<P> Members of the Commission who contributed significantly to the creation of the Declaration included Canadian John Peters Humphrey of the United Nations Secretariat, Eleanor Roosevelt of the United States (who chaired the Drafting Committee), René Cassin of France, Charles Malik of Lebanon, P.C. Chang of Republic of China (Taiwan), and Hansa Mehta of India among others . While not a member of the drafting committee, the French philosopher Jacques Maritain was influential in the lead up to the drafting of the Universal Declaration, advocacy for it within UNESCO in 1947 - 8, and in its subsequent advancement . </P> <P> The Drafting Committee included </P> <Ul> <Li> Eleanor Roosevelt, USA (Chair) </Li> <Li> Peng Chun Chang, Republic of China </Li> <Li> Charles Habib Malik, Lebanon </Li> <Li> William Roy Hodgson, Australia </Li> <Li> Hernán Santa Cruz, Chile </Li> <Li> René Cassin, France </Li> <Li> Alexander E. Bogomolov, USSR </Li> <Li> Charles Dukes / Lord Dukeston, United Kingdom </Li> <Li> John Peters Humphrey, Canada </Li> </Ul> <Li> Eleanor Roosevelt, USA (Chair) </Li>

Who wrote the first draft of the universal declaration of human rights