United Nations A/RES/60/11 General Assembly Distr.: General 6 January 2006 Sixtieth session Agenda item 43 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 3 November 2005 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/60/L.10 and Add.1)] 60/11. 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 in particular the right to freedom of thought, of conscience and of religion, Recalling the Global Agenda for Dialogue among Civilizations 2 and the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 3 as well as the principles contained therein, 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, Taking note of the adoption of the 2005 World Summit Outcome at the Highlevel Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly, 4 which acknowledges the importance of respect and understanding for religious and cultural diversity throughout the world, and emphasizing the commitment contained therein to advance human welfare, freedom and progress everywhere, as well as to encourage tolerance, respect, dialogue and cooperation among different cultures, civilizations and peoples, in order to promote international peace and security, Recalling its resolutions 59/23 of 11 November 2004 and 59/142 and 59/143 of 15 December 2004, and all other relevant resolutions, _______________ 1 Resolution 217 A (III). Resolution 56/6. 3 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Records of the General Conference, Thirty-first Session, Paris, 15 October–3 November 2001, vol. 1: Resolutions, chap. V, resolution 25, annex I. 4 See resolution 60/1. 2 05-48820