A formal proposal calling upon all member states to eliminate discrimination against minorities from their schools was introduced today by the British representative to the United Nations Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities.
Another resolution proposed by the representative of the United States calls for a poll of all member governments on anti-discrimination legislation in their countries to be submitted before Sept. 1, 1950. The Subcomission adopted a 14-point program attacking the problem of discrimination against minorities on a broad front. It promptly defeated a Soviet proposal to eliminate the implementation of the draft covenant on human rights from the agenda.
The Subcommission heard Bernard Bernstein, representing the Coordinating Board of Jewish Organizations, press for the creation of national commissions on human rights which could hear all complaints and conduct spot surveys under U.N. suspices.
A representative of Iraq formally proposed that UNESCO publish a series of popular pamphlets to strike at the “fallacies” of race, national and religious prejudices. The Subcommission devoted one closed meeting to sifting petitions and complaints–a function it is expected to undertake throughout its current session
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