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Secretary General of the OAS Designates Goodwill Ambassadors for Dialogue and Peace

  March 15, 2024

The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, will designate as Goodwill Ambassadors for Dialogue and Peace Rabbi Daniel Ernesto Goldman, Priest Guillermo Martín Marco, and Islamic leader Omar Ahmed Abboud, - all of Argentine nationality -, on Tuesday, March 19 at 11:00 EDT (15:00 GMT)in the Hall of the Americas at OAS headquarters in Washington, DC.

Goldman, Martín Marco and Ahmed Abboud are founders of the Interreligious Dialogue Institute (IDI), an initiative promoted in 2004 by the then-Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio - today His Holiness Pope Francis -, with the purpose of spreading the importance of dialogue between religions and cultures to build peaceful and coexisting societies.

The event will feature the participation of:

• Secretary General of the OAS, Luis Almagro

• Rabbi Daniel Ernesto Goldman

• Priest Guillermo Martin Marco

• Islamic leader Omar Ahmed Abboud


Press contact: Mónica Reyes ([email protected])

WHAT: Secretary General Designates Goodwill Ambassadors for Dialogue and Peace

WHEN: Tuesday, March 19 at 11:00 EDT (15:00 GMT)

WHERE: Hall of the Americas, Organization of American States. 17th & Constitution Ave. NW Washington. DC, 20006.

Reference: AVI-031/24