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(m) To promote and encourage, through education and other means, including regional or
international cultural exchanges, understanding, tolerance and respect in all matters relating to
freedom of religion or belief;
10. Stresses the need to strengthen dialogue, inter alia through the Global Agenda for
Dialogue among Civilizations and the Alliance of Civilizations, including through the recently
appointed High Representative of the Secretary-General for the Alliance of Civilizations and the
focal unit created by the General Assembly in its resolution 61/221 within the Secretariat to
interact with various entities in the United Nations system and coordinate their contribution to
dialogue;
11. Invites all actors to address in the context of that dialogue, inter alia, the following
issues within the framework of international human rights:
(a)
The rise of religious extremism affecting religions in all parts of the world;
(b) The situations of violence and discrimination that affect many women as well as
individuals from other vulnerable groups in the name of religion or belief or due to cultural and
traditional practices;
(c) The abuse of religion or belief for ends inconsistent with the Charter of the
United Nations and other relevant instruments of the United Nations;
12. Emphasizes the importance of a continued and strengthened dialogue among and
within religions or beliefs, at all levels and with a broader participation including of women, to
promote greater tolerance, respect and mutual understanding;
13. Also emphasizes that no religion should be equated with terrorism, as this may have
adverse consequences on the enjoyment of the right to freedom of religion or belief of all
members of the religious communities concerned;
14. Further emphasizes that, as underlined by the Human Rights Committee, restrictions
on the freedom to manifest religion or belief are permitted only if limitations are prescribed by
law, are necessary to protect public safety, order, health or morals, or the fundamental rights and
freedoms of others, and are applied in a manner that does not vitiate the right to freedom of
thought, conscience and religion;
15. Recommends that the United Nations and other actors, including non-governmental
organizations and bodies and groups based on religion or belief, in their efforts to promote
freedom of religion or belief, ensure the widest possible dissemination of the text of the
Declaration, in as many different languages as possible, and promote its implementation;
16.
Welcomes the work of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief;
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