The demand for education as a human right

On December 10, 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Although none of the reputedly sovereign and independent states represented voted against adoption, the vote was not unanimous. The Soviet Union and its satellites, South Africa, and Saudi Arabia abstained. The Declaration consists of a Preamble and thirty articles, most beginning with the phrase “Everyone has the right to…”