Declaring December 10, 1951, as Human Rights Day
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Declaring December 10, 1951, as Human Rights Day
Proclamation No. 293
November 28, 1951
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Proclamation No. 293Declaring December 10, 1951, as Human Rights Day
- The President of the Philippines, Elpidio Quirino, declares December 10, 1951, as Human Rights Day to commemorate the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948.
- The President calls upon all citizens, officials, teachers, and other elements in the country, both public and private, local and foreign, to:
- Publicize the text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- Disseminate, display, and expound the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Declaring December 10, 1951, as Human Rights Day
Proclamation No. 293
•November 28, 1951
MALACAÑANGManila
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
Proclamation No. 293
DECLARING DECEMBER 10, 1951, AS HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
In order to commemorate the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 10, 1948, and to bring the Declaration to the attention of the people, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare December 10, 1951, as Human Rights Day.
I call upon all our citizens, all national provincial, city and municipal officials, all teachers in public and private schools, and all other elements in this country, public or private, local or foreign, to publicize the text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and to cause it to be disseminated, displayed and expounded.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
Done in the City of Manila, this 28th day of November, in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred fifty-one, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the...
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MALACAÑANGManila
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
Proclamation No. 293
DECLARING DECEMBER 10, 1951, AS HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
In order to commemorate the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 10, 1948, and to bring the Declaration to the attention of the people, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare December 10, 1951, as Human Rights Day.
I call upon all our citizens, all national provincial, city and municipal officials, all teachers in public and private schools, and all other elements in this country, public or private, local or foreign, to publicize the text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and to cause it to be disseminated, displayed and expounded.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
Done in the City of Manila, this 28th day of November, in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred fifty-one, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the...
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