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The right to an adequate standard of living is listed as part of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that was accepted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 10, 1948.United Nations
''Universal Declaration of Human Rights''
/ref> The right to an adequate standard of living can be linked to both article 1 and 22 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Furthermore, it has been written down in article 11 of the United Nations' International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The predecessor of this right, the ''Freedom from Want'', is one of the '' Four Freedoms'' that American President Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke out at his
State of the Union The State of the Union Address (sometimes abbreviated to SOTU) is an annual message delivered by the president of the United States to a Joint session of the United States Congress, joint session of the United States Congress near the beginning ...
of January 6, 1941. According to Roosevelt it is a right every human being everywhere in the world should have. Roosevelt described the third right as follows:


See also

* Economic, social and cultural rights * Human right to water and sanitation


References

{{Substantive human rights Human rights Socioeconomics Four Freedoms