• The full report of the conference is available for download on the MINEDAF Document Service. 

The Conference was organized by the Oliver Tambo Chair of Human Rights at the University of Fort Hare (South Africa), Professor Nasila Rembe, in collaboration with UNESCO (Unit for the Promotion of Human Rights and Action to Combat Discrimination, Department for Peace, Human Rights, Democracy and Tolerance). Among other participants were:

• Herbert Chitepo Chair of Human Rights at the University of Namibia and University of Zimbabwe, Mr. Charles Goredema;

• UNESCO Chair on Education for Peace and Peaceful Conflict Resolution at the University of Burundi, Professor Gerald Niyungeko;
• UNESCO Chair on Culture of Peace and Human Rights, Bourgas, Bulgaria, Professor Rumen Valchev;
• South African national human rights organizations;
• human rights NGO’s;
• universities and technikons; 
• government departments; and 
• representatives of religious institutions and traditional leaders.

The conference was preceded by the launch of the Forum for Human Rights Education for Tertiary Institutions in the Eastern Cape Province (South Africa), initiated by the South African Human Rights Commission and the Oliver Tambo Chair.

The conference focused its attention on the following questions:

• Challenges and practical problems concerning the activities of the
  UNESCO Chairs and their cooperation with other human rights
  institutions/NGOs.
• Identification of needs and priorities on education for human rights,
  democracy, peace and tolerance in Southern Africa.
• Strategies for mobilizing funding and resources to strengthen the
  activities of the UNESCO Chairs in Southern Africa.
• Networking among the UNESCO Chairs and with national human rights
  institutions, NGOs and academic institutions.
• Contribution of UNESCO Chairs to international human rights programmes
  and United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education.
• Contribution of UNESCO Chairs to national and regional efforts to
  combat HIV/AIDS and eradicate poverty.
• Regional Plan of Action for UNESCO Chairs in Southern Africa.
• Adoption of resolutions and recommendations. 
  

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