# 2008 Will Be the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 10, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-will-be-the-60th-anniversary-of-the-universal-declaration-of-human-rights/436986 "2008-02-10T01:50:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-will-be-the-60th-anniversary-of-the-universal-declaration-of-human-rights/436986/1 "2008-02-10T01:50:06Z")

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While the actual date is still some months off, 2008 will be the 60th anniversary of the U N Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Since I am a big fan of the document, I thought I’d share that with you all. Originally the document was meant as a kind of worldwide Bill of Rights, with its rights available, by law, to everyone in every country. Sadly that never happened. But I, at least, do still remain hopeful about the future 🙂 .

[Here](http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html) is the actual text of the document.

🙂

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-will-be-the-60th-anniversary-of-the-universal-declaration-of-human-rights/436986/2 "2008-02-10T04:27:36Z")

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Thanks for the reminder, **Jim B.**

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**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-will-be-the-60th-anniversary-of-the-universal-declaration-of-human-rights/436986/3 "2008-02-10T04:29:14Z")

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I had no idea. Thank you so much for sharing.