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ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ’S ROLE Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, played an important role in the drafting and adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In fact, Mrs. Roosevelt, who was a U.S. delegate to the UN Commission on Human Rights, said it was her greatest achievement.

Eleanor Roosevelt displaying a copy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

have agreed they will work toward the rights outlined in the Declaration. The countries administering Non-Self-Governing Territories also agreed to help work toward these rights in their colonies and territories—sometimes a large and difficult task.

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Chapter One