{"id":14411,"date":"2020-11-16T11:00:01","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T01:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/?p=14411"},"modified":"2020-11-13T11:50:19","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T01:50:19","slug":"international-day-for-tolerance-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/2020\/11\/16\/international-day-for-tolerance-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"International Day for Tolerance 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Library<\/span>\u00a0invites you to join us in observing\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>International Day for Tolerance<\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 16 November.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

T<\/span>he United Nations<\/span>\u00a0(UN)<\/span>\u00a0introduced the International Day for Tolerance<\/span>\u00a0in 1996, following<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>UN<\/span>\u00a0Year for Tolerance<\/span>, 1995.\u00a0<\/span>This day encourages us\u00a0<\/span>to respect<\/span>, accept<\/span>\u00a0and appreciate<\/span>\u00a0the world\u2019s diverse cultures and peoples<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>For more information<\/span>, you can read the\u00a0<\/span>United Nations<\/span>\u00a0Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization<\/span>\u00a0(UNESCO)\u00a0<\/span>Declaration of Principles on Tolerance<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1995, t<\/span>o commemorate the\u00a0<\/span>UN<\/span>\u00a0Year for Tolerance<\/span>\u00a0as well as the 125<\/span>th<\/span>\u00a0annivers<\/span>ar<\/span>y of the birth of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Mahat<\/span>ma Gandhi<\/span>, UNESCO<\/span>\u00a0also<\/span>\u00a0created the\u00a0<\/span>UNESCO-<\/span>Madanjeet<\/span>\u00a0Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0The prize is awarded to those who<\/span>\u00a0have made significant contributions<\/span>\u00a0to tolerance and non-violence<\/span>\u00a0in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>field<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0of science, arts, culture or communication.\u00a0<\/span>This year,\u00a0<\/span>the prize was awarded to<\/span>\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Centre\u00a0<\/span>R\u00e9solution<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Conflits<\/span>\u00a0(CRC)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>in the\u00a0<\/span>Democratic Republic of Congo<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0The CRC\u00a0<\/span>works<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>t<\/span>o<\/span>\u00a0rescue,\u00a0<\/span>rehabilitate\u00a0<\/span>and reintegrat<\/span>e<\/span>\u00a0child soldiers<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>build<\/span>\u00a0mutual understanding between different communities<\/span>\u00a0through agricultural training<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As we observe<\/span>\u00a0this year\u2019s International Day for Tolerance,\u00a0<\/span>let us show our appreciation for<\/span>\u00a0those who\u00a0<\/span>demonstrate<\/span>\u00a0the Principles on Tolerance<\/span>\u00a0and reflect on our own<\/span>\u00a0actions<\/span>\u00a0towards tolerance and non-violence.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Library\u00a0invites you to join us in observing\u00a0the\u00a0International Day for Tolerance\u00a0on 16 November.\u00a0\u00a0 The United Nations\u00a0(UN)\u00a0introduced the International Day for Tolerance\u00a0in 1996, following\u00a0the\u00a0UN\u00a0Year for Tolerance, 1995.\u00a0This day encourages us\u00a0to respect, accept\u00a0and appreciate\u00a0the world\u2019s diverse cultures and peoples.\u00a0For more information, you can read the\u00a0United Nations\u00a0Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization\u00a0(UNESCO)\u00a0Declaration of Principles on Tolerance.\u00a0 In 1995, to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,5,3],"tags":[161],"class_list":["post-14411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics","category-researchers","category-students","tag-events"],"acf":[],"modified_by":"Emily Fox","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}