The Conference focused on a wide range of human rights issues. With the adoption of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, the Conference called on Governments to promote and guarantee all human rights and made recommendations to strengthen the methods and mechanisms used by the United Nations in the field of human rights. The Conference was the first of its kind in 25 years and included 171 Members States and 1,000 non-governmental organizations.
View of the head table of the Conference at the final press briefing. Seated second from the left to right are: Ibrahima Fall, Conference Secretary-General; Alois Mock, President of the Conference; and Conference Secretary John Pace.
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- Narrower terms: HEARINGS PLEDGING CONFERENCES Related terms: CALENDAR OF MEETINGS CONFERENCE AND MEETING SERVICES CONFERENCE FACILITIES MEETING RECORDS TELECONFERENCING
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Conferences
- NT Appointment of Members
- NT Appointment of Officers
- NT Bandoeng Conference
- NT Calendar of Meetings
- NT Conference Facilities
- NT Conference of the United Nations in San Francisco
- NT Election of Members
- NT Election of Officers
- NT Locarno Conference (1925)
- NT Meetings
- NT Officers
- NT Participants
- NT Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
- NT The Hague Conferences
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Conferences
- UF Meetings