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1.
Requests the “Human Rights Council Advisory Committee” to prepare a draft
declaration on human rights education and training, to be presented to the Human Rights Council
for consideration; to this end:
(a) Requests the “Human Rights Council Advisory Committee” to seek the views and
inputs of Member States, relevant international and regional organizations, the Office of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, national human rights institutions as well
as civil society organizations, including non-governmental organizations, on the possible
elements of the content of the declaration and to take into account existing relevant instruments;
(b) Requests also the “Human Rights Council Advisory Committee” to present a
progress report to the Human Rights Council, at its 2009 main session, containing the elements
of the draft declaration on human rights education and training;
2.
Decides to consider the progress report at its 2009 main session.
21st meeting
28 September 2007
[Adopted without a vote. See chap. III.]
6/11. Protection of cultural heritage as an important component
of the promotion and protection of cultural rights
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
Bearing in mind pertinent universal and regional legal instruments for the promotion and
protection of cultural rights and for the protection of cultural heritage, including the principles
enshrined in conventions, recommendations, declarations and charters for the protection of
cultural heritage adopted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization,
Reaffirming that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and mutually
reinforcing and must be treated in a fair and equal manner, on the same footing and with the
same emphasis,
Recalling that States parties to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights undertake to take steps, including those necessary for the conservation,
development and diffusion of science and culture, in order to achieve full realization of the
rights, as stipulated in article 15 of the Covenant,
Reaffirming the importance of cultural diversity for the full realization of human rights and
fundamental freedoms proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other
universally recognized instruments,
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