(Editor’s note: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke about
Human Rights Day to the United Nations today in Geneva. The
entire transcript of the speech, provided by humanrights.gov, is
below.) Good evening and let me express my deep honor and
pleasure at being here. I want to thank director General Tokas
and Ms. Widen along with other ministers, ambassadors,
excellencies and UN partners. This weekend we will celebrate
Human Rights day. The anniversary of one of the great
accomplishments of the last century. Beginning in 1947 delegates
from 6 continents devoted themselves to drafting a declaration
that would enshrine the fundamental rights and freedoms of
people everywhere. In the aftermath of World War II many nations
pressed for a statement of this kind to help ensure that we
would prevent future atrocities and protect the inherent
humanity and dignity of all people. And so the delegates went to
work. They discussed, they wrote, very revisited, revised,
rewrote, for thousands of hours. And they incorporat