"...You may be wondering what a Secretary-General of the United Nations is doing in a synagogue, speaking about religion. You may think that the United Nations, an intergovernmental organization, must abide by the same separation between Church and State found in the United States and many other countries. You may be trying to imagine how spirituality can coexist with the world of diplomacy, national security and hard-edged negotiations.

I would ask you to think differently; I would ask you to take another look. The United Nations is a tapestry, not only of suits and saris, but of clerics' collars, nuns' habits and lamas' robes -- of mitres, skullcaps and yarmulkes.

I meet regularly with interfaith groups and religious figures of many creeds..."

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