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Hernán Santa Cruz
Hernán Santa Cruz (1906 – 1999 in Santiago) was a Chileans, Chilean delegate to the United Nations, judge, lawyer and one of the Drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, initial drafters of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Life and career Santa Cruz was born into an upper-middle-class family. His father had been a lawyer, journalist and mayor of a district of Santiago. Santa Cruz began working in the public sector as a lawyer around 1922. Initially a lecturer on criminal and military procedure, he later received an role as a judge on Chile's Judiciary of Chile, Superior Military Court. He was appointed as Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations in 1946 by President Gabriel González Videla. Though he did not (at the time) believe he had the background or ability to serve effectively, he would come to refer to it as the start of a second existence. Santa Cruz's role in the United Nations, as a delegate of the United Nations General Assemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. It is the world's largest and most familiar international organization. The UN is headquarters of the United Nations, headquartered on extraterritoriality, international territory in New York City, and has other main offices in United Nations Office at Geneva, Geneva, United Nations Office at Nairobi, Nairobi, United Nations Office at Vienna, Vienna, and Peace Palace, The Hague (home to the International Court of Justice). The UN was established after World War II with Dumbarton Oaks Conference, the aim of preventing future world wars, succeeding the League of Nations, which was characterized as ineffective. On 25 April 1945, 50 governments met in San Francisco for United Nations Conference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
