UN Assembly Commemorates 10th Anniversary of Human Rights Declaration

The United Nations General Assembly, currently holding its 13th session, this morning commemorated the tenth anniversary of the universal Declaration of Human Rights with statements by the Assembly President, and the present Chairman - as well as several former Chairmen - of the UN Commission on Human Rights.

This photograph was taken as Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt (at speaker's rostrum), the first Chairman of the Human Rights Commission, addressed the Assembly. Seated at left on the podium are the present Commission Chairman, Mr. R.S.S. Gunewardene (left), of Ceylon; and Mr. Guillaume Georges-Picot, of France. At the presidential rostrum are (left to right): U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld; Dr. Charles Malik (Lebanon), Assembly President; and Mr. Andrew W. Cordier, Executive-Assistant to the Secretary-General.

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