[RED DEMOCRATICA] Commentary: Recommit to supporting human rights

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | Ban: "Transformation" needed to combat climate change Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   December 10, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Commentary: Recommit to supporting human rights Today is Human Rights Day, which highlights the need for the world to renew its commitment to respecting the rights of all people, writes Caroline Pontefract, director of the UNESCO-UNRWA Education Program. "It is a day on which we advocate for our own rights to be respected and pledge not to violate the rights of others," she argues. 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