A/RES/75/200
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
28 December 2020
Seventy-fifth session
Agenda item 15
Culture of peace
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 21 December 2020
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/75/L.52 and A/75/L.52/Add.1)]
75/200.
International Day of Human Fraternity
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 36/55 of 25 November 1981, by which it proclaimed the
Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination
Based on Religion or Belief,
Recalling also that in its resolution 67/104 of 17 December 2012 the General
Assembly proclaimed the period 2013–2022 as the International Decade for the
Rapprochement of Cultures,
Recognizing the importance of the Declaration and Programme of Action on a
Culture of Peace, 2 which serve as the universal mandate for the international
community, particularly the United Nations system, for the promotion of a culture of
peace and non-violence that benefits humanity, in particular future generations, an d
recalling in this regard its resolution 72/130 of 8 December 2017, by which it declared
16 May the international Day of Living Together in Peace,
Expressing deep concern at those acts that advocate religious hatred and thereby
undermine the spirit of tolerance and respect for diversity, especially at a time when
the world confronts the unprecedented crisis caused by the coronavirus disease
(COVID-19) pandemic, which requires a global response based on un ity, solidarity
and renewed multilateral cooperation,
Recognizing the valuable contribution of people of all religions or beliefs to
humanity and the contribution that dialogue among all religious groups can make
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Resolution 217 A (III).
Resolutions 53/243 A and B.
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