Equal Remuneration. Discrimination in Education. and Racial Discrimination. On September 20. 1968. the Committee on Foreign Relations held hearings on the Protocol to the Convention on the Status of Refugees. This convention was reported favorably to the Senate and the resolution of ratification was agreed to on October 4. 1968. Thus. this convention became the second to be ratified during the 90th Congress and the only one to be ratified during International Human Rights Year. Mr. President. we have made some progress but too little. CXIV- 1883Part 23 However. as I stated in my remarks immediately after ratification. this belated ratification of the Protocol on the Status of Refugees is welcome. since this vote demonstrates clearly that these various international conventions. designed to internationalize human rights. can be ratified without prejudice to National or State law. Extending appeal before the International Court to the field of human rights is a milestone which should ease the path of other human rights conventions still awaiting Senate ratification. Mr.
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