Jewish Group Accredited to U.N. Concludes Meetings in New York

The Co-ordinating Board of Jewish Organizations, which has consultative status with the U.N. Economic and Social Council, today concluded a series of meetings here at which the activities of the Board were reviewed and proposals for the protection of human rights adopted. The proposals will be submitted to the U.N. General Assembly which opens its session tomorrow in Paris.

Colonel Bernard Bernstein, the consultant of the Co-ordinating Board at the United Nations headquarters, presented reports of the organization’s work with respect to human rights, refugees, prevention of discrimination, the Genocide Convention and related matters as well as with respect to items on the agenda of the coming session of the General Assembly. The Co-ordinating Board will propose that the General Assembly of the United Nations adopt practical measures now to protect human rights and fundamental freedoms.

The Co-ordinating Board hopes that the General Assembly will adopt resolutions: 1. Urging the creation of National Commissions on Human Rights by each member state; 2. Urging each member state to adopt all practicable measures to narrow the gap between present practices and the standards established by the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; 3. Establishing a Human Rights Committee in the United Nations to investigate violations of human rights and make reports of such investigations.

The constituent organizations of the Co-ordinating Board were represented by Dr. A. Cohen and A.G. Brotman, president and secretary, respectively, of the Board of Deputies of British Jews; E.J. Horwitz, chairman of the executive council of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies; and by Frank Goldman and David Blumberg, respectively president and vice-president of B’nai B’rith, which was the host of the conference.