Reports on racial and religious discrimination all over the world will be discussed here for the next three weeks before the Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities which opened its eighth session here today.
Judge Philip Halpern, of Buffalo, active in Jewish communal leadership in this country is the United States representative on the Subcommission. Members of the group serve in their individual capacities as experts, but are approved for membership by their respective governments. Eleven other countries besides the U. S. A. are represented on the Subcommission.
Max Sorensen, noted Danish political scientist was re-elected to the chairmanship of the group at its first session this morning, while Mohamed Awad, of Egypt, was reelected vice chairman. The principal report to be discussed at this year’s session–comprising the first global study of discrimination in education–has been prepared by Charles D. Ammoun of Lebanon.
At the opening session, a proposal by Judge Halpern was adopted, putting the Sub-commission on record as desirous of making use of the work of the United Nations advisory services in the field of human rights, which were established last month by a vote of the General Assembly.
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