Here is the 10th December statement from Amnesty International that was circulated today at the UN General Assembly in support of the UN World Program for Human Rights Education. Apologies that it is just in English. ---------- AI Index: IOR/40/027/2004 10 December 2004 Public Statement by Amnesty International on the United Nations World Programme for Human Rights Education Amnesty International welcomes the proposed World Programme for Human Rights Education to be launched by the United Nations General Assembly on Human Rights Day 2004, 10 December 2004. Amnesty International urges all States to support this initiative and to adopt the draft Plan of Action for the first phase (2005-2007). Recognizing the achievements and noting the shortcomings of the UN Decade for Human Rights Education,[1] Amnesty International believes that the new World Programme for Human Rights Education should ensure further development of Human Rights Education as a priority focus for the international community. Human Rights Education plays a vital role in the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms by promoting understanding of the values of tolerance and non-discrimination, preventing human rights violations and fostering mutual respect in post-conflict societies. Amnesty International supports the draft Plan of Action[2] developed by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and in close consultation with relevant experts and practioners. The main objective of the first phase of the World Programme (2005-2007) is to achieve comprehensive human rights education in the primary and secondary school systems. Amnesty International also welcomes the recent statement by the Special Rapporteur on the right to education of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Mr Vernor Muņoz Villalobos, in which he recognised the proposed World Programme for Human Rights Education "as a meaningful contribution to implementing the right to education".[3] Amnesty International believes that Human Rights Education should be explicitly linked to the right to quality education as set out in the Dakar Framework for Action (2000) and in the Millennium Declaration. [1] 1995-2004 [2] UN Doc. A/59/525 [3] Public statement by Special Rapporteur on the right to education of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Mr Vernor Muņoz Villalobos 05/11/04 Pam Clarke Human Rights Education Information Officer "Education ... is the key to unlocking other human rights." (Katarina Tomasevski - Former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education Visit http://www.amnesty.org/hre ======== Global Human Rights Education listserv ======== Send mail intended for the list to <hr-education@hrea.org>. Archives of the list can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/lists/hr-education/markup/maillist.php If you have problems (un)subscribing, contact <owner-hr-education@hrea.org>. **You are welcome to reprint, copy, archive, quote or re-post this item, but please retain the original and listserv source.
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