Rep. Seymour Halpern, New York Republican, today urged in a House speech that a resolution be adopted urging Senate ratification of the Genocide Convention, an international treaty outlawing persecution of ethnic and religious groups.
He deplored United States failure to ratify the convention, pending since 1950. “The official reticence to re-open meaningful debate on this subject is truly appalling, and reflects adversely on the foreign policy goals we have set forth for ourselves,” he said. “Our official hypocrisy and indifference toward this eminent compact is shameful.”
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