A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/48/126 14 February 1994 Forty-eighth session Agenda item 114 (b) RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Third Committee (A/48/632/Add.2)] 48/126. United Nations Year for Tolerance The General Assembly, Recalling that the Charter of the United Nations affirms in its preamble that to practise tolerance is one of the principles to be applied to attain the ends pursued by the United Nations of preventing war and maintaining peace, Recalling also that one of the purposes of the United Nations as set forth in the Charter is the achievement of international cooperation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural or humanitarian character and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion, Mindful of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1/ and of the International Covenants on Human Rights, 2/ Bearing in mind the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, 3/ adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights, held at Vienna from 14 to 25 June 1993, __________ 1/ Resolution 217 A (III). 2/ Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. 3/ A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III. /...