Press release on testimony of George M. Houser, Director of the American Committee on Africa (ACOA), before the U.N. Special Committee on Apartheid regarding Polaroid doing business in South Africa. The press release says the United Nations was urged today by the American Committee on Africa to support the international boycott of Polaroid products organized by Polaroid workers who oppose that corporation's policy of continuing to do business in apartheid South Africa. The press release says Houser testified that the United Nations should back up the Polaroid workers by banning all purchases of Polaroid products by U.N. agencies or the sale of such products through U.N. facilities if this...
Press release on testimony of George M. Houser, Director of the American Committee on Africa (ACOA), before the U.N. Special Committee on Apartheid regarding Polaroid doing business in South Africa. The press release says the United Nations was urged today by the American Committee on Africa to support the international boycott of Polaroid products organized by Polaroid workers who oppose that corporation's policy of continuing to do business in apartheid South Africa. The press release says Houser testified that the United Nations should back up the Polaroid workers by banning all purchases of Polaroid products by U.N