Mr. SHLOMO BROM (Tel Aviv University): The purpose of the dialogue is simply to clarify, to find out how far we can go with Hamas.
But on the eve of the dialogue, Mrs Clinton announced that India, unlike China or even Singapore, had already done enough to earn a waiver from American sanctions.
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Managing the time and cadence of the dialogue, pulling out of the inevitable rabbit holes in the dialogue, and getting the right balance of presentation and discussion is key.
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"I believe and many of us here believe that what happened is one dimension of the failure of international dialogue and the dialogue of civilisations, " he told the BBC's Newshour programme.
Through a variety of activities, events, collaborations and international meetings, the UNESCO Chair at the University of Nicosia systematically works for the promotion of cultural diversity, the encouragement of intercultural dialogue and the promotion of a culture of peace.
But at the end of the dialogue, if we will not reach an agreement, we must agree on the one most important principle -- that the majority will decide, a democratic majority, and everybody, everybody, will respect it.
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On the sidelines of the forum, the Director-General met with the Minister of Culture of Azerbaijan in preparation of the 2nd Summit of Intercultural Dialogue in Baku and the next Committee of Intangible Cultural Heritage, to be held in Azerbaijan.
Inevitably, a tragedy such as what we have experienced in Newtown, Connecticut brings the discussion about guns and violence in our society to the front of the American dialogue where it often lingers for a short time before receding to the background of the national discussion.
Welcoming the resumption of the high-level dialogue between the Governments of Sudan and Chad, as well as their singing of the Accord on Normalization of Relations, the Secretary-General underlines the importance of translating the normalization of diplomatic relations into increased security on the ground, particularly along the common border between the two countries.
Because of the importance and great benefits of dialogue via philosophy, and in-line with the crucial roles of Philosophy of Sustainability, the Centre for Civilisational Dialogue and the National Commission of UNESCO Malaysia have taken the initiative to organize a one day International Seminar on the 23rd November 2010 with the following objectives.
His call for smaller summits across the country is the catalyst for raising the level of dialogue and stimulating public discourse at the grass roots level.
But, he adds, it's too early to judge the results of the Strategic Economic Dialogue because the discussions were intended to produce reforms over the long haul.
Thus, the winners contribute to the promotion of cultural dialogue and the revitalization of Arab culture.
But in the teashops of Yangon, Myanmar's biggest city, the talk two decades on is not of sanctions but of the need for dialogue, of frustration with the main opposition party, the National League for Democracy, and even with its detained leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and of the widening gap between those who oppose the junta from abroad and those who live under its thumb.
These considerations will be at the heart of the proposed dialogue and discussions focusing on a number of major questions.
Issues of memory loss and the importance of keeping the brain muscles engaged and strong were part of the dialogue.
The Minister commended the Director-General for the recent establishment of the UNESCO Chair for Media at the University of Skopje, which will address issues such as the ethics of the media, intercultural dialogue, and also provide impetus to the young leaders' forum.
The Phase I of the Regional Dialogue consisted of a series of videoconferences, in-country multi-stakeholder meetings and the establishment of communication mechanisms connecting participants from Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia.
Within the framework of the UNESCO Interreligious Dialogue Programme, this encounter follows the meetings that took place in Santiago de Chile, 2004 and Buenos Aires, 2005.
Today in Washington, President Obama and President Rousseff reviewed the accomplishments of the Global Partnership Dialogue (GDP), elevated to the Presidential level in March 2011, which strengthens U.S.-Brazil partnership across a range of global issues including the advancement of educational cooperation, scientific and technological cooperation, and multilateral and trilateral cooperation.
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Apart from much jetting around and private palaver among eminent people under U.N. auspices, the chief visible product of the Dialogue was a report, released in book form in the fall of 2001.
On the agenda was the exchange of diverse experiences and positive practices, the creation of mechanisms to reinforce the management of educational systems, and the consolidation of dialogue among universities, professors, students, media and society at national and regional levels.
In his closing remarks, the Director-General expressed his hope that the tradition of these annual Summit meetings will continue, further increasing regional cooperation "through the political wisdom of its leaders and their belief in the pursuit of dialogue and exchange for the common good".
The vote came after Syria ignored an Arab League proposal envisaging the start of dialogue with the opposition.
Six years after the creation of the 1st regional Forum for dialogue of this kind, the Caribbean Forum is the 7th to be created at the initiative of the MOST Programme.
The Presidents also reviewed the efforts of the Economic and Financial Dialogue.
The report, Islam and the West: Annual Report on the State of Dialogue, includes a comprehensive media study that found the media in both Muslim majority countries and non-Muslim majority countries are more neutral about their own side than about the other side.
Mr. Yakovlev (interpretation from Russian): I fully agree with the previous speaker that perhaps the most important condition for universal dialogue in the area of culture and not just in the area of culture, is depoliticization of that dialogue.
UNESCO: Dialogue among civilizations: Address by Alexandre Yakovlev (Russian Federation)
The Culture Sector provided perspectives from the cultural policy angle, emphasising the role of intercultural dialogue and sharing priorities and concerns that have emerged in the framework of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
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