Dr. Nahum Goldmann, president of the World Jewish Congress, declared today that the cause of peace and the happiness of man would be “greatly advanced” if the nations of the world would rededicate themselves to the ideals expressed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
In a statement issued on Human Rights Day, which this year marks the sixth anniversary of the adoption by the General Assembly of the United Nations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Dr. Goldmann emphasized that nations could also serve the cause of peace by bringing their own laws and practices in harmony with the ideals set forth in the Declaration.
“Six years ago,” Dr. Goldmann said, “the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Few documents conceived by man surpass this Declaration for ethical content or moral grandeur. In the best tradition of other historic bills of rights which man has fashioned in his tenacious struggle for the improvement of his lot, the Universal Declaration is a declaration of mankind’s belief in the dignity of man and in the inviolability of his right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
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