A/RES/72/170
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
23 January 2018
Seventy-second session
Agenda item 72 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 19 December 2017
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/72/439/Add.2)]
72/170.
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, 58/167 of 22 December 2003,
60/167 of 16 December 2005, 62/155 of 18 December 2007, 64/174 of 18 December
2009, 66/154 of 19 December 2011 and 68/159 of 18 December 2013, 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 amo ng
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 p roclaimed 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 report of the Secretary-General, 4 in which the critical role
played by education, including civic and human rights education focused on instilling
tolerance and the value of diversity of cultures was highlighted, and different
experiences and perspectives were reflected in this regard,
Recalling that, as stated in the Declaration on Principles of International Law
concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with the
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Resolution 217 A (III).
See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
See United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Records of the General
Conference, Fourteenth Session, Paris, 1966, Resolutions.
A/72/289.
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