Adoption The Universal Declaration was adopted by the General Assembly as UN Resolution A/RES/217(III)[A] on 10 December 1948 in the Palais de Chaillot, Paris.United Nations headquarters in New York would not be complete until 1952, after which it became the permanent seat of the General Assembly. Of the 58 United Nations members at the time, 48 voted in favour, none against, eight abstained, and Honduras and Yemen failed to vote or abstain.
Adoption The Universal Declaration was adopted by the General Assembly as UN Resolution A/RES/217(III)[A] on 10 December 1948 in the Palais de Chaillot, Paris.United Nations headquarters in New York would not be complete until 1952, after which it became the permanent seat of the General Assembly. Of the 58 United Nations members at the time, 48 voted in favour none against, eight abstained, and Honduras and Yemen failed to vote or abstain.