The Origin of International Tolerance Day Introduce the origin of International Tolerance Day.

1, after the end of the cold war in the early 1990s, international public opinion was generally worried about the increase of conflicts in various places. Due to the influence of globalization, a large number of immigrants and other factors, the world is facing many problems such as lack of tolerance for different cultures, inability to accommodate different behaviors, and inability to communicate with various cultures.

2. How to stop hatred and strengthen understanding and harmony among different nationalities, religions and cultures has become a severe global challenge. Therefore, UNESCO, which has always advocated dialogue, clearly put forward the concept of "tolerance". At the initiative of UNESCO, the United Nations General Assembly decided to designate 1993 as the International Year for Tolerance.

3.65438-0995, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, Federico Mayor, then Director-General of UNESCO, wrote an article entitled "Tolerance-an indispensable requirement of global security", pointing out that tolerance is a moral sentiment and political obligation, and it is the responsibility to safeguard human rights and democracy. In the same year 165438+1October 16, the 28th General Conference of UNESCO adopted the Declaration of Principles of Tolerance and declared165438+1October16 as the International Day for Tolerance.

4. 1996, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution calling on all governments to hold a series of activities every year on 165438+ 10/6 to promote the concept of tolerance through education and publicity.

In 2004, the United Nations Department of Public Information held a series of new seminars at United Nations Headquarters in new york, with the theme of "Unlearning Intolerance". On 2/0/June 2004, the first seminar was held with the theme of "Combating anti-Semitism: education of tolerance and understanding".

The second seminar was held on 7 February 2004 with the theme "Combating Islamophobia: Education for Tolerance and Understanding". The third seminar in this series was held on May 3, 2005, with the theme "Promoting tolerance: the role of the media".