60 years ago, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights--a remarkable document enumerating the essential freedoms every individual deserves.
The Universal Declaration was championed by Eleanor Roosevelt, who envisioned a world in which everyone's basic human rights are upheld.
Unfortunately, Eleanor Roosevelt's vision is a distant dream for millions. We must do better.
The UN has made great progress in protecting the rights of people all over the world, combating discrimination, monitoring countries' human rights situations, and rapidly responding to human rights crises.
But currently, the United States is sitting on the sidelines of the UN's Human Rights Council.
Tell our next President, Barack Obama, to commit to working with the UN to protect and promote human rights worldwide. A strong, proactive agenda from Obama can bring freedom and dignity to millions of people, and help improve America's image.
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3:05 am PST, Jan 9,Michelle Murphy, California
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2:22 am PST, Jan 9,Name not displayed, Kansas
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1:45 am PST, Jan 9,George Gehr, Pennsylvania
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11:26 pm PST, Jan 8,AvengingAngel Warrior, Greece
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11:00 pm PST, Jan 8,John Arnold, California
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10:45 pm PST, Jan 8,Stephanie Malaspina, California
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10:17 pm PST, Jan 8,Dana Radell, Florida
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10:15 pm PST, Jan 8,Laina Huff, Texas
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10:03 pm PST, Jan 8,Kera Frontz, Kentucky
Everyone has the right to many things so why not let them have that right
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9:33 pm PST, Jan 8,Nancy Webster, New Jersey
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9:20 pm PST, Jan 8,Kat Nicolas, California
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9:20 pm PST, Jan 8,Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
The U.S. government provides more aid to Israel than to any other country—the vast majority of this is for military purposes. Billions of our taxpayer dollars have propped up the occupation and fuelled the genocide in Palestine. This aid must end... PLEASE end it and show the world we no longer support these atrocities against civilians.
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9:15 pm PST, Jan 8,Joseph LeSieur, Louisiana
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8:47 pm PST, Jan 8,Amanda Mitsch, West Virginia
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8:07 pm PST, Jan 8,Rachel Bishop, Virginia
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8:03 pm PST, Jan 8,Linda Bastholm Jensen, Denmark
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7:45 pm PST, Jan 8,Name not displayed, North Carolina
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7:20 pm PST, Jan 8,JASMIN HORST SEILER, Canada
I know you will!
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7:19 pm PST, Jan 8,Lisa Yee-Litzenberg, Michigan
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7:07 pm PST, Jan 8,Nancy Curtiss, California
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6:19 pm PST, Jan 8,Hermann Lademann, Arizona
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6:03 pm PST, Jan 8,Shawn Williamson, California
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5:32 pm PST, Jan 8,MaryAnn Ford, Missouri
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5:10 pm PST, Jan 8,Anna Handler, Hawaii
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4:14 pm PST, Jan 8,Kristina Chan, Canada
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3:54 pm PST, Jan 8,Beverly Schmidt, Michigan
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3:36 pm PST, Jan 8,Christine Garcia, North Carolina