Statement by Eleanor Roosevelt

Statement by Eleanor Roosevelt of the U.S.A. at the 180th meeting of the General Assembly, Palais de Chaillot, Paris, 9 December 1948. Source: UN Visual Library Department of Public Information. Video Text We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind. This Universal Declaration of Human Rights may well become the International Magna Carta of all men everywhere." (Statement by Eleanor Roosevelt of the U.S.A. at the 180th meeting of the General Assembly, Palais de Chaillot, Paris, 9 December 1948.)