DEC/9/102 Commemorative session on the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Human Rights Council

Decision 9/102. Commemorative session on the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

At its 22nd meeting, on 24 September 2008, the Human Rights Council decided, without a

vote, to adopt the following text:

“The Human Rights Council,

Guided by the purposes, principles and provisions of the Charter of the

United Nations,

Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,

Bearing in mind that 2008 marks the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal

Declaration of Human Rights,

1. Decides to convene a one-day session to commemorate the sixtieth

anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, to be held during the week of

8 December 2008, to present national, regional and international initiatives launched on the

occasion of the anniversary;

2. Invites the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner

for Human Rights to address the Council.”

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