Urhobo Historical Society

INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTS OF SIGNIFICANCE TO
AFRICA AND NIGERIA


 

Charter of the United Nations
signed at San Francisco on 26 June 1945

Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 2263(XXII) of 7 November 1967

Declaration of the Rights of the Child Proclaimed by General Assembly Resolution 1386(XIV) of 20 November 1959


Slavery Convention: entry into force 9 March 1927




The Souls of Black Folk
By W.E.B. Du Bois
Olaudah Equiano :The Interesting Narrative of the Life 
of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African
AN OBITUARY TRIBUTE TO WALTER SISULU
By Nelson Mandela
May 8, 2003

United Nations Remains Vital to Humanity
By Kofi Annan


Atlantic Charter: A Declaration by the US and United Kingdom (1941)


"I Have A Dream" Speech (Video)
By Reverend Martin Luther King


Addresses by Nelson Mandela











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