Human rights education : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Invites all Governments to reaffirm their commitments and obligations to develop national strategies for human rights education which are comprehensive, participatory and effective and which can be embodied in a national plan of action for human rights education as part of their national development plan; invites the UN, intergovernmental organizations, Unesco and other relevant intergovernmental organizations, to adopt a system-wide approach to the UN Decade for Human Rights Education, 1995-2004; invites relevant regional human rights organizations, agencies and networks to develop human rights education programmes and human rights training programmes and strategies for wider distribution of material on human rights education in all possible languages; recognizes the role that non-governmental organizations play in developing and implementing strategies to assist Governments to integrate human rights education into all levels of education for children, youth and adults.

Adopted without vote, 88th plenary meeting

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