A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/52/117 19 February 1998 Fifty-second session Agenda item 112 (a) RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Third Committee (A/52/644/Add.1)] 52/117. Fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights The General Assembly, Recalling that in adopting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,1 on 10 December 1948, it recognized the inherent dignity and the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family as the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world, Considering that the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration provides an opportunity for the United Nations and its Member States to redouble their efforts to promote awareness and strengthened observance of the rights set out in the Declaration and other international instruments and declarations in the field of human rights adopted subsequently, Recognizing the Declaration as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, as well as the source of inspiration and the basis of subsequent progress in the field of human rights, Concerned that international human rights standards are not fully and universally respected, that human rights continue to be violated in all parts of the world and that people still suffer misery and are deprived of full enjoyment of their civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights, and convinced of the necessity of respecting fundamental human rights in all situations and of strengthening the United Nations in this regard, 1 Resolution 217 A (III). 98-76831 /...