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Intercultural dialogue prevents humanitarian crisis in world - Kuwait's envoy

Kuwait's Permanent Delegate UNESCO Dr. Meshaal Hayat
Kuwait's Permanent Delegate UNESCO Dr. Meshaal Hayat
PARIS, March 17 (KUNA) -- Kuwait's Permanent Delegate UNESCO Dr. Meshaal Hayat stressed importance of adopting principles of peaceful living and intercultural dialogue in bringing people of world closer together and preventing humanitarian crises.
Hayat made his remarks Thursday while addressing the "culture of respect: freedom of expression and religious symbols" symposium, which kicked off at the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization headquarters in the French capital.
"Peaceful living, respect of religions and religious symbols, and intercultural dialogue pave way for convergence among people," the Kuwaiti envoy said in his opening speech, adding that preserving the freedom of expression and creativity is one of the main principles of human rights.
He also stressed the importance of supporting the foundations of human, cultural, and civil communication in order to prevent crises and disasters from taking place in the world, denying any relevance of racial and religious abuse of individuals to the freedom of expression.
Hayat also pointed out the role and quality of education and media in consolidating human rights and freedom of expression, noting that "Arabia Plan" aims at reinforcing UNESCO's efforts to bolster the culture of respect, tolerance, anti-hatred, and anti-violence.
The two-day symposium aims at boosting culture of respect and anti-hatred with participation of a number of researchers and academic professors from Arab and non-Arab countries, in addition to representatives of human rights organizations. (end) mmb.ma