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Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action
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<p>The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (VDPA) is a <a href="/facts/Human_rights/WMW5XCdM">human rights</a> declaration adopted by consensus at the <a href="/facts/World_Conference_on_Human_Rights/YtxNDM2M">World Conference on Human Rights</a> on 25 June 1993 in <a href="/facts/Vienna/NSpIURsA">Vienna</a>, <a href="/facts/Austria/4qWIMIyc">Austria</a>. The position of <a href="/facts/United_Nations_High_Commissioner_for_Human_Rights/s43BaRNL">United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights</a> was recommended by this Declaration and subsequently created by <a href="/facts/United_Nations_General_Assembly/pNDmCu8X">General Assembly</a> <a href="https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/un-documents/document/ares48141.php">Resolution 48/141</a>. </p>