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Quotes | September 23, 2009, Wednesday // 02:20

"I hope that we will be all together, with the representatives of the Arab world, of course, but also with all regional groups in UNESCO because I have never believed in the clash of civilizations. UNESCO exists in order to bring tolerance, dialogue. Its task is cultural diversity. We need a new humanism, which was the main point in my program, "The New Humanism of the 21st Century".

Bulgaria's newly-elected Director General of UNESCO Irina Bokova shortly after she won the UNESCO election.

 

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