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President. the International Year for Human Rights 1968 came to a close with the United States having ratified only one convention out of the nine which the General Assembly invited the member States to ratify by 1968. The status of human rights conventions in the United States is as follows: Date ratified I. Ratified with advice and consent of the Senate: Slavery Convention ---------------- 1929 Nationality of Women ------------- 1934 Supplementary Convention on Slavery ---------------------------1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees ----------------------1968 Date transmitted by the President II. Pending In the Senate: Freedom of Association ------------ 1949 Genocide ------------------------- 1949 Political Rights of Women (InterAmerican) ---------------------1949 Forced Labor --------------------- 1963 Political Rights of Women (UN) ---- 1963 Employment Policy ---------------1966 Four of the conventions recommended by the General Assembly have not even been sent up to the Senate for its advice and consent. They are the UNESCO Convention Against Discrimination in Education. two ILO conventions. one concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation and the other concerning Equal Remuneration for Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value. and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.