This tragic situation brings out the need for the free and civilized nations of the world to cooperate in outlawing this shocking crime of deliberate extermination of entire national, ethnical, racial or religious groups.
Letter to the Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Urging Early Ratification of the Genocide Convention.
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