Observance of the 30th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

A/RES/32/123View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 12 Report of the Economic and Social Council, published in 1978.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 1974–1982

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/36/169

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1982	A/RES/36/169	Observance of the 35th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights	490	60%Compare
1978	A/RES/32/123	Observance of the 30th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights	666	17%Compare
1974	A/RES/3060(XXVIII)	Observance of the 25th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights	431	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Anniversaries Declarations Human Rights Human Rights Education Information Dissemination

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

Invites Member States, the specialized agencies, regional intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations to take appropriate measures, such as those contained in the annex to the present resolution, to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;

Requests the Secretary-General to initiate appropriate activities at the United Nations level, such as those indicated in the annex to the present resolution, to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the Declaration;

Welcomes the decision of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to organize in 1978 an international conference on the teaching of human rights and appeals in this connexion to all States to facilitate the participation of qualified experts in this conference;

Invites the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to take appropriate measures to consult the Commission on Human Rights at its thirty-fourth session on the elaboration of a programme of action designed to develop education on human rights, in pursuance of resolution 3 (XXXIII) of the Commission;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-third session an item entitled "Thirty years

us A/C.3/32/ l. Of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: international co-operation for t_he pro!llotion and obser:1anc~ of civil, political, econonuc, social and cultural r_1ghts and recommends that this item should be considered in plenary meeting;

Further decides to hold a special commemorative meetino to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the Declaration: which falls on 10 December 1978, and requests the Secretary-General to mak_e the ~ecessary preparations for the programme of this meetrng.

I 05th plenary meeting

16 December 1977

Sugg<'St<'d mrasuns for thl' t•elehration of the thirtieth annivPrsar.1· of the Universal Declaration of Human Hights

Formal proclamation of 10 December 1978 as Human

Special meetings of parliamentary and other public

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Encouragement of teaching programmes on human

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on or around l O December 1978;

and United Nations Action in the Field of Human Rights and granting of assistance to institutions which intend to publish them in other languages.

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The following suggestions are made for possible action at the national level:

(a) Rights Day;

( b) Issuing of sp.:cial messages on 10 December 1978 by Heads of State or Government or other prominent civil personalities;

( c) and private institutions on Human Rights Day;

(d) Special consideration by States which have not yet ratified or acceded to the international instruments of the United Nations in the field of human rights, to become parties to these instruments;

(e) Establishment of national or local institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights;

rights at the various levels of education;

(g) Dissemination of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in national languages, including languages of minorities;

( h) Issuing of human rights postage stamps, first-Jay covers and special cancellations during 1978;

(i) Particip"'tion by non-governmental org:rniz: ti,1:is in the celebration and organization of activities by such org:rnizations;

Activities in the framework of and in support of current Decades and International Years being prepared c,n human rights issues.

It is recommended that the following measures. :imong others, should be taken at the United Nations level:

Organiz:,tion of commemorative events :it United Nations Headquarters and at the United Nations Office at Geneva

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Organiz:,tion in 1978 at Geneva of a spcci:d seminar within the programme of advisory service~, at the world-wide level, on the subject of national and local institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights; the report of th~ seminar should be forwarded to the General Assembly;

(c) Adoption of arrangements for the award of human rights prizes as envisaged in recommendation C of the annex to General Assembly resolution 2217 (XXI) of 19 December 1966;

Dissemination by the Office of Public Information of the Secretariat of appropriate public information, hroadcasting and audio-visual material designed to draw attention to and emphasize the importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the role played and work done by the United Nations to ensure the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms; 57 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, Sixty-second Session, Supplement No. 6 (E/5927), chap. XXI,

( e) Issuance of updated versions in all official languages sect. A. of the United Nations of the publications Human Rights: A Compilation of International Instruments of the United Nations

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