The International Day for Tolerance is observed on 16 November as an occasion both for tolerance education and for reflection and debate on intolerance. As Secretary-General Kofi Annan on
14 September 2004 told an inter-faith service at St. Bartholomew's Church in New York, tolerance is essential and should be defined broadly. Suspicion and prejudice between cultures, he said, can only be overcome when there is "an active effort to learn more about each other, to understand the wellsprings of those differences, and to discover what is best in each other's beliefs and traditions."
Below are UN Chronicle features on fostering dialogue, combatting different forms of intolerance and the "Unlearning Intolerance" seminar series, as well as links to related informational and educational sites.
LINKS RELATED TO TOLERANCE
>> Resources at the UN - Dag Hammarskjöld Library
>> "Give life to values of tolerance, justice, peace", says Secretary-General in message to United Nations Orthodox community - Press release
>> "Universal language of sport brings people together, teaches teamwork, tolerance", says Secretary-General Kofi Annan - Press release
>> Racial Discrimination - UN Cyberschoolbus
>> Ethnic Discrimination - UN Cyberschoolbus
>> Intolerance in Northern Ireland - UN Works
>> Tolerance Programme - UNESCO
>> UNHCHR
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