Conference documents, 1950.

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Conference documents, 1950.

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Records consist of an incomplete set of documents published by the conference in draft and mimeograph form. These consist primarily of summary records (minutes) of the conference, and of reports and proposed resolutions (many heavily annotated) concerning the problems of assistance to migrants, migrants rights, and the role of the United Nations, the International Labour Organisation, and non-governmental organizations in dealing with these issues which were presented by various groups participating in the conference. Groups included the World Jewish Congress, the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society, the Consultative Council of Jewish Organizations, Caritas Internationalis, the International League for the Rights of Man, the National Traveler's Aid Association. A memo containing information for delegates about times and places of meetings, distribution of documents, mail service, transportation, and other logistical matters is included.

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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National Traveler's Aid Association.

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International Labour Organisation

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The International Labour Organization was established in Geneva in 1919 at the end of the First World War, during the Peace Conference that convened at Paris and Versailles. Its aim was to promote the welfare of workers. From the description of Collection, 1919-1941, 1998. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 70875785 ...

World Jewish Congress.

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According to their own constitution, the World Jewish Congress is a voluntary association of representative Jewish bodies, communities and organisations throughout the world, organised to assure the survival and to foster the unity of the Jewish people. Its origins lie in the immediate aftermath of World War I in the cooperative efforts by Jewish communities around the world in religious, legal, political and relief matters. In the aftermath of World War II the World Jewish Congress played a cen...

Caritas internationalis

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Consultative Council of Jewish Organizations

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Conference of Non-governmental Organizations Interested in Migration

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The conference was sponsored by the United Nations and the International Labour Organisation. From the description of Conference documents, 1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155486374 ...

International League for the Rights of Man

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United Nations

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In 1945, four individuals who had worked on the Manhattan project-John L. Balderston, Jr., Dieter M. Gruen, W.J. McLean, and David B. Wehmeyer-formed a committee and wrote a letter to 154 public figures asking for their opinions about the possibility of the creation of a world government. Over the next year, as the various public figures responded to the letter, the responses were correlated into a report that was released in 1947. From the guide to the Balderston, John L., Jr. Colle...

Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America

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