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"United Nations Declaration on the Elimination... of Racial Discrimination"
"United Nations Declaration on the Elimination... of Racial Discrimination"

"United Nations Declaration on the Elimination... of Racial Discrimination"

Object number1995.012.1440
Date1965
ClassificationsDocuments
Author United Nations
ObjectPamphlet
Credit LineJulia Knecht Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumPaper
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/8 x 16 5/16 in. (20.7 x 41.5 cm)
Collections
DescriptionTri-fold pamphlet printed with the full text of the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The introduction describes the unanimous adoption of the Declaration on November 20, 1963, and affirms the "necessity of speedily eliminating such discrimination, in any form, throughout the world and of adopting national and international measures to that end." The text of the Declaration begins with a statement of the General Assembly's considerations and convictions and then lists the eleven articles of the Declaration.