United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan nominated Georgetown professor John L. Esposito to the U.N. Alliance for Civilization High-Level Group last Friday.
Esposito will focus on improving relations between Islamic nations and the Western world. He will be working to “establish support for moderate agendas, creating international partnerships to counter cultural misperceptions,” according to a Sept. 6 University press release.
He is joined on the 18-member alliance by an impressive list of notables including South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former French Foreign Minister Hubert V?drine, author Karen Armstrong, former President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Khatami and Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned of Qatar.
“I am pleased and honored to be able to participate in this body, particularly with such distinguished people as Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the President of Iran,” Esposito said. “I see the project as one that has critical significance in terms of addressing issues such as global terrorism which face the world today.”
Esposito joined Georgetown’s faculty in 1993 and was a founding member of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding.
