Explanation for Question 40 From the Reading Section on the 2019 May Sat
Question 40 asks both passages, 2 clarify the nature of the universal declaration of human rights by doing one. 3 So let's look back at each passage and where they describe specifically the nature 4 of the declaration of human rights, 5 universal declaration of human rights and see what each one has to say. 6 So we'll start with passage one. It comes in this very first paragraph, 7 and we can see that it's talking about the nature of that document, 8 that declaration, because it's outlining the basic character of the document. 9 So it says it is not a treaty. It is not an international agreement. 10 It is not, it does not purport to be a statement of law or 11 legal obligation. It is a declaration of basic principles of human rights and freedoms 12 to be stamped with the approval of the general assembly by form of vote 13 of its members and to serve as a common standard of achievement for all 14 peoples of all nations. 15 So in this case, this is kind of threefold being 16 the first one. It is not a legal obligation. 17 One. It is the basic principles of human rights 18 and freedoms, and three it is to serve as a 19 common standard. So that's 20 what passage one has to say. Let's see if we can match 21 any of that to what passage two has to say. So passage shoe is 22 kind of on two pages. So we'll look at it. 23 It says the universal declaration declaration was not a treaty 24 in the formal sense. So that matches with what passage one was saying, 25 it's not a treaty, no one ...