United Nations
A/RES/60/10
General Assembly
Distr.: General
6 January 2006
Sixtieth session
Agenda item 43
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 3 November 2005
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/60/L.4/Rev.1 and Add.1)]
60/10. Promotion of interreligious dialogue and cooperation
for peace
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United
Nations,
Recalling its resolutions 56/6 of 9 November 2001, on the Global Agenda for
Dialogue among Civilizations, 57/6 of 4 November 2002, concerning the promotion
of a culture of peace and non-violence, 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, 59/199 of 20 December 2004, on
the elimination of all forms of religious intolerance, and 59/23 of 11 November
2004, on the promotion of interreligious dialogue,
Recalling also the 2005 World Summit Outcome of 16 September 2005, 1 in
which the Heads of State and Government reaffirmed the value of the dialogue on
interfaith cooperation and committed themselves to taking action to promote a
culture of peace and dialogue at the local, national, regional and international levels,
Affirming the need for all States to continue international efforts to enhance
dialogue and broaden understanding among civilizations, in an effort to prevent the
indiscriminate targeting of different religions and cultures, 2
Underlining the importance of promoting understanding, tolerance and
friendship among human beings in all their diversity of religion, belief, culture and
language, and recalling that all States have pledged themselves under the Charter to
promote and encourage universal respect for and observance of human rights and
fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or
religion,
Taking note of several mutually inclusive and reinforcing initiatives on
interreligious, intercultural and intercivilizational dialogues and cooperation for
peace, 3 including the Regional Summit on Interreligious and Inter-ethnic Dialogue,
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1
See resolution 60/1.
As recognized also in Security Council resolution 1624 (2005).
3
See A/60/201.
2
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