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De la Declarația Universală a Drepturilor Omului la Obiectivele Mileniului
From the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to the Millenium Goals

Author(s): Irina Zlătescu
Subject(s): Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Published by: Institutul Român pentru Drepturile Omului
Keywords: United Nations; Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Millennium Development Goals;

Summary/Abstract: Respecting its founding Charter, the United Nations activates globally for the advancement of human rights. Starting from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the importance and the significance of this document adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1948 and laid at the foundation of the human rights system, a document that is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, the author presents the present and the future preoccupations of the organization, focusing on the Millennium Development Goals. The UN Declaration of the Millennium includes, among other main courses of action, the total observance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and full protection and promotion in all countries of all the civil and political, economic, social and cultural rights for all people. In view of all these, she examines the goals and the targets correlated at global level, at the level of Romania, as well as the extent of their achievement and the measures to be taken for the reactivation of the medium stage. She also examines the position of the EU, in the eyes of which the achievement of the MDGs is a priority.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 3-7
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Romanian
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