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    The document is the preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948. It recognizes the inherent dignity of all people and that disregard for human rights has led to atrocities. It states that protecting human rights through the rule of law is essential to prevent rebellion against oppression. The preamble affirms the UN's commitment to promoting universal respect for human rights and freedoms.

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    The document is the preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948. It recognizes the inherent dignity of all people and that disregard for human rights has led to atrocities. It states that protecting human rights through the rule of law is essential to prevent rebellion against oppression. The preamble affirms the UN's commitment to promoting universal respect for human rights and freedoms.

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    The document is the preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948. It recognizes the inherent dignity of all people and that disregard for human rights has led to atrocities. It states that protecting human rights through the rule of law is essential to prevent rebellion against oppression. The preamble affirms the UN's commitment to promoting universal respect for human rights and freedoms.

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    PREAMBLE

    Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights
    of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace
    in the world,

    Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts
    which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which
    human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and
    want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,

    Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last


    resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be
    protected by the rule of law,

    Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between


    nations,

    Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter reaffirmed their faith
    in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in
    the equal rights of men and women and have determined to promote social
    progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,

    Whereas Member States have pledged themselves to achieve, in co-operation with


    the United Nations, the promotion of universal respect for and observance of human
    rights and fundamental freedoms,

    Whereas a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of the greatest


    importance for the full realization of this pledge,

    Now, Therefore THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY proclaims THIS UNIVERSAL


    DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS as a common standard of achievement for all
    peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society,
    keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education
    to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures,
    national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and
    observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the
    peoples of territories under their jurisdiction

    HISTORY OF THE DOCUMENT

    The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the UN General
    Assembly on 10 December 1948, was the result of the experience of the Second
    World War. With the end of that war, and the creation of the United Nations, the
    international community vowed never again to allow atrocities like those of that
    conflict happen again. World leaders decided to complement the UN Charter with a
    road map to guarantee the rights of every individual everywhere. The document
    they considered, and which would later become the Universal Declaration of Human
    Rights, was taken up at the first session of the General Assembly in 1946. The
    Assembly reviewed this draft Declaration on Fundamental Human Rights and
    Freedoms and transmitted it to the Economic and Social Council "for reference to
    the Commission on Human Rights for consideration . . . in its preparation of an
    international bill of rights." The Commission, at its first session early in 1947,
    authorized its members to formulate what it termed "a preliminary draft
    International Bill of Human Rights". Later the work was taken over by a formal
    drafting committee, consisting of members of the Commission from eight States,
    selected with due regard for geographical distribution.

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