PrepTest 145, Section 3, Question 5
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), approved(426 more words not shown)
The author would be most(10 more words not shown)
- AThe human rights(18 more words not shown)
- BThe weaknesses of(13 more words not shown)
- CIt was relatively(21 more words not shown)
- DThe drafters of(22 more words not shown)
- EThe Universal Declaration(26 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The author regards the UDHR as valuable but regrets that it is nonbinding. The strongest advocates had wanted member countries obligated to act on human rights issues. Those ideas fit together: a binding obligation would better fulfill what those advocates sought.
What we’re looking for
An agreement question can also use a smaller detail, so we should still evaluate every choice. We need evidence for the author's view, not our own criticism of the UN or a right we think the document ought to include.
Working the answers
- A
The criticism concerns weak obligations, not ambiguity so extreme that the Charter is almost ineffective. Unclear wording and insufficient legal force are different problems, and the former is not the criticism given here.
- B
This turns the overall judgment negative. The author acknowledges weaknesses but then emphasizes the declaration's achievements and says it deserves recognition.
- C
The two-year, eight-stage drafting process involved passionate argument over all 30 articles. That description does not support an easy consensus.
- D
We are given examples of rights the document includes, with no claim that it omitted some important right. Identifying a missing right would require evidence we do not have.
- ECorrect
The earlier advocates wanted obligations to act, while the author regrets the UDHR's nonbinding status. Requiring countries by law to follow its provisions would therefore move it closer to those proponents' intentions. This links their stated goal to the particular weakness the author identifies.
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