams for their efforts in organizing this important event.
I have listened carefully to the plan that you have presented, which highlights an important cycle, an important link as part of the efforts to establish civic peace and to reduce hate crime, especially through mediation for peace.
As part of our experience in this context, we have matters that we can share with you.
The religious leadership in Iraq, especially in A Njev had an important role to combat terrorism.
This contributed towards strengthening government efforts that was based on grassroots movements and wide scale public movements.
This had a role towards our success against terrorist organizations.
Therefore, religious awareness from these religious leadership and the role of community and tribal leaders, especially in Eastern and Arab contexts, represents a community effort that is indispensable to support the state and its institutions to combat crimes against humanity and any other challenges against civil peace.
In this context, we emphasize that the role that might need more development and enhancing through sustaining communication channels between government and its organizations and the grassroots and popular basis on the other side so that they are heard and that their needs receive the proper attention from the state and its institutions.
These efforts, if they are undertaken, they will contribute towards enhancing and sustaining international and local development efforts, which can only come together by through collective efforts and working harmoniously on clear and specific objectives to protect our communities for anything that may jeopardize their stability.
The Security Council resolution In Resolution 22 50 in 2015 on youth peace and security, reiterated the pivotal role of local communities in building peace and preventing extremism in addition to the General Assembly outcomes that are relevant to this.
Dialogues between cultures and religions must be enhanced through sustained mechanisms and partnerships with community actors and main actors so that they are not kept hostage to on the spot events and so that they are able to deal with hate speech in the present and the future.
Thank you.
Thank you very much, to Excellency, Mr.
Lukman Abdulrah Hahim Alfi, ambassador, Permanent Representative to the United Nations for your very inspiring intervention.
Now I give the floor to her Excelsi miss Maria abskya, ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations.
You have the floor.
Look at that.
Thank you.
We would like to thank the Alliance of Ccivizations and the Sultan of Amman and all who have been involved in drafting the Muscat plan of action for traditional and indigenous leaders and peoples encountering and addressing hate speech and preventing genocide and atrocity crimes and their incitement through peace mediation.
Russia supports all efforts to protect indigenous peoples.
We are convinced that in today's world, it's totally unacceptable to have discrimination, be this on linguistic, religious, racial, or any other basis.
We support all initiatives of the UN to combat racial discrimination, including it's manifestations such as the glorification of Nazism rather and we've ourselves put forward relevant resolutions.
We condemn the colonial crimes against indigenous peoples, should be qualified as crimes against humanity.
Their impact is continuing to have a very negative impact on their situation.
We read with interest the contents of the Musket plan of action.
We from our side in the Russian Federation, have also drafted draft report of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the situation of indigenous peoples in various different countries.
We would like to suggest that all interested delegations read it.
A review of current trends here, the poor trends, and these are all reflected in joint reports of the Foreign Affairs Department of the Russian Federation and Belarus on human rights situations in various countries.
The Russian Federation supports the mandate of the Special Representative, the Secretary-General, to prevent genocide.
We'd like to point out that in combating genocide and combating language hatred.
This is particularly important.
It's important to avoid unambiguous terms such as atrocity, crimes, and genocide indicators, and early warning signals.
This is because these terms are often linked to the responsibility to protect principle and this principle is the subject of disagreement amongst states.
Russia is prepared to participate in drafting plans of action.
On such issues under consideration today and we're convinced that many states involved in the Alliance of Ccivilizations work is going to be very helpful in terms of their implementation.
I'd like once again to underscore Russia's commitment to working with the Alliance of Ccilizations and all interested countries to achieve our shared aims to eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms and manifestations.
I thank you.
Thank you very much.
Excellent.
This is Maria Sabska, ambassador deputy Permanent representative of the Russian Federation of the United States and your support to the alliance and to the work of today.
So now I give the floor to Deputy Permanent Representative of Bahrain Sum Shamir Aliwad to have the floor.
Your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, first, we would like to express our appreciation and gratitude to the brotherly Sultanate of Amman and to His Excellency, Mohammed Binsid Al Mamari for hosting this meeting and for launching the Muskrat Plan of action.
We also express our appreciation to the Secretary-General and to Mr.
Miguel Angel Martinez, the High representative for the UN Alliance of Cciviliations, and for all of those contributing to the organization of this meeting.
Our meeting comes at a pivotal moment.
There is an increase in extremism, incitement, and hate speech which threatens civil peace and the unity of communities.
Therefore, we welcome the launching of the Muscat action plan and we appreciate the pioneering role of the Sultanate of Arman in supporting dialogue, mediation, and peace.
This reflects its wise and balanced approach to bring together points of view and to increase understanding between cultures and communities.
