SPEECH

Selected footage of the League of Nations 13th Assembly, extraordinary session meeting on the Sino-Japanese conflict.

Statement by Herbert V. Evatt, President of the General Assembly, on the passing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the adoption of the Genocide Convention and the political, economic and social accomplishments of the General Assembly.

British actor Sir Laurence Olivier reads the Preamble to the Charter of the United Nations. The Charter was signed at the San Francisco Conference on 26 June 1945. Music by American composer Aaron Copland. [Production date unknown.]

Trygve Lie accepts his reappointment as Secretary-General of the United Nations and delivers a speech in front of the General Assembly.

Footage of Trygve Lie's speech to the UN staff members.

Farewell speech of Trygve Lie from the rostrum in a conference room.

Dag Hammarskjold's speech at Idlewild Airport.

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt reads a statement on children - commemorating the World Children's Day.

UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld calls for a new effort for refugees on the first World Refugee Year.

Actress Cathleen Nesbitt reads the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, which was adopted by the General Assembly in 1959.