United Nations
A/RES/60/167
General Assembly
Distr.: General
7 March 2006
Sixtieth session
Agenda item 71 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 16 December 2005
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/60/509/Add.2 (Part II))]
60/167. Human rights and cultural diversity
The General Assembly,
Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1 the International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 2 and the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,2 as well as other pertinent human rights
instruments,
Recalling also its resolutions 54/160 of 17 December 1999, 55/91 of
4 December 2000, 57/204 of 18 December 2002 and 58/167 of 22 December 2003,
and recalling further its resolutions 54/113 of 10 December 1999, 55/23 of
13 November 2000 and 60/4 of 20 October 2005 concerning the United Nations
Year of Dialogue among Civilizations,
Noting that numerous instruments within the United Nations system promote
cultural diversity, as well as the conservation and development of culture, in
particular the Declaration of the Principles of International Culture Cooperation
proclaimed on 4 November 1966 by the General Conference of the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization at its fourteenth session, 3
Taking note of the note by the Secretary-General, 4
Welcoming the adoption of the Global Agenda for Dialogue among
Civilizations by its resolution 56/6 of 9 November 2001,
Welcoming also the contribution of the World Conference against Racism,
Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, held at Durban, South
Africa, from 31 August to 8 September 2001, to the promotion of respect for
cultural diversity,
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1
Resolution 217 A (III).
See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3
See United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Records of the General
Conference, Fourteenth Session, Paris, 1966, Resolutions.
4
A/60/340.
2
05-49762