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Human Rights Day is celebrated annually across the world on 10 December.
The date was chosen to honor the United Nations General Assembly's
adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global enunciation of
human rights. The formal establishment of Human Rights Day occurred at
the 317th Plentary Meeting of the General Assembly on 4 December 1950,
when the General Assembly declared resolution 423(V), inviting all
member states and any other interested organizations to celebrate the
day as they saw fit.[1][2]
The day is a high point in the calendar of UN headquarters in New York
City, United States, and is normally marked by both high-level political
conferences and meetings and by cultural events and exhibitions dealing
with human rights issues. In addition, it is traditionally on 10
December that the five-yearly United Nations Prize in the Field of Human
Rights and Nobel Peace Prize are awarded. Many governmental and
nongovernmental organizations active in the human rights field also
schedule special events to commemorate the day, as do many civil and
social-cause organisations.
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