It has helped our people, which comprise many races and religions, to have absolute freedom in practicing their own cultures and to live in peace and harmony.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

Only if there is an allocation of sufficient human and financial resources for preservation, can we ensure that future generations will be able to savour those cultures that now live on only through audiovisual recordings.

UNESCO: Communication and Information

That is why I am convinced that there is a need first to single out those most burning issues of our time on which we have division, that is, the environment in which we live, the diversity of cultures, and the problem of the sovereignty of the individual.

UNESCO: Dialogue among civilizations: Address by Alexandre Yakovlev (Russian Federation)

As a consequence we all bear responsibility for the cultures in which we live that ultimately make and re-make who we are.

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