Summit will discuss U.N. relations

Religious and spiritual leaders of the world's diverse faith traditions will come together in New York on Aug. 28 to discuss how to forge a partnership of peace with the United Nations. More than 1,000 leaders are expected.

The goal of the summit is to identify ways that worldwide religious a nd spiritual communities can work together as interfaith allies with the United Nations on specific peace, poverty and environmental initiatives.

All regions of the world will be represented, as will the major faith traditions of Bahai, Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Indigenous, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism and Zoroastrianism.