| Date | 10 December 1997 |
|---|---|
| Started | 15:00 |
| Ended | 17:05 |
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Statement on the occasion of Human Rights Day
The President
Before turning to the items on our agenda for this afternoon, I would like to recall that today is Human Rights Day; by commemorating this international Human Rights Day, we mark the beginning of the fiftieth anniversary year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Promotion of human rights has been at the core of United Nations activities since the inception of our Organization. At the very outset the United Nations Charter reaffirmed faith in "fundamental human rights" and in the "dignity and worth of the human person". Adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights only three years after the establishment of the United Nations reflected a common understanding that fundamental freedoms and respect for human dignity provide the most solid foundation for peace, democracy, development and fruitful international cooperation in every field of human activity.
As we look back today at the United Nations work in the field of human rights, we can be proud of what has been accomplished, in particular in standard-setting and human rights advocacy. We cannot pretend, however, that the gap has been bridged between aspirations and achievements. Arbitrary arrests, torture, imprisonment without trial, exploitation of children, denial of equal rights to women, discrimination on the basis of race -- these violations of human rights continue to be a sad reality in today's world and to call for our urgent and decisive action.
As we are launching today the year of the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, let us renew our commitment to the ideals enshrined in this historic document. Let us make sure that 1998 becomes a milestone in the long struggle for the achievement of one of the most noble purposes of the United Nations.
Agenda item 18
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples
Report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (A/52/23 (Parts I-VII), A/AC.109/2071-2072, 2074-2078, 2080-2082, 2084-2090)
Report of the Secretary-General (A/52/364 and Add. 1)
Draft resolutions (A/52/L.64, A/52/23 (Part II), Chapter III, para. 10)
The President
I call on the Rapporteur of the Special Committee to introduce the Committee's report and the draft resolution contained in paragraph 10, part II, chapter III of the report.
Mr. Mekdad (Syria)
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| /data/vhost/www.undemocracy.com/docs/trunk.py in |
| 194 if __name__ == "__main__": |
| 195 pathpart = os.getenv("PATH_INFO") |
| 196 maintrunk(pathpart) |
| 197 |
| 198 |
| maintrunk = <function maintrunk>, pathpart = '/generalassembly_52/meeting_69' |
| /data/vhost/www.undemocracy.com/docs/trunk.py in maintrunk(pathpart='/generalassembly_52/meeting_69') |
| 131 elif pagefunc == "gameeting": |
| 132 LogIncomingDB(hmap["docid"], hmap["gadice"] or "0", referrer, ipaddress, useragent, remadeurl) |
| 133 WriteHTML(hmap["htmlfile"], hmap["pdfinfo"], hmap["gadice"], hmap["highlightdoclink"]) |
| 134 elif pagefunc == "agendanumexpanded": |
| 135 LogIncomingDB(pagefunc, hmap["agendanum"], referrer, ipaddress, useragent, remadeurl) |
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| /home/undemocracy/unparse-live/web2/unpvmeeting.py in WriteHTML(fhtml='/home/undemocracy/undata/html/A-52-PV.69.html', pdfinfo=<pdfinfo.PdfInfo instance>, gadice='', highlightth=None) |
| 322 if dclass == "spoken": |
| 323 if not gadice or agendagidcurrent == gadice: |
| 324 WriteSpoken(gid, dtextmu, councilpresidentnation) |
| 325 elif dclass == "subheading": |
| 326 if agendagidcurrent and (not gadice or agendagidcurrent == gadice): |
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| 69 print '</cite>' |
| 70 |
| 71 print dtext[mspek.end(0):] |
| 72 |
| 73 print '</div>' |
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