Experts from Italy and United Kingdom Jointly Submit Draft Preamble for Proposed Convention on Elimination of Discrimination

The experts from Italy and the United Kingdom this morning submitted jointly to the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities a draft preamble to a proposed international convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination. Statements in the general debate on a proposed convention were made by the experts from the Philippines, Poland, Austria, USSR, United States, India, and France, and by an observer from the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions.
Here, addressing the meeting, is Mr. Herman Santa Cruz, expert from Chile, who was elected Chairman. At left is Mr. John P. Humphrey, Director of the UN Division of Human Rights.