United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 32 United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations, published in 2001.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 1998–2001

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2001	A/RES/56/3	United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations	83	6%Compare
2001	A/RES/55/23	United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations	1,038	40%Compare
2000	A/RES/54/113	United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations	540	45%Compare
1998	A/RES/53/22	United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations	348	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

12 subjects

Civil Society Civilization Conferences Cultural Exchanges Human Rights Education Information Dissemination Information Exchange Intercultural Communication International Years Non-Governmental Organizations Private Sector Trust Funds

What’s in this document?

12 operative paragraphs

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General;³

³A/55/492/Rev.1.

Welcomes the convening, at the level of heads of State, of a round table on dialogue among civilizations, organized by the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, held at United Nations Headquarters on 5 September 2000 and which further contributed to the promotion of dialogue among civilizations;

Invites Governments, the United Nations system, including the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and other relevant international and non-governmental organizations to continue and further intensify planning and organizing appropriate cultural, educational and social programmes to promote the concept of dialogue among civilizations, inter alia, through organizing conferences and seminars and disseminating information and scholarly material on the subject, and to inform the Secretary-General of their activities;

Calls upon Governments to encourage all members of society to take part in promoting dialogue among civilizations and provide them with an opportunity to make contributions to the United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations;

Encourages all Governments to expand their educational curricula relative to the teaching of respect for various cultures and civilizations, human rights education, the teaching of languages, the history and philosophy of various civilizations as well as the exchange of knowledge, information and scholarships among Governments and civil society in order to promote a better understanding of all cultures and civilizations;

Encourages all Member States, regional and international organizations, civil society and non-governmental organizations to continue to develop appropriate initiatives at all levels to promote dialogue in all fields with a view to fostering mutual recognition and understanding among and within civilizations;

Notes with interest the activities undertaken and proposals made by Member States, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and international and regional organizations, including the Organization of the Islamic Conference and non-governmental organizations, for the preparation of the United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations;

Decides to devote two days of plenary meetings at the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly, on 3 and 4 December 2001, to the consideration of the item, including consideration of any follow-up measures, and commemoration of the United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations, and encourages Member States and observers to be represented at the highest possible political level;

Invites all Governments, funding institutions, civil society organizations and the private sector to consider contributing to the Trust Fund established by the Secretary-General in 1999 to promote dialogue among civilizations;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide the necessary support for strengthening the activities pertaining to dialogue among civilizations;

Also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session a substantive report on the prospect of dialogue among civilizations and the activities pertaining to the United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-sixth session the item entitled “United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations”.

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