A/RES/51/95
Page 2
Reconfirming that tolerance is the sound foundation of any civil society
and of peace,
Taking note of the note by the Secretary-General4 transmitting the final
report on the United Nations Year for Tolerance, including the Declaration of
Principles on Tolerance and the Follow-up Plan of Action for the United
Nations Year for Tolerance, submitted to him by the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as requested by the General
Assembly in its resolution 49/213,
Taking note also of resolution 5.6 adopted by the General Conference of
the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization at its
twenty-eighth session,5
1.
Welcomes the role played by the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization in the preparation for and implementation
of the United Nations Year for Tolerance;
2.
Takes note of the Declaration of Principles on Tolerance and the
Follow-up Plan of Action for the United Nations Year for Tolerance, adopted by
the States members of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization on 16 November 1995;4
3.
Expresses its appreciation for the contribution of the regional
conferences on tolerance and other relevant activities organized during the
United Nations Year for Tolerance at Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Seoul (Republic
of Korea), Sienna (Italy), Carthage (Tunisia), New Delhi (India), Moscow and
Yakutsk (Russian Federation), Tbilisi (Georgia) and Istanbul (Turkey) to the
Declaration of Principles and the Follow-up Plan of Action for the promotion
of tolerance;
4.
Invites the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization to take appropriate initiatives, including holding regional
meetings, to assure the follow-up and implementation of the outcome of the
regional conferences organized during the United Nations Year for Tolerance
and to promote further the spirit instigated by those conferences;
5.
Invites Member States to consider applying the Declaration of
Principles at the national level and to continue to undertake public
information campaigns in connection with the Follow-up Plan of Action aimed at
the realization of more tolerant societies;
6.
Also invites Member States to observe the International Day for
Tolerance annually on 16 November with appropriate activities directed towards
both educational establishments and the wider public;
4
A/51/201.
5
See United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization,
Records of the General Conference, Twenty-eighth Session, Paris, 25 October-16
November 1995, vol. 1, Resolutions, sect. IV.
/...