Question: When did the country where the organization that uses the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is headquartered declare its independence from England?

on september 9, the house of commons and senate approved authorization for a declaration of war. the cabinet then drafted an order in council to that effect. on september 10, vincent massey, canada's high commissioner to the united kingdom, brought the document to king george vi, at the royal lodge, windsor great park, for his signature, whereupon canada had officially declared war on germany. in his capacity as the government's official recorder for the war effort, leonard brockington noted: ``king george vi of england did not ask us to declare war for him -- we asked king george vi of canada to declare war for us. '' <SEP> The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at its 3rd session on 10 December 1948 as Resolution 217 at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, France. Of the then 58 members of the United Nations, 48 voted in favor, none against, eight abstained, and two did n't vote. <SEP> These states would found a new nation -- the United States of America. John Adams was a leader in pushing for independence, which was passed on July 2 with no opposing vote cast. The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen independent sovereign states, no longer under British rule. A committee of five had already drafted the formal declaration, to be ready when Congress voted on independence. <SEP> declaration of independence is a 12 - by - 18 - foot (3.7 by 5.5 m) oil - on - canvas painting by american john trumbull depicting the presentation of the draft of the declaration of independence to congress. it was based on a much smaller version of the same scene, presently held by the yale university art gallery. trumbull painted many of the figures in the picture from life, and visited independence hall to depict the chamber where the second continental congress met. the oil - on - canvas work was commissioned in 1817, purchased in 1819, and placed in the united states capitol rotunda in 1826. <SEP> The site of the UN headquarters has extraterritoriality status. This affects some law enforcement where UN rules override the laws of New York City, but it does not give immunity to those who commit crimes there. In addition, the United Nations Headquarters remains under the jurisdiction and laws of the United States, although a few members of the UN staff have diplomatic immunity and so can not be prosecuted by local courts unless the diplomatic immunity is waived by the Secretary - General. In 2005, Secretary - General Kofi Annan waived the immunity of Benon Sevan, Aleksandr Yakovlev, and Vladimir Kuznetsov in relation to the Oil - for - Food Programme, and all were charged in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Benon Sevan later fled the United States to Cyprus, while Aleksandr Yakovlev and Vladimir Kuznetsov decided to stand trial.