Luanda — The World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly to mark the date of approval in 2001, of the UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity .

The declaration rises cultural diversity to the category of “common heritage of mankind”, as necessary for humankind as biological diversity for living organisms and whose defence is an ethical imperative, inseparable from respect for individual dignity.

the declaration includes general guidelines that are general guidelines for the Member States, in cooperation with the private sector and civil society, translating them into innovative policies.

According to UNESCO, member states undertake to take appropriate steps to disseminate widely its Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity and promote its effective implementation.

The promotion of linguistic diversity, while respecting the mother tongue at all levels of education, wherever possible, and encouraging the learning of several languages from an early age are also part of the declaration of UNESCO.

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