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since the end of the second world war have been marked by profound changes in our international system. Relations between states have become more horizontally structured interactions with a rising significance of the common good articulated and pursued by newly-created international programmes and organisations. </div> </div> <hr class="clear" /> <div id="post-150497" class="entry small_entry"> <img class="alignleft" src="https://www.ipsnews.net/Library/2017/02/Hanif-Al-Qassim-copy_-100x100.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" title="" /></a> <div class="postexcerpt"> <h2 class="archive_title"> <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/2017/05/reflections-on-2017-world-day-for-cultural-diversity-for-dialogue-and-development/" rel="bookmark" title="Reflections on 2017 World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development">Reflections on 2017 World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development</a> </h2> <div class="meta">By <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/author/hanif-hassan-al-qassim/" title="Posts by Dr. Hanif Hassan Ali Al Qassim">Dr. Hanif Hassan Ali Al Qassim</a></div> More than 7 billion people live on this planet spread among 7 continents, 194 states of the United Nations (UN) and numerous other non-self-governing territories. The world is made up of a mosaic of people belonging to different cultural and religious backgrounds. 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