The United Nations (UN) came into being in 1945, shortly after the end of World War II.
The
stated purpose of the UN is to bring peace to all nations of the world.
After World War II, a committee of persons headed by Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt, the wife of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, wrote a
special document which “declares” the rights that everyone in the entire
world should have—the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Today
there are 192 member states of the UN, all of whom have signed on in
agreement with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Where Do Universal Rights Begin?
"In
small places, close to home—so close and so small that they cannot be
seen on any maps of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual
person; the neighborhood he lives in; the school or college he attends;
the factory, farm or office where he works. Such are the places where
every man, woman, and child seeks equal justice, equal opportunity,
equal dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning
there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen
action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress
in the larger world."
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