United Nations General Assembly A/RES/58/128 Distr.: General 19 February 2004 Fifty-eighth session Agenda item 44 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2003 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/58/L.52 and Add.1)] 58/128. Promotion of religious and cultural understanding, harmony and cooperation The General Assembly, Reaffirming the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1 Underlining the importance of promoting understanding, tolerance and friendship among human beings in all their diversity of religion, belief, culture and language, and recalling that all States have pledged themselves under the Charter to promote and encourage universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion, Affirming that inter-religious dialogue is an integral part of the efforts to translate shared values, as reflected in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 2 into actions, in particular the efforts to promote a culture of peace and dialogue among civilizations, Recalling its resolution 57/6 of 4 November 2002, in which it invited Member States to expand their activities promoting a culture of peace and non-violence at the national, regional and international levels, Recalling also its other relevant resolutions, Recalling with satisfaction the proclamation of the Global Agenda for Dialogue among Civilizations, 3 bearing in mind the valuable contribution that dialogue among civilizations can make to an improved awareness and understanding of the common values shared by all humankind, _______________ 1 Resolution 217 A (III). See resolution 55/2. 3 Resolution 56/6. 2 03 50226