Noting that globalization brings greater interrelatedness among people and increased interaction among cultures and civilizations, and encouraged by the fact that the celebration of the United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, will provide the opportunity to emphasize that globalization not only is an economic, financial and technological process which could offer great benefit, but also constitutes a profoundly human challenge that invites us to embrace the interdependence of humankind and its rich cultural diversity,
注意到全球化造成人民之间更密切的相互关系，增加各种文化和文明之间的相互作用，并欣见在二十一世纪开始之际欢庆联合国不同文明之间对话年，将使人们有机会强调：全球化不仅是在经济、金融和技术方面可以带来巨大利益的一个进程，而且是对人类有深刻影响的一个挑战，促使我们欣然接受人类互相依存的关系和人类文化丰富的多样性，