United Nations General Assembly resolution 217 A (III)

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United Nations General Assembly resolution human rights instrument international document

United Nations General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) is the 1948 UN measure that adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, establishing a foundational global standard for human rights.

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A/RES/217 A (III) 1
Resolution 217 A (III) 1
Third session of the United Nations General Assembly 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations General Assembly resolution ⓘ
human rights instrument ⓘ
international document ⓘ
abstainingState Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
Czechoslovakia ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Soviet Ukraine ⓘ
surface form: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

Dominion of South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Union of South Africa

Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Yugoslavia ⓘ
abstainingStatesCount 8 ⓘ
adoptedAt Palais de Chaillot ⓘ
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptedByVote Member States of the United Nations ⓘ
surface form: United Nations Member States
adoptedInCity Paris ⓘ
adoptedInCountry France ⓘ
adoptedOn 1948-12-10 ⓘ
adoptionDetail adopted with 48 votes in favour, 0 against, and 8 abstentions ⓘ
adoptionResult adopted without dissenting votes ⓘ
adoptionVoteType recorded vote ⓘ
alsoKnownAs United Nations General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) ⓘ
surface form: A/RES/217 A (III)

United Nations General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) ⓘ
surface form: Resolution 217 A (III)

United Nations General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) ⓘ
surface form: UN General Assembly resolution 217 A (III)

Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ
surface form: Universal Declaration of Human Rights adoption resolution
commemoratedBy Human Rights Day ⓘ
dateOfProclamation 1948-12-10 ⓘ
effect adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ
field human rights ⓘ
international law ⓘ
followedBy subsequent United Nations human rights treaties ⓘ
geographicalScope worldwide ⓘ
hasPart text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ
influenced International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ⓘ
regional human rights instruments ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalNature recommendatory ⓘ
legalStatus non-binding resolution ⓘ
mainSubject Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ
preambleStates recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world ⓘ
purpose to proclaim the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations ⓘ
relatedDocument Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ
sessionNumber 3 ⓘ
sessionType third regular session of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
setsStandardFor all peoples and all nations ⓘ
UNDocumentSymbol A/RES/217 A (III) ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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A/RES/217 A (III) → UNSession → United Nations General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Third session of the United Nations General Assembly
United Nations General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) → alsoKnownAs → United Nations General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) ⓘ
this entity surface form: UN General Assembly resolution 217 A (III)
United Nations General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) → alsoKnownAs → United Nations General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) ⓘ
this entity surface form: A/RES/217 A (III)
United Nations General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) → alsoKnownAs → United Nations General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Resolution 217 A (III)
Human Rights Day → legalBasis → United Nations General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) ⓘ