<div><font color="Navy">Global Sikh Conference highlights challenges affecting Sikh Community
Saturday, April 28, 2012 - 12:45
NEW YORK, USA: The UNITED SIKHS' Fourth Annual Global Sikh Civil and Human Rights Conference held at the United Nations Church Center, this Tuesday on the 24th of April. The delegates from around the globe raised and discussed pressing issues facing the Sikh community.
The ban on the turban in French schools, on ID photographs and its domino effect in other European and western countries were the main highlights of the conference. France's refusal to implement the United Nation Human Rights Committee's (UNHRC's) decision in favour of 76 year old Ranjit Singh was rebuked by participants as a direct violation of the UN's preamble - reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small.
This conference provided, to the the representatives of the 25 million Sikhs across the globe, a unique platform to discuss their concerned future and the way forward. The 4th annual UNITED SIKHS Global Sikh Civil and Human Rights report released on this day is the only report of its kind that raises and discusses issues impacting the Sikhs across the globe.
The main focus of the discussions was around Identity and its role in Religion, Human Rights and the United Nations. The discussions were centered around the protection of the Sikh Civil and Human Rights and the Role of Identity in Religion. Speakers and participants had lively debates and discussions resulting in a superfluity of suggestions for guiding advocates and leaders on the way forward.
Drawing from Sikh history and its unparallel richness and the significance of the 5 Kakaar (articles of faith), Sikh leaders from all over the globe highlighted concerns around ethnicity and the challenges they face around the world.
In light of the recent disappointing reply by France, refusing to implement the decision of the UNHRC in Ranjit Singh's turban case, a historic resolution was passed at the conference and is as follows:
Sardar Avtar Singh Ji - Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committe (SGPC) President; Sardar Daljeet Singh Ji - Chairman, Dharam Parchar Committee of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) ; the American Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee, the World Sikh Council and the religious leaders of all faiths, Presidents of Gurdwaras, institutional heads, advocates and community members conversed on the issue of Ranjit Singh's Turban case and promised to ensure that:
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Saturday, April 28, 2012 - 12:45
NEW YORK, USA: The UNITED SIKHS' Fourth Annual Global Sikh Civil and Human Rights Conference held at the United Nations Church Center, this Tuesday on the 24th of April. The delegates from around the globe raised and discussed pressing issues facing the Sikh community.
The ban on the turban in French schools, on ID photographs and its domino effect in other European and western countries were the main highlights of the conference. France's refusal to implement the United Nation Human Rights Committee's (UNHRC's) decision in favour of 76 year old Ranjit Singh was rebuked by participants as a direct violation of the UN's preamble - reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small.
This conference provided, to the the representatives of the 25 million Sikhs across the globe, a unique platform to discuss their concerned future and the way forward. The 4th annual UNITED SIKHS Global Sikh Civil and Human Rights report released on this day is the only report of its kind that raises and discusses issues impacting the Sikhs across the globe.
The main focus of the discussions was around Identity and its role in Religion, Human Rights and the United Nations. The discussions were centered around the protection of the Sikh Civil and Human Rights and the Role of Identity in Religion. Speakers and participants had lively debates and discussions resulting in a superfluity of suggestions for guiding advocates and leaders on the way forward.
Drawing from Sikh history and its unparallel richness and the significance of the 5 Kakaar (articles of faith), Sikh leaders from all over the globe highlighted concerns around ethnicity and the challenges they face around the world.
In light of the recent disappointing reply by France, refusing to implement the decision of the UNHRC in Ranjit Singh's turban case, a historic resolution was passed at the conference and is as follows:
Sardar Avtar Singh Ji - Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committe (SGPC) President; Sardar Daljeet Singh Ji - Chairman, Dharam Parchar Committee of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) ; the American Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee, the World Sikh Council and the religious leaders of all faiths, Presidents of Gurdwaras, institutional heads, advocates and community members conversed on the issue of Ranjit Singh's Turban case and promised to ensure that:
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