This was the subject of the bilateral meeting between the Director-General and Excellency Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, who will assume leadership of the UN Alliance of Civilizations on 1 January 2013.

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In his opening speech, His Excellency Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, the new High Representative of the UNAOC, sounded the alarm on the need to strengthen the tools for cooperation, prevention and resolution of conflicts, to face the rise of intolerance, and several very serious humanitarian situations, including Syria.

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