Stock Photo - Nov. 11, 1978 - Assembly President announces third UN Human Rights Prize winners: The President of the General Assembly, Indalecio Lievano (Colombia), announced at the fiftieth plenary meeting of the assembly this morning the eight recipients of the third united Nations prizes for outstanding achievements in the field of human rights. The prizes are awarded in accordance with General Assembly resolution 2217 (XXI), of 10 December 1966, to coincide with the celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human rights, and under the programme of measures and activities for the observance of the anniversary approved by the Assembly in its resolution 32/123, of December 1977. The recipients are ' Begum Ra'Ana Liaquat Ali Khan, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, the Rev.Dr. Martin Luther Kind (posthumously), Mrs. Helen Suzman the International Committee of the Red Cross, Amnesty International, Vicaria de la Solidaridad (Santiago, Chile) and Union nationale des femmes de Tunisie. The prizes will be presented by the Secretary-General at a special ceremony in the General Assembly Hall on 11 December 1978. Background of Award: An annex to Assembly resolution 2217 (XXI) states that prizes should be awarded to those who have made outstanding contributions to the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and in other instruments of the United Nations since the proclamation of the Declaration on 10 December 1948. The recipients were selected by a special committee, composed of the Assembly President, the President of the Economic and Social Council, the Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights, the Chairman of the Commission on the Statue of Women, and the Chairman of the Commission on Human rights, the Chairman of the Commission on the Status of Women, and the Chairman of the Sub-Commission of Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities. (Credit Image: © Keystone Press Agency/Keystone USA via ZUMAPRESS.com)