What really is UN doing with religions?

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  • Disillusioned JW
    Disillusioned JW

    The article at https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2022/12/31/atheist-ireland-granted-special-un-status-in-bid-to-promote-secular-government/ is very interesting. It is called "Atheist Ireland granted special UN status in bid to promote ‘secular government’: Irish organisation is believed to be the first national atheist campaign group to gain such status". It says the following.

    'Atheist Ireland has been granted special consultative status at the United Nations in what is believed to be a first for a national campaign group of its type.

    “It means we can engage with the UN Economic and Social Council, Human Rights Council, General Assembly, and Secretariat, in order to advance our aims,” said the group’s chair Michael Nugent and human rights officer Jane Donnelly in a joint statement.

    ... Atheist Ireland was founded in November 2008 to to promote secularism, rationality, pluralism and human rights in Ireland. It advocates for atheism and reason over superstition and supernaturalism, and an ethical, secular society where the State does not support or finance or give special treatment to any religion.'

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