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... Reaffirming that one of the basic aims of the United Nations,
as proclaimed in the Charter, is to promote and encourage respect
for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all, without
distinction as to race, sex, language or religion, ...
... Reaffirming faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity
and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and
women and of nations large and small, ...
... Reaffirming faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity
and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and
women and of nations large and small, ...
... Desiring to promote the realization of the principles contained
in the Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide,
the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms
of Racial Discrimination, the International Covenant on Civil
and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights, the Declaration on the Elimination
of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion
or Belief, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, as
well as other relevant international instruments that have been
adopted at the universal or regional level and those concluded
between individual States Members of the United Nations, ...
... Bearing in mind the work done so far within the United Nations
system, in particular by the Commission on Human Rights, the
Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection
of Minorities and the bodies established pursuant to the International
Covenants on Human Rights and other relevant international human
rights instruments in promoting and protecting the rights of
persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic
minorities, ...
... Bearing in mind the work done so far within the United Nations
system, in particular by the Commission on Human Rights, the
Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection
of Minorities and the bodies established pursuant to the International
Covenants on Human Rights and other relevant international human
rights instruments in promoting and protecting the rights of
persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic
minorities, ...
... Bearing in mind the work done so far within the United Nations
system, in particular by the Commission on Human Rights, the
Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection
of Minorities and the bodies established pursuant to the International
Covenants on Human Rights and other relevant international human
rights instruments in promoting and protecting the rights of
persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic
minorities, ...
... Recognizing the need to ensure even more effective implementation
of international human rights instruments with regard to the
rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious
and linguistic minorities, ...
... 1. States shall take measures where required to ensure that
persons belonging to minorities may exercise fully and effectively
all their human rights and fundamental freedoms without any discrimination
and in full equality before the law. ...
... 2. The exercise of the rights set forth in the present Declaration
shall not prejudice the enjoyment by all persons of universally
recognized human rights and fundamental freedoms. ...
... 3. Measures taken by States to ensure the effective enjoyment
of the rights set forth in the present Declaration shall not
prima facie be considered contrary to the principle of equality
contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. ...