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1 ex United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Executive Board Hundred and fifty-second Session 152 EX/14 PARIS, 10 September 1997 Original: French/English Item of the provisional agenda PLAN OF ACTION FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS SUMMARY In 151 EX/Decision 9.1.4, the Executive Board invited the Director-General to present to it at its 152nd session a draft Plan of Action for the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Executive Board wished in particular that the activities proposed should be such as to ensure wider dissemination of the legal instruments, particularly those concerning the rights of women, and that they should be coordinated with the initiatives taken by the other United Nations agencies. Decision required: paragraph In 1998 the international community will be celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted in Paris on 10 December 1948 by the third session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. At its fifty-first session, in resolution 51/88, the General Assembly invited Member States to review and assess the progress that had been made in the field of human rights since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, to identify obstacles and ways in which they could be overcome, and to develop programmes of education and information with a view to disseminating the text of the Declaration and arriving at a better understanding of the universal message.

2 152 EX/14 - page 2 2. It also called upon the relevant United Nations organs and agencies to mark the anniversary by intensifying their contribution to promoting and protecting human rights. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights was given responsibility for the general co-ordination of these activities. UNESCO has played an active part in all the work and consultations undertaken in this connection within the United Nations system, which will continue until January This close co-operation has already resulted in the planning of a number of activities to be carried out with other agencies and the inclusion of a number of activities planned by UNESCO in the calendar drawn up by the High Commissioner for Human Rights. I. WHY UNESCO SHOULD PLAY A FULL PART IN THE CELEBRATION OF THIS ANNIVERSARY 3. UNESCO is directly and vitally concerned by this anniversary. As Article I of the Organization s Constitution shows, UNESCO was born of the very inspiration that was to lead three years later to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The purpose of the Organization is to contribute to peace and security by promoting collaboration among the nations through education, science and culture in order to further universal respect for justice, for the rule of law and for the human rights and fundamental freedoms which are affirmed for the peoples of the world, without distinction of race, sex, language or religions, by the Charter of the United Nations. Thus, on 11 December 1948, it was the first international organization to welcome the Declaration in a special resolution of the General Conference which underlined its importance for all UNESCO s activities, in particular those concerning education and the promotion of international understanding. 4. As an organization for intellectual co-operation and a forum for world dialogue, UNESCO is the place par excellence where the imperative requirement of universal respect for the rights of men and women may be reflected upon and enriched. UNESCO also has specific responsibility for the promotion, defence and deepening of the rights that fall within its fields of competence, i.e. the analysis of the practical means for applying such rights, the remaining obstacles and new challenges. Under the terms of its Constitution it also has a duty to combat all forms of discrimination. 5. Because UNESCO is first and foremost an organization with an educational mission, it has special responsibility for young people who, when the time comes, will in their turn take on the responsibility for forging the values of the decades of their mature years and transmitting into the future the inheritance we will have passed on to them. It is of capital importance that the achievements of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and of the half-century that has elapsed since then should fully be brought to the attention of the rising generations, who will soon be responsible for the future. By so doing, UNESCO fulfils the duty to prepare the children of the world for the responsibilities of freedom (Article I, 2(b) of the Constitution) which situates UNESCO s prime responsibility in this respect particularly in the area of human rights education. 6. For these reasons the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights should be a major focus of UNESCO s action in the course of the next biennium. All the sectors of UNESCO, at Headquarters and in the field, will co-operate in this action. The National Commissions, as well as the various partners of UNESCO, are invited to associate themselves closely with this movement, whose impact will be linked essentially to the

