To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human
> Rights, Amnesty International is collecting signatures for a pledge to
> support this very important United Nations declaration.
>
> Amnesty already has 3 million signatures (real and virtual) world wide,
> and wants 8 million (which would be 1% of the world's population). The UN
> Secretary General has already agreed to be present either in person or
> live by satellite, if he has to be in New York, to receive the pledge as a
> tangible statement of the people of the world's commitment to an
> international agenda of human rights.
>
> The most simple way to add your name to the pledge is to
>
> * Send an email to: [log in to unmask]
>
> * Put YOUR NAME in the SUBJECT and the following text in the message: "I
> support the rights and freedoms in the Universal Declaration of Human
> Rights for all people, everywhere."
>
> * Forward this message to as many people as you can.
Howard White
Fellow
IDS
University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 9RE
United Kingdom
Phone: 01273 678675
Fax: 01273 621202
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