Elimination of all forms of religious intolerance : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.

Reaffirms that freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief is a right guaranteed to all without discrimination; urges all States to take all appropriate measures to combat intolerance and to encourage understanding, tolerance and respect in matters relating to freedom of religion or belief and to examine where necessary the supervision and training of their civil servants, educators and other public officials to ensure that, in the course of their official duties, they respect different religions and beliefs and do not discriminate against persons professing other religions or beliefs; calls upon all States to recognize, as provided in the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, the right of all persons to worship or assemble in connection with a religion or belief, and to establish and maintain places for these purposes; also calls upon States in accordance with their national legislation to exert utmost efforts to ensure that religious places and shrines are fully respected and protected; urges all States to consider disseminating the text of the Declaration in their respective national languages and to facilitate its dissemination in national and local languages.

Adopted without vote, 68th meeting

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Adopted at the 68th plenary meeting, 14 Dec. 1990.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 45th session, Volume 1, 18 September-21 December 1990. - A/45/49. - 1991. - p. 241-243. - (GAOR, 45th sess., Suppl. no. 49).