View of Elena Bonner, Human Rights Activist and widow of the late Soviet Human Rights Activist Andrei Sakharov, taping a public service announcement for the World Conference on Human Rights. The Conference will be held in Vienna form 14-25 June 1993.

View of Elena Bonner, Human Rights Activist and Widow of the Late Soviet Human Rights Activist Andrei Sakharov, taping a Public Service Announcement for the World Conference on Human Rights. The Conference will be held in Vienna from 14-25 June 1993.

The Conference focused on a wide range of human rights issues. With the adoption of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, the Conference called on Governements to promote and guarantee all human rights and made recommendations to strengthen the methods and mechanisms used by the United Nations in the field of human rights. The Conference was the first of its kind in 25 years and included 171 Members States and 1,000 non-governmental organizations.
Informal view of Alois Mock, Conference President, at the close of the Conference.

The Conference focused on a wide range of human rights issues. With the adoption of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, the Conference called on Governements to promote and guarantee all human rights and made recommendations to strengthen the methods and mechanisms used by the United Nations in the field of human rights. The Conference was the first of its kind in 25 years and included 171 Members States and 1,000 non-governmental organizations.
View of a sign near a children's tree of human rights promises.