3 152 EX/14 - page 3 initiatives taken by the Member States themselves. It remains none the less the case that UNESCO has a duty to inspire and support a momentum commensurate to the challenge that human rights represent for the full accomplishment of its ethical mission. II. PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVES 7. Three principles should guide UNESCO s action in connection with this celebration: (a) (b) (c) commemorating for the future: aware of the commemorative value of the event, attentive to the present challenges regarding human rights, in particular in its areas of competence, UNESCO must above all exploit this event with a view to the future, by exploring foreseeable developments, and above all seeking to transmit to young people a significant knowledge of international human rights standards and fostering in them the appropriate values, attitudes and behaviour; turning to good account its comparative advantage : UNESCO has a duty to act in the dual framework of the arrangements decided upon at United Nations system level, on the one hand, and the initiatives taken by the Member States and the great number of institutions and organizations concerned, on the other. In order to be visible and effective, its action should therefore be deployed above all in the specific fields of responsibility that have been entrusted to it, including, most particularly, education - in the broadest sense of the term; acting through intermediate partners : on this occasion, more than any other, UNESCO should act as a catalyst; the impact of its action will be measured by its ability to mobilize its natural partners in all countries of the world: National Commissions, UNESCO Clubs, Associated Schools, UNESCO Chairs, NGOs, educational, scientific and cultural communities, not, of course, forgetting the media. 8. In the light of these principles, UNESCO s action in connection with this anniversary might be directed towards three major objectives: (a) (b) (c) taking stock - assessment and prospects: the state of human rights, in texts, in practice, in people s minds, particularly as regards the rights that fall within UNESCO s fields of competence; giving new momentum to human rights education, formal as well as non-formal; mobilizing young people in support of human rights, activating for this purpose all the present and potential partners of the Organization. III. PLAN OF ACTION 9. On the initiative of the Director-General, an intersectoral working group was formed in March 1997, chaired by the ADG/SHS, to draw up this plan of action. The proposals of the working group, enriched by the debates of the Executive Board, were discussed by the annual meeting of directors of human rights institutes and the Advisory Committee on Education for Peace, Human Rights, Democracy, International Understanding and Tolerance, which met at Headquarters in July The draft Plan of Action below naturally comes within the

4 152 EX/14 - page 4 framework of the United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education ( ), which assigns to UNESCO special responsibility in this regard. III.1 Taking stock - assessment and prospects 10. UNESCO will directly undertake, or support, various activities seeking to take stock of the state of implementation and the future development of the rights falling within its fields of competence. 11. Right to education (Article 26). UNESCO s field offices will organize panels on the right to education for all, in co-operation with National Commissions and with the participation of government officials, national human rights associations, non-governmental organizations, intergovernmental organizations and the media. Article 26 of the Universal Declaration will be widely publicized through publications and newsletters. Problems related to further recognition and implementation of the right to quality education for all and the consequences of the growing privatization of education will be examined within the framework of activities aimed at improving the quality of education and the prevention of discrimination in this field (round tables, consultations, expert meetings, studies, etc.). Efforts aimed at the prevention of discrimination in education, in particular against women, persons belonging to minorities, indigenous peoples and refugees, or suffering from a physical or mental handicap and all other vulnerable groups will be continued, especially within the framework of the sixth consultation of Member States on the implementation of the UNESCO Convention and Recommendation against Discrimination in Education. Particular attention will be given to women s and girls right to education as a fundamental human right. 12. Right to enjoy the benefits of scientific advancement and its applications (Article 27). At the same time as continuing its work on the ethical implications of scientific advances and their technological applications - which will in particular be expressed by the submission to the General Conference at its twenty-ninth session of a draft Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights, as well as a draft Declaration on the Safeguarding of Future Generations - UNESCO will encourage international reflection on the emerging right to a healthy, unpolluted environment. 13. Right to participate in cultural life (Article 27). The detailed analysis of cultural rights, the prospects for their codification and the practical means of implementing them will be the subject of an international meeting of experts in 1998 in Buenos Aires (Argentina), run by the UNESCO Chair in cultural and intellectual rights of the University of Palermo. A teleconference of specialists will take place in February 1998, and a publication summarizing research findings on the subject is expected to appear in November The Intergovernmental Conference on Cultural Policies for Development to be held in Stockholm in April 1998 on the initiative of the Swedish authorities will devote special attention to this question and, in particular, to the cultural rights of indigenous populations. 14. Right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from scientific, literary or artistic production (Article 27). Promotional activities will be launched to publicize the international conventions on the protection of authors and performers rights, and to raise awareness about the need to fight against piracy in the new technological environment. A special issue of UNESCO s Copyright Bulletin will be dedicated to the fiftieth anniversary.

