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Acknowledgements...................................................................................3
Foreword..................................................................................................4
Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO
Preface......................................................................................................5
Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Supporting statements for The International Decade for the
Rapprochement of Cultures:
Farida Shaheed, United Nations Special Rapporteur
in the field of cultural rights......................................................................8
Heiner Bielefeldt, United Nations Special Rapporteur
on freedom of religion or belief.................................................................9
Taleb Rifai, Secretary-General,
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).................................................10
Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization...11
H.E. Mr Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, United Nations
High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations................................12
Abulfas Garayev, Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Republic
of Azerbaijan, Chair of the Organizing Committee of the World Forum
on Intercultural Dialogue........................................................................13
The democracy relay: around the world in eight projects.........................14
Annika Savill, Executive Head ad interim, United Nations Democracy Fund
Education beyond the classroom: mobilizing against
radicalization and recruitment.................................................................17
Edit Schlaffer, Women without Borders, Vienna
Intercultural solidarity among people in poverty.....................................21
Diana Skelton, ATD Fourth World
Dialogue between (and within) cultures is essential
for the world’s food security....................................................................25
Marcela Villarreal, Director, Office of Partnerships, Advocacy and Capacity
Development, Food and Agriculture Organization
Building a framework for commonly shared values to foster
social cohesion........................................................................................30
Iyad Ameen Madani, Secretary General, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
The Baku Process – the power of intercultural dialogue
in a diverse world....................................................................................34
Professor Sevda Mammadaliyeva and Vasif Eyvazzade, Ministry of Culture and
Tourism, Republic of Azerbaijan and World Forum Organizing Committee
Kazakhstan and the International Decade for the
Rapprochement of Cultures....................................................................38
Olzhas Suleimenov, Ambassador, President of the ‘Culture’ Foundation, Kazakhstan
The Youth Volunteering and Dialogue International Conference.............42
H.E. Dr Ziad Aldrees, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia to UNESCO
Agree to differ in matters of ultimate concern:
religious diversity and interreligious dialogue..........................................46
Faisal Bin Abdulrahman Bin Muaammar, the King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz
International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue
Sense of belonging and social cohesion in fragmented societies:
a normative approach from Latin America...............................................50
Ana Sojo, Social Affairs Officer, Social Development Division, Economic
Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Chile
The role of youth in promoting cultural diversity. ...................................54
Ediola Pashollari, Secretary General, World Assembly of Youth
Shared values – the state we are in..........................................................57
Dr Abdallah Bin Bayyah, Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies
Cultural diversity through transformative action research:
translating ideas into real world impact...................................................61
Prof. Fethi Mansouri, Dr David Tittensor and Riccardo Armillei, Alfred Deakin
Research Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation
Sites of understanding and transformation:
M
ā
ori and cross-cultural research............................................................65
Tracey McIntosh (T
ū
hoe), Director, Ng
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Pae o te M
ā
ramatanga, Associate
Professor of Sociology, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Participation: the key to intercultural dialogue
and ethnic inclusion in public services....................................................68
Ángel Cabeza Monteira, Director; Carolina Pérez Dattari, Citizen Participation
Coordinator; and Macarena Lira Turpaud, International Affairs Coordinator,
Directorate of Libraries, Archives and Museums, Chile
Beyond dogma, towards 2030: religious actors driving social change......72
Azza Karam, United Nations Population Fund
UNHCR’s cooperation with faith-based organizations.............................77
José Riera, Special Adviser and Marie-Claude Poirier, Assistant Research
Officer, Division of International Protection, Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees
Advancing religious freedom through interfaith collaboration..................83
Adeel Khan, University of Cambridge, Researcher at the Doha International
Center for Interfaith Dialogue
Living together better: a linguistic contribution.......................................86
Raymond Renard, International Centre for Applied Phonetics, University of
Mons, Belgium
Miracle on Waterloo Street – religious harmony in Singapore..................89
Professor Tommy Koh, Special Adviser, Institute of Policy Studies, Lee Kuan
Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
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