UNESCO Chair Prof. Gerd Oberleitner participated together with Dr. Klaus Starl, Executive Secretary of the ETC, in the meeting of UNESCO Chairs in human rights, urban inclusion and migration at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 21 and 22 June 2017. The meeting launched the review of UNESCO’s <link typo3 unesdoc.unesco.org images>Human Rights Strategy and the Integrated Strategy to Combat Racism, Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, both adopted in 2003, bearing in mind the priorities of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the New Urban Agenda, and developed a roadmap for collaboration with Chairs and Institutes on the promotion of human rights, urban inclusion and migration. Participants comprised UNESCO Chairs and Centres, experts, representatives from civil society and local authorities from the International Coalition of Inclusive and Sustainable Cities – ICCAR. Discussions focused on the challenges of human mobility and urban social inclusion and the role of local and regional authorities to promote human rights.
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