President of the Republic, Michel Aoun, received Saturday a cable of congratulations from the UNESCO Director-General, Audrey Azoulay, in which she praised "Lebanon's notable achievement in the United Nations through the adoption of President Aoun's initiative to establish the Academy of Human Rights for Dialogue and Convergence in Lebanon."
Azoulay indicated that she has attentively followed-up on the various stages of this initiative, which President Aoun personally launched in 2017, expressing her utmost joy that his efforts have culminated in a successful outcome in this respect.
"This Academy, which aims to promote democracy and intercultural dialogue, will carry out its mission alongside the message that the UNESCO seeks to spread in the region," she said.
Azoulay reiterated President Aoun's call for exerting efforts to renounce violence and extremism through dialogue. She voiced the UNESCO's readiness to place all its capacities at the President's disposal in order to contribute or provide any needed assistance in this respect, once the Academy is established.
"UNESCO, an expert in the fields of intercultural dialogue, coordinates its international programs, on the basis of the Decade 2013-2022, with the United Nations," disclosed Azoulay.
She concluded by expressing full confidence in the promising future awaiting this Lebanese Academy, "which shows with great relevance the historical role of Lebanon as a space of mutual understanding, tolerance and coexistence," while pointing eagerly to her expected meeting with the President in New York during the upcoming week to discuss further the framework and scope of this initiative.
