Document adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at its third session on 10 December 1948. Eleanor Roosevelt chaired the committee that drafted it and our image shows her holding the Spanish language version.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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Human Rights tree
Tulip Tree Planted 1998 to mark the 50th anniversary of the signing by the Un...
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Werner Robert Valentin Picht
German sociologist. An early historian of English settlements. Published 'Toynbee Hall and the English Settlement Movement' in 1913. Werner Robert Valentin Picht was born on 28 September 1887 in B...
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Guinness Trust / Guinness Partnership
From the Picture source: "In 1890 Sir Edward Guinness set up The Guinness Trust, donating £200,000 to the Trust in London, with an additional £50,000 for the Dublin Fund, which later became the Ive...
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Missions to Seamen Institute
From Port Cities: " ... the Missions to Seamen organization {was} founded in 1856. Its task was to coordinate the work of various Anglican ministries on behalf of seamen. The organization's most o...
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Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief
Now known as the World Jewish Fund. Established in 1933 as the Central British Fund, the charity rescued over 100,000 Jewish people from Germany before WWII and was also largely responsible for or...
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