The World Day of Social Justice, observed this year on Feb. 20, is an urgent call for all countries to take decisive and concrete steps to promote the UN's mission for human rights, human well being and human dignity. The recent astonishing and historic events in the Middle East and North Africa testify to the crucial importance of social justice.

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The IHEU has consistently opposed violations of human rights in the world wherever they occur, whether it be Chile, South Africa, Argentina, Cambodia, the German Democratic Republic, Uganda, the USSR, or elsewhere. Indeed, scarcely a nation exists where some violation of human rights does not occur.