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.

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But the most able of the rejected candidates may well be offered places by private universities such as Harvard and Stanford, which are keen on promoting racial diversity.

ECONOMIST: Californian higher education

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.

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