ZAGREB, June 19 (Hina) - UNESCO Director-General Federico Mayor on Friday called for the launch of a campaign to restore tolerance, dialogue and solidarity in the Balkans, offering the assistance of the UNESCO (UN Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organisation) in peace and human rights education. "As plans for reconstructing the Balkans get underway, we must, once and for all, address the root causes of the violence and strife that have ravaged the region for almost a decade. For efforts to create the material conditions necessary for a return to normality will be ineffectual, and conflict will flare up again, if these root causes are not addressed at the level of the region as a whole," read Mayor's statement released by the Paris-based UNESCO News Service on Friday. UNESCO Director-General maintains that the campaign should be launched immediately "to help the peoples of the
ZAGREB, June 19 (Hina) - UNESCO Director-General Federico Mayor on
Friday called for the launch of a campaign to restore tolerance,
dialogue and solidarity in the Balkans, offering the assistance of
the UNESCO (UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation)
in peace and human rights education.
"As plans for reconstructing the Balkans get underway, we must,
once and for all, address the root causes of the violence and strife
that have ravaged the region for almost a decade. For efforts to
create the material conditions necessary for a return to normality
will be ineffectual, and conflict will flare up again, if these root
causes are not addressed at the level of the region as a whole," read
Mayor's statement released by the Paris-based UNESCO News Service
on Friday.
UNESCO Director-General maintains that the campaign should be
launched immediately "to help the peoples of the Balkans engage in
inter-community dialogue to allow them to live together in peace
with a shared vision of their future," the statement added.
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