The work of a United Nations Subcommission on the Prevention of Discrimination and the Protection of Minorities set up in 1946, was described here today as a” frustrating and lamentable tale of neglect and lack of appreciation of the importance of this work. “The description was provided by Dr. A. Wahid, Pakistan’s representative, speaking to a plenary session of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights.
Dr. Wahid, Who blamed the United Nations and U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold for hampering the group’s work by withholding technical and financial assistance, said that the activities of the subcommission had now been brought to a virtual standstill, causing serious apprehension in the minds of all those who wanted to see the work of the Commission on Human Rights strengthened.
“The unpredictable play of politics.” Dr. Wahid added, “should not be permitted to impede the progress and speed of factual and objective studies relating to discrimination in matters of immigration and emigration”
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