He also pointed to the 1917 Balfour Declaration, later incorporated into the Palestine Mandate that Britain received from the League of Nations after World War I. Every president from Wilson to Roosevelt had given support to this goal, and it was adopted at both the Democratic and Republican Party conventions in 1944.
In 2008, prior to elections, the children's 12-point declaration was incorporated into the Children's Manifesto, targeting political parties.
Religious freedom, according to Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, incorporates, "the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance".
Diners proclaim things like "Oh my God, I'd hang any of these in my apartment," and, fittingly, a yellow-and-black drawing by Matt Mullican incorporates the declaration "I love to work for Truth and Beauty".
By now, however, almost all of the norms in the Universal Declaration have been incorporated in widely-ratified UN human rights treaties.
Sixty years on the declaration has been incorporated into the laws of many countries and been the basis for the International Criminal Court.
There are numerous other symbols and symbolic artefacts, both official and unofficial, including the thistle, the nation's floral emblem (celebrated in the song, The Thistle o' Scotland), the Declaration of Arbroath, incorporating a statement of political independence made on 6 April 1320, the textile pattern tartan that often signifies a particular Scottish clan and the royal Lion Rampant flag.
A renewed focus on child rights In 2002, the UN Special Session on Children gave new impetus to the CRC, with a Declaration and Plan of Action that incorporates obligations resulting from the CRC to build 'A World Fit for Children'.
It is a call to manhood which artist Glenn Ligon incorporates into his work, a declaration of manhood which Ossie Davis used to eulogize Malcolm X, a declaration of manhood aroused in Ferguson in response to the assault on black male bodies to this day.
Few Council documents have aroused as much controversy or been followed with such close interest as the famous declaration on the Jews, now incorporated in a broader declaration on relations with non-Christians, including Hindus, Buddhists, and Moslems.
