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Khatami to Address UN General Assembly on Dialogue of Civilizations
Iranian President Mohammad Khatami will voice his country's view on a plan of action for dialogue among civilizations at the U.N. General Assembly special meeting, scheduled for November 8-10 in New York, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi announced Monday.
On Khatami's initiative, the U.N. General Assembly, in 1998, designated the year 2001 as the year of dialogue among civilizations , Asefi said, quoted by the official IRNA news agency.
Iran has worked with the international community to prepare for the approval of an action plan to go ahead with dialogue of civilizations through the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Asefi added.
The OIC has reportedly provided a draft action plan for dialogue among civilizations in specialized meetings in Iran's Capital of Tehran, the Saudi city of Jeddah, and New York.
The draft action plan has been offered for discussion among the U.N. member states and will be delivered to the U.N. General Assembly special meeting for approval.
"Since President Khatami put forward the initiative of dialogue among civilizations, the international community has taken major steps toward understanding among diverse civilizations and realized that the world is in dire need of dialogue to help solve the
international crises," Asefi noted.
"Iran believes that human beings in the 21st century should make every endeavor to promote dialogue to foster the peaceful means for the international crises," Asefi said, stressing that Iran regards dialogue among civilizations as the key to human dignity and an
invaluable heritage for generations to come.
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