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What we are facing
Men and women everywhere have the right to be governed
by their own consent, under law, without discrimination
based on gender, sexuality, religion, age, ability,
ethnic background, nationality, class or other factors.
They must also be free from want. We will not enjoy
development without security, we will not enjoy security
without development, and we will not enjoy either
without respect for human rights.
DID YOU KNOW?
- Over a million children are trafficked annually for sexual exploitation
and labor
- Ten million die every year of preventable diseases – that’s
almost 30,000 a day
- 600,000 women die every year in pregnancy and
childbirth
- 2 billion lack access to toilets
LEARN MORE
UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR)
Human
Rights Issues - UNHCHR
UN
OCHA
The UN Refugee
Agency - UNHCR
Amnesty International
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Internet
GET INVOLVED
UN
Volunteers and Human Rights - UNV
Act
Now - Amnesty International
Human
Rights Watch
Opportunities
with Human Rights Internet
Game: Play
an interactive game on the World of Work
and discover why it is important to protect peoples’ rights
at work.
(Need
Flash Player)
Find out more at
NGOs
advancing the MDGs
UN
DPI Affiliated NGOs
UN Ecosoc Affiliated NGOs
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Betsy Johnson, Astoria,
is upset so many people lack access to safe
drinking water |
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Eric
Williams, Queens, wants the world to
do something about preventable diseases
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Larry
Kushner, Manhattan, is shocked about a
billion people
living
in poverty |
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Jeremy
Kressner, Bronx,
calls on leaders to protect human rights |
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