United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour has said unprecedented efforts must be made to ensure that every person in the world can rely on just laws for his or her protection.
Arbour also said the UN would move towards the greatest fulfilment of human potential, a promise which is at the heart of the Universal Declaration in advancing all human rights for all.
Issuing a press statement on the occasion of International Human Rights Day today, High Commissioner Arbour said In today’s growing divisions between the rich and the poor, the powerful and the vulnerable, the technologically advanced and the illiterate, the aggressors and the victims, the relevance of the Declaration and the universality of the enshrined rights need to be loudly reaffirmed.
"The Universal Declaration and its core values- inherent human dignity, justice, non-discrimination, equality, fairness and universality- apply to everyone, everywhere, always. In all parts of the world, individuals, groups, organisations, and Governments have striven to transform into reality the promises contained in the Universal Declaration. Many have died in the pursuit of these ideals." Arbour added.
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