Observance of human rights

UN General Assembly, Observance of human rights, A/RES/540, UN General Assembly, 4 February 1952, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1952/en/27037 [accessed 22 June 2025]
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VI. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE
540. Observance of human rights

The General Assembly, Considering that, notwithstanding the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,[1]1Violations of human rights have continued to occur, Considering that it is the responsibility of the Members of the United Nations, individually and collectively, to see that human rights and freedoms shall be enhanced throughout the-world, Recommends that Members of the United Nations intensify their efforts for the observance of human rights and freedoms in their own territories and in the Non-Self -Governing and Trust Territories. 374th plenary meeting,
4 February 1952.
[1] See resolution 27 (111) adopted on 10 December 1948 by the General Assembly,
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