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| | The Director-General stresses the importance of international inter-university cooperation
08-01-2003 - Following a call by the governing body of the University of Paris VI for a boycott of Israeli universities, the Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, issued the following statement:“We must do everything possible to preserve the conditions for dialogue between the various scientific and academic communities throughout the world, as this dialogue is sometimes the last link between peoples divided by war and the first step towards reconciliation. |
“UNESCO was created ‘for the purpose of advancing, through the educational and scientific and cultural relations of the peoples of the world, the objectives of international peace and the common welfare of mankind’ (1). I accordingly urge the university community to remain true, at all times and in all circumstances, to its mission of international cooperation, not only in the interests of intellectual exchange but also because it brings with it the hope of peace.
“Places of learning – schools, universities, laboratories and research centres – are seedbeds of the culture of peace. We must do all we can to keep alive there the spirit of tolerance and open-mindedness without which there can be no fruitful dialogue between the different cultures, religions and civilizations.”
(1) Constitution of the United Nations, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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