UNITED NATIONS ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS (UNAOC)

About:

• The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) was established in 2005, as the political initiative of Mr. Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary-General and co-sponsored by the Governments of Spain and Turkey.
  
  
• In 2019, H.E. Mr. Miguel Ángel Moratinos assumed the position of High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations.
  
  
• The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations High Representative and Secretariat are based and operating from New York.
  
  
• It is an initiative that seeks to galvanize international action against extremism through the forging of international, intercultural and interreligious dialogue and cooperation.