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Law-ref.org | Proclamation of Teheran, Final Act of the International Conference on Human Rights, Teheran, 22 April to 13 May 1968 |
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... States should reaffirm their determination effectively to
enforce the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United
Nations and in other international instruments that concern human
rights and fundamental freedoms; ...
... The peoples of the world must be made fully aware of the
evils of racial discrimination and must join in combating them.
The implementation of this principle of non-discrimination, embodied
in the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights, and other international instruments in the field
of human rights, constitutes a most urgent task of mankind at
the international as well as at the national level. All ideologies
based on racial superiority and intolerance must be condemned
and resisted; ...
... The existence of over seven hundred million illiterates
throughout the world is an enormous obstacle to all efforts at
realizing the aims and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations
and the provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
International action aimed at eradicating illiteracy from the
face of the earth and promoting education at all levels requires
urgent attention; ...
... The discrimination of which women are still victims in
various regions of the world must be eliminated. An inferior status
for women is contrary to the Charter of the United Nations as
well as the provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The full implementation of the Declaration on the Elimination
of Discrimination against Women is a necessity for the progress
of mankind; ...