International Day for Tolerance
16 November 2026 — We are as different as the stars, yet the sky is one!
The International Day for Tolerance is observed every year on 16 November. It is linked to the UNESCO Declaration of Principles on Tolerance, adopted on 16 November 1995, on the organisation's 50th anniversary. The document describes tolerance as respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity of the world's cultures, forms of expression and ways of being human. It is not indifference but an active attitude built on knowledge, openness and freedom of thought. The United Nations General Assembly later invited states to mark the day with educational and public activities. Typical events include exhibitions, school meetings, workshops and conversations between communities. The date is fixed and does not depend on the Moon or the solstices. Still, the night sky offers a fitting picture: stars differ in colour and brightness, yet together they form constellations that people have read as shared stories for centuries. Difference does not divide the whole; it completes it.
Flying across the sky: An ethereal, bluish-silver figure made of luminous dots and fine lines, like a constellation drifting across the sky: a gentle winged shape whose star-points glow softly in red, blue and yellow, joined by thin silver lines into one single constellation
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