Culture of peace : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.

Calls for the promotion of a culture of peace based on the principles established in the Charter of UN, respect for human rights, democracy, tolerance, dialogue, cultural diversity and reconciliation and efforts to promote development, education for peace, the free flow of information and the wider participation of women, as an integral approach to prevent violence and conflicts and to contribute to the creation of conditions for peace and its consolidation; welcomes the establishment of the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Prize on the Research for Peace by the General Conference of Unesco; requests the Secretary-General, in coordination with the Director-General of Unesco to report to the General Assembly at its 52nd session on the implementation of the present resolution and on the progress of educational activities within the framework of the transdisciplinary project entitled "Towards a culture of peace".

Adopted without vote, 82nd meeting

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Adopted at the 82nd plenary meeting, 12 Dec. 1996.