Progress in Interreligious Dialogue
2011 - UN Secretary-General's report: Intercultural, interreligious and intercivilizational dialogue
2011 - First Week of February designated World Interfaith Harmony Week (UN General Assembly resolution 65/5)
2010 - UN International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures
2009 - UN International Year of Reconciliation
2008 - World Conference on Dialogue in Madrid proposed that the UN create an interreligious council.
2007 & 2008 - High-Level Dialogues on Interreligious and Intercultural Understanding and Cooperation for Peace in the General Assembly (2007, 2008)
2008 - Focal Point created in ECOSOC for interreligious, intercultural and intercivilizational dialogue and cooperation efforts
2006 - Tripartite Forum on Interfaith Cooperation for Peace began hosting joint meetings in New York of staff from UN missions, UN offices, and NGOs.
2005 - Committee of Religious NGOs formed at the UN
2004 - UN NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns began hosting a Week of Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns every fall at the UN.
UN General Assembly Resolutions
Promotion of Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue, Understanding and Cooperation for Peace, GA 66/226, adopted 23 December 2011
Promotion of Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue, Understanding, and Cooperation for Peace, GA 65/138, adopted 16 December 2010
Promotion of Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue, Understanding, and Cooperation for Peace, GA 64/81, adopted 7 December 2009
Promotion of Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue, Understanding, and Cooperation for Peace, GA 60/10, adopted 3 November 2005
Promotion of Interreligious Dialogue, GA 59/23, adopted 11 November 2004
Promotion of Religious and Cultural Understanding, Harmony, and Cooperation, GA 58/128, adopted 19 December 2003
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