Online publications of other international institutions

Practically all international institutions are contributing to the debate on intercultural dialogue. The following list offers links to some of the most important documents published outside the Council of Europe.

• United Nations (UNESCO, ILO)
• Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe OSCE
• European Union (European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008, European Commission, EU Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia)
• World Bank
• Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures

United Nations 

• UN Alliance of Civilizations, the Report of the High-level Group, 13 November 2006, New York.
• Global Agenda for the Dialogue among Civilizations, Resolution adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations, 21 November 2001.
• United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations, Report of the Secretary-General, 16 October 2000.

- UNESCO

• UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity, adopted by the 31^st session of the General Conference of UNESCO, Paris, 2 November 2001.
• Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, UNESCO, Paris, 20 October 2005
• UNESCO and the issue of cultural diversity, Review and strategy 1946-2004, UNESCO, Paris, September 2004
• Dialogue among Cultures and Civilizations, UNESCO Press release, 16 June 2005 
• High-Level Conference on Dialogue among Civilizations, "Eurasia in the XXIst Century: Dialogue of Cultures, or Conflict of Civilizations?", UNESCO, Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan 10 and 11 June 2004
• Cultural Diversity and Globalization: The Arab-Japanese Experience, a Cross-Regional Dialogue, UNESCO, Paris, 6-7 May 2004
• Teaching for tolerance, respect and recognition in relation with religion or belief, The Oslo Global Meeting of Experts, UNESCO, 2-5 September 2004
• The role of women in intercultural dialogue in Central Asia, Declaration adopted by the International Conference, UNESCO, Dushanbe, 11-13 June 2003

- ILO

• Social dialogue, International Labor Organisation, Geneva, February 2007
• Social Dialogue: Finding a Common Voice, International Labor Organisation, Geneva, February 2007
• Social Dialogue at Entreprise Level: Successful Experiences, International Labor Organisation, Subregional Office for South Asia, New Delhi, 2004
• Social Dialogue Indicators, International Labor Organisation, Geneva, October 2002

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe OSCE 

• NGO Preparatory Meeting for the Tolerance Implementation Meeting on Promoting Inter-cultural, Inter-religious and Inter-ethnic Understanding, OSCE, Almaty, 11 June 2006
• OSCE contributions to the Alliance of Civilisations Initiative, OSCE, Vienna, 26 June 2006
• Decision no. 10/05, Tolerance and non-discrimination: promoting mutual respect and understanding, OSCE Ministerial Council, Ljubjana 2005
• Guidelines for review of legislation pertaining to religion or belief, OSCE/ODIHIR in consultation with Venice Commission, Venice, 18-19 June 2004
• OSCE commitments on freedom of religion or belief, OSCE/ODHIR, Baku, 11 October 2002

European Union 

- European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008

• Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue (2008), OJ L412, 30 December 2006
• Roadmap, Commission Work-Programme 2005: European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008, 2005/EAC/017

- European Commission

• A common agenda for integration framework for the integration of third-country nationals in the European Union, Communication from the European Commission to the Council of the European Union, the European Parliament, the European Social and Economic Committee and the Committee of the Regions, COM(2005) 389 Final, Brussel, 1 September 2005
• The Euro-Med Youth Programme, Dialogue between peoples and cultures: actors in the dialogue, European Commission DGEAC/Jean Monnet Project, Brussels, 24-25 May 2004
• Declaration, Symposium Intercultural Dialogue, European Commission-DGEAC/Jean Monnet Project, Brussels, 20-21 March 2002 (FR)
• Conclusions, Symposium Intercultural Dialogue, European Commission-DGEAC/Jean Monnet Project, Brussels, 20-21 March 2002

- European Union Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia

• Muslims in the European Union-Discrimination and Islamophobia, EUMC, 2006
• Perceptions of Discrimination and Islamophobia, EUMC, 2006
• Attitudes towards Migrants and Minorities in Europe, EUMC, 15 March 2005
• The impact of the 7 July 2005 London bomb attacks muslim communities in the EU, EUMC, November 2005
• The fight against antisemitism and Islamophobia-Bringing communities together, European Commission/EUMC, Brussels/Vienna, Fall 2003
• Summary Report on Islamophobia in the EU after 11 September 2001, EUMC, Vienna, May 2002
• Situation of Islamic communities in five European cities-examples of local initiatives, EUMC/ECWS, Vienna, November 2001
• Media Report: Racism and Cultural Diversity in the mass media, EUMC, 1995-2000

World Bank 

• Civil Society - Dialogue with Civil Society The World Bank, June 2006

Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures 

• Contribution by the EuroMed Non-governmental Platform to the Debate on the Dialogue Strategy, Paris, March 2006
• Speech by Traugott Schoefthaler, Executive Director of the Anna Lindh Foundation, on “What Went Wrong with the Dialogue” keynote to the Forum “Europe in Dialogue and Interaction between Cultures” at the Finnish-Swedish Cultural Centre/Hanaforum, 67/06, Helsinki, 25 April 2006
• Draft Strategy and action plan for re-launching the Dialogue between Cultures in the Euro-Mediterranean Region, 22/06, 16 February 2006
• The Rabat Commitment Conclusions and Recommendations of the Rabat Conference on Dialogue among Cultures and Civilizations through Concrete and Sustained Initiatives, Rabat, Morocco, 14-16 June 2005
• Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for a Dialogue of Cultures, 57/03, European Commission, 12 November 2003

Publications of the Council of Europe