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Statement by Secretary Pompeo on Human Rights Day

U.S. Department of State Office of the Spokesperson Statement by Secretary Pompeo on Human Rights Day December 10, 2018 Seventy years ago, the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Emerging from a world war that shocked humanity with its cruelty, the sovereign nations of the world united to specify those rights that are ...

By U.S. Embassy Montevideo | 10 December, 2018 | Topics: News | Tags: Human Rights, Michael R. Pompeo, United Nations General Assembly

Press Statement on International Human Rights Day

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Press Statement Rex W. Tillerson Secretary of State Washington, DC December 10, 2017 Sixty-nine years ago today, in the aftermath of World War II, the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to recognize and elevate the inherent dignity and equal and inalienable rights of all individuals, and ...

By U.S. Embassy Montevideo | 11 December, 2017 | Topics: Former U.S. Government Leaders, News | Tags: Human Rights, Rex Tillerson

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