Also in attendance were thousands of delegates from more than eight hundred non-governmental organizations (UNHCHR, 1996). ... While many states have made efforts to, or even improved upon, their state of human rights, there is still a long way to go until all rights are fully observed in the international community. ... This a wonderful advance because it guarantees that what happened during the Second World War will not happen; Jewish people seeking asylum from the Nazis were turned away from the United States and, unknowingly, sent to their deaths (World at War). ... While many states...

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