United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948

Adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) of 10 December 1948
On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the full text of which appears in the
following pages. Following this historic act the Assembly called upon all Member countries
to publicize the text of the Declaration and “to cause it to be disseminated, displayed,
read and expounded principally in schools and other educational institutions, without distinction
based on the political status of countries or territories.