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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/53/168
11 February 1999
Fifty-third session
Agenda item 46 (a)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/53/L.67)]
53/168. Fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The General Assembly,
Recalling that the Charter of the United Nations reaffirms the faith of the United Nations in
fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and
women and of nations large and small,
Recognizing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights1 as a common standard of achievement for
all peoples and all nations as well as the source of inspiration and a basis of subsequent progress in the
field of human rights,
Concerned that human rights and fundamental freedoms are not fully and universally respected and
continue to be violated in all parts of the world, and that people still suffer misery and are deprived of
the full enjoyment of their civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights and that some peoples still
lack the full enjoyment of their right of self-determination,
Stressing the necessity for further national efforts as well as enhanced international cooperation, with
a view to fully realizing all human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the need to promote greater
awareness of the rights set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in other international
human rights instruments,
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Resolution 217 A (III).
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