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  2. Declaration by United Nations - Wikipedia

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    The Declaration by United Nations was the main treaty that formalized the Allies of World War II and was signed by 47 national governments between 1942 and 1945. On 1 January 1942, during the Arcadia Conference in Washington D.C., the Allied "Big Four"—the United States, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and China—signed a short document which later came to be known as the United ...

  3. List of international declarations - Wikipedia

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    Israel's Declaration of Independence: Proclaims the establishment of the State of Israel within the British Mandate of Palestine. 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Ratified in December 1948 by the United Nations, the UDHR defines a fundamental list of human rights to be defended by all nations of the world. 1949: London Declaration

  4. Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Wikipedia

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    At the 1993 United Nations World Conference on Human Rights, one of the largest international gatherings on human rights, [93] diplomats and officials representing 100 nations reaffirmed their governments' "commitment to the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights" and ...

  5. History of the United Nations - Wikipedia

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    The history of the United Nations has its origins in World War II beginning with the Declaration of St James's Palace. Taking up the Wilsonian mantle in 1944–1945, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt pushed as his highest postwar priority the establishment of the United Nations to replace the defunct League of Nations.

  6. United Nations - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political [2] international organization with the intended purpose of maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and countries, achieving international cooperation, and serving as a center for coordinating the actions of member states. [3]

  7. World Conference on Human Rights - Wikipedia

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    The World Conference on Human Rights was held by the United Nations in Vienna, Austria, on 14 to 25 June 1993. [1] It was the first human rights conference held since the end of the Cold War. The main result of the conference was the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action.

  8. Human Rights Day - Wikipedia

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    Human Rights Day (HRD) is celebrated annually around the world on 10 December every year.. The date was chosen to honor the United Nations General Assembly's adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global enunciation of human rights and one of the first major achievements of the new United Nations.

  9. World Conference against Racism 2001 - Wikipedia

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    The conference was authorized by United Nations General Assembly Resolution #52/111. Prior to the conference various preparatory meetings (PrepComs) were held in order to identify conference themes and to create initial drafts of the Declaration and Programme of Action.