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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/51/101
3 March 1997
Fifty-first session
Agenda item 110 (b)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/51/619/Add.2)]
51/101.
Culture of peace
The General Assembly,
Recalling the preamble to the Charter of the United Nations and the
purposes and principles of the United Nations,
Recalling also its resolution 50/173 of 22 December 1995 entitled
"United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education: towards a culture of
peace", in which it expressed satisfaction with the transdisciplinary project
adopted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization entitled "Towards a culture of peace", in particular unit 1,
entitled "Education for peace, human rights, democracy, international
understanding and tolerance",
Considering that the Plan of Action for the United Nations Decade for
Human Rights Education, 1995-2004,1 will make a fundamental contribution to
understanding and peace and is consistent with the transdisciplinary project
entitled "Towards a culture of peace",
Taking note of the World Plan of Action on Education for Human Rights
and Democracy,2 adopted by the International Congress on Education for Human
Rights and Democracy convened by the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization at Montreal from 8 to 11 March 1993, the Plan of
Action for the United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education, 1995-2004,
and all relevant provisions included in the declarations and programmes of
1
A/49/261/Add.1-E/1994/110/Add.1, annex.
2
See A/CONF.157/PC/42/Add.6.
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