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Article: Assembly adopts declaration on right to development, acts on wide range of issues related to human rights. (United Nations General Assembly; includes article on combating racism and condemning mercenaries)
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- February 1, 1987
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Thc General Assembly acted on a wide range of human rights issues on 4 December, adopting more than 40 texts based on recommendations of its Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural).
Highlights of that work were the adoption of a 10-article Declaration on the Right to Development, annual reviews of human rights situations in five third world nations, and calls for action to assist millions of persons who are homeless or illiterate or endure other forms of human deprivation and suffering.
Other major texts approved dealt with: setting international standards in the field of human rights, international Covenants on human rights, human rights and ...