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1948 - Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Passed on December 10th 1948 at Paris, France

1960 - Convention against Discrimination in Education
Adopted by the General Conference, at its eleventh session, Paris, 14 December 1960

1960 - Recommendation against Discrimination in Education
Adopted by the General Conference at its 11th Session, Paris, 14 December 1960

1964 - Declaration on Eradication of Illiteracy in the United Nations Development Decade
General Conference of UNESCO at its Thirteenth Session, 19 November 1964

1966 - International Covenant on Economics, Social and Cultural Rights
General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI), 21 U.N.GAOR Supp (No. 16) at 49, U.N. Doc. A/6316 (1966), 993 U.N.T.S. 3, entered into force Jan. 3, 1976.

1975 - Literacy, Declaration of Persepolis
International Symposium for Literacy, Persepolis, 3-8 September 1975

1976 - Recommendation on the development of adult aducation
The General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, meeting in Nairobi from 26 October to 30 November 1976, at its nineteenth session.

1979 - International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
General Assembly resolution 34/180, 34 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 46) at 193, U.N. Doc. A/34/46, entered into force Sept. 3, 1981.

1987 - Resolution on International Literacy Year
Adopted by the General Assembly at the 93rd plenary meeting, 7 Dec. 1987.

1989 - Convention on the Rights of the Child
Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1989.

1990 - World Declaration on Education For All
The World Conference on Education for All, Jomtien, Thailand, 5-9 March 1990

1994 - Resolution on United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education
Adopted by the General Assembly at the 94th plenary meeting, 23 Dec. 1994.

1995 - Declaration and Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development
Adopted during Copenhagen World Summit Organized by the United Nations.

1997 - Hamburg Declaration on Adult Learning
Adopted by the Fifth International Conference on Adult Education held in Hamburg, 14-18 July 1997.

2000 - Dakar Framework for Action
Education for All: Meeting Our Collective Commitments, Adopted by the World Education Forum, Dakar, Senegal, 26-28 April 2000

2000 - United Nations Millennium Declaration
For more information, see also the UN Millenium Development Goals

2001 - UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity
Adopted by the 31st session of the General Conference of UNESCO, Paris, 2 November 2001.