Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General11 on human rights education, submitted in accordance with the request contained in General Assembly resolution 48/127 of 20 December 1993;
Proclaims the ten-year period beginning on 1 January 1995 the United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education;
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Welcomes the Plan of Action for the United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education, 1995-2005, as contained in the report of the Secretary-General,12 and invites Governments to submit comments, with a view to supplementing the Plan of Action;
Invitesthe Secretary-General to submit proposals, taking into account the views expressed by Governments, for the purpose indicated in paragraph 3;
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Appeals to all Governments to contribute to the implementation of the Plan of Action and to step up their efforts to eradicate illiteracy and to direct education towards the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms;
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Urgesgovernmental and non-governmental educational agencies to intensify their efforts to establish and implement programmes of human rights education, as recommended in the Plan of Action, in particular by preparing and implementing national plans for human rights education;
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Requeststhe United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to coordinate the implementation of the Plan of Action;
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Requeststhe Centre for Human Rights of the Secretariat and the Commission on Human Rights, in cooperation with Member States, human rights treaty-monitoring bodies, other appropriate bodies and competent non-governmental organizations, to support efforts of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to coordinate the Plan of Action;
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Requeststhe Secretary-General to consider establishing a voluntary fund for human rights education, with special provision for the support of the human rights education activities of non-governmental organizations, to be administered by the Centre for Human Rights;
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Invitesthe specialized agencies and United Nations programmes to contribute, within their respective spheres of competence, to the implementation of the Plan of Action;
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Requeststhe Secretary-General to bring the present resolution to the attention of all members of the international community and to intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations concerned with human rights and education;
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Calls uponinternational, regional and national non-governmental organizations, in particular those concerned with women, labour, development and the environment, as well as all other social justice groups, human rights advocates, educators, religious organizations and the media, to increase their involvement in formal and non-formal education in human rights and to cooperate with the Centre for Human Rights in implementing the United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education;
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Requeststhe existing human rights monitoring bodies to place emphasis on the implementation by Member States of their international obligation to promote human rights education;
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Decides to consider this matter at its fiftieth session under the item entitled "Human rights questions".
