It's taking a stand, saying that everyone on the planet should be able to live in a democracy and participate in a democracy. The commission that drafted this declaration was chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of Franklin Roosevelt. This is a map of who voted for this declaration, and these are the countries in green. Who abstained, they just decided not to vote, for the declaration, those are the countries in orange. And then you have a few that voted against it. In gray are the countries that weren't part of the United Nations at the time. An interesting question, looking at this map, is to think about why certain countries were willing to vote for it, and why other countries decided to abstain at the time.