The policy of the United States Government with regard to United Nations action on human rights is outlined in the report on American participation in the United Nations submitted by President Eisenhower to members of Congress and made public here this week by the State Department. This policy, as summarized in the President’s report, proposes:
1. Each member of the United Nations should transmit biennially, for consideration by the Commission on Human Rights, a report on developments and progress achieved in the field of human rights and measures taken to safeguard human liberty; and the Commission should submit to the Economic and Social Council such comments and conclusions on the report as it deems appropriate.
2. The Commission should initiate studies of specific aspects of human rights on a worldwide basis, stressing in these studies general developments, progress achieved, and measures taken to safeguard human liberty. Specific subjects should be selected for study, with the assistance of an expert adviser for each subject who would be appointed by the Secretary-General.
3. The United Nations and the specialized agencies should provide technical assistance and advisory services in certain fields of human rights, including the improvement of procedures under criminal and civil law, increased participation by citizens in national and community civic affairs, and the prevention of discrimination and the protection of minorities.
The President’s report emphasizes that the United States Government believes that “this three-point program can be effective in advancing human rights in our own time.”
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