United Nations
A/RES/71/249
General Assembly
Distr.: General
20 January 2017
Seventy-first session
Agenda item 14
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 December 2016
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/71/L.43 and Add.1)]
71/249. 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 70/19 of 3 December 2015 on the promotion of
interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and coop eration for peace
and its other related resolutions,
Recalling also that, in its resolution 67/104 of 17 December 2012, it
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 resolutions 70/109 of 10 December 2015 on a world against
violence and violent extremism and 70/291 of 1 July 2016 on the United Nations
Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy Review,
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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