5 152 EX/14 - page Right to freedom of opinion and expression and to information (Article 19). The World Press Freedom Day (3 May), on which the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Prize is awarded, will focus on Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights through inter alia, a special press kit, an exhibition and a round table. UNESCO articles on communication technology and human rights will be included in major scholarly and news journals during the year, while a special issue will be published in the series Communication and Democracy. UNESCO will seize the opportunity offered by the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human rights to promote international co-operation with a view to ensuring and developing fundamental freedoms, human rights and shared values in the information society. This initiative will seek to achieve progress on the drafting of an international instrument on cyberspace which could serve the world community and the right to freedom of expression. To be continued throughout 1998, the initiative could lead to a draft declaration for submission to the General Conference at its thirtieth session in November Human right to peace. To further develop the provision of Article 3 of the Universal Declaration which proclaims the right of everyone to life, liberty and security of person, the Organization will encourage international reflection on the human right to peace as a sine qua non for the implementation of all human rights. 17. UNESCO s human rights protection procedure. To make better known the UNESCO procedure (104 EX/Decision 3.3) for dealing with communications addressed to the Organization concerning alleged violations of human rights falling within its fields of competence, a special leaflet will be prepared and widely distributed. 18. Special commemorative activities. Throughout the year UNESCO will give its backing to initiatives such as general or specialized publications, press articles, meetings, seminars and workshops relating to human rights, such as the symposium on Ethics, Law and Democratic Principles, which will take place in Paris. The culminating point of all these activities will be the Conference entitled Human Rights: Fifty Years After - Achievements, Problems, Challenges, which will be held in Paris in December 1998 in co-operation with the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights. An initial list of these events is annexed to this document. 19. A series of prestige lectures will be given at Headquarters by senior international figures throughout the year (the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, etc.). The Director-General will take part in the plenary session of the General Assembly of the United Nations which will adopt, with the participation of Heads of State and Government, an Appeal for Human Rights. The Organization will also be represented at all the official events planned by the United Nations. Lastly, it is proposed that the Executive Board at its 154th session (September/October 1998), devote a special meeting to the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration. III.2 Giving new momentum to human rights education, both formal and non-formal, and disseminating the Declaration s message as widely as possible 20. The text of the Declaration and other instruments relating to human rights will be widely disseminated in a large number of languages, especially among young people, through booklets, posters and other aids. A set of works and articles will be published in the course of the year by UNESCO s periodicals, which are planning special issues for the purpose, and also the general and specialized press. Thus, for example, Article 26 of the Declaration on the right

6 152 EX/14 - page 6 to education for all will be published with a commentary in various forms in the course of the year. The awarding of the UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education will be the occasion for making the actions undertaken in this priority area more widely known. 21. Teaching materials, teaching aids, textbooks and collections of documents will be produced, on the initiative of a great many partners, based on material provided by UNESCO among others. 22. All these communication tools will be harnessed in a determined effort to give fresh momentum to human rights education, not only in a formal framework (school curricula and teaching methods) but also in every aspect of daily life in which it can find a place. The involvement of the media, the voluntary sector and NGOs will be sought to make the most of all the information and other documents prepared and distributed by UNESCO, seeking at the same time to put it to good use in the daily life of the populations concerned, and particularly of young people. 23. The UNESCO Chairs and the Associated Schools network will be mobilized, along with a large number of other intermediaries, in order to further the implementation of the World Plan of Action on Education for Human Rights and Democracy, adopted in Montreal in 1993, as well as the Declaration and Integrated Framework of Action on Education for Peace, Human Rights and Democracy, approved by the General Conference at its twenty-eighth session. Regional conferences will be held in order to assess the present state of human rights education and elaborate recommendations for its further development. A separate item will be included in the agenda of the World Conference on Higher Education (1998) in order to promote human rights education at the university level and to ensure that all students, irrespective of their specialization, partake in human rights training. 24. Furthermore, exhibitions at UNESCO Headquarters and at the United Nations in New York and Geneva will highlight all the Organization s action in the field of human rights. III.3 Mobilizing young people by activating all the Organization s partners, present and potential 25. As part of its contribution to a culture of peace and its commitment to young people, through education in particular, UNESCO will undertake wide-ranging action aimed at young people in celebrating the anniversary, with the assistance of all its partners, who will be mobilized for the purpose. The goal is to ensure that, in the course of the year, all young people between the ages of 12 and 25 are made aware of the anniversary and of the responsibility of their generation to this inheritance, and are invited to commit themselves to promoting it. In addition to, and by means of the planned mobilization of UNESCO s partners, what is sought is the personal mobilization of young people on behalf of human rights in ways appropriate to them. 26. In order to achieve this objective, UNESCO has assigned itself the task of mobilizing and encouraging its partners: National Commissions, UNESCO Clubs, the Associated Schools network, the UNESCO Chairs network, institutes, the voluntary sector, NGOs and the scientific, educational and cultural communities, not forgetting, of course, the media and its new partners such as parliaments (for example, through the Inter-Parliamentary Union), mayors and youth organizations (such as Junior Chamber International). Although it is UNESCO s exclusive responsibility to carry out special actions in addition to the regular

