Our organisation was founded during the 1920s, and for most of our history has been a European organisation. However, in recent years, the ILRS has greatly expanded its membership and contacts to North and South America, Australia, and Africa. We hold international seminars on social and economic issues, and we hold a triennial conference as both a governing body and an issues forum. Our last conference was held in Budapest, Hungary in October 2000, with the theme "What is Our Idea of Democracy?" We believe that aside from dealing with the issues of globalisation, marginalisation, and human rights, that we have a responsibility to fight against religious fundamentalism as well as the use of religion as a tool of political conservatism. The ILRS believes that as people of diverse faiths are created equal before their Creator, we must fight for tolerance of religious diversity, and social and economic equality throughout the world. We must fight to elminate poverty and reverse the widening social, cultural, and economic gap between peoples. As an associate organisation of the Socialist International, the ILRS seeks to work within the member parties of the Socialist International, to achieve our common political goals.
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The ILRS Executive Committee |
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President:
Evert Svensson |
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Secretary General:
Andrew Hammer |
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Vice-President:
Irène Häberle |
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Vice-President:
Harry Watson |
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Members
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Bev Thomas
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Tapio Lampinen
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Ona Kupriene
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Alois Reisenbichler
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Judith Deutsch
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Gyula Hegyi
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Stefano Ceccanti
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e-mail: secretariat@ilrs.org
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