Question

Which person was in the first u.s. delegation to the united nations and was chosen to chair the human rights commission?

Answer 1

Eleanor Roosevelt was in the first U.S. delegation to the United Nations and was chosen to chair the human rights commission. 

Answer 2

Answer:

Eleanor Roosevelt

Explanation:

     As President of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) was the driving force in creating the 1948 charter of freedoms that will always be her legacy: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

     In 1946, Roosevelt was appointed as a UN delegate by President Harry Truman who succeeded at the White House following the death of Franklin Roosevelt in 1945. As leader of the Commission on Human Rights, she was instrumental in formulating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that presented to the United Nations General Assembly with these words:

    “We are today at the threshold of a great event in both the life of the United Nations and the life of humanity. This declaration can become the international Magna Carta for all men everywhere. ”