Seventieth Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action

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A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, published in 2017.

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Anniversaries Conferences Declarations Human Rights Programmes of Action

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Decides to convene, at its thirty-seventh session, a high-level panel discussion to commemorate the seventieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights1 and the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action,2 with a particular focus on the implementation of the provisions thereof, including the benefits of enhanced international cooperation in that regard;

Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to liaise with States, relevant United Nations bodies and agencies, treaty bodies, special procedures and regional human rights mechanisms, as well as with civil society, including non-governmental organizations, and national human rights institutions, with a view to ensuring their participation in the panel discussion, and to make it fully accessible for persons with disabilities;

Also requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare a summary report on the panel discussion and to submit it to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-eighth session and to the General Assembly;

Invites the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to make provisions for events and arrangements aimed at the celebration of the anniversaries and to circulate the relevant information among States and other stakeholders;

Encourages States to use these anniversaries as a tool to raise awareness of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and their role in the promotion and protection of all human rights and fundamental freedoms;

Invites the General Assembly to consider holding a special commemorative meeting on the occasion of the anniversaries in 2018.

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