“I WANT THAT DOT!”

Carlos P. Romulo
He was born on
Jan. 14, 1899, in
Manila; but his
well-to-do
parents lived in
Camiling,
Tarlac.

With the outbreak of World War II in 1941,
Rómulo joined the staff of General Douglas
MacArthur as press relations officer.

He was a Filipino
diplomat, soldier,
journalist and
author. He was a
reporter at 16, a
newspaper editor by
the age of 20, and a
publisher at 32. He
was the co-founder
of the Boys Scouts
of the Philippines.

Romulo was a
member of the
United Nation’s
Human Rights
Commission
(created in June
1946), whose
ambitious task
was to draft a bill
of human rights.

News clipping entitled
“World Bill of Rights,”
wherein United
Nations U.S. delegate,
Eleanor Roosevelt,
credits Romulo with
having written more
than half of the
international
declaration on human
rights.
The Evening News

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United
Nations General Assembly in December 1948, represents the most
important contribution the Human Rights Commission has ever
made to the global advancement of human rights.

In 1948 in Paris, France, at the
third UN General Assembly, he
strongly disagreed with a
proposal made by the Soviet
delegation headed by Andrei
Vishinsky, who challenged his
credentials by insulting him
with this quote: \"You are just a
little man from a little
country.\" In return, Romulo
replied, \"It is the duty of the
little Davids of this world to
fling the pebbles of truth in the
eyes of the blustering Goliaths
and force them to behave!\",
leaving Vishinsky with nothing
left to do but sit down.

During the selection of the UN's official seal, he looked
over the seal-to-be and asked, \"Where is the
Philippines?\" US Senator Warren Austin, head of the
selection committee, explained, \"It's too small to include.
If we put the Philippines, it would be no more than a dot.\"
\"I want that dot!\" insisted Romulo.

Today, a tiny dot between the Pacific Ocean
and the South China Sea can be found
on the UN seal.

He died, at 86, in
Manila, December
15 1985 and was
buried in the
Heroes Cemetery.
He was honoured
as the Philippine's
greatest diplomat
in the 20th Century.

TOUGH TIMES
DON’T LAST
TOUGH
TEAMS DO

Action Plan
1. Reality Check
2. Apply Agad!
3. Encourage Each Other
4. Create A Plan or a Goal
5. Review

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your Country
could do for
you.
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could do for
your Country .

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Maxibuild
could do for
you.
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could do for
Maxibuild .