_{^{Professor Tomáš Halík during the event}}

The Czech Permanent Mission, in cooperation with the UN Book Shop, organized a panel discussion on inter-religious dialog as a part of the effort to provide a forum for discussion on various topics during the Czech EU Presidency. The event took place on April 21 at the United Nations Headquarters and featured the famous Czech theologist and philosopher Prof. Tomáš Halík, whose new book “Patience with God – The Story of Zacchaeus Continuing in Us“ was recently released by Doubleday.

The following panelists kindly accepted the invitation to participate in the discussion - H.E. Mr. Kiyo Akasaka, UN Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, H.E. Mr. Paul Badji, Permanent Representative of Senegal to the UN, H.E. Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the UN and H.E. Mr. Nirupam Sen, Ambassador, India.

We wish to thank once again all our distinguished panelists for their remarkable contributions to an inspiring debate, for creating a uniquely pleasant atmosphere appreciated by all other participants.

_{^{(top right) H.E. Mr. Kiyo Akasaka, H.E. Mr. Martin Palous and Prof. Tomáš Halík listen to H.E. Archbishop Celestino Migliore speak (top right) H.E. Mr. Paul Badji and H.E. Mr. Nirupam Sen during the event (bottom left) Asher Grodman reads a segment from the book (bottom right)}}