Andrey Belyaninov: “We fully endorse the Spiritual Unity of All Peoples of the World and Respect Their Personal Rights”

Today, on December 10, the whole world celebrates Human Rights Day. In connection with this significant holiday for all mankind, Secretary General of the Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly Andrey Belyaninov recalls the most important document of the Assembly - the Charter of the Peoples of Eurasia.

“We, the free peoples of Eurasia, in the name of uniting people of good will on the principle of friendship and cooperation without distinction of ethnic, racial, national origin, religion, social status, political, ideological and ideological beliefs, hereby declare our common desire to preserve peace between peoples, protect and increase the achievements of human civilization, its spiritual, cultural, historical values, as well as natural resources. We agree to follow the unshakable foundation of life - the international morality of peaceful coexistence, ethical and moral rules of good neighbourliness and friendly relations among different nations,” - the document says.

The first rule proclaims: “We confirm the spiritual unity of all peoples of the world, regardless of any difference as to our personal opinions or our states’ interests, we fully endorse the personal rights and freedoms of all the peoples, including their freedom to religion and belief, languages, traditions, customs, culture, ethnical identity.”

It is on this day, December 10, 1948, that the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a landmark document that outlined the inalienable rights of every person, regardless of race, colour, gender, language, religion, political or other beliefs, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. The Declaration is being translated more often than any other document in the world: its text exists in more than 500 languages.

This year’s Human Rights Day theme relates to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We will reach our common global goals only if we are able to create equal opportunities for all, address the failures exposed and exploited by COVID-19, and apply human rights standards to tackle entrenched, systematic, and intergenerational inequalities, exclusion and discrimination.” - the UN website says.