Foreign Policy

International Cooperation

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"The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof." We recognize certain basic truths about the human condition as foundations for our nation's approach to World problems. Most men live under conditions of economic deprivation and political exploitation. Men seek changes in these conditions.

International Trade

Background Globalization involves the increasing integration of economies across national borders, affecting goods and services, as well as ideas, information, and technology.

Holland and the Energy Crisis

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We salute the brave people of the Netherlands for demonstrating to the world once again their exceptional national character of dignity and moral courage in resisting Arab oil pressure and blackmail directed against them.

Foreign Aid

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Background Judaism teaches that the world is God's creation and all human beings are its stewards. The institutions of Reform Judaism have long supported humanitarian foreign aid to underdeveloped countries.

Genocide

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WHEREAS the International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was adopted unanimously by the United Nations and signed by the United States in 1948 as a response to the unspeakable crimes committed by the Hitler regime before and during World War II; WHEREAS the convention