A/RES/64/81
United Nations
Distr.: General
19 February 2010
General Assembly
Sixty-fourth session
Agenda item 49
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 7 December 2009
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/64/L.15/Rev.1 and Add.1)]
64/81. Promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue,
understanding and cooperation for peace
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United
Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1 in particular the right to
freedom of thought, conscience and religion,
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Recalling its resolutions 56/6 of 9 November 2001, on the Global Agenda for
Dialogue among Civilizations, 57/6 of 4 November 2002, on the International
Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World,
2001–2010, 57/337 of 3 July 2003, on the prevention of armed conflict, 58/128 of
19 December 2003, on the promotion of religious and cultural understanding,
harmony and cooperation, 59/23 of 11 November 2004, on the promotion of
interreligious dialogue, 61/17 of 20 November 2006, on the International Year of
Reconciliation, 2009, 62/155 of 18 December 2007, on human rights and cultural
diversity, 63/113 of 5 December 2008, on the International Decade for a Culture of
Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, 2001–2010, and 63/181 of
18 December 2008, on the elimination of all forms of intolerance and of
discrimination based on religion or belief,
Recalling also its resolution 63/22 of 13 November 2008, on the promotion of
interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace,
and the leading role played by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization in the preparations for the celebration of the International
Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures, in 2010,
Bearing in mind the valuable contribution that dialogue among civilizations
can make to an improved awareness and understanding of the common values
shared by all humankind,
Noting that interreligious and intercultural dialogue has made significant
contributions to mutual understanding, the promotion of a culture of peace and
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Resolution 217 A (III).
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