Declaration of Principles on Tolerance Proclaimed and signed by the Member States of UNESCO.
The Member States of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization , meeting in Paris at the twenty-eighth session of the General Conference, from 25 October to 16 November 1995, Preamble Bearing in mind that the United Nations Charter states: ' We, the peoples of the United Nations determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, ... to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, ... and for these ends to practise tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours' , Recalling that the Preamble to the Constitution of UNESCO , adopted on 16 November 1945, states that ' peace, if it is not to fail, must be founded on the intellectual and moral solidarity of mankind', Recalling also that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights affirms that 'Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion' (Article 18), 'of opinion and expression...