Adventist elected secretary of UN NGO committee to promote religious l

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Adventist elected secretary of UN NGO committee to promote religious liberty

A Seventh-day Adventist religious liberty advocate was elected secretary of the United Nations non-governmental Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief earlier this month.

As secretary, James D. Standish, director of UN relations for the Adventist world church, will coordinate with non-governmental organizations to promote and protect freedom of belief.

Standish's appointment recognizes the Adventist Church's leading role in advocating religious liberty, church Public Affairs and Religious Liberty leaders said.

"It's an honor to be trusted with this responsibility," Standish said. "The United Nations can be a tool to advance the cause of religious freedom."

Rather than using the position solely to defend against proposals that might threaten or limit religious liberty, Standish said he hopes to "go back on the offensive," pushing UN member states to "stand up for the values they claim to embrace."

Standish, an attorney, previously served the Adventist Church as its representative to the United States government and as executive director of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an agency of the U.S. government. SOURCE

[doug yowell]

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[karl]

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James Standish is a good man.One of the few I respect in our religious liberty dept. He's level headed,a dedicated Christian, and fair in his application of RL principles. An excellent choice for any position. Congrats and God's blessings to James Standish!

[doug yowell]

[Maybe not for ANY position (chief executioner comes to mind,) but certainly for this one. I agree that Standish is a good selection.

I'd be ok with JS as chief X man. At least he wouldn't laugh when he dropped the blade!!

[doug yowell]

On my neck!!

[Pastor_Chick]

Right, and if every attorney working for the General Conference held to the principles James Standish advocates, there would be no SDA trademark prosecutions.

Someone asked him about his position on the GCC v. McGill case, and he said he could not endorse it.

That makes a minority of two (Reinach and Standish).