dec 10, 1948 - The signing of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the UN

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"The United National General Assembly did manage to pass, in December of 1948, a Universal Declaration of Human Rights. But it did so without the support of the Soviet Union and its allies as well as Saudi Arabia and South Africa – all of whom abstained – and without providing any enforcement mechanism" (Gaddis 2006, p. 160)

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