A/RES/56/6. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2001

• Resolution Number: A/RES/56/6
• Year: 2001
• Session: 56th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/56/6

General Assembly Distr.: General

21 November 2001

Fifty-sixth session

Agenda item 25

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

[without reference to a Main Committee (A/56/L.3 and Add.1)]

56/6. Global Agenda for Dialogue among Civilizations

The Genera l Assembly,

Recalling its resolutions 53/22 of 4 November 1998, 54/113 of 10 December

1999 and 55/23 of 13 November 2000 entitled “United Nations Year of Dialogue

among Civilizations”,

Reaffirming the purposes and principles embodied in the C harter of the United

Nations, which are, inter alia, to develop friendly relations among nations based on

respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, to take

other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace, and to achieve

international cooperation in solving international problems of an economic, social,

cultural or humanitarian character, and in promoting and encouraging respect for

human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race,

sex, language or religion,

Underlining that all Members have undertaken to refrain in their international

relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political

independence of any State, or in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of

the United Nations,

Reaffirming their commitment to the fulfilment of the Universal Declaration of

Human Rights

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as a common standard of achieve ment for all peoples and all nations

and as a source of inspiration for the further promotion and protection of all human

rights and fundamental freedoms – political, social, economic, civil and cultural –

including the right to development,

Underlining that all civilizations celebrate the unity and diversity of

humankind and are enriched and have evolved through dialogue with other

civilizations and that, despite obstacles of intolerance and aggression, there has been

constructive interaction throughout history among various civilizations,

Emphasizing that a common humanity unites all civilizations and allows for

the celebration of the variegated splendour of the highest attainments of this

civilizational diversity, and reaffirming that the civilizational achievements

constitute the collective heritage of humankind,

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