Jewish organizations hailed today the United Nations and its “indispensable” role in the struggle for world peace on the occasion of United Nations Day, which will be celebrated throughout the world tomorrow.
In a message by the World Jewish Congress, the international organization was cited as an instrument of “peace and security based on justice despite the failure of the UN to adopt a human rights covenant or to insist upon the conclusion of a just and honorable-peace in the Middle East a decade after the original UN decision recognizing the right of the Jewish people to establish the State of Israel.” Dr. Maurice L. Perlzweig, WJC representative at UN headquarters, declared that “Jews everywhere would continue to give full support to the UN as embodying in the contemporary world the vision of the Prophets and the hope of humanity.”
The National Council of Jewish Women paid tribute to the UN “for keeping alive as inspiration for all the world’s people” the ideal of peace, fundamental human rights, better standards of life and freedom. “The United Nations deserves the fervent encouragement of all the world,” the NCJW board said in its statement.
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