12 Friday, September 10, 1976
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Paris Meeting Aims World Conscience at UNESCO
BACKGAMMON
beginner & strategy
(Continued from Page 1)
Oct. 26 with the participa-
Among those due to at- tion of 140 countries. The
tend are Nobel Prize win- general conference, the
ners Isidor Rabi of the equivalent of the UN's
aft. or eve. classes
U.S., Raymond Aron and General Assembly meet-
Prof. Henri Baruk of Fr- ing, meets once every two
ance, Prof. Werner years. It will decide
Forssmann of West Ger- whether Israel, excluded
many, and Eugene on a de facto basis for two
Ionesco, Elizabeth Taylor years from all UNESCO
and Sammy Davis Jr.
activities, will be able to
Backgammon
The Paris conference join a regional group.
sets
will take place only a few
Israel has already
weeks before UNESCO's asked to join the 35-state
general conference which European regional group
is due to open in Nairobi which is also attended by
two non-European coun-
tries: the United States
and Canada. UNESCO's
charter on this subject is
vague: it says that coun-
tries can join regional
groups on the basis of "a
broad concensus". The
East European countries
interpret this as meaning
"at least 30 countries out
of 35". The United States
delegation says only a
majority vote is needed.
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The UNESCO resolu-
tion of September 1974
describes Jerusalem as
an occupied territory and
as such forbids major
changes in its architec-
tural and historic sites.
Israel, on the other hand,
considers Jerusalem not
only as part of its
sovereign territory but as
its capital and feels enti-
tled to proceed with
whatever archeological
digs or site improvements
it wants to carry out. --
An international group
of experts formed as the
Jerusalem Committee and
UNESCO's own experts
have endorsed Israel's ar-
cheological digs, but UN-
ESCO's 1974 general con-
ference chose to ignore
those reports.
The United States has
withheld close to $50 mill-
ion in outstanding annual
dues to UNESCO in the
wake of the 1974 vote, and
should a compromise not
be found at the Nairobi
conference the U.S. might
find itself ejected from
the organization with a
consequent loss of voting
rights.
UNESCO sources say
the U.S. delegation has
made it clear that
America will pay its back
dues only if Israel is satis-
fied with the Nairobi sol-
ution.
In order to preserve a
favorable climate, the
UNESCO director gen-
eral has decided to shelve
the "racism" item from
the conference's forth-
coming agenda. This
issue will be examined by
a body of experts next
year. UNESCO sources
hope that this arrange-
ment will allow a com-
promise.
The organizers of the in-
ternational protest con-
ference in Paris believe
that neither the UNESCO
secretariat nor certain
countries would have ac-
tively sought a com-
promise solution without
the intervention of world
public opinion.
The organizers, a com-
mittee led by Prof. Andre
Lwoff and Raymond
Aron, also feel that their
action can help influence
a trend against politiciza-
tion in other organiza-
tions and prevent the vic-
timization of Israel.
Carter Re-Affirms Human Rights
Pledges to Bnai Brith Delegates
By JOSEPH POLAKOFF
WASHINGTON (JTA)
— Democratic Presiden-
tial candidate Jimmy
Carter pledged Wednes-
day to the Bnai Brith in-
ternational -convention
that if he is elected Presi-
dent he will "promote
human rights in our im-
perfect world" including
combatting the Arab
economic boycott, inter-
national terrorism, sup-
port for emigration from
the Soviet Union and the
United Nations genocide
treaty.
In his speech to the
1,500 delegates at the
Washington Hilton Hotel,
Carter also called "for
closer ties with our tradi-
tional allies and stronger
ties with the state of Is-
rael."
On the Arab economic
boycott, Carter said he
found it "unacceptable
that we have in effect
condoned the efforts of
some Arab countries to
tell American businesses
that in order to trade with
one country or company
they must observe cer-
tain restrictions based on
race or standards of free-
dom and morality."
Carter said he has "re-
gret" that the senior offi-
cials of the Ford Administ-
ration "told Congress that
efforts should not be made
to address this basic issue
of human rights." The
Administration testified
that it opposed legislation
pending in Congress that
would enable American
companies to refuse to
comply with demands by
Arab countries to boycott
Israel and Jewish com-
panies.
Carter, saying that the
Department of Commerce
has "shut its eyes to the
boycott," and failed to
"carry out a firm policy"
against it declared, "If I
become President all laws
concerning these boy-
cotts will be vigorously
enforced."
Pursuing his theme on
human rights, Carter ac-
cused the Ford Administ-
ration of having failed to
make "serious efforts to
get the Russians to per-
mit greater numbers of
people to emigrate freely
to the countries of their
choice." Saying, "We
cannot pass over in si-
lence the deprivation of
human rights in the
Soviet Union." The
Democratic candidate
said the list of Soviet
prisoners is long and in-
cludes both Christians
and Jews. He said he
would speak only of two of
them, Vladimir Bukovsky
and Vladimir Slepak,
both Jews.
1970, he said. The visa was
denied and since 1972
Slepak has been denied
the right to hold a job, Car-
ter said.
"I ask why such people
must be deprived of their
basic rights, a year after
Helsinki," Carter said.
"And if I become Presi-
dent the fate of men like
Bukovsky and Slepak will
be very much on my mind
as I negotiate with the
Soviet Union," he said. .
Urging the United
States to lend "more vig-
orous support" to the Un-
BULLETIN
ited Nations and other
In his address Thurs- bodies to attract world at-
day morning at the Bnai tention to the denial of
Brith -convention Presi- freedom, Carter said that
dent Gerald Ford pledged the U.S. itself should
the continued, complete move toward Senate
support of Israel by the ratification of important
United States; no pres- treaties in that area.
sure on Israel from the Among them he included
U.S. for a Middle East the UN Genocide Conven-
peace settlement and the tion which has been be-
peace
safeguard- fore the Senate since
ing" of Israel at the Un- President Truman first
presented it 27 years ago.
ited Nations by the U.S.
Reiterating his strong
He described Bukovsky opposition to interna-
as a young scientist who tional terrorism, Carter
has been in prison most of said, "We should quit
the last 13 years for criti- being timid and join Is-
cism of the Soviet regime. rael and other nations in
Slepak, a Moscow radio moving to stamp out in-
engineer, applied for an • ternational terrorism
exit visa for Israel in April, once and for all." .
Controversial Arizona Vote
Won by Jewish Candidate
WASHINGTON (JTA)
— Rep. Sam Steiger won
the Republican nomina-
tion for the U.S. Senate in
Tuesday's hotly con-
tested Arizona primary
election, defeating his
arch rival, Rep. John P.
Conlan, by nearly 10,000
votes. Steiger's congres-
sional office in
Washington said that
with all returns in Steiger
had 102,506 votes to Con-
lan's 92,812.
Steiger waged an uphill
battle in the race between
the two rigidly conserva-
tive candidates that at-
tracted more than usual
national attention be-
cause of the overtones of
anti-Semitism injected
into the campaign.
Steiger, born in New York
City, is Jewish and a
member of Bnai Brith.
The anti-Semitic aspect
brought an endorsement
for his nomination by
Sen. Barry Goldwater,
the Republican Party's
elder statesman and
leader in Arizona Repub-
lican affairs, who said
that "we must put, an
end" to anti-Semitism in
the Arizona campaign.
Steiger faces Dennis
Deconcini, Pima County
(Phoenix) attorney who is
the Democratic nominee in
what is expected to be
another close race cul-
minating Nov. 2.
Steiger, a rancher and
horsebreeder in Prescott
has served five terms in
the Congress..