U.N. Commission Urged to Formulate Simple Declaration of Human Rights

The Coordinating Board of Jewish Organizations, ##osed of the American Jewish Conference, the Board of Deputies of British Jews and ## South African Jewish Board of Deputies, has presented a statement of its views to ## United Nations secretariat, and a copy to the U.N. Commission on Human Rights.

The memorandum proposed that the Commission immediately formulate a simple ##aration on Human Rights instead of going through the process of preparing an International Bill of Rights upon which it might take months or years for the 57 mem## of the United Nations to agree.Pointing out that such a Declaration would “provide a much needed guide” in international conduct, the memorandum asserted that the Commission’s drafting group ##h met at Lake Success last June had reached sufficient agreement on basic prin##es to prepare a Declaration in time for presentation at the 1948 General Assembly.

The Coordinating Board proposed that the Declaration should clearly call for ## and to discrimination in employment, education, choice of residence; prevention ## incitement to racial and religious hatred; and protection of the cultural and riligious rights of minorities. The memorandum was presented to Lake Success by Dr. ##rice Halperin of the Conference, and to the U.N. Commission in Geneva by A.G. ##tman of the Board of Deputies of British Jews.