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Unlearning Intolerance |
| The United Nations Department of Public Information has
initiated a series of seminars entitled "Unlearning
Intolerance" that will examine different manifestations of
intolerance and explore ways in which education and civil society can
help overcome them. The first meeting in the series, held at UN
Headquarters on 21 June 2004, focused on "Confronting
anti-Semitism: Education for Tolerance and Understanding". The
day-long event engaged experts, religious leaders and wider civil
society in a discussion on how best to meet this challenge. Below are articles and links from the UN Chronicle and its online edition covering this first ever United Nations conference on anti-Semitism, as well as several selections from the magazine related to the broader issue of tolerance. DPI SEMINAR ON ANTI-SEMITISM Web Article, June 2004 Secretary-General: 'Jews everywhere must feel that the United Nations is their home too.' Detailed account of the day-long seminar http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2004/webArticles/062104_sg_remarks2.asp Web Article, June 2004 Opening Remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2004/webArticles/062104_sg_remarks.asp Web Article, June 2004 "Unlearning Intolerance": Series opens with discussion on confronting anti-Semitism http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2004/webArticles/061404_Conference.asp UNDERSTANDING TOLERANCE Issue 4, 2003 'The Whole World Knew But Did Nothing' Jacqueline Murekatete, an 18-year-old student in New York City, fled her home country, Rwanda, following the ethnic conflict that claimed most of her family http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2003/issue4/0403p26.asp Issue 3, 2003 Education as a Matter of Policy Ghassan Abdullah and Adina Shapiro, co-Directors of the Middle East Children's Association (MECA) http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2003/issue3/0303p58.asp Issue 3, 2003 Learning the Art of Making Peace Carole Sumner Krechman, President of the Peacemaker Corps Brandon F. Shamim, President of Beacon Management Group http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2003/issue3/0303p50.asp Issue 2, 2002 Measuring Civilization By Mark Lattimer, Director of Minority Rights Group International http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2002/issue2/0202p53_essay_measuring_civilization.html Issue 2, 2001 Mission Statement: Towards Real Mutual Tolerance By Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2001/issue2/0102p45.htm Issue 2, 2001 A Vast, Afflicted Landscape By Michael E. Sherifis, Chairman of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2001/issue2/0102p27.htm LINKS RELATED TO "UNLEARNING INTOLERANCE" "Diaspora: Homelands in Exile" An exhibition of work by the French photographer Frédéric Brenner is open for viewing by the public[free admission] at United Nations Headquarters from 15 June to 9 July. This exhibition was organized in conjunction with the seminar "Confronting anti-Semitism: Education for Tolerance and Understanding". http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2004/note5871.doc.htm UN Cyberschoolbus - Unlearning Intolerance http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/discrim/race.asp UN Works - Intolerance in Northern Ireland http://www.un.org/works/goingon/ireland/ireland.html UNESCO - Tolerance Programme http://www.unesco.org/tolerance/ UNHCHR http://www.unhchr.ch/ |