The long-standing concern of His Eminence Sheikh Ahmad Kuftaro to protect the physical environment of the earth caused him to be appointed Co-Chairman for the Religious Position at the "Global Forum on Environment and Development for Human Survival", held in 1988 at Oxford University, U.K.
Although he unfortunately was unable to attend this meeting, he was elected Chairman for the Religious Discussions at this organization's subsequent conference in January, 1990, in Moscow, where he gave a speech, in the Kremlin, entitled "The Responsibility of Man Towards Himself". At its 1993 meeting in April, held in Kyoto, Japan, he was elected Chairman of the Religious Caucus and delivered his speech, "The Eternal Values" during the "Second Global Forum on Changing Values for Human Survival."