| Statements | Video [RealPlayer] |
| Human Rights Commission, Lake Success, New York, 9 June 1947, Establishment of the drafting Committee on the Declaration of Human Rights | |
| Introductory statement by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt (USA) | |
| Statement by Col. William R. Hodgson (Australia) | |
| Statement by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt (USA) Opening of the meeting of the drafting Committee of the Commission on Human Rights |
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| Third Session of the General Assembly, 139th Plenary Meeting, Palais de Chaillot, Paris, France, 23 September 1948 | |
| Statement by Mr. George Marshall (USA) | |
| Statement by Mr. Zygmunt Modzelewski (Poland) | |
| Third session of the General Assembly, 180th and 181st Plenary Meetings, Palais de Chaillot, Paris, France, 9-10 December 1948: Draft Universal Declaration of Human Rights | |
| Statement by Mr. Charles Malik (Lebanon), 180th Plenary Meeting, 9 December 1948 [Minor image quality problem in the original] | |
| Statement by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt (USA), 180th Plenary Meeting, 9 December 1948 | |
Statement by Mr. Hernan Santa Cruz (Chile), 180th Plenary Meeting, 9 December 1948 |
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| Statement by Mr. René Cassin (France), 180th Plenary Meeting, 9 December 1948 | |
| Statement by Mr. Zdonek Augenthaler (Czechoslovakia), 181st Plenary Meeting, 10 December 1948 | |
Third Session of the General Assembly, 181st and 183rd Plenary Meetings, Palais de Chaillot, Paris, France, 10 December 1948: Adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
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Excerpt of statement by Mr. Ernest Davies (United Kingdom), 181st Plenary Meeting, 10 December 1948 |
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Excerpt of statement by Mr. Campos Ortiz (Mexico), 181st Plenary Meeting, 10 December 1948 |
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| The President of the General Assembly, Mr. H. V. Evatt (Australia), puts to the vote the draft resolution as a whole. A roll-call is taken. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is adopted. 183rd Plenary Meeting, 10 December 1948 | |
| Excerpt of statement by the President of the General Assembly, Mr. H. V. Evatt (Australia) following the adoption of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, 183rd Plenary Meeting, 10 December 1948 | |
| Twenty-eighth Session of the General Assembly, 2195th Plenary Meeting, New York, 10 December 1973: Special meeting to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights | |
| Statement by Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim | |
Statement by Mr. Morse (United States of America), Under-Secretary-General for Political and General Assembly Affairs |
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| Statement by Mr. Frazao (Brazil) | |
| Statement by Mr. Ramphul (Mauritius), Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights | |
| Statement by Mr. Humphrey (Canada) | |
| Award of the United Nations Human Rights Prizes to Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (Mauritius), Ms. Maria Lavalle-Urbina (Mexico), Mr. Wilfred Jenks (United Kingdom), Bishop Abel Muzorewa (Southern Rhodesia), Dr. Taha Hussein (Egypt) and U Thant (Burma), former United Nations Secretary-General | |
| Statement by Ms. Maria Lavalle-Urbina (Mexico) | |
Statement by Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (Mauritius) |
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