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Human Rights - Keystone of United Nations The Ukrainian women’s o r ga nizations, in the Free World, are following, with intense interest, the course of the debates in the United N atio n s; and are sin cerely happy about the fact th a t they espouse the cause of the small nations, liberated from colonial rule. To them we express our w arm est thanks. However, we have not yet ob served in the United Nations any determined resistance to the greatest colonialism of the 20th century — th a t of imperialistic Russia, whose first victim was Ukraine, forty years ago. We, the U krainian women’s organiza tions, united into the World F e deration of U krainian Women’s Organizations to appeal to bring up the idea of liberation of all captive n atio n s; and to re veal on the United Nations fo rum th eir true status, under the Russian rule. The m ost im portant m atter, which should be taken into consi deration through the United Nations is the defense of hum an rights in the Soviet Union. This 15th anniversary of the United Nations was not celeb rated as joyfully as could be ex pected. It was merely mentioned as an im portant event occuring in th e m idst of all its troubles with N ikita K hrushchev’s visit; and the Congo rebellion. It de served greater attention because of its achievements throughout the years; and the spirit of in dependence it dem onstrated generally. The great show N ikita K hru shchev, and his fellow-folloWers staged recently gave us an idea of the brutal force they are ac customed to use. But in this in stance they were opposed by a m i ghty force — the poised and m ature stand of the General Sec retary, Dag Hammerskjold. His replies to their attacks revealed a firm will to w ithstand, and to defend his right. The rig h t to espouse the small nations. It was reported th a t he got the greatest ovation the United Na tions ever heard. Its m ightiest accomplishment was the awe it created for hum an rights in the mind of all mankind, through the defense of them by Dag Ham- m arskjold. Respect and defense of hum an rights is the keystone of the whole United Nations ef fort. This awe for hum an rights prompted the World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Organiza tions to express its feelings in this m atter. In a letter the WFUWO gave its thanks to Dag Ham m arskjold for his firm and decided stand. But it included another great problem, untouch ed, yet through UN efforts. This was the violation of hum an rights in the Soviet Union. Hu man beings are denied there the m ost basic rig h ts: the rig h t to live in his native country, the rig h t to choose his job and resi dence, w ithout m entioning the rig h t of freedom of worship. According to the plans of So viet economic policy about 8 mil lion people suffered compulsory transference from Ukraine into the Asian provinces — Siberia and Kazakhstan. The m ost cruel is the re-settlem ent of youth on the virgin lands. Among those recently re-settled are 25,000 young U krainian girls, designed to found families, in m ost hum i liating circumstances. Another striking evidence of the ignoring of hum an rights is the situation of the prisoner and his fam ily in USSR. The inhu man and excessive week i> the concentration camps is destroy ing his h ealth; the w riting of letters to his fam ily is denied to him for years. The fam ily itself is persecuted and transferred to rem ote regions of Siberia. There is no other country exercising collective fam ily responsibility for the “crim e” of one of her members. In Soviet Russia this applied as a rule to all political prisoners. A fter his release, the prisoner has no possibility of re turning to his native town, or region, beacuse he is denied the passport which enables him to find work, and settle there. During W orld W ar II, in con sequence of the political and so cial changes it brought, a great exodus of U krainian people be gan. P artly as forced labor, p art ly defending their own lives from the Soviet arm ed forces. This ex odus divided hundreds and thou sands of fam ilies who could not find each other enroute. Now, when they again try to get to gether, they are denied th e rig h t by the Soviet government. D ur ing the long years parents can not find their children, husbands their wives, and vice versa. Again the basic hum an rig h t — to live a normal fam ily life is denied them . The actual listing, and defin ing of Hum an R ights by the United Nations is a momentous step forw ard in hum an history. It should also be its duty to re veal the violation of these rights. J. W. Piper ЧАС TO Г P 0 Ш I ! ВИРІВНЮЙТЕ ПЕРЕДПЛАТУ! 18 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ЛИСТОПАД:, 1960 Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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