Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted on 10 December 1948,Resolution 217 A (III). in particular the principle that the will of the people, as expressed through periodic and genuine elections, shall be the basis of government authority, as well as the right freely to choose representatives through periodic and genuine elections, which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures,
回顾1948年12月10日通过的《世界人权宣言》，第217 A(III)号决议。 特别是以定期真正选举所表现的人民意志作为政府权力基础的原则，以及通过定期真正选举自由选择代表的权利，选举应依据普遍和平等的投票权，并以不记名投票或相当的自由投票程序进行，