The Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities today started discussion of a memorandum from the Secretary General concerning a study of discrimination in employment, to be undertaken by the International Labor Organization for the subcommission.
The group heard a report from a representative of the ILO that preparatory work had already been done on the project, but that a deeper study was needed before it would be possible to provide guidance for methods of eradicating such discrimination.
Richard Hiscocks, British delegate, pointed out at today’s session that governments have no reason to fear that complaints from private sources or non-governmental organizations will be published or dealt with by the United Nations until the governments affected by the complaints have had an opportunity to comment on them.
During a discussion of a study on discrimination in education, prepared by special rapporteur Charles D. Ammoun of Lebanon, Mr. Hiscocks noted that all such complaints were forwarded to the governments concerned for comment, and that therefore there was no basis for any government to take exception to the Ammoun report. He also noted that after complaints had been considered, the decisions which resulted would not be in the nature of “judgments” but rather of general recommendations.
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