Thank you for the opportunity to take part in this Day of Commemoration of Victims of the Holocaust, and to share with you all, the hope to build a culture of peace through understanding.

UNESCO: UN International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2013

Established in 1946, UNESCO works for world peace and international understanding through its key programme areas: education, natural and social sciences, culture, and communication and information.

UNESCO: Post-Conflict and Post-Disaster Responses

In line with its mandate to promote mutual understanding, tolerance, reconciliation and peace through dialogue, UNESCO launched the Silk Roads Project in 1988.

UNESCO: CULTURE

For UNESCO, lasting peace must be built on the basis of dialogue, through respect, mutual understanding and reconciliation.

UNESCO: Message from Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, 29 November 2012 | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

We act to strengthen a culture of peace and non-violence through intercultural and interfaith dialogue, and by fostering mutual understanding and promoting reconciliation.

UNESCO: Peace and Democracy: Make Your Voice Heard