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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/50/6
9 November 1995
Fiftieth session
Agenda item 29
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/50/48)]
50/6. Declaration on the Occasion of the Fiftieth
Anniversary of the United Nations
The General Assembly
Adopts the following Declaration:
DECLARATION ON THE OCCASION OF THE
FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Fifty years ago the United Nations was born out of the sufferings caused
by the Second World War. The determination, enshrined in the Charter of the
United Nations, "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war" is as
vital today as it was fifty years ago. In this, as in other respects, the
Charter gives expression to the common values and aspirations of humankind.
The United Nations has been tested by conflict, humanitarian crisis and
turbulent change, yet it has survived and played an important role in
preventing another global conflict and has achieved much for people all over
the world. The United Nations has helped to shape the very structure of
relations between nations in the modern age. Through the process of
decolonization and the elimination of apartheid, hundreds of millions of human
beings have been and are assured the exercise of the fundamental right of
self-determination.
At this time, following the end of the cold war, and as the end of the
century approaches, we must create new opportunities for peace, development,
democracy and cooperation. The speed and extent of change in today’s world
point to a future of great complexity and challenge and to a sharp increase in
the level of expectations of the United Nations.
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