International Day for Tolerance

Member States, Permanent Representatives, Head of States, Delegates, Non-State Actors, Observers, on the way the advance thr TPS agenda in the United Nations Trusteeship Council chamber at UNHQ.   Watch advancing the Tolerance, Peace and Security (TPS) agenda! Meetings & Events

   Robert McIntyre thinks it is, and that the technology is closer than most people realize . His company  Nectome  is working on documenting the physical properties of memory formation , and studying ways to preserve those physical properties after death . McIntyre has already won the Brain Preservation Institutes’  “Small Mammal”  &  “Large Mammal”  prizes for preserving a full brain down to the synaptic level , and is now taking the next steps in figuring out how to decode those synapses. These are early experiments, but this is the type of work that will be required if we are someday able to preserve a mind and memories past biological death . Robert McIntyre is a former AI researcher at MIT, where he worked with Marvin Minsky, Patrick Winston, and Gerald Sussman studying the role of embodiment in Artificial Intelligence . He left MIT in 02015 to compete for the Brain Preservation Prizes, and is currently CEO of Nectome, a company he...

Your Excellency, Jamal Fares Alrowaiei, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United Nations, Excellencies, Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, I express my deep appreciation to the Kingdom of Bahrain for organizing todays’ event – one that is emblematic of Bahrain’s active and laudable efforts to promote a culture of peace within the international community. This is a calling that bears extraordinary resonance with the priorities of my Presidency – in particular, the anchor of my four watchwords: peace. The International Day of Conscience is intended to remind the global community of the need to reflect internally and personally – and to recommit ourselves to the core values of building peaceful and inclusive societies. And to that end, of the importance of mutual respect and understanding, solidarity, dialogue, tolerance, cooperation and – importantly – respect for human rights. Excellencies, While they may appear abstract, the extent to which we cherish or disregar...

The preamble to the Charter of the United Nations, which came into being in 1945, states that the people of the United Nations made a commitment “ to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours .” Committed to promoting tolerance through greater mutual understanding among cultures and people , the United Nations established the International Day for Tolerance to encourage understanding and acceptance of differences, respect for human rights, and support for equality and diversity around the world. The International Day for Tolerance reminds us that respect, acceptance, appreciation, and learning from the world's rich diversity of cultures, races, beliefs, ideas, and expressions is what enables diverse groups from all regions to coexist harmoniously. Tolerance is a virtue of open mindedness to differences and treating one another with courtesy. For ideas different from our own, we need to understand them with tolerance, respect, and care so that...

"Tolerance” is conditioned by our ethics, empathy and courage to not tolerate injustice and inequality. The International Day of Conscience is celebrated on April 5th to commemorate the importance of human conscience.

Tolerance is respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity of our world's cultures, our forms of expression and ways of being human. It is fostered by knowledge, openness, communication, and freedom of thought, conscience and belief. Tolerance is harmony in difference. It is not only a moral duty, it is also a political and legal requirement. Tolerance, the virtue that makes peace possible, contributes to the replacement of the culture of war by a culture of peace. Article 1.1 - Declaration of Principles on Tolerance .