This is a positive addition to the work against genocide and crimes of atrocity by bringing together traditional and religious leaders to work on dialogue and to build trust and support peace and understanding within communities.
Ladies and gentlemen, we believe that real prevention begins from establishing a dialogue and respecting culture and religions and accepting the other.
These are values in the approach of the king of the kingdom of Bahrain, may God protect him and under the instructions of His Highness Prince.
We have worked on this through a number of institutions, including our Center for Tolerance and Excellence and the Hamad Award for Peaceful Existence in addition to our International Day for Conscious.
For the conscience.
In conclusion, we reiterate our support for the Muscat action plan and our readiness to continue working with Sultan of Amman and the United Nations and all partners to enhance the culture of peace and coexistence and to use mediation and dialogue as the main tools.
Thank you.
Thank you very much, Deputy Permanent Representative Bahrain, Suma Samir Aliwat for his intervention.
Now I give the floor to Mr.
Faisal, Alegi Deputy Permanent Representative in S Affair of the State of Kuwait to the United Nations.
You have the floor.
Kn Biya Ali Dha.
Thank you.
First of all, His Excellency, doctor Mohammed Binsaid and Mari, the Minister of Endowment and religious affairs.
Before I start, I want to express our appreciation for the role of Sultanate of Aman as leadership and people and government in establishing the culture of dialogue and understanding and building bridges between peoples and cultures.
The name of our man through its long history has been linked to wisdom and moderation and openness.
These are values that are reflected today in this important initiative, which is named the Muskrat Plan of action.
We look forward to having this initiative enhance the efforts to prevent conflicts and enhance peace.
At the outset, Kuwait wishes to commend the brotherly Sultanate of Oman, the United Nations Alliance of Ccivilizations, and the Office of the Special Advisor on the Prevention of genocide for convening this important event and for launching the MascoOT Plan of action.
We also express our appreciation to all traditional and indigenous leaders and representatives whose contributions shape this valuable initiative.
The state of Kuwait firmly believes that the prevention of genocide, atrocity crimes, and incitement to violence requires a comprehensive approach that extends beyond governmental institutions, while states bear the primary responsibility for protecting their populations, local communities, traditional leaders, indigenous peoples, and other trusted actors often serve as the first line of defense against division, hatred, and violence.
In many societies, traditional and indigenous leaders possess unique legitimacy, moral authority, and deep rooted knowledge of local dynamics.
Their ability to promote dialogue, mediate disputes, foster reconciliation, and strengthen social cohesion makes them indispensable partners and efforts aimed at preventing conflict and addressing its root causes.
The growing prevalence of hate speech, misinformation, and incitement, especially through digital platforms, presents a serious challenge to international peace and security.
Countering these threats requires not only legal and institutional measures, but also community based approaches that build trust, promote inclusion, and encourage mutual respect among different groups.
In this regard, the Musco plan of action offers an important framework for strengthening the role of traditional and indigenous leaders in peace mediation and atrocity prevention.
It highlights the value of locally driven solutions and reinforces the principle that sustainable peace is most effective when it is rooted in the experiences, cultures, and aspirations of affected communities.
The state of Kuwait has consistently supported initiatives that advance dialogue, tolerance and peaceful coexistence among people and cultures.
We remain convinced that promoting understanding, respecting diversity, and empowering local actors are essential pillars for building resilient and peaceful societies.
Finally, Mr.
Chair, as we welcome the launch of the Muscat plan of action, we encourage continued efforts to translate its recommendations into practical action at the national, regional and international levels.
We also reaffirm our commitment to supporting initiatives that strengthen mediation, prevent violence, and advance the shared goal of a more peaceful, inclusive, and just world.
Thank you, Mr.
Chair, Salami Kumaraahi Wadkat.
Thank you very much the Deputy Permanent Representative of Kuwait, Sadd Affair of the State of Kuwait to the United Nations for your intervention.
And now I give the floor to misses Natria Aja Fly, Deputy Permanent Observer for the League of Arab States to the United Nations.
You have the floor.
Shukran.
Thank you.
Your Excellency, doctor Mohammed Bin Side Al Mamari, the Minister of Endowment and religious affairs at the Sultanate of Oman.
Your Excellency, Mr.
Miguella Martins, USD and High representative of the UN Alliance of Civilzations, I am honored.
Your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, I am honored to deliver this statement on behalf of His Excellency Ambassador Maged Abdel Fattah.
The permanent representative of the League of Arab States, who unfortunately was unable to attend today because of an urgent mission outside the headquarters, allow me to begin by thanking warmly the organizers of this important event led by the UN Alliance of Ccivilizations.
The Alliance has remained a bridge between cultures and a beacon of dialogue and a key partner for establishing the values of understanding and mutual respect.
