This was essential for promoting a new humanism for the 21st century, she said.

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The call for new humanism was a leitmotif throughout the discussion.

UNESCO: Irina Bokova leads the 3rd High Panel on Peace and Dialogue among Cultures | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

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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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.

UNESCO: CULTURE

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.

UNESCO: House | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

We try to look for the technological sophistication of traditional humanism and the humanist possibilities of new tech.

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