According to Mgr Migliore, "there are three top priority issues" on religious freedom also underlined in his address to the UN General Assembly. First of all, he said to the SIR, "persecutions carried out against Christian Communities." Secondly, "the risk that in nowadays ‘conjuncture’ the issue of defamation of religion, largely debated at the UN, will draw the attention away from the actual issue, i.e. the protection of people and religious groups, restricting the debate to the defence of symbols and life concepts." "Symbols and concepts are important and must be protected," the Archbishop explains "but the easiest way to do it is to give unrestricted religious freedom to every faithful and every religious group." Finally, we have to remember the UN task is "to discuss, explain and improve the concept of religious freedom and check every State will meet their commitments." Concerning the fact that international public opinion has paid little attention to the violence perpetrated against Christians, the observer of the Holy See recalls that "for Christians, a right holder is an individual, the community or the society, regardless of what is politically correct or convenient." ” ” ” “
