Roundtable
Diversity as a Resource for Peace
The world is becoming increasingly interconnected — and simultaneously more vulnerable to conflicts based on differences.
Cultural, ethnic, religious, linguistic, and worldview diversity today requires not neutralization, but recognition as a value and a resource.
The ability of society to accept differences and build consensus, interaction, co-creation, and trust upon them is becoming one of the main conditions for resilience, security, and humanitarian development in the 21st century.
This round table will bring together representatives of different communities, fields, and generations to discuss how diversity becomes a point of support for peace, not a threat to it.
Cultural, ethnic, religious, linguistic, and worldview diversity today requires not neutralization, but recognition as a value and a resource.
The ability of society to accept differences and build consensus, interaction, co-creation, and trust upon them is becoming one of the main conditions for resilience, security, and humanitarian development in the 21st century.
This round table will bring together representatives of different communities, fields, and generations to discuss how diversity becomes a point of support for peace, not a threat to it.
Discussion Questions
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What kind of diversity are we referring to when speaking of peace? (ethnic, religious, cultural, social, mental, generational)
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What turns differences into a source of tension — and what helps make them a resource?
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What consensus-building practices already work in local communities?
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How to talk to young people about differences — without fear and aggression?
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What can unite us in a fragmented world?
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What role do public organizations / civil society institutions play in creating a space for peace?
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How to strengthen a culture of respect in the educational and media environment?
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Is it possible to learn to live "different — together" — and where does this path begin?
Moderator
Vladimir Zorin
Chairman of the Commission on Interethnic, Interfaith Relations and Migration of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, Member of the Presidium of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for Interethnic Relations, Member of the Supreme Advisory Council of the Assembly of the Peoples of the World.
Schedule and Speakers
Schedule and Speakers
14:00 – 14:10
Moderator's opening remarks
14:10 – 14:15
Speaker presentation
Almambet Matubraimov, Chairman of the Council of the Assembly of the People of Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyzstan)
14:15 – 14:20
From the experience of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan in developing people's diplomacy
Dmitry Ostankovich, Deputy Chairman of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan, Chairman of the Association of Belarusian Cultural Centers of the Republic of Kazakhstan "Rodny Kut" (Kazakhstan)
14:20 – 14:25
The principle of respect for the diversity of cultures and civilizations in the practice of SCO countries
Kabuljon Sabirov, Director of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization People's Diplomacy Center in Uzbekistan (Uzbekistan)
14:25 – 14:30
The role of civil society and people's diplomacy in strengthening the unity and diversity of modern communities: Central Asian aspect.
Saifullo Safarov, Chairman of the National Association of Political Scientists of Tajikistan (Tajikistan)
14:30 – 14:35
The dialectics of unity and diversity of the world
Alexey Dzermant, Director of the "Center for the Study and Development of Continental Integration 'Northern Eurasia'" (Belarus)
14:35 – 14:40
UCLG-Eurasia and the international municipal movement
Rasikh Sagitov, Secretary General of the Eurasian Regional Section of the World Organization "United Cities and Local Governments" (UCLG)
14:45 – 14:50
Speaker presentation
Evgenia Mikhaleva, Director of the ANO "Resource Center in the Field of National Relations"
14:50 – 14:53
The concept of Public-State Partnership "Academy of People's Diplomacy, Security, and Governance"
Yuri Palamarchuk, Director of the State Public Institution of the Leningrad Region "House of Friendship of the Leningrad Region"
14:53 – 14:56
Speaker presentation
David Vazhaevich Tsetskhladze, Chairman of the Federal Georgian National-Cultural Autonomy in Russia
14:56 – 14:59
Yakutia — a territory of friendship and cooperation: the contribution of the A.E. Kulakovsky House of Peoples' Friendship to the development of international partnership
Antonida Koryakina, Director of the A.E. Kulakovsky House of Peoples' Friendship
14:59 – 15:02
Ethnocultural practices of public diplomacy as a resource for peacemaking and harmony.
Sergei Kuchinsky, First Deputy Chairman of the Coordinating Council of the All-Russian Public Movement "Co-creation of Peoples in the Name of Life" (Senezh Forum)
15:02 – 15:05
Peoples in the 21st century: different traditions — shared values
Andrei Khudoleev, Executive Secretary of the Commission on Information Support of State National Policy of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for Interethnic Relations
15:05 – 15:08
Migration processes and good neighborliness
Yuri Moskovsky, Director of the Information and Analytical Center "Prognoz", Chairman of the Commission on Migration Issues of the Council for Nationalities under the Government of Moscow
15:08 – 15:11
Strengthening people's diplomacy through cooperation in visual arts
Irina Kovalenko, Head of the plein air and exhibition project "Art Caravan: Dialogue of Cultures. Russia-Uzbekistan"
15:11– 15:14
From the practice of people's diplomacy of the All-Russian Association of Koreans in expanding international cultural ties.
Moisey Kim, Chairman of the Council of the All-Russian Association of Koreans
15:14– 15:17
From cultural heritage to a common future: diversity as a resource for peace and security in the CIS space.
Kantemir Iskhakovich Khurtaev, Cand. of Econ. Sci., Director of the Research and Educational Center for Strengthening Interethnic Friendship and Citizenship at the State University of Management, Chairman of the All-Russian Public Movement "All-Russian Interethnic Youth Union"
15:17– 15:20
Civic identity in a multinational society
Irina Orlova, Professor at the UNESCO Department, RANEPA, Doctor of Philosophical Sciences
15:20 – 15:30
Summing up. Adoption of the Resolution
