United Nations Radio

The diversity of world cultures and religions is a feature that has marked human development.

Germany's Minister of State to the Federal Chancellor Hermann Grohe told the UN General Assembly's high-level meeting on a Culture of Peace that considering worldwide migration and globalization, regions that are shaped by only one religion are the exception.

"Multiculturalism and multi-religiosity are often a reality. Simultaneously, the understandable desire to confirm and preserve one's own identity exists. In this situation, it is more vital than ever to provide young people in particular with the basis of a culture of peace- the understanding that all people have the right to equality and freedom."

Mr. Grohe says respect for one another and interest in each other must be the basis of an inter-religious dialogue.

This is Donn Bobb reporting for United Nations Radio.

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