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

A/RES/68/126View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 15 Culture of peace, published in 2014.

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?

5 subjects

Cultural Pluralism Intercultural Communication Peace Religious Intolerance Tolerance

What’s in this document?

18 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;³

³A/68/286.

Recognizes the importance of interreligious dialogue and its valuable contribution to promoting social cohesion, peace and development, and 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 social stability and the full realization of the Millennium Development Goals;

Also 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;

Notes the leading role of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on intercultural dialogue and its contribution to interreligious dialogue, as well as its activities related to the culture of peace and non-violence and its focus on concrete actions at the global, regional and subregional levels;

Welcomes the launch of the International Decade for the Rapprochement of Cultures (2013–2022), for which the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, in consultation with Member States and the relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, will provide a plan of action to enhance interreligious and intercultural dialogue and to promote tolerance and mutual understanding;

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 RightsError: Reference source not found and other instruments relating to human rights and international law, the universal nature of these rights and freedoms being beyond question;

Welcomes the outcome of the Seventh Asia-Europe Meeting Interfaith Dialogue, on harnessing the benefits and addressing the challenges of migration through interfaith and intercultural dialogue, held in Manila in 2011, and looks forward to the Asia-Europe Meeting High-level International Conference on Intercultural and Interfaith Dialogue, to be held in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation in July 2014;

Also welcomes the outcome document entitled “Vienna Declaration on the Alliance of Civilizations” of the Fifth Global Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, held in Vienna on 27 and 28 February 2013, and looks forward to the Sixth Global Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, to be held in Bali, Indonesia, in August 2014;

Underlines the importance of moderation as a value within societies for countering extremism in all its aspects and for further contributing to the promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, tolerance, understanding and cooperation;

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, including through the Interfaith Dialogue e-Portal established following the Special Non-Aligned Movement Ministerial Meeting on Interfaith Dialogue and Cooperation for Peace and Development, held in Manila in 2010, and encourages relevant stakeholders to utilize the opportunity to disseminate their best practices and experiences on interreligious and intercultural dialogue by contributing to the Interfaith Dialogue e-Portal;

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 in October 2007, including the idea of an enhanced process of dialogue among world religions, as well as the ideas suggested during the third High Panel on Peace and Dialogue among Cultures, held in Paris in November 2012;

Acknowledges the active engagement of the United Nations system with faith-based organizations and relevant non-governmental organizations in the promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue and in bringing together people of different cultures, religions, faiths or beliefs 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 aimed at promoting interreligious and intercultural dialogue;

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

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