_ B THE OSHAWA TIMES, Friday, Jenvery 10, 1964 Legal Experts Stall On Friendly' Topic UNITED NATIONS (CP) -- The crowds of people who tour the United Nations building ev- ery day may be forgiven if they go away mystified by the rows of conference roams off the long basement A The guides ain that the Sracrak hentai" ae: bite, nera m re; but no hourtong tour could possibly explain the intricacies of committee work, the legal committee, usually knowa simply as the sixth committee, During the UN session that ended before Christmas this committee of LLL legal experts met week after week on an item entit'ed 'friendly relations," 'No one seemed to know pre- cisely what it was all about, but the corridor wags said it was probably the most unfriendly item on the agenda, The cynics said it was just a propaganda | exercise, BRINGS CHUCKLES Even some delegates on the) committee were inclined to} chuckle at the monumental con- volutions of the debate, "Take any two lawyers--or) avy twe diplomats -- and see | how they can split hairs," said/ one observer, "But take 211 lawyer-diplo- we're standing on the evened of international law, Buc-- could) be standing on that threshold next year," CLARIFY LAW He explained that if the sub- committee brings ia recom: mendations which are passed by the legal cammittee next fall, "we wilt then be on the threshold of an international law that the average man or woman will recognize," With a arin, Brown admitted that the whole subject is com. plex, He mentioned one col- league who taught international law for 35 years and then con tended that international law did not exist, Other experts claimed there -- was in- ternational law embodied in the "International law now is in the position where English com, mon law was centuries ago," said Brown, a 50-year-old Brant. ford,. Ont,, lawyer whose con- versation constantly reflects his love of history, "Now it's coming inte sharper focus, A world-wide effort is /UN charter, | being made to clarify it--se pee. ple will know it is there and will understand it," Brown, Liberal member of Parliament for Brantford, was bern in St, Marys, Ont., and mats all thrown together in one | trained at Osgoode Hall in Tor, room and speaking five differ-/ onto, the London School of Keo- ent languages, and the result) nomics and the University of can be inoredible,"" | Grenoble, France, After weeks of laboring, the HARD TO SET CODE committee appeared to have; He explained that the whole brought forth a mouse, issue of codifying international lt decided, unanimously, to| law has been complicated by appoint a special subcommittee | differing Kast-West approaches. to study the development and) The Soviet blec has pressed codification of international law | for codification relatiag te concerning friendly relations /"peaceful coexistence among among states, } States." . But after it was over the Ca-/ The "peaceful coexistence nadian delegate, James E,/ phrase disturbed the Western Brown, offered a cautiously | powers, who said they dida't hopeful comment: jwant codification that would "There have been significant | developments this year towards | clearer definition and ultimate | codification of international law. *At the moment, we can't say Author Urges Culture Links VANCOUVER (CP). -- Author embody the concept of twa sep- arate socio-economic systems in the world, Britain, which has never codi- tied its own laws, led resistance to international codification. Canada's position was some what different, said Brown, Canada already has a "pat: tern of codification" ia the civil law ef Quebec and in the re- cently passed BIN of Rights, he noted, "Codification itself ts. nothing Earle Biraey says Canada| we should particularly object to needs a cultural affairs minis-/--the principle of codification is ter te provide foreiga nations not aecessarily hostile." with more knowledge of the; He said that the four princi: country's intellectual achieve-| ples the subcommittee is to) meats, "We have re cultural at: taches abroad and, as a At} of this, there are very li i opportunities for people te learn | about Canadian intetlectual and terview fotewiag his rewrn | from a six-month tour of Mex-; ico, South America and the West Indies, ; Mr i poet writing department at sity of British Columbia, , the trip. ea a Canada Couaci! rant, He gave nearly 40 lectures On -- contemporary Canadian litera-; ture and staged podiry readings fer yess tg students vice clubs. alse radie and television programs, "Everywhere I weat I tound there was a great blank about Canadian Nterature aad art, f West Indies, particularly. istudy before next ed states; year are these: 4, Nen-use of force between putes; fairs of any state; states seem to be simple principles te which any country . scribe, In fact, they have been the takeoff point for all kinds of disputes, OuR Congratulation TO TONY'S Refreshments Service | FROM BILENDUKE"S SSO SERVICE , 1004 SIMCOE ST, SOUTH 728-1411 2, Peaceful settlement of dis- 3, Non-intervention in the af: Y 4, Sovereign equality for all At first glance, these might could sub CONGRATULATIONS Our Sincere 4 . 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