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Issue 13: December 2001
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Issue 13: December 2001 |
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| UNU releases framework to promote Dialogue of Civilizations Following
five workshops and two international conferences in the past year, the UNU
has developed a four-part framework for action
to promote the Dialogue of
Civilizations. Based on the conviction that
dialogue of civilizations can and should be developed into a new paradigm
for international relations, the framework outlines the basic
characteristics of a meaningful dialogue and what different actors at
different levels of governance can do to foster those qualities. The paper says the Dialogue of Civilizations has great potential to help prevent conflicts – on the international, national and local levels – by reducing misunderstandings and mistrust, and by laying the foundation for a non-violent resolution of controversies. It also has enormous potential to solve current and future economic, social and political problems by sharing experiences and through joint implementation of remedies. UNU, in co-operation with UNESCO, took the initiative in response to the Nov. 1998 proclamation of 2001 as the United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations, intended to increase mutual understanding and tolerance among peoples of different cultural backgrounds through an active exchange of ideas, visions and aspirations.
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