The General Conference of the United Nations Association here rejected an emergency resolution on the plight of Polish Jews for technical reasons today and accepted an amendment to a Middle East resolution which called for the designation of Jerusalem as an “international city under the United Nations.” The Association is a voluntary body of organizations and individuals friendly to the United Nations. It has no official status.
The resolution on Polish Jews, introduced by Jack Barnett, general secretary of the British section of the World Jewish Congress, protested Poland’s official anti-Jewish propaganda campaign and the Warsaw regime’s treatment of the Jewish population of that country. The conference’s procedural committee ruled that the resolution was out of order because one of its paragraphs was addressed to the Polish Government. Mr. Barnett was not permitted to challenge the ruling or to amend the resolution to meet the objections. However, he brought up the plight of Polish Jewry during the debate on human rights and his remarks were warmly received.
The conference also rejected a proposal by Edward Heath, leader of the Conservative Party, that would have supported action to prevent the unilateral dismissal of United Nations peace-keeping forces as was done by President Nasser, of Egypt, in May 1967, or to undermine such forces by the withdrawal of individual national units.
The Middle East resolution adopted by the UNA conference was based largely on the position taken at the United Nations by Lord Caradon. chief of the British delegation. It was regarded as more acceptable than previous resolutions on the subject adopted by the Association. The Jerusalem amendment was sponsored by a student group.
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