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Secretary-General salutes 15th anniversary of Vienna Human Rights Conference
28/08/2008
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on all states and stakeholders to redouble their efforts to ensure that human rights are protected and promoted.
In a video message on the 15th anniversary of the World Conference on Human Rights, he says the event marked a watershed in the way the world understands human rights and how we act on them.
Mr. Ban adds that since that conference in Vienna, the world has increasingly understood that human rights are indivisible from development and security:
"Equally important has been the strengthening of human rights education at all levels of society. It is often those who most need their human rights protected, who also need to be informed that instruments protecting these rights exist -- and that they exist for them."
Mr. Ban observes that the Vienna Conference also laid the foundation for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
The commemoration of the Vienna Conference also falls during the year-long observation of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Gerry Adams, United Nations.
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In a video message on the 15th anniversary of the World Conference on Human Rights, he says the event marked a watershed in the way the world understands human rights and how we act on them.
Mr. Ban adds that since that conference in Vienna, the world has increasingly understood that human rights are indivisible from development and security:
"Equally important has been the strengthening of human rights education at all levels of society. It is often those who most need their human rights protected, who also need to be informed that instruments protecting these rights exist -- and that they exist for them."
Mr. Ban observes that the Vienna Conference also laid the foundation for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
The commemoration of the Vienna Conference also falls during the year-long observation of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Gerry Adams, United Nations.
(duration: 1'13")