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December 23, 1948 (Thursday) The Battle of Hill 86 ended in Egyptian tactical victory after Israeli forces retreated. Yugoslavia and Britain signed a one-year trade agreement worth $120 million US after Yugoslavia promised to compensate British owners of Yugoslavian factories that had been nationalized.
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The Universal Declaration was adopted by the General Assembly as UN Resolution A/RES/217(III)[A] on 10 December 1948 in Palais de Chaillot, Paris. [45] [b] Of the 58 United Nations members at the time, [46] 48 voted in favour, none against, eight abstained , [47] [48] and Honduras and Yemen failed to vote or abstain.
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Human Rights Day (HRD) is celebrated annually around the world on 10 December every year.. The date was chosen to honor the United Nations General Assembly's adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global enunciation of human rights and one of the first major achievements of the new United Nations.
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