Conference culminating in the adoption of Vienna Declaration and Plan of Action on human rights. The Conference agenda included the examination of the link between development, democracy and economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights, and the evaluation of the effectiveness of United Nations methods an mechanisms with the aim of recommending ways to ensure adequate financial and other resources for United Nations human rights activities.
The Conference took historic new steps to promote and protect the rights of women, children and indigenous peoples by, respectively, support the creation of a new mechanism, a Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women; calling for the universal ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by the year 1995; and recommending the proclamation by the General Assembly of an international decade of the world’s indigenous peoples.
The Vienna Declaration also made concrete recommendations for strengthening and harmonizing the monitoring capacity of the United Nations system, resulting in the establishment of a High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Conference held 14-25 June 1993, Vienna, Austria. Conference web site includes full-text of Declaration, final report of conference, reports of regional meetings for Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Asia and details of Vienna + 5 Review.