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What are human rights?
Rights and freedoms to which every human being is entitled, regardless of any distinction.
What does CRC stand for?
Convention on the rights of the children
What are the millennium development goals?
eight time bound objectives which aim to eliminate poverty and inequality throughout the world
What does the UDHR stand for?
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
How does the UN human rights council help?
monitors the human rights records of all UN members and help states to meet their human rights obligation
What is goal #3?
Promote gender equality and empower women
When is the human rights day?
December 10th
When did the UN establish the commission on human rights?
1946
What is goal #8?
Ensure environmental stability
What are the children entitled to on the convention on the Rights of the Child?
survival, developing to the fullest, protection from harmful influences, etc...
What was goal #1 ?
eradicate extreme hunger and poverty
What is an example of a remaining challenge?
the lack of internet access
How are human rights protected by the UN?
they condemn the states who need it and seek to help victims
How is the UN trying to meet the goal?
While the UN is leading and coordinate global efforts to archive the msg’s, rich countries must keep their commitments and poor countries must guarantee the necessary measures are taken
What is some of the progress that has already been made?
The number of people living with 1.25 a day decreased significantly, net enrollment of primary education reached 89%, death of children under 5 decreased