Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights

5. All human rights are universal, indivisible and interdependent and
interrelated. The international community must treat human rights globally in
a fair and equal manner, on the same footing, and with the same emphasis.
While the significance of national and regional particularities and various
historical, cultural and religious backgrounds must be borne in mind, it is
the duty of States, regardless of their political, economic and cultural
systems, to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms.

6. The efforts of the United Nations system towards the universal respect
for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all,
contribute to the stability and well-being necessary for peaceful and friendly
relations among nations, and to improved conditions for peace and security as
well as social and economic development, in conformity with the Charter of the
United Nations.

7. The processes of promoting and protecting human rights should be
conducted in conformity with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the
United Nations, and international law.

8. Democracy, development and respect for human rights and fundamental
freedoms are interdependent and mutually reinforcing. Democracy is based on
the freely expressed will of the people to determine their own political,
economic, social and cultural systems and their full participation in all
aspects of their lives. In the context of the above, the promotion and
protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms at the national and
international levels should be universal and conducted without conditions
attached. The international community should support the strengthening and
promoting of democracy, development and respect for human rights and
fundamental freedoms in the entire world.

9. The World Conference on Human Rights reaffirms that least developed
countries committed to the process of democratization and economic reforms,
many of which are in Africa, should be supported by the international
community in order to succeed in their transition to democracy and economic
development.

10. The World Conference on Human Rights reaffirms the right to development,
as established in the Declaration on the Right to Development, as a universal
and inalienable right and an integral part of fundamental human rights.