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Human Rights and Cultural Diversity

A/RES/54/160No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda items 116Human rights questions and 116bHuman rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, published in 2000.

What other versions does this mandate have?

16 versions · 2000–2025
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/205
  • 2025A/RES/80/205Human rights and cultural diversityLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2023A/RES/78/201Human rights and cultural diversityCompare with previous version
  • 2022A/RES/76/162Human rights and cultural diversityCompare with previous version
  • 2020A/RES/74/159Human rights and cultural diversityCompare with previous version
  • 2018A/RES/72/170Human rights and cultural diversityCompare with previous version

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 topics
Cultural DevelopmentCultural HeritageHuman RightsReport PreparationRight to Culture

What does this mandate say?

6 operative paragraphs
1
Affirms the importance for all peoples and nations to hold, develop and preserve their cultural heritage and traditions in a national and international atmosphere of peace, tolerance and mutual respect;
2
Recognizes that respect for cultural diversity and the cultural rights of all enhances cultural pluralism, contributing to a wider exchange of knowledge and understanding of cultural background, advancing the application and enjoyment of universally accepted human rights across the world and fostering stable friendly relations among peoples and nations worldwide;
3
Emphasizes that the promotion of cultural pluralism and tolerance at the national and international levels is important for enhancing respect for cultural rights and cultural diversity;
4
Calls upon States, international organizations and United Nations agencies, and invites civil society, including non-governmental organizations, for the purpose of advancing the objectives of peace, development and universally accepted human rights, to recognize and respect cultural diversity;
5
Requests the Secretary-General, in the light of the present resolution, to prepare a report on human rights and cultural diversity, taking into account the views of Member States, relevant United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations, and to submit it to the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session;
6
Decides to continue consideration of this question at its fifty-fifth session under the sub-item entitled “Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms”.

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