Petition, on Poland backed
PA Wellington Parliamentary backing has been given to a petition calling for an end to martial law in Poland.
The petition, mounted by the Auckland Polish Association in Wellington and signed by more than 25.000 people, has been referred back to Parliament by the Foreign Affairs Select Committee and recommended for "most favourable consideration" by the Government.
That is the highest recommendation a committee can make on a petition. Its chairman, Mr P. I. Wilkinson (Nat., Kaipara) said there had been bipartisan “unanimity” on the matter.
The petition was “totally in accord with Government policy." he said. The petition will be sent by the Government to the United Nations Human Rights Commission, where it is expected to join similar petitions from other Western nations.
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