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The following United Nations entities and international organizations contributed suggestions to the Declaration and Programme of Action: the Commonwealth, the Council of Europe, the International Maritime Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , the Organization of American States, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the United Nations Department of Political Affairs, the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, the United Nations Population Fund, the United Nations University, the United Nations Volunteers, the Universal Postal Union, the World Bank, and the World Health Organization.

Preamble of the Charter of the United Nations

Records of the Twenty-eighth General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (1995) vol. 1 Resolution 0.12, Medium-Term Strategy for 1996-2001.

Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly A/RES/52/13, adopted on 20 November 1997.

The Seville Statement on Violence, UNESCO, 1991.

Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly A/RES/52/15, Proclamation of the year 2000 as the International Year for the Culture of Peace, adopted on 20 November 1997, recalling Economic and Social Council resolution 1997/47 or 22 July 1997.

Preamble of the Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

United Nations Organization: The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948); the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1965); the Declaration on the Promotion among Youth of the Ideals of Peace, Mutual Respect and Understanding between Peoples (1965); the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966); the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966); the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979); the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief (1981); the Declaration on the Right to Development (1986); the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989); the Declaration on the Rights of Persons belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (1992); Agenda 21 adopted by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Rio de Janeiro, 1992); the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action of the World Conference on Human Rights (1993); the Copenhagen Declaration and Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development (1995); the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action of the Fourth World Conference on Women (1995); and the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond of the Vienna World Youth Forum (1996). UNESCO: The Convention against Discrimination in Education (1960); the Declaration of the Principles of International Cultural Co-operation (1966); the Recommendation concerning Education for International Understanding, Co-operation and Peace and Education relating to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1974); the Declaration on Race and Racial Prejudice (1978); the Declaration of the 44th Session of the International Conference on Education (1994) and the Integrated Framework of Action on Education for Peace, Human Rights and Democracy endorsed and approved by the twenty eighth session of the UNESCO General Conference, Resolution 28C/5.41 (1995); the Declaration of Principles on Tolerance (1995); and the Declaration on the Responsibilities of the Present Generations towards Future Generations (1997).

Learning: The Treasure Within, report submitted to UNESCO by the International Commission on Education for the Twenty-first Century (UNESCO, 1996).

Our Creative Diversity, report submitted to UNESCO by the World Commission on Culture and Development (UNESCO, 1995).

Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing 1995), Platform for Action, Strategic objective E.4 (A/CONF. 177/20, 17 October 1995).

Records of the Twenty-eighth General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (1995), vol. 1, Resolution 5.15, Women's contribution to a culture of peace.

The World Declaration on Education for All (Jomtien, 1990), UNESCO, 1990.

The Copenhagen Declaration, World Summit for Social Development, art. 5.

The Copenhagen Programme of Action, World Summit for Social Development, para 82.

The Copenhagen Declaration, op. cit., arts. 4 and 5.

Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing, 4-15 September 1995), Annex II, Platform for Action, para. 131.

Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, op. cit., (para. 134).

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, art. 19.

Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Rio de Janeiro, 3-14 June 1992), Annex II, Agenda 21, paras. 35.20 - 35.25.

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