The world is confronted with “a dual imperative” of preserving peace and promoting human rights, Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary-General of the United Nations, told a symposium on human rights sponsored by the Consultative Council of Jewish Organizations at the Waldorf Astoria tonight. The CCJO comprises the Alliance Israelite Universelle of France, the American Jewish Committee, and the Anglo-Jewish Association of Great Britain.
Pointing out that human rights cannot be realized in a vacuum, Mr. Hammarskjold said: “The realization of human rights requires a social and international order. In consequence those who have the greatest concern for the promotion and protection of human rights must also be concerned that member nations (of UN), through scrupulous adherence to their Charter obligations, protect the international order from threat of war.”
Presiding during the dinner session at which Mr. Hammarskjold spoke was Jacob Blaustein, president of the American Jewish Committee and co-chairman of the CCJO. The UN Secretary General’s address was the concluding feature of a day-long symposium on human rights which included a series of discussions by international experts on “The Function of Law and Social Action in International Protection of Human Rights.” Dr. John P. Humphrey, director of UN’s Division of Human Rights, opened the symposium with a discussion of the basic issues raised by the UN human rights program.
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