ISLAMABAD: The International day for Tolerance is all set to be observed on 16 November across the world including Pakistan with the aim to educate people about the need for tolerance in society and to help them understand the negative effects of intolerance.
The International Day for Tolerance is a time for people to learn about respecting and recognizing the rights and beliefs of others.
International day of Tolerance was started by UNESCO in 1996 to general public awareness of the dangers of intolerance. This event is one of the most popular events and hence celebrated with full devotion and enthusiasm.
International Day of Tolerance is basically celebrated for four basic principles of Commitment of heads of State and Government to advance welfare, next principle is for freedom and progress everywhere, following by principle of encouraging tolerance, respect and dialogue and the last principle is to make proper coordination between different cultures, civilizations and people to stop inequality.
International day of tolerance is considered as a day of opportunity to verify what all progress has been made throughout the year, and also all new ways are suggested to achieve more progress or improvement on this.
On this particular day, UNESCO has mention few guidelines, these guidelines includes the work and actions on Human Rights, Diversity in community, religious tolerance, no to violence, creativity at work and ecological diversity.
Many educators use the theme of this day to help students in schools in their studies, classroom lectures, understanding the issues related to tolerance and on topics like human rights and non violence.
Special training programs, talks and conferences are organized on this day in offices where the supervisor briefed the employees about importance and need of tolerance.
Human Right activist also plays a very vital day on this day as they speak out on Human rights law like banning, controlling and punishing hate crimes and discriminations against minorities and for the helpless people.
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