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process will be designed to ensure the selection of the most promising, impactful and innovative
activities. Efforts will also be made to have the platforms attract extrabudgetary funding. This is a major
departure from the practice in previous biennia, where programme sectors were expected to contribute
financial resources to the work of the platforms.
07005 In managerial terms, each intersectoral platform will be steered and managed by a “lead ADG”, assisted
by a platform manager who may be chosen from a different sector. The lead ADG will report regularly
to senior management on progress and be responsible for achieving the platform’s expected results.
07006 The intersectoral and interdisciplinary dimensions of UNESCO’s action are reflected in the translation
of the strategic programme objectives of document 34 C/4 into 12 intersectoral platforms, which were
launched during the 2008-2009 biennium. The intersectoral platforms are conceived as a modality
to enhance the quality, coherence and relevance of UNESCO’s programme design and delivery. By
delivering action in a concerted multi-sector manner, the Organization can capitalize on one of its
principal comparative advantages in the multilateral system. Moreover, the platforms provide a gateway
for delivering as “One UNESCO” at the global, regional and country levels, working across sectoral
frontiers, based on commonly defined objectives, jointly agreed strategies and platform-specific results.
07007 The agreed strategies and expected results for the proposed six intersectoral platforms are as follows:
Intersectoral Platform for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence
Background
07008 The Preamble of UNESCO’s Constitution states “that a peace based exclusively upon the political and
economic arrangements of governments would not be a peace which could secure the unanimous,
lasting and sincere support of the peoples of the world, and that the peace must therefore be founded,
if it is not to fail, upon the intellectual and moral solidarity of mankind.” The promotion of a culture of
peace is therefore an expression of UNESCO’s fundamental mandate “to build the defences of peace in
the minds of men and women”, and an integral part of most of its work at global, regional and national
levels. Hence, UNESCO had been designated by the United Nations General Assembly as the lead
agency for many prominent global initiatives for promoting peace, such as the International Decade for
a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010), and the International
Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures (2010). Since its inception, and specifically during the last
decade, UNESCO has been working towards a truly global movement for fostering a culture of peace
and non-violence.
07009 By resolution 52/13 of 15 January 1998, the United Nations General Assembly stipulated that a culture
of peace “consists of values, attitudes and behaviours that reflect and inspire social interaction and
sharing based on the principles of freedom, justice and democracy, all human rights, tolerance and
solidarity, that reject violence and endeavour to prevent conflicts by tackling their root causes to solve
problems through dialogue and negotiation and that guarantee the full exercise of all rights and the
means to participate fully in the development process of their society”.
07010 The Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in
its subsequent resolution 53/243, focused on eight action areas:
– fostering a culture of peace through education;
– promoting sustainable economic and social development;
– promoting respect for all human rights;
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