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Convinced that integrating human rights learning into all relevant development
policies and programmes contributes to enabling people to participate as equals in
the decisions that determine their lives,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General, 3
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Reaffirms its conviction that every woman, man, youth and child can
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realize his or her full human potential by learning about the comprehensive
framework of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the ability to act
on that knowledge in order to ensure the effective realization of human rights and
fundamental freedoms for all;
Encourages Member States to expand on efforts made during the
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International Year of Human Rights Learning and to consider devoting the financial
and human resources necessary to design and implement international, regional,
national and local long-term human rights learning programmes of action aimed at
broad-based and sustained human rights learning at all levels, in coordination with
civil society, the media, the private sector, academia, parliamentarians and regional
organizations, including the appropriate specialized agencies, funds and
programmes of the United Nations system, and, where possible, to designate human
rights cities;
Calls upon the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
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and the Human Rights Council to support, cooperate and collaborate closely with
civil society, the private sector, academia, regional organizations, the media and
other relevant stakeholders, as well as with organizations, programmes and funds of
the United Nations system, in efforts to develop, in particular, the design of
strategies and international, regional, national and local programmes of action
aimed at broad-based and sustained human rights learning at all levels;
Recommends that the Human Rights Council integrate human rights
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learning into the preparation of the draft United Nations declaration on human rights
education and training, bearing in mind the complementarity of this initiative with
the World Programme for Human Rights Education and human rights learning;
Encourages civil society organizations worldwide, in particular those
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working at the community level, to integrate human rights learning into dialogue
and consciousness-raising programmes with groups working on education,
development, poverty eradication, participation, children, indigenous peoples,
gender equality, persons with disabilities, elder persons and migrants, as well as on
other relevant political, civil, economic, social and cultural issues of concern;
Encourages relevant actors in civil society, including sociologists,
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anthropologists, members of academia and of the media and community leaders, to
develop the concept of human rights learning as a way to promote the full realization
of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all;
Invites relevant treaty bodies to take human rights learning into account
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in their interaction with States parties;
Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its
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sixty-sixth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution.
61st plenary meeting
10 December 2009
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