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Title: "We Are...The Watchmen on the Walls of Freedom"

GLC09810

18 July 1948

Roosevelt, Eleanor, (1884-1962)

Speech

Title: Remarks by Mrs. [Eleanor] Roosevelt to the Seminar Group at Hyde Park, Sunday, July 18, 1948

One speech entitled "Remarks by Mrs. [Eleanor] Roosevelt to the Seminar Group at Hyde Park, Sunday, July 18, 1948." The speech concerns, the drafting, creation, and implementation of the Covenant on Human Rights. She discusses the difficulties in writing covenant and ensuring the phrasing used was legal, and held the same meaning for all nations. There is also a discussion section with two questions and answers. The first question concerns the emphasis the San Francisco Conference put on the Commission on Human Rights. The answer was it was mentioned in the Charter as one of the first things…

GLC09926