7 152 EX/14 - page 7 course of its activities, it has neither the means nor the mandate to achieve directly the new objective of reaching personally as many young people as possible in order to stimulate their effective mobilization. It is, on the other hand, part of the Organization s vocation, and within its capacity to initiate and lead a broader movement capable of achieving this result. In addition to the contribution to be provided by the activities related to the other two objectives, this action could include, (a) (b) (c) running forums on the Internet and, if necessary, facilitating access to the Internet by young people in the developing countries on this occasion; supplying to the greatest possible number of children, starting with those of the most impoverished groups and countries, a consignment of basic school supplies (exercise books, pencils, etc.) including reference materials to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the language of literacy and using appropriate graphic materials; holding international competitions which might make it possible to invite representatives of young people of all countries to Paris on 10 December 1998 to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary; (d) holding very decentralized human rights training seminars so that teachers and other educators can gradually be reached in order that the above actions may be delivered and staffed appropriately; (e) (f) (g) conducting surveys among young people to stimulate debate and discussion of situations involving human rights in their everyday environment; promoting meetings of young people encouraging them to talk about and debate these issues at national, regional and international level, and ensuring wide publicity for the most significant examples and best practices ; helping youth movements, educators, instructors and various people with responsibility for young people, to plan and implement ways of raising awareness and ensuring both personal and collective development as regards human rights, in the light of the opportunities for information and commitment created by this year of commemoration. 27. On the Director-General s initiative, 50 prominent people have agreed to formulate one practical proposal each fostering the application of human rights in daily situations of today s world. These practical proposals will all be able to be genuinely implemented from the first years of the twenty-first century. The related book that is to be published in Autumn 1998, entitled 50 Ideas for Human Rights in the 21st Century, and which will also be disseminated on the Internet, will add a powerful future-oriented thrust to all the work undertaken in the course of the year. 28. The mobilization effort and the co-ordination of the corresponding actions will be steered by a special unit of the Secretariat, responsible first and foremost for seeking extrabudgetary resources and giving impetus to the action of external partners. 29. So that the Secretariat itself is highly mobilized for this purpose, immediate action will be taken to ensure that every member of the Secretariat knows about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and reflects upon it and its implications for the daily life of the Organization.

8 152 EX/14 - page This Plan of Action could be launched in its entirety on 10 December 1997 by the Director-General on the occasion of Human Rights Day. IV. DRAFT DECISION 31. After examining the present report, the Executive Board may wish to adopt the following decision: The Executive Board, 1. Taking account of 151 EX/Decision 9.1.4, 2. Recognizing the utmost importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for the promotion and implementation of human rights and fundamental freedoms, 3. Taking into consideration resolution 51/88 of the United Nations General Assembly by which it called upon, inter alia, the United Nations agencies to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by intensifying their own contributions to the United Nations system-wide efforts to promote and protect human rights, 4. Underlining the significance of the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for further increasing efforts both at the international and national levels in order to ensure full respect for human rights worldwide, 5. Having considered the draft Plan of Action for the Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in document 152 EX/14, 6. Affirming UNESCO s leading role and responsibility in the promotion of human rights education, 7. Urges Member States, governments, parliaments, national administrations and official representatives at all levels, all educational institutions, academic institutions, universities and research centres, non-governmental organizations and national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights, youth organizations, representatives of public, cultural and religious life, teachers and all those who are responsible for education and training of children and youth, and journalists of all countries to contribute to the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary by undertaking activities in order to further promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms; 8. Invites the Director-General to present the draft Plan of Action for the Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to the General Conference at its twenty-ninth session.

