The text introduced by Pakistan delegate, Riaz Khokhar, a former foreign secretary, was adopted by consensus.
The resolution acknowledges the "valuable contribution" of various initiatives, including Pakistan's Enlightened Moderation as a strategy to promote peace and harmony.
By it's terms, the 191-member Assembly expressed its alarm that serious instances of intolerance and discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief, including acts of violence, intimidation and coercion motivated by religious importance are on the increase world-wide and threatened the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.
In that connection, the Assembly encouraged governments to promote, including through education, as well as the development of progressive curricula and textbooks, understanding, tolerance and friendship among human beings in all their diversity of religion, belief, culture and language.
Introducing that text, Khokhar said the world had to choose between a world of peace or one of conflict. Fear had to be replaced with acceptance and hatred with respect. Co-operation, and not the clash of civilisations, had to be the international community's collective endeavour.
"Promotion of understanding, harmony and co-operation among religions and cultures can lift the veil of ignorance, misconception and prejudice that have become so tragically pervasive in recent times", he added.
He said that the item on culture of peace was reminiscent of the commitment made at the founding of the United Nations 60 years ago- to promote tolerance, peace and social progress.
Those principles were reaffirmed in the millennium declaration five years ago and again at the World Summit this year. The dawn of the new millennium witnessed a new era. Today's was a world of intensifying globalisation and conflict, growing disparities had precipitated new threats to peace and security.