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"Out of many, we are One"
"Out of many, we are One" - Barack Obama
Since 2005, the Alliance has worked
to bridge cultural divides around the World.
This year, we are building new partnerships
for a sustainable global peace.
Alliance of Civilizations
Alliance of Civilizations - Rio Forum - May 27-29 2010
Luis Iniacio Lula Da Silva - President of Brazil:
I chose Rio de Janeiro to host the Forum
because I believe that in Rio, as in the rest of Brazil,
people turn their cultural differences
into a factor of enrichment.
President Jorge Sampaio - Alliance of Civilizations
It's the perfect place to illustrate
what we are looking for.
People work together
and this feature of carnival is a fantastic demonstration
how all these origins can mix together.
Darua Shaikh - OneVoice Movement
My hope for the forum
is that it will be a place where things start,
and not where things end.
There is a responsibility
that formal education has to create objective
and international and humanistic curriculum.
Daniel Lubetsky - PeaceWorks
In a World as interlinked as the one we live in,
nevertheless there is no common heritage.
It would be so powerful
if we as a society could achieve
shared values curriculum,
that all governments would help
every kid across the World to learn
about values of respect, of dignity
and what brings us all together,
what makes us all the same.
It's about that critical mass,
that sort of sweet spot
of 18 to 35
They are doing it not for each other
but they are doing it with each other,
but for themselves.
Business has a very important role to play
in bridging relationships between people.
When you use business and market forces
to bring neighbors together,
to manufacture products together,
as they are working with one another,
they are shattering cultural stereotypes,
they are discovering one another,
and then the businesses gain a vested interest
in preserving and maintaining
and growing those relationships.
Ban Ki-moon - UN Secretary-General
The Rio Forum offers a chance
to build new tools for tolerance.
Trust in change.
It will be a dynamic constructive environment.
It opens up a new phase of expansion
in the work of the Alliance.
We want to encourage people
to overcome their fear of the unknown.
and to see the World in new ways.
Many cultures.
One humanity.