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15. Urges States to ensure equal access to education for all, in law and in
practice, including access to free primary education for all children, both girls and
boys, and access for adults to lifelong learning and education based on respect for
human rights, diversity and tolerance, without discrimination of any kind, and to
refrain from any legal or other measures leading to racial segregation in access to
schooling;
16. Calls upon the international community to foster a global dialogue to
promote a culture of tolerance and peace based on respect for human rights and
diversity of religion and belief, and urges States, non-governmental organizations,
religious bodies and the print and electronic media to support and participate in such
a dialogue;
17. Affirms that the Human Rights Council shall promote universal respect
for all religious and cultural values and address instances of intolerance,
discrimination and incitement of hatred against members of any community or
adherents of any religion;
18. Takes note of the efforts of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights to promote and include human rights aspects in educational
programmes, particularly the World Programme for Human Rights Education
proclaimed by the General Assembly on 10 December 2004, 6 and calls upon the
High Commissioner:
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(a) To continue those efforts, focusing on the contributions of cultures, as
well as religious and cultural diversity;
(b) To collaborate with other relevant international organizations in holding
joint conferences designed to encourage the dialogue among civilizations and
promote understanding of the universality of human rights and their implementation
at various levels, in particular the Office of the United Nations High Representative
for the Alliance of Civilizations and the unit within the Secretariat mandated to
interact with various entities within the United Nations system and coordinate their
contribution to the intergovernmental process;
19. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report on the implementation
of the present resolution, including on the possible correlation between defamation
of religions and the upsurge in incitement, intolerance and hatred in many parts of
the world, to the General Assembly at its sixty-third session.
76th plenary meeting
18 December 2007
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See resolutions 59/113 A and B.