Myer Feldman, Deputy Special Counsel to President Kennedy, today told the 58th annual convention of B’rith Shalom at the Concord Hotel here that the United States Administration intends to ratify the United Nations Convention on Genocide if the U. S, Senate consents.
Mr. Feldman said “we share the views which prompted President Truman 15 years ago to urge the consent of the Senate for United States’ ratification. “He expressed hope that the situation in the Senate develops favorably so that the Administration can ratify the genocide accord.
He pointed out that the genocide resolution was passed by the United Nations in 1946 following the mass murder of European Jewry, and that it designated and condemned genocide as a crime under international law. He said the United States took part in drafting the convention and voted for it in the United Nations. Mr. Feldman recalled that former President Truman sent it to the Senate for advise and consent and that hearings were held. But he noted that 15 years later the matter is still on the calendar of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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