President Carter criticized the United Nations today for linking Zionism with racism. “The unwarranted linking of Zionism with racism was an impediment to serious consideration of human rights matters and the United States continued to resist it by all possible means,” he said.
The President’s remarks were contained in a message accompanying a report to Congress on United States activities at the UN during 1976. Calling the UN’s record on human rights “disappointing,” Carter said, “In a number of cases, failure to take effective action belied the commitment to human rights that all UN members have accepted.”
However, the President said the UN has provided a valuable forum for discussing political disputes and is performing a vital peace-keeping mission in the Middle East and Cyprus. Carter is scheduled to address the meeting of the World Jewish Congress here tomorrow night where he is to receive the Nahum Goldmann Award for his efforts on behalf of human rights.
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