I think the treatment of Soviet Jews is a proper subject for the United Nations to consider. treatment which is clearly in violation of this clause of the charter. President Nixon has already voiced his own concern about the plight of Soviet Jews. In a message to American Jewish leaders on January 11. the President said: You may be certain also that this Administration. reflecting the traditional liberties upon which this country was founded. joins with you in urging freedom of emigration as explicitly provided in Article 13 of the Universal DeclaratJon of Human Rights and in its commitment to cultural and religious freedom at home and abroad. And this. in essence. is the intent of the resolution I am introducing today. Those of us who are fortunate enough to enjoy the free expression of ideas and religion have a responsibility to work for the relief of oppressed people the world over.
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