A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/50/177 28 February 1996 Fiftieth session Agenda item 112 (b) RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Third Committee (A/50/635/Add.2)] 50/177. United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education The General Assembly, Guided by the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1/ Reaffirming article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, according to which "education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms", Recalling the provisions of other international human rights instruments, such as those of article 13 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 2/ and article 28 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 3/ that reflect the aims of the aforementioned article, Taking into account Commission on Human rights resolution 1993/56 of 9 March 1993, 4/ in which the Commission recommended that knowledge of human 1/ Resolution 217 A (III). 2/ See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. 3/ Resolution 44/25, annex. 4/ See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1993, Supplement No. 3 (E/1993/23), chap. II, sect. A. 96-76963 /...