Austria Stresses Importance of Human Rights Conference

Politics ♦ Published: February 26, 2013; 14:46 ♦ (Vindobona)

Austrian Foreign Ministry: "Carry on from the outcome of the World Conference on Human Rights 1993".

Austria Stresses Importance of Human Rights Conference / Picture: © UN Vienna

The World Conference on Human Rights held in Vienna in 1993 set the standards for improving the protection of human rights world-wide. According to the High Commissioner, the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action marked the most important progress in terms of human rights in the past 25 years. We need to carry on from the outcome of this conference", State Secretary Reinhold…