The charge that the United Nations has done nothing about the thousands of complaints it has received concerning violations of human rights, including discrimination, was made here last night at a meeting of the Human Rights Commission by Dr. G.M. Riegner, representative of the World Jewish Congress.
Pointing out that the UN had not even undertaken studies of the crucial problems which motivated the complaints, Dr. Riegner urged the body to undertake a program of action incorporating the principle of concrete studies in selected fields, with a view toward arriving at recommendations for the eradication of discrimination and prejudice. In this respect the WJC proposal parallels the new American program which would give the UN advisory functions in the field of human rights rather than enforcement functions.
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