United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/57/206
Distr.: General
10 February 2003
Fifty-seventh session
Agenda item 109 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/57/556/Add.2 and Corr.1–3)]
57/206. Human rights education
The General Assembly,
Taking into account Commission on Human Rights resolution 2001/61 of
25 April 2001 regarding the importance of human rights education as a priority in
education policies, 1
Considering Economic and Social Council resolution 2001/38 of 26 July 2001
on human rights education,
Recalling General Assembly resolution 56/147 of 19 December 2001 on
human rights education,
Convinced that human rights education and information contribute to the
concept of development consistent with the dignity of women and men of all ages,
which takes into account particularly vulnerable segments of society of all ages,
such as children, youth, older persons, indigenous people, minorities, rural and
urban poor, migrant workers, refugees, persons with the human immunodeficiency
virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) and disabled persons,
Considering the importance of human rights education,
Convinced that human rights education is a key to development,
Taking note with appreciation of the mid-term global evaluation of the
progress made towards the achievement of the objectives of the United Nations
Decade for Human Rights Education, 1995–2004, contained in the report of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2
Taking into account the recommendations resulting from the mid-term global
evaluation,
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1
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2001, Supplement No. 3 (E/2001/23), chap. II,
sect. A.
2
See A/55/360.
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