This file contains documents relating to the International Labour Office refugees service work in the field of Exchange of prisoners and their repatriation.
Schlemmer, delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the League of Nations, currently resolving the "Heimaimaru" question in Greece regarding refusal of Greece to repatriate Turkish prisoners of war because of the fear those would serve in the Kemalist army; provisional arrangements he has made with Greek authorities on behalf of those prisoners/refugees, proposed internment of healthy Turkish soldiers by Italy; other documents.
Communication from the ICRC regarding the Question to what Port in Italy the able-bodied Turkish Prisoners of War from the Japanese Vessel "Heimeimaru" should be sent.
Communication from the ICRC Stating that no Reply has yet been received from the Italian Government regarding the Internment of the Turkish Prisoners of War from the Japanese Vessel "Heimeimaru" - Telegram on the Arrival in Constantinople of 295 Turkish Prisoners of War.
View of Oscar Arias Sanchez (left) of Costa Rica, 1987 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, addressing the Human Rights Commission on behalf of the Laureates attending the meeting.
Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan, addresses the Fiftieth Session of the Commission on Human Rights.
The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People commemorates the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
Ambassador Nogruho Wisnumurti (centre) (Indonesia), President of the Security Council, addresses the meeting. On the right is Razali Ismail (Malaysia), President of the 51st session of the General Assembly and on the left is Farouk Kaddoumi, Head of the Political Department of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
The Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories, which concluded hearings in Cairo on 27 April, began hearings in Geneva yesterday, 30 April. Appearing before it were Claude Pilloud and F. P. Payot of the International Committee of the Red Cross. The Committee, on the 1st of May, heard the testimony of Gideon Weigert, a witness who came from Israel.
Mr. Gideon Weigert, who said he lives in Jerusalem and is an Israeli national and a journalist, is seen making a statement before the Special Committee. Left to right are: Ambassador H.S Amarasinghe (Ceylon), Chairman; Dr Borut Bohte (Yugoslavia); and Mr. Edward Lawson, Principal Secretary.