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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/52/127
26 February 1998
Fifty-second session
Agenda item 112 (b)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/52/644/Add.2)]
52/127. United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education, 1995-2004, 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 article 26 of which states that "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 Rights,2 article 10
of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,3 article 7 of the
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination,4 article 29 of the
Convention on the Rights of the Child,5 article 10 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel,
1
Resolution 217 A (III).
2
See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3
Resolution 34/180, annex.
4
Resolution 2106 A (XX), annex.
5
Resolution 44/25, annex.
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