In this recording, the Secretary General of the United Nations, Dag Hammarskjöld, delivers a speech on behalf of the United Nations President, Eelco N. van Kleffens, on Human Rights Day, 1954. The speech highlights the history of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, its purposes, and the impact that it has had across the globe. Hammarskjöld outlines recent achievements connected to the Declaration and the steps that the UN is taking towards an international bill of human rights.