one small step toward human rights repair in America

Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and have determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,

Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Preamble

Adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) of 10 December 1948