Human Rights Council
Decision 9/102.
Commemorative session on the occasion of the sixtieth
anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
At its 22nd meeting, on 24 September 2008, the Human Rights Council decided, without a
vote, to adopt the following text:
“The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes, principles and provisions of the Charter of the
United Nations,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
Bearing in mind that 2008 marks the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights,
1.
Decides to convene a one-day session to commemorate the sixtieth
anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, to be held during the week of
8 December 2008, to present national, regional and international initiatives launched on the
occasion of the anniversary;
2.
Invites the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights to address the Council.”
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