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 5 Things India Added to Universal Declaration of Human           Rights:


1) Women's rights:-

India insisted 'men' be replaced with 'human beings'.


2) Non-discrimination:-

India added 'color' and 'political opinion' as criteria for non-discrimination.


3) Freedom of movement:-

India added the article calling for freedom of movement within a country.


4) The right to work:-

India added the principle of 'just and favorable conditions of work'


5) Secularism, multiculturalism,

cosmopolitanism, indivisibility and the universality of all human rights.

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