Intercultural Bonds: Pakistan urges UN to spread tolerance
Pakistan has urged the UN to step up its worldwide efforts to promote tolerance and intercultural understanding.
UNITED NATIONS:
Pakistan has urged the UN to step up its worldwide efforts to promote tolerance and intercultural understanding in a bid to overcome disagreements between societies, religions and cultures. “Freedom of expression should not be misused to insult religions and create misunderstanding among various cultures and civilizations,” Mian Jehangir Iqbal, a Pakistani delegate, told the Committee on Information – the intergovernmental body charged with reviewing progress in the field of UN public information.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 29th, 2011.
Pakistan has urged the UN to step up its worldwide efforts to promote tolerance and intercultural understanding in a bid to overcome disagreements between societies, religions and cultures. “Freedom of expression should not be misused to insult religions and create misunderstanding among various cultures and civilizations,” Mian Jehangir Iqbal, a Pakistani delegate, told the Committee on Information – the intergovernmental body charged with reviewing progress in the field of UN public information.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 29th, 2011.