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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/51/104
3 March 1997
Fifty-first session
Agenda item 110 (b)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/51/619/Add.2)]
51/104.
United Nations Decade for Human Rights
Education and public information
activities in the field of human rights
The General Assembly,
Guided by the fundamental and universal principles enshrined in the
Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights,1 according to article 26 of which "education shall be directed to
the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of
respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms", and the provisions of
other international human rights instruments, such as those of article 13 of
the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights2 and
article 28 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child,3 that reflect the
aims of the aforementioned article,
Recalling the relevant resolutions adopted by the General Assembly and
the Commission on Human Rights concerning the World Public Information
Campaign on Human Rights, the United Nations Decade for Human Rights
Education, 1995-2004, the project of the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization entitled "Towards a culture of peace",
the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted by the World
1
Resolution 217 A (III).
2
See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3
Resolution 44/25, annex.
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