Article 21.(1) Everyone has
the right to take part in the
government of his country,
directly or through freely
chosen representatives.(2)
Everyone has the right of
equal access to public service
in his country.(3) The will of
the people shall be the basis
of the authority of
government; this will shall be
expressed in period
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Article 21.(1) Everyone has
the right to take part in the
government of his country,
directly or through freely
chosen representatives.(2)
Everyone has the right of
equal access to public service
in his country.(3) The will of
the people shall be the basis
of the authority of
government; this will shall be
expressed in periodic and
genuine elections which shall
be by universal and equal
suffrage and shall be held by
secret vote or by equivalent
free voting procedures.Article
22.Everyone, as a member of
society, has the right to
social security and is
entitled to realization,
through national effort and
international co-operation and
in accordance with the
organization and resources of
each State, of the economic,
social and cultural rights
indispensable for his dignity
and the free development of
his personality.Article 23.(1)
Everyone has the right to
work, to free choice of
employment, to just and
favourable conditions of work
and to protection against
unemployment.(2) Everyone,
without any discrimination,
has the right to equal pay for
equal work.(3) Everyone who
works has the right to just
and favourable remuneration
ensuring for himself and his
family an existence worthy of
human dignity, and
supplemented, if necessary, by
other means of social
protection.(4) Everyone has
the right to form and to join
trade unions for the
protection of his
interests.Article 24.Everyone
has the right to rest and
leisure, including reasonable
limitation of working hours
and periodic holidays with
pay.Article 25.(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.Article 26.(1)
Everyone has the right to
education. Education shall be
free, at least in the
elementary and fundamental
stages. Elementary education
shall be compulsory. Technical
and professional education
shall be made generally
available and higher education
shall be equally accessible to
all on the basis of merit.(2)
Education shall be directed to
the full development of the
human personality and to the
strengthening of respect for
human rights and fundamental
freedoms. It shall promote
understanding, tolerance and
friendship among all nations,
racial or religious groups,
and shall further the
activities of the United
Nations for the maintenance of
peace.(3) Parents have a prior
right to choose the kind of
education that shall be given
to their children.Article
27.(1) Everyone has the right
freely to participate in the
cultural life of the
community, to enjoy the arts
and to share in scientific
advancement and its
benefits.(2) Everyone has the
right to the protection of the
moral and material interests
resulting from any scientific,
literary or artistic
production of which he is the
author.Article 28.Everyone is
entitled to a social and
international order in which
the rights and freedoms set
forth in this Declaration can
be fully realized.Article
29.(1) Everyone has duties to
the community in which alone
the free and full development
of his personality is
possible.(2) In the exercise
of his rights and freedoms,
everyone shall be subject only
to such limitations as are
determined by law solely for
the purpose of securing due
recognition and respect for
the rights and freedoms of
others and of meeting the just
requirements of morality,
public order and the general
welfare in a democratic
society.(3) These rights and
freedoms may in no case be
exercised contrary to the
purposes and principles of the
United Nations.Article
30.Nothing in this Declaration
may be interpreted as implying
for any State, group or person
any right to engage in any
activity or to perform any act
aimed at the destruction of
any of the rights and freedoms
set forth herein.

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