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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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  Commission Chair Eleanor Roosevelt engages Rapporteur Charles Malik of Lebanon and Vice-Chairman Rene Cassin of France in a discussion.
     
  Eleanor Roosevelt made certain that the rights of women would be included in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
     
  Soviet representative to the Commission, A.P. Pavlov.
     
  The Commission on Human Rights at work during its first session. From left to right are William Roy Hodgson of Australia; the Commission’s Vice-chairman Dr. P.C. Chang of China; Henri Laugier of France, the Assistant Secretary General, Department of Social Affairs; Eleanor Roosevelt, Chairman and United States representative to the Commission on Human Rights; Professor John Humphrey of Canada, the Director of the Human Rights Division of the United Nations’ Secretariat’s
     
  Even though she was Chair of the Commission on Human Rights, Eleanor Roosevelt was receptive to the suggestions of all those taking part in the drafting of the UDHR.
     
  Charles Malik (right), the Lebanese representative to the Commission on Human Rights, and Vladimir M. Koretsky (left), the USSR representative, to the Commission’s third session; June 9, 1947, Lake Success, NY.
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  The day that the first session of the Commission on Human Rights is to begin, Eleanor Roosevelt carries on a discussion with Henri Laugier of France, the Assistant Secretary General, Department of Social Affairs. In the background is Jan Stanczyk of Poland, the Senior Director of the Department of Social Affairs; January 27, 1947, Lake Success, NY.
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  Eleanor Roosevelt, Chairman and United States representative to the Commission on Human Rights, welcomes USSR representative Professor Vladimir M. Koretsky to the Commission’s third session; June 9, 1947, Lake Success, NY.
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  Children admire the Universal Declaration of Human Rights shortly after its adoption.
     
  Eleanor Roosevelt, Chairman and United States representative to the Commission on Human Rights, seated beside Professor John Humphrey of Canada, the Director of the Human Rights Division of the United Nations’ Secretariat’s department of Social Affairs, at the Commission’s third session; June 4, 1948, Lake Success, NY.
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  Eleanor Roosevelt, Chairman and United States representative to the Commission on Human Rights, and Rene Cassin (right), representative of France, interviewed by Georges Day, UN Radio Commentator; June 26, 1947, Lake Success, NY.
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  The Commission on Human Rights at work. From left to right are Chang, Laugier, Roosevelt, Humphrey, Malik, and Koretsky.
     
  Before giving a radio interview, Eleanor Roosevelt, Chairman and United States representative to the Commission on Human Rights, and Rene Cassin (second from right), representative of France, pose with members of the Radio Division DPI; June 16, 1947, Lake Success, NY.
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  The day that the first session of the Commission on Human Rights is to begin, Eleanor Roosevelt carries on a discussion with Henri Laugier of France, the Assistant Secretary General, Department of Social Affairs. In the background is Jan Stanczyk of Poland, the Senior Director of the Department of Social Affairs; January 27, 1947, Lake Success, NY.
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  Eleanor Roosevelt, Chairman and United States representative to the Commission on Human Rights, speaks before the assembled members of the third session of the Commission on Human Rights; June 9, 1947, Lake Success, NY.
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  Eleanor Roosevelt greets an enthusiastic P.C. Chang, representative of China and Vice-chairman of the Commission on Human Rights.