“Tolerance is respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity of our world’s cultures, our forms of expression and ways of being human.” – Declaration of Principles on Tolerance
It was in the wake of the United Nations International Year for Tolerance that the UN General Assembly created this international day on December 12, 1996. During its 50th anniversary (1995), the United Nations adopted a Declaration of Principles on Tolerance.
Find out more about this day and the Unesco-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence here.
“What is tolerance? It is the prerogative of humanity. We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually forgive each other our nonsense – it is the first law of nature.” -Voltaire