One area of collateral damage from those attacks has been our own capacity to sustain cultural tolerance.
Mr Milosz liked to describe himself as the last citizen of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, a medieval superpower that stretched from the Baltic to the Black Sea, noted for its religious and cultural tolerance.
It aims to help develop better awareness of linguistic and cultural traditions based on understanding, tolerance and dialogue.
As leader of the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures, UNESCO is promoting cultural diversity as a way to build tolerance and overcome discrimination.
Citizenship is a key vehicle in the delivery of study themes for the UNESCO Associated Schools network and in promoting the values of UNESCO such as human rights, peace, tolerance and sustainable development and cultural diversity.
Gary Patton, the director of the Pentagon's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office, said that in his five decades of service, he's seen massive cultural change in the military, including racial tolerance and increasing acceptance of gay and lesbian troops.
The prize rewards outstanding activities in the scientific, artistic, cultural or communication field aimed at the promotion of tolerance and non-violence, in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations and the Constitution of UNESCO.
What I also learned though is that such a major change, especially when it goes counter to cultural expectations, requires not only resiliency, but a tolerance of ambivalence.
This, it suggested, pointed to a wider cultural shift in society, which had seen expectations grow and tolerance of poor performance shrink.
The Prize rewards significant activities in the scientific, artistic, cultural or communication fields aimed at the promotion of a spirit of tolerance and non-violence.
UNESCO: Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence 2009
Among that lopsidedness is the intentional training of students to disdain America, freely experiment sexually, forcefully defend issues such as abortion and homosexuality, and become cultural advocates for political correctness, relativism, globalization, green agendas and tolerance for all.
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The attack on Timbuktu's cultural heritage is an attack against this history and the values it carries -- values of tolerance, exchange and living together, which lie at the heart of Islam.
As a prominent advocate of cultural dialogue, he has promoted values such as the advancement of women, respect for others, creative diversity and tolerance.
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