Promotion of Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue, Understanding and Cooperation for Peace

A/RES/66/226View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 15 Culture of peace, published in 2012.

What other versions does this mandate have?

18 versions · 2007–2026

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/259

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	A/RES/80/259	Promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace	2,639	97%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/129	Promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace	2,676	75%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/69	Promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace	3,247	85%Compare
2020	A/RES/75/26	Promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace	3,090	79%Compare
2019	A/RES/74/23	Promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace	2,759	84%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

16 reports · 2008–2025

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2025	A/80/501	Promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/129
2023	A/78/591	Promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/76/69
2021	A/76/357	Promotion of a culture of peace and interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/75/26
2020	A/75/233	Promotion of a culture of peace and interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/74/23
2019	A/74/476	Promotion of a culture of peace and interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/73/129

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects

Coordination Within UN System Freedom of Expression Human Rights Intercultural Communication International Obligations Mass Media Peace Reconciliation Tolerance

What’s in this document?

14 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms that mutual understanding and interreligious and intercultural dialogue constitute important dimensions of the dialogue among civilizations and of the culture of peace;

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on intercultural, interreligious and intercivilizational dialogue;⁶

⁶A/66/280.

Notes the continuing work of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on intercultural and interreligious dialogue and its efforts to promote dialogue among civilizations, cultures and peoples, as well as activities related to a culture of peace, and welcomes in particular the adoption of its new programme of action for a culture of peace and non-violence and its focus on concrete actions at the global, regional and subregional levels;

Reaffirms the solemn commitment of all States to fulfil their obligations to promote universal respect for, and observance and protection of, all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights1 and other instruments relating to human rights and international law, the universal nature of these rights and freedoms being beyond question;

Welcomes the efforts by the media to promote interreligious and intercultural dialogue, encourages the further promotion of dialogue among the media from all cultures and civilizations, emphasizes that everyone has the right to freedom of expression, and reaffirms that the exercise of this right carries with it special duties and responsibilities and may therefore be subject to certain restrictions, but that these shall be only such as are provided by law and necessary for respect of the rights or reputations of others, protection of national security or of public order, or of public health or morals;

Also welcomes the efforts to use information and communications technology, including the Internet, to promote interreligious and intercultural dialogue, and in this regard acknowledges with appreciation the establishment by the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries of the Interfaith Dialogue e-Portal pursuant to commitments made during the Special Non-Aligned Movement Ministerial Meeting on Interfaith Dialogue and Cooperation for Peace and Development, held in Manila from 16 to 18 March 2010;

Encourages Member States to consider, as and where appropriate, initiatives that identify areas for practical action in all sectors and levels of society for the promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, tolerance, understanding and cooperation, inter alia, the ideas suggested during the High-level Dialogue on Interreligious and Intercultural Understanding and Cooperation for Peace, held in New York on 4 and 5 October 2007, including the idea of an enhanced process of dialogue among world religions;

Calls upon Member States to consider, as appropriate and where applicable, interreligious and intercultural dialogue as an important tool in efforts aimed at achieving peace and the full realization of the Millennium Development Goals;

Recognizes the efforts by relevant stakeholders to foster peaceful and harmonious coexistence within societies by promoting respect for religious and cultural diversity, including by engendering sustained and robust interaction among various segments of society;

Acknowledges the active engagement of the United Nations system with faith-based organizations in the promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue and in bringing together people of different faiths to discuss common issues and objectives;

Also acknowledges the important role of civil society, including academia, in fostering interreligious and intercultural dialogue, and encourages support for practical measures that mobilize civil society, including building capacities, opportunities and frameworks for cooperation;

Invites Member States to further promote reconciliation to help to ensure durable peace and sustained development, including through reconciliatory measures and acts of service and by encouraging forgiveness and compassion among individuals;

Recognizes that the Office for Economic and Social Council Support and Coordination in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat plays a valuable role as focal point within the Secretariat on the issue, and encourages it to continue to interact and coordinate with the relevant entities of the United Nations system and coordinate their contribution to the intergovernmental process;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution.

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