Culture of peace: High-level Dialogue on Interreligious and Intercultural Understanding and Cooperation for Peace
Background
Promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace
At its sixty-first session, the General Assembly decided to convene in 2007 a highlevel dialogue on interreligious and intercultural cooperation for the promotion of tolerance, understanding and universal respect on matters of freedom of religion or belief and cultural diversity, in coordination with other similar initiatives in this area and to consider declaring one of the coming years as the Year of Dialogue among Religions and Cultures. The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to ensure the systematic and organizational follow-up of all interreligious, intercultural and intercivilizational matters within the United Nations system and overall coordination and coherence in its interreligious, intercultural and intercivilizational dialogue and cooperation efforts, inter alia, through the designation of a focal unit in the Secretariat to handle these matters. It also requested the Secretary-General to report to it at its sixty-second session on the implementation of the resolution (resolution 61/221).
At the same session, the General Assembly decided to hold the High-level Dialogue on Interreligious and Intercultural Understanding and Cooperation for Peace on 4 and 5 October 2007 at the ministerial or highest possible level (resolution 61/269).
