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Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993,4 and the fiftieth anniversary of
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
Believing that the World Public Information Campaign on Human Rights is
a valuable complement to the activities of the United Nations aimed at the
further promotion and protection of human rights, and recalling the importance
attached by the World Conference on Human Rights to human rights education and
information,
Convinced that human rights education should involve more than the
provision of information and should constitute a comprehensive lifelong
process by which people at all levels of development and in all societies
learn respect for the dignity of others and the means and methods of ensuring
that respect,
Recognizing that human rights education and information are essential to
the realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms and that carefully
designed programmes of teaching, learning, training and sharing of
experiences, materials and information can have a catalytic effect on
national, regional and international initiatives to promote and protect human
rights and prevent human rights violations,
Convinced that human rights education and information contribute to a
concept of development consistent with the dignity of women and men of all
ages that takes into account the diverse segments of society such as children,
indigenous people, minorities and disabled persons,
Taking into account the efforts to promote human rights education made
by educators and non-governmental organizations in all parts of the world, as
well as by intergovernmental organizations, including the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the International Labour
Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund,
Convinced that each woman, man and child, to realize their full human
potential, must be made aware of all their human rights and fundamental
freedoms,
Recognizing the invaluable and creative role that non-governmental
organizations and community-based organizations can play in disseminating
public information and engaging in human rights education, especially at the
grass-roots level and in remote and rural communities,
Aware of the potential supportive role of the private sector in
implementing at all levels of society the Plan of Action for the United
Nations Decade for Human Rights Education, 1995-20045 and the World Public
Information Campaign, through creative initiatives and financial support for
governmental and non-governmental activities,
Convinced that the effectiveness of existing human rights education and
public information activities would be enhanced by better coordination and
cooperation at the national, regional and international levels,
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A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
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A/49/261/Add.1-E/1994/110/Add.1, annex.
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