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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Label	Occurrences
A/RES/217 A (III)	1
Resolution 217 A (III)	1
Third session of the United Nations General Assembly	1
UN General Assembly resolution 217 A (III)	1
United Nations General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) canonical	1

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Target entity: United Nations General Assembly resolution 217 A (III)
Context triple: [Human Rights Day, legalBasis, United Nations General Assembly resolution 217 A (III)]

A. United Nations General Assembly resolution 428 (V)
United Nations General Assembly resolution 428 (V) is the 1950 resolution that established the mandate and foundational statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
B. UN General Assembly Resolution 38/7
UN General Assembly Resolution 38/7 is a 1983 United Nations General Assembly resolution that condemned the U.S.-led invasion of Grenada as a violation of international law.
C. United Nations General Assembly Resolution 67/19
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 67/19 is the 2012 UN measure that upgraded Palestine’s status to that of a non-member observer state, widely seen as a de facto recognition of Palestinian statehood.
D. UN General Assembly Resolution 60/7
UN General Assembly Resolution 60/7 is the 2005 UN measure that established January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day and urged global education and commemoration of the Holocaust.
E. UN General Assembly Resolution 68/262
UN General Assembly Resolution 68/262 is a 2014 UN General Assembly measure affirming Ukraine’s territorial integrity and declaring the Crimean referendum and subsequent annexation by Russia to have no validity.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: United Nations General Assembly resolution 217 A (III)
Target entity description: 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.

A. United Nations General Assembly resolution 428 (V)
United Nations General Assembly resolution 428 (V) is the 1950 resolution that established the mandate and foundational statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
B. UN General Assembly Resolution 38/7
UN General Assembly Resolution 38/7 is a 1983 United Nations General Assembly resolution that condemned the U.S.-led invasion of Grenada as a violation of international law.
C. United Nations General Assembly Resolution 67/19
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 67/19 is the 2012 UN measure that upgraded Palestine’s status to that of a non-member observer state, widely seen as a de facto recognition of Palestinian statehood.
D. UN General Assembly Resolution 60/7
UN General Assembly Resolution 60/7 is the 2005 UN measure that established January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day and urged global education and commemoration of the Holocaust.
E. UN General Assembly Resolution 68/262
UN General Assembly Resolution 68/262 is a 2014 UN General Assembly measure affirming Ukraine’s territorial integrity and declaring the Crimean referendum and subsequent annexation by Russia to have no validity.
F. None of above. chosen

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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) ⓘ

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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

Human Rights Day → legalBasis → United Nations 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: 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)

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