Human rights Day
- Author: UN General Assembly
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Date:
4 December 1950
V. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE
423. Human rights Day
1. Invites all States and interested organizations to adopt 10 December of each year as Human Rights Day, to observe this day to celebrate the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the General Assembly on 10 December 1948, and to exert increasing efforts in this field of human progress.
2. Invites all States to report annually through the Secretary-General concerning the observance of Human Rights Day.
317th plenary meeting,4 December 1950.
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