By KUNA
Geneva : High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said Monday the relevance of the Declaration of Human Rights and the universality of the “enshrined rights need to be loudly reaffirmed.” They should be robustly underscored in today’s growing divisions between the rich and the poor, the powerful and the vulnerable, the technologically advanced and the illiterate, the aggressors and the victims, Arbour said.
She added, in a statement issued marking Human Rights Day, that in the course of this year, unprecedented efforts must be made to ensure that every person in the world can rely on just laws for his or her protection.
“In advancing all human rights for all, we will move towards the greatest fulfillment of human potential, a promise which is at the heart of the Universal Declaration,” said Arbour.
The High Commissioner for Human Rights launched today a year-long campaign leading to the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
“We have cause to celebrate the accomplishments made, since 1948, on the road to ensuring fundamental freedoms for each one of us,” she said.