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Sikh organizations give memorandum to
UN
WSN Network
 Amritsar:
Representatives of nearly 25 Sikh organizations from around the
world gave a memorandum to the UN on various international Sikh
issues in Geneva on Tuesday. Nearly 200 members of the various Sikh
organizations from 15 countries assembled at Langenthal to highlight
the problem of religious freedom. The conference coincided with the
50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome.
Harminder Singh, senior member of Sikh Foundation, told the media
from Switzerland that though most of the Sikh affairs in India were
taken care by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandhak Committee (SGPC),
but as far as international Sikh issues were concerned, the SGPC had
failed to take them up at international platform. The
representatives said that their demands include a request that the
UN endorses International Code of Practice on Sikh articles of
faith.
They said that Sikhs across the world were facing increasing
difficulties regarding religious freedoms and their visible identity
due to a lack of knowledge and ignorance. The memorandum said that
there was a need to properly protect the Sikh identity and articles
of faith at work, in business and in public places.
This was the first time that representatives of various Sikh
organizations from different countries assembled on an international
platform to not only discuss the Sikh issues, but also put forward
their best efforts for resolving these issues, he added.
4 April,
2007
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