9 152 EX/14 Annex I ANNEX I Some ideas for celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at the national level 1. To ensure wide distribution of the text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in national languages the following actions could be undertaken: (a) the issue of special posters to be made available in public places, for example in schools and libraries; (b) the publication of the text of the Universal Declaration on covers of school exercise books; (c) the issue of special leaflets, calendars, etc., with the text; (d) the creation of special sections devoted to human rights in libraries, especially in school libraries; (e) the publication of the text of the Universal Declaration in national/local newspapers on 10 December 1997 and on 10 December To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary: (a) special commemorative stamps, coins, telephone cards, pins, etc.; (b) the use of state-owned television and radio stations for raising public awareness on human rights issues and covering national and international activities related to the fiftieth anniversary; (c) the organization of arts and music festivals and concerts dedicated to the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; (d) special exhibitions devoted to human rights in public places. 3. On or around 10 December 1998 special events dedicated to the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration could be organized, i.e. special sessions of Parliaments to discuss the situation of the implementation of human rights and the ratification of major human rights instruments by a given country. 4. In order to introduce human rights education in the curricula of schools and institutions of higher education, national plans for human rights education as a contribution to the United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education ( ) could be elaborated. Other activities could include general knowledge competitions for youth (Olympiads) on the Universal Declaration and other human rights instruments, as well as competitions for the best posters on human rights, illustrations on human rights, etc. 5. Encouragement will be given to human rights institutes, institutions of higher education and relevant governmental services to organize seminars on concrete problems related to the implementation of human rights, in particular on such issues as the protection of the rights of women, the implementation of the rights of the child, the human rights of prisoners, the protection of the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, the implementation of the right to education and access to cultural life, the struggle against racism and ethno-nationalism, the interrelationship between human rights, democracy and development, the emerging right to a clean and healthy environment and the human right to peace.

10 152 EX/14 Annex III ANNEX II Major activities to be undertaken Joint letter of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Director-General of UNESCO addressed to the Ministers of Education of Member States, aiming at the dissemination of the text of the Universal Declaration in schools (together with chromatic films of the poster prepared by UNESCO/ UNCHR in order to facilitate national reproduction of the poster with the inclusion of the text of the Universal Declaration in each national language). Regional Conference on the Promotion of Education for Human Rights, Turku, Finland. Second continental meeting of indigenous writers of Africa. Special item during the Parliamentary Day of the General Conference, organized in collaboration with the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Presentation to and eventual adoption by the General Conference of the Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights and the Declaration on the Safeguarding of Future Generations. Workshop for UNESCO Regional Advisers based in Addis Ababa, Amman, Dakar, Harare, Bangkok, Kathmandu, Suva and Santiago de Chile on Advocacy/IEC for reproductive rights as a part of human rights. September 1997 September 1997 September October 1997 October-November 1997 November 1997 The Regional Advisers participating in this workshop, in collaboration with regional human rights institutions and the UNESCO Regional Offices will conduct, during 1998, four seminars at Harare (Zimbabwe), Kathmandu (Nepal), Santiago de Chile (Chile) and Amman (Jordan). Statement by the Director-General on the occasion of Human Rights Day.. 10 December 1997

11 152 EX/14 Annex III - page 2 Award ceremony for the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education. Exhibition on UNESCO materials related to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Teleconference of senior human rights scholars on the research project The development of cultural rights in the human rights tradition. The ninth annual meeting of Directors of Human Rights Institutes, devoted to the fiftieth anniversary. International Women s Day will focus on the promotion of women s and girls right to education as a fundamental human right. Cultural rights will be widely discussed at the Intergovernmental Conference on Cultural Policies for Development in Stockholm, Sweden. Address by the Director-General to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. Activities to celebrate the anniversary with particular reference to Article 19 will take place on World Press Freedom Day. Meeting of UNESCO Chairs in human rights, democracy, peace and tolerance in order to discuss the amelioration of education for human rights at university level. Round table on Youth and Human Rights, coorganized by UNESCO, the UN Department for Policy Co-ordination and Sustainable Development and the UN Centre for Human Rights, in the framework of the IIIrd World Youth Forum. International experts meeting on cultural rights (significance, advisability of further codification, concrete ways to ensure their implementation). Co-organized with the UNESCO Chair in cultural and intellectual rights at the University of Palermo, Argentina. 10 December 1997 January-February 1998 February 1998 March March 1998 March-April 1998 April May 1998 July 1998 August 1998 August 1998