I would also like to pay tribute to the sisterly Sultanate of Oman and its permanent mission in New York for this inspiring initiative, which reflects, I believe in the power of dialogue and its ability to make peace.
Your Excellencies, we meet today under a banner of the Muskrat Plan of action.
Muscat not just a name that adorns the cover of a document or just a title of a passing event, but it is the story of a city that has embraced the sea and the ocean and has in turn been embraced by the entire world.
It has offered us a model intolerance, coexistence, and harmony throughout history.
It has and remains a meeting place for cultures and peoples and an open window unto the world and an extended bridge of dialogue between nations and civilizations.
It is no surprise that this initiative carries the name of Muscat or that it is launched from the Sultanate of Oman, which has made wisdom its approach and understanding its language and peace, its message that travels beyond borders.
From within the Arab world, Oman remained the voice of reason when noise is loud and an advocate of moderation when crises intensify.
From this legacy, the Musket plan of action is born to reiterate and affirm that peace does not begin from the silencing of guns but from the refinement of words and that prevention against violations does not begin when conflict erupts, but through extinguishing the flame of hatred before it grows into a fire of extremism and intolerance.
It embodies dialogue and mediation.
The name of Oman has always been synonymous with wisdom and with hope.
On behalf of the League of Arab States and its Secretary-General, Mr.
Ahmad Ab, we congratulate the Sultanate of Oman for this exceptional achievement.
We are not only celebrating a plan of action, but a noble idea and a human value and a belief that civilizations have been created to know one another, not to clash.
This is true Arab and international legacy that believes that peace is built through wisdom and is maintained through justice and is firmly established through multilateral dialogue.
May the Musk plan of action be a new bridge between nations and a beacon that leads to understanding and a renewed message of peace to a world that is in dire need for wisdom and effective mediation.
Thank you.
Misses Maria La Afflti, Deputy Permanent Observer for the League of Arab States to the United Nations for your passionate and strong message.
Now I give the floor to misses Vaduhi Melikian, counselor permanent Mission of Republic of Armenia to the United Nations.
You have the floor.
Thank you, High Representative Maurquenos.
I would like to join the distinguished speakers in thanking the permanent mission of the Sultan of Oman and the United Nations Alliance of Civlizations for organizing this event.
Armenia welcomes the Muscat plan of action, which acknowledges the important role and cultural legitimacy of traditional leaders in preventing the spread of the hate speech and incitement to violence, to the promotion of tolerance, peaceful coexistence, and mutual respect among diverse ethnic, religions, and social communities.
The contribution of traditional leaders is particularly significant in contexts where hate speech and dilamatory rhetoric are deliberately employed by state officials and public figures to exacerbate tensions, deepen societal divisions, and create conditions conducive to xenophobia, radicalization, and in greatest circumstances, atrocity crimes.
In such situations, trusted community leaders can play an indispensable role in fostering dialogue, strengthening social cohesion, and advancing prevention efforts at the local level.
Armenia remains firmly committed to advancing the genocide prevention agenda and to combating racism, xenophobia, discrimination, and hate speech.
In this regard, as the pen holder of the binnuial resolution on the prevention of genocide at the Human Rights Council, as well as the General Assembly resolution establishing the International Day of commemoration and dignity of the victims of the crime of genocide, we attach particular importance to strengthening preventive approaches aimed at addressing the root causes and the risk factors of atrocity crimes.
We are convinced that effective prevention efforts must be underpinned by systematic, institutionalized and coherent early warning and early action mechanisms at the local, regional and international levels.
Equally important is the promotion of inclusive societies that uphold human rights, respect diversity, and reject all forms of hatred and discrimination by knowledge systems and cultural practices.
Recently adopted resolution, Education for Peace initiated by Armenia underscores education as a core re pillar for nonviolence.
To conclude, we commend the United Nations Office of Genocide Prevention and the responsibility to Protect, the Network for religious and traditional peacemakers, and the government of Oman for presenting practical action oriented recommendations aimed at strengthening collective efforts to prevent hatred from escalating into violence, fostering resilient and inclusive societies, and safeguarding human dignity for all.
I thank you.
Thank you very much, misses Baluhimelikan, counsel of Permanent Mission of the Republic of Armenia to the United Nations for your contribution.
And now the last speaker on the list is misses Bola Saku, head of Third Committee of Nigeria.
Thank you, Mr.
Chair.
I'm delivering this statement on behalf of my permanent representative who would have loved to be here, but due to some last minute assignments, he was not able to he sent his sincere regrets.
Nigeria thanks the Kingdom of Oman, the United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the responsibility to Protect the United Nations Alliance of Scivilization, and the Network for religious and traditional peacemakers for their leadership in advancing this initiative.
