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TOLERANCE

UNESCO

Declaration of Principles on Tolerance
16 November 1995 

Prof. Federico Mayor, UN Alliance of Civilizations

Jean Michel Jarre - Eldorado/Song for Tolerance (UNESCO)

band and Khaled live in the UNESCO HQ to celebrate their 50th birthday. This was recorded November 16 1995

UNMD (6) Tolerance. Human beings must respect each other, in all their diversity of belief, culture and language. Differences within and between societies should be neither feared nor repressed, but cherished as a precious asset of humanity. A Culture of Peace and Dialogue among all civilizations should be actively promoted.

UNC Preamble:... And for these Ends to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbors, and to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security, and to ensure by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest, and to employ international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples, Have Resolved to Combine ours Efforts to Accomplish these Aims...

OGN II: The Preamble of the United Nations Charter pledged the resolve of the peoples of the world ‘to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours’. Those who drafted these words were not the first to hold out a vision of one world in which all people are neighbours. A similar ideal had inspired the League of Nations earlier in the century. And long before that, philosophers and religious and political thinkers had spoken of ‘the family of man’. The commitment to care for others, to the highest quality of behaviour among human beings, is for many cultures embodied in the metaphor of being a ‘good neighbour’. As human social organization has evolved to encompass knowledge of, and loyalty to, wider and wider human groups, the scope of neighbourly duties has expanded. Even in 1945, few could envision the world as one neighbourhood. But the changes of the last half-century have begun to transform the incipient global neighbourhood into a reality... Mutual Respect: Tolerance is indispensable for peaceful relations in any society. When it is transmuted into the more active attribute of mutual respect, the quality of relationships is distinctly raised. Mutual respect therefore offers a basis for making a plural society—which is what the global neighbourhood is—not only stable but one that values and is enriched by its diversity.

/Intolerance

OGN II: Throughout history, intolerance has tended to intensify in difficult or uncertain periods. Racial and religious extremism has shown a marked increase in many parts of the world recently. There have been virulent eruptions of ethnic animosities, and some nationalist movements have displayed xenophobic edges. Neo-Fascist movements have appeared or gathered strength in some parts of Europe, and ethnic minorities have been early targets of their violence. Elsewhere, religious extremists have been ready to use violence to achieve their goals. Many civil conflicts have shown extreme levels of violence and brutality. Some assertions of particular identities may in part be a reaction against globalization and homogenization, as well as modernization and secularization. Whatever the causes, their common stamp is intolerance... The world community should reassert the importance of tolerance and respect for ‘the other’: respect for other people, other races, other beliefs, other sexual orientations, other cultures. It must be resolute in upholding these values and offering protection against the actions of those who would trample them. The guiding principle should be that all groups and individuals have a right to live as they see fit so long as they do not violate the coequal rights and liberties of others.

HAPJ 5. Eliminate Racial, Ethnic, Religious and Gender Intolerance Ethnic, religious and racial intolerance and nationalism are among the principal sources of modern armed conflict. The Hague Appeal for Peace supports: Efforts to eliminate the political manipulation of racial, ethnic, religious and gender differences for political and economic purposes... The inclusion of hate crimes in the world’s judicial systems... Education and legislation designed to overcome homophobia...