`A VERY SPECIAL MOMENT IN HISTORY': New Zealand's role in the evolution of international human rights. From: New Zealand International Review | Date: November 1, 1998| Author: Lauren, Paul Gordon | COPYRIGHT 1998 New Zealand Institute of International Affairs. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

New Zealand's influence on the formation of the United Nations is rarely acknowledged. The Atlantic Charter formulated in 1941 by President Franklin Roosevelt and UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill encouraged New Zealand Prime Minister Fraser to speak often and powerfully about human rights, and to incorporate these considerations into the UN charter.

Paul Gordon Lauren suggests that New Zealand exercised an influence far out of proportion to its size in the formative years of the...

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