Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pictures

On December 10, 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations approved and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the full text of which is reproduced on these pages. Taking this decision of historic significance, the Assembly appealed to all member states of the Organization to promulgate the text of the Declaration and to do everything possible to “disseminate, promulgate and explain it, mainly in schools and other educational institutions, without distinction based on the political status of countries or territories ".