The 2023 Symposium on the Role of Religionand Faith-Based Organizations in International Affairs was heldon January 23, 2023. It is the ninth in a series of symposiums held annuallysince 2015. This year’s theme is “Securing People’s Wellbeingand Planetary Sustainability” and features faith-based leaders,officials from the UN System, Member-States, and other experts in the humansecurity field who will discuss practices of human security and its necessityfor peace and prosperity for people and the planet.
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Purnaka L. de Silva, Ph.D.
Purnaka L. de Silva, Ph.D., is Adjunct Professor, School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University, New Jersey, and Director, Institute for Strategic Studies and Democracy (ISSD) Malta. He has over thirty-years-experience in conflict and peace studies—with special focus on political violence, paramilitaries, counterterrorism, and transnational security, as well as the role of diplomacy within the United Nations system.