The Daughters of the American Revolution, at their 74th “Continental Congress” here, today adopted a resolution opposing United States ratification of the United Nations Convention on Genocide.
The vote on the convention, which would outlaw the destruction of religious and racial minorities, was 592 to 434. The resolution urged the Senate to continue refusing to ratify the treaty. It has been pending before the Senate for 15 years, although ratified by the Soviet Union and other nations.
Opponents of the treaty said it was sponsored by the United Nations as an international undertaking and might conceivably allow foreign nations to exert influence on America’s domestic racial and religious issues. They felt this might compromise American sovereignty.
The DAR supporters of the measure felt that, without regard to the United Nations sponsor sip of the treaty, the genocide pact should be endorsed by the United States as an expression against racism.
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