After FDR passed away in 1945, the First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt continued her work in politics, specifically an effort to defend and expand human rights worldwide. In 1946, President Harry S. Truman appointed Roosevelt to the U.S. Delegation of the United Nations, acknowledging Roosevelt’s deep commitment to protecting human rights. As head of the Human Rights Commission, Roosevelt was instrumental in creating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which was approved unanimously by the UN in late 1948. The Declaration was the first step in the process of formulating the International Bill of Human Rights, which was completed in 1966.