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resolution 2005/61 of 20 April 2005 and Sub-Commission for the Promotion and Protection of
Human Rights resolution 2006/19 of 24 August 2006, concerning the World Programme for
Human Rights Education and the Plan of Action for its first phase (2005-2007),
Reaffirming the need for continued actions at the international level to support national
efforts to achieve the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the
United Nations Millennium Declaration, in particular universal access to basic education for all,
by 2015,
1.
Takes note of the progress report of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights on the first phase (2005-2007) of the World Programme for Human Rights
Education (A/HRC/4/85);
2.
Takes note also of the work done so far by the United Nations Inter-Agency
Coordinating Committee on Human Rights Education in the School System, and of the future
activities, in particular in the areas of technical assistance and information-sharing, identified by
the Committee as requiring support by the United Nations system in the implementation of the
Plan of Action at the national level;
3.
Decides to extend for two more years (2008-2009) the first phase of the World
Programme for Human Rights Education in order to allow all relevant actors to accomplish the
implementation of the Plan of Action, focusing on the primary and secondary school systems;
4.
Encourages all States to develop initiatives within the World Programme for
Human Rights Education and, in particular, to implement, within their capabilities, the Plan of
Action for the first phase of the World Programme as adopted by the General Assembly;
5.
Requests all the members of the United Nations Inter-Agency Coordinating
Committee on Human Rights Education in the School System and, in particular, the
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization, to promote the national implementation of the Plan of
Action, provide technical assistance when requested and coordinate related international efforts;
6.
Calls upon all existing national human rights institutions to assist in the
implementation of human rights education programmes consistent with the Plan of Action;
7.
Appeals to relevant organs, bodies or agencies of the United Nations system, as well
as all other international and regional intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations,
within their respective mandates, to promote and technically assist, when requested, the national
implementation of the Plan of Action;
8.
Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to disseminate widely the Plan
of Action among States and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations by any
means, including electronic means and formats of communication which are accessible to
persons with disabilities;
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