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By Series - Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series

401. The United Nations Amends Its International Slavery Convention
402. United Nations Convention Condemns Discrimination Against Women
403. United Nations Convention on the Political Rights of Women Is Approved
404. United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees Is Adopted
405. The United Nations Creates an Agency to Aid Palestinian Refugees
406. United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons Is Adopted
407. United Nations Declares Rights for the Mentally Retarded
408. United Nations Drafts a Convention on Stateless Persons
409. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Statute Is Approved
410. The United Nations Imposes an Arms Embargo on South Africa
411. The United Nations Intervenes in the Congolese Civil War
412. The United Nations Issues a Conduct Code for Law Enforcement Officials
413. United Nations Issues a Declaration on Equality for Women
414. United Nations Issues a Declaration on Racial Discrimination
415. The United Nations Issues a Declaration on South Africa
416. United Nations Issues Declaration Against Torture
417. A United Nations Peace Force Is Deployed in Cyprus
418. United Nations Principles of Medical Ethics Include Prevention of Torture
419. United Nations Responds to Problems of the Homeless
420. United Nations Sets Rules for Treatment of Prisoners
421. United Nations Tribunal Convicts Rwandans of Genocide
422. United Nations Votes to Protect Freedom of Religion and Belief
423. United Nations Votes to Punish South Africa for Apartheid
424. The United States Airlifts Supplies to West Berlin
425. United States Government Orders Collection of Data on Crimes Against Homosexuals
426. The United States Grants Amnesty to Vietnam War Draft Evaders
427. United States Interns Japanese Americans
428. The United States Peace Corps Is Founded
429. Upton Sinclair Publishes The Jungle
430. Vietnam Releases U.S. Prisoners of War
431. Vietnamese Troops Withdraw from Cambodia
432. The Wagner Act Requires Employers to Accept Collective Bargaining
433. White Slave Trade Attacked by International Agreement
434. Wiesel Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
435. Wilder Becomes the First Elected Black Governor
436. The Wolfenden Report Recommends Decriminalizing Homosexual Acts
437. Women’s Institutes Are Founded in Great Britain
438. Women’s Rights in India Undergo a Decade of Change, 1925-1935
439. A World Conference Condemns Racial Discrimination
440. World Conference on Women Sets an International Agenda
441. The World Health Organization Adopts a Code on Breast-Milk Substitutes
442. World Health Organization Sets a Goal of Health for All by the Year 2000
443. World Health Organization (WHO) Proclaims Health as a Basic Right
444. The Young Turk Movement Stages a Constitutional Coup in Turkey
445. Yugoslav Army Shells Dubrovnik
446. The Zero Population Growth Movement Spurs Environmental Consciousness
447. Zia Establishes Martial Law in Pakistan
448. Zimbabwe’s Freedom Fighters Topple White Supremacist Government
449. Zoot-Suit Riots Exemplify Ethnic Tensions in Los Angeles