Follow-Up to the United Nations Year for Tolerance

A/RES/53/151View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda items 110b Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms and 110 Human rights questions, published in 1999.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1997–1999

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1999	A/RES/53/151	Follow-up to the United Nations Year for Tolerance	545	44%Compare
1997	A/RES/51/95	Follow-up to the United Nations Year for Tolerance	739	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Declarations Education for Peace Human Rights Education Institution Building International Days Non-Violence Programmes of Action Public Information Regional Cooperation Tolerance

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the role played by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in the implementation of the Follow-up Plan of Action for the United Nations Year for Tolerance;

Expresses its appreciation for the contribution of several Member States to the realization of projects and activities aimed at the promotion of tolerance and non-violence, especially by means of education;

Invites the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to consider extending the material and moral support necessary for the functioning and enlargement of the existing regional networks of tolerance, non-violence and solidarity in the Mediterranean and Black Sea Basin, Asia and the Pacific, Africa and Latin America;

Also invites the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to consider the possibility of creating institutional networks of tolerance, non-violence and solidarity in other regions and subregions;

Welcomes the translation and dissemination of the Declaration of Principles on Tolerance in many languages;

Welcomes equally the experience gained during the celebration in 1996 and 1997 of the International Day for Tolerance, and invites Member States and competent intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to continue to contribute to the celebration of the International Day by means of educational activities and public information campaigns aimed at the realization of more tolerant societies;

Invites Member States to continue their efforts to achieve a wider application of the Declaration;

Requests the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to continue to be the lead United Nations agency in the promotion of tolerance and non-violence;

Also requests the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to include in its report on a culture of peace, to be submitted to the Millennium Assembly, information on the progress made in the implementation of the Follow-up Plan of Action for the United Nations Year for Tolerance.

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