[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 183 (Tuesday, December 10, 2024)]
[House]
[Pages H6547-H6548]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

  (Ms. PLASKETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. PLASKETT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to acknowledge International 
Human Rights Day, observed annually on December 10, to commemorate the 
anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
  This landmark document was signed by the United Nations General 
Assembly on December 10, 1948, with contributions of representatives 
from all regions with different legal and cultural backgrounds to 
create a universal structure and standard of fundamental human rights.

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  This year's theme, ``Our Rights, Our Future, Our Now,'' is a call to 
address the formidable year of human rights suppression, wartime 
atrocities, and transactional democracy, including renewed hostilities 
between Israel and Hamas, the ongoing crisis in Haiti, and backsliding 
democracies in the Sahel region of Africa.
  Millions worldwide face violations of their basic rights, and the 
very system we rely upon is under threat.
  Today, and every day, let us renew our commitment to the universal 
protection of human rights where all people are entitled to live with 
dignity, respect, and equality.

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