United Nations
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
and the Commission on Human Rights Resolution on Health
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Health Care As a Human Right
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
Article 25 of the declaration:
(1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
(2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.
Bolding was added.
The United States voted in favor on 10 December 1948.
Unfortunately, the subsequent United Nations focus on the right of health care was treated differently by the United States, as seen below.
Commission on Human Rights (2003, 2004, 2005)
The United States vote against ever since 1948.
Resolution by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (1967-2006), during three of its last years as a commission
United Nations Resolution: The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.
Votes on the Resolution in 2003, 2004, 2005
in 2003 … Resolution 2003/28
in 2004 … Resolution 2004/27 ... recorded vote: 52/1(US)/0 on "The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health." The United States voted against this resolution.
in 2005 … Resolution 2005/24 ... recorded vote: 52/1(US)/0 on "The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health." The United States voted against this resolution.
In light of the information provided at this Medicare for All website, these "nay" votes are unbelievable, both from the perspective of the United States' leaders attitude toward every human being on the earth, but especially their attitude toward individual Americans who are not experiencing and benefiting from a health-care-for-all system. — Bob
References
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is documented here and reviewed here.
2004 Resolution - U.S. website
2005 Resolution - U.S. website
Contributors to the 1948 resolution included Eleanor Roosevelt (photo)
The 1948 vote occurred "on December 10, 1948 with a vote of 48 to zero and eight abstentions. The abstensions came from the USSR, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (UKSSR), the BSSR, Yugoslavia, Poland, Saudi Arabia and South Africa."
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