12 152 EX/14 Annex II - page 3 The fourth meeting of the Advisory Board on Education for Human Rights, Democracy, Peace, International Understanding and Tolerance. Special item on the agenda of the 154th session of the Executive Board devoted to the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration. Separate item on the agenda of the World Conference on Higher Education aiming at the introduction of education for human rights in all specialities at university level. Regional Conference on Education for Human Rights in Asia. Regional Conference on Education for Human Rights in Africa. Publication of 50 Ideas for Human Rights in the 21st Century. International Conference on Ethics, Law and Democratic Principles: Role of Constitutional Courts and Supreme Courts. Conference on the research project The development of cultural rights in the human rights tradition, Paris. Award ceremony for the 1998 UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education. Award ceremony for the 1998 UNESCO Prize for Peace Education. International Conference - Human Rights: Fifty Years After - Achievements, Problems, Challenges, Paris. Declaration by the Director-General on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. September 1998 September-October 1998 October 1998 October 1998 November 1998 Autumn 1998 November 1998 December 1998 December 1998 December 1998 December December 1998

13 152 EX/14 Annex III - page 4 Participation of the Director-General in the highlevel commemorative plenary meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations. * December 1998 * The UNESCO Office of Public Information will ensure media coverage of major commemorative activities undertaken by UNESCO during the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

14 152 EX/14 Annex III ANNEX III Publications on human rights-related issues to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1. Periodicals The UNESCO Courier (special issue); Nature & Resources (several articles relating to human rights in respect to environmental and natural resources concerns); International Social Science Journal (special issue of December 1998 carrying articles on legal, social, economic and cultural aspects of human rights); Copyright Bulletin (a special issue dedicated to the impact of the Universal Declaration on the development of national and international protection of the rights of the authors); Special publications in the series Communication and Democracy and Countdown; UNESCOPRESS and UNESCO Sources will cover key activities throughout the commemoration period, and communicate them to the mass media and the public. 2. Special publications The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Fiftieth Anniversary (History of the drafting and adoption of the Universal Declaration; its text and UNESCO activities in the promotion of its basic provisions); Human Rights: Questions and Answers (several linguistic versions will be dedicated to the fiftieth anniversary. Part II of this book is devoted entirely to the Declaration and presents its text and comments to every article); Manual for Human Rights Education at primary and secondary levels; Manual on Human Rights for Universities; UNESCO and Human Rights (instruments, meetings, publications); Education for Human Rights: Theory and Methodology (monograph for educators); Handbook on Human Rights (reference guide on procedures for the general public); Access to Human Rights Documentation (updated reference compilation); Major Human Rights Instruments. Status as at 31 May 1998 (ratification);

15 152 EX/14 Annex III - page 2 Special publication on the significance of the Universal Declaration and its role in the promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms by eminent personalities; Compilation of Major International Instruments on the Rights of Women; New Technologies and Freedom of Expression; Freedom of Expression in the World; Study on The Development of Cultural Rights in the Human Rights Tradition ; A special publication will be prepared to help promote women s rights through education (legal literacy); A Comprehensive Approach to Democracy in Africa: An Analytical Survey (in the framework of the Audience Africa Recommendation to UNESCO Democratization in Everyday Life: The Culture of Peace ). 3. Other materials Special leaflet on the UNESCO Human Rights Protection Procedure (104 EX/Decision 3.3); Press Freedom Day (3 May) 1998 Press Kit, including materials on Article 19 of the Universal Declaration and UNESCO s involvement in the promotion and protection of the free flow of information, freedom of expression and press freedom; Poster to disseminate the text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in schools (UNESCO/UNCHR Project); Interactive ASPnet calendar illustrated with posters resulting from the 1997 ASP International Poster Contest on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Universal Declaration; Promotion materials (posters, calendars, leaflets, notebooks); A series of fact sheets on the rights promoted and protected by UNESCO and on human rights education.

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