Representatives from various religious groups, nonprofit organizations and former political leaders discussed world peace, welfare, environment and other global issues during the G20 Interfaith Forum Japan 2019 on June 8 and 9, with prominent speakers including former British Prime Minister David Cameron, former New Zealand Prime Minister John Key and former Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny.
Key organizers of the forum, which had audiences of 4,000 and 34 speakers over the two days, were Worldwide Support for Development (WSD), the G20 Interfaith Forum Association, the World Faiths Development Dialogue (WFDD), and the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID), under the auspices of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The organizers came up with policy recommendations based on their discussions for the G20 leaders, who met in Osaka on June 28 and 29 to discuss global issues.