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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/49/184
6 March 1995
Forty-ninth session
Agenda item 100 (b)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/49/610/Add.2)]
49/184. United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education
The General Assembly,
Guided by the fundamental and universal principles enshrined in 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,
1/
Resolution 217 A (III).
2/
See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3/
Resolution 44/25, annex.
95-77083
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