Answer:
To express frustration that the General Assembly keeps rejecting the Soviet delegation's suggestions
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Explanation:
Eleanor Roosevelt's speech on the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights focus on the importance of providing universal rights for all individuals worldwide. Not withholding the fact that women should also be included in the framing of such rules, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights works to provide rights to all sections.
In the given passage from the speech, she referred specifically to the amendments proposed by the Soviet delegation. She stated that the previous amendments had already been rejected, and now, with the new amendments which are just a<em> "dressed up"</em> version of the previous ones, she knows it will be rejected again.
She went on to further state that <em>"We in the United States admire those who fight for their convictions, and the Soviet delegation has fought for their convictions. But in the older democracies we have learned that sometimes we bow to the will of the majority. In doing that, we do not give up our convictions. We continue sometimes to persuade, and eventually we may be successful.</em>"
Thus, the main purpose of the given passage is to express her frustration at the rejection of the Soviet Union's proposals.
