In accordance with article 68 of the Charter of the United Nations,the Economic and Social Council(ECOSOC)established the Commission on Human Rights.The Drafting Committee,established under the direct leadership of the Commission on Human Rights,spent two years in drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights(hereinafter referred to as the Declaration or UDHR).By analyzing both Western and non-Western cultural sources,freedom and equality constitute the ideological basis for the Declaration.For the first time,it provides a detailed list of basic human rights in the form of international instruments,including civil and political rights,as well as economic,social and cultural rights.These rights are interrelated and inseparable,and together constitute the rights system of international human rights law.The promulgation of the Declaration provides a common standard on human rights for all peoples and all members of the UN and becomes an important cross-cultural legacy for human beings.