A/RES/70/19
United Nations
Distr.: General
10 December 2015
General Assembly
Seventieth session
Agenda item 16
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 3 December 2015
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/70/L.20 and Add.1)]
70/19.
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,
Recalling its resolution 69/140 of 15 December 2014 on the promotion of
interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace
and its other related resolutions,
Recalling also that in its resolution 67/104 of 17 December 2012, the General
Assembly proclaimed the period 2013–2022 the International Decade for the
Rapprochement of Cultures and invited the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization in this context to be the lead agency in the United Nations
system,
Encouraging, in
intercultural dialogue
diversity and mutual
regional, national and
understanding,
this regard, activities aimed at promoting interreligious and
in order to enhance peace and social stability, respect for
respect and to create, at the global level, and also at the
local levels, an environment conducive to peace and mutual
Recalling its resolution 69/312 of 6 July 2015 on the United Nations Alliance
of Civilizations, in which it reaffirmed its support for the Alliance and reiterated the
valuable role of the Alliance in promoting greater understanding and respect among
civilizations, cultures, religions and beliefs,
Recalling also its resolution 68/127 of 18 December 2013 on a world against
violence and violent extremism,
Recalling further its resolution 53/22 of 4 November 1998, by which it
declared 2001 the United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations and
expressed its firm determination to facilitate and promote dialogue among
civilizations,
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Resolution 217 A (III).
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