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AAAS Resolution:
AAAS Endorsement of Immediate Ratification of the Genocide Treaty
Whereas American scientists are becoming more attentive to the plights of scientists and others who are victims of human rights violations and are becoming more aware of the importance of international standards to address such violations, and
Whereas the AAAS Board of Directors voted on December 7, 1979, to support U.S. ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (the Genocide Treaty), and
Whereas the Board urged the U.S. Senate to give its advice and consent to ratification of this important instrument for enhancing the human rights of all people, and
Whereas the continued lack of U.S. ratification of the Genocide Treaty contributes to the political isolation of the United States from the international community of nations which have supported the Treaty and detracts from our nation's formal commitment to the support of international standards for resolving human rights violations,
Therefore be it resolved that the AAAS Council affirms the 1979 action by the AAAS Board of Directors and urges immediate Senate ratification of the Genocide Treaty, and
Be if further resolved that the AAAS Council urges the President of the United States to support ratification of the Genocide Treaty, and
Be if further resolved that the AAAS Council encourages the societies and academies of science affiliated with AAAS to lend their support to U.S. ratification of the Genocide Treaty. [Adopted by the AAAS Council, January 7, 1982.]
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