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Human Rights Day
10 December
Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December – the day on which the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights empowers us all. The principles enshrined in the Declaration are as relevant today as they were in 1948. We need to stand up for our own rights and those of others. We can take action in our own daily lives, to uphold the rights that protect us all and thereby promote the kinship of all human beings.
In December 1948, UNESCO was the first United Nations agency to place the Universal Declaration at the heart of all its action, to promote it across the world through education and the media.
"Celebrating Human Rights Day reminds us that human rights cannot be taken for granted and that their safeguarding requires commitment on a daily basis. This is the motivation for the work we do and it is the raison d'être of both the United Nations and UNESCO"
Audrey Azoulay
Director-General of UNESCO
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