The Forum is a future-oriented event designed to feed the debate launched by the Director General of UNESCO on the necessity of a new humanism for the twenty-first century.

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Aware of the need for intellectuals, politicians and civil society from everywhere to rally this cause, UNESCO and the Confucius Institute of the People's Republic of China Headquarters have joined forces to host the Paris-Nishan Forum on "Confucianism and New Humanism in a Globalized World" at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 16 April 2012.

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Herman van Hooff, Director of the Regional Office, gave detailed information about the journal from its origins to the current issue, which includes a message from UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova emphasizing the key role of culture in development and the new humanism that should prevail in international policies.

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