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Article: `A VERY SPECIAL MOMENT IN HISTORY': New Zealand's role in the evolution of international human rights.
- Article from:
- New Zealand International Review
- Article date:
- November 1, 1998
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Paul Gordon Lauren suggests that New Zealand exercised an influence far out of proportion to its size in the formative years of the United Nations.
The many festivities surrounding Human Rights Day 1998 will all be designed to mark an important historical milestone: the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Much attention will be given during these celebrations to the remarkable progress made in the evolution of international human rights since the end of the Second World War. There will be lectures, programmes, seminars, concerts, and many speeches by government leaders. Given the nature of politics, it is highly likely that the ...