(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) 'Building peace and preventing violent extremism cannot be won with hard power only', stated the Director-General. 'We need soft power also, we need to win the battle of ideas, through education, through democratic debate, through a better understanding of each other's cultures and religions' she continued. 'Parliaments play a critical role to address the challenges of our times, when not everything can be solved at the level of Governments or United Nations Agencies alone,' said the Director-General in her opening speech...
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