Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Commission established a special Universal Declaration of Human Rights Drafting Committee, chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt, to write the articles of the Declaration. The Committee met in two sessions over the course of two years.
Mabel Newlands
Mabel Annie Newlands (née Fielding, 1 July 1902 – 13 February 1983), known as Mabel Newlands and also Ann Newlands, was a New Zealand community leader. She was a key member of the New Zealand delegation that participated in the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Justice of the Peace. She unsuccessfully contested the electorate in the , but Richard Geoffrey Gerard as the incumbent managed to increase his majority.