We also commend all partners and stakeholders whose collaboration brought the Muscat plan of action to life.
We are especially grateful to the Kingdom of Oman for hosting the consultations that led to this framework and for his steadfast support for dialogue and peaceful coexistence among peoples and cultures.
In Nigeria, traditional institutions remain a vital part of our social fabric across our diverse ethnic, cultural and linguistic communities.
Traditional rulers serve as custodians of cultural heritage, mediators in co disputes, and advocate for peaceful coexistence.
Proximity to local communities uniquely positions them to identify emerging tensions, encourage dialogue, and help resolve grievances before they escalate.
Traditional leaders in Nigeria work closely with government institutions, religious leaders, women and youth groups, and civil society to strengthen community resilience and support conflict prevention.
Their work has repeatedly shown that peace is more durable when local leadership and community ownership are at the center of prevention efforts.
Against this backdrop, Nigeria welcomes the Moscow plan of action as a timely contribution to global efforts to prevent hate speech, incitement to violence, and atrocity crimes.
The plan reflects a simple but important truth.
Prevention works best when it begins within communities and draws on the wisdom of leaders trusted by the people.
We also commend the inclusive process that shaped the plan, including 2020 Abuja consultation, which brought together the traditional leaders, indigenous representatives, and experts from around the world to share experiences in conflict prevention, mediation, and peace building.
The plan is significant because it recognizes traditional rulers not as peripheral actors, but as indispensable partners in combating the spread of hate speech, misinformation and divisive narrative forces if left unchecked, can erode social harmony and in extreme cases contribute to mass violence.
This recognition matters in an era when disinformation travels faster than dialogue, The trusted voice of the community elder or traditional ruler carries weight.
No allogri can replicate.
Nigeria supports the plan's emphasis on dialogue, mediation, early warning, and inclusive narrative that foster respect and mutual understanding.
These principles align with our national commitment to unity and diversity and to building societies in which difference is not a foot line but a foundation.
As we mark this launch, Nigeria encourages continued cooperation among member states, the United Nations system, traditional and indigenous leaders, faith based actors, and civil society to turn the commitment of the Muscat P into concrete action, action that strengthens prevention, promotes peace, and protects human dignity.
I thank you.
Thank you.
We thank you, misses Bozak from Niigaira for taking the floor and commit your country to support the Muscat action plan.
And my dear friend, we come to the end of the speaker list.
I once again want to thank all of you, all member states who took time to join us here.
Your encouraging words and support is highly appreciated.
To conclude our event, I give the floor to Tenc Mr.
Hallet Saleh Saed Al Rohib, Deputy Permanent Representative of Sultanato Oman, for closing remarks.
You have the floor.
As Haben Your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, with the closure of this important meeting to launch the Musket Plan of action, we'd like to thank all those who've made this meeting a success.
This is important for promoting international coexistence and understanding and for combating hate speech.
The Musket Plan of action is a pioneering initiative.
It's the first in the area on the international level, the first to promote the role of indigenous peoples and leaders and traditional leaders and peoples in building peace.
It is adding a new dimension to initiatives and programs that have already been launched by the UN to bolster peace, security, and coexistence between communities.
We would like to thank doctor Mohammed Omari, the Mohammed Bin Side Al Mari, Minister of Endowment and religious Affairs of Oman.
We would like to thank you for your initiatives.
We would like to thank the Alliance of Ccivilizations, headed up by Mr.
Miguel Angel Moretti, we'd like to thank you for your commitment to promote dialogue between civilizations and peoples.
We would also like to thank Mr.
António Guterres, UN Secretary-General, who supported this initiative and who participated in this meeting.
This demonstrates the importance of the Muscat plan of action in terms of promoting coexistence and peace and for countering hate speech and discrimination.
We'd like to thank the UN Office Against genocide for its contribution as well.
For the prevention of genocide and for having drafted this plan.
We would like to thank the Network for religious and traditional peacemakers for their contributions to building dialogue, to translate principles into partnerships and practical initiatives.
We would like to thank all traditional and religious leaders and indigenous leaders and representatives of member states and international organizations and non governmental organizations as well.
All those who have lent their efforts to this during this event.
Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, we have started and launched this plan, but it is only the beginning.
It is only the beginning of coordination and partnership because the challenges today mean that we need to step up our efforts and implement practical initiatives for communities to promote the dignity of each and every human as part of peaceful coexistence.
We would like to reiterate our commitment to strengthen efforts to build peace and understanding between peoples.
We do hope to be able to continue our work with all partners in order to translate the principles of the Musket plan of action into concrete results to have a safer, fairer and more peaceful world.
I would like to thank you all very much for being here and for your contributions.
We hope to continue this fruitful cooperation in the future.
May God's peace and compassion be with you.
I thank you.