Confessions of a Misguided Trio

10 December: Human Rights Day 2005

Nearly 60 years after the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the world continues to be confronted with severe abuses of human rights. Nearly as bad, the world is also confronted by a most disturbing complacency of these abuses. Let's stop this.

"Human rights education is much more than a lesson in schools or a theme for a day; it is a process to equip people with the tools they need to live lives of security and dignity. On this International Human Rights Day let us continue to work together to develop and nurture in future generations a culture of human rights, to promote freedom, security and peace in all nations." Kofi Annan, Secretary-General (2004)

In Larger Freedom
Report of the Secretary General of the United Nations

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