On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the
United
Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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." The General Assembly decided in 1995 to observe
10 December as Human Rights Day.
The
Office of the High Commissioner for
Human Rights offers the text of the
Universal
Declaration of Human Rights in over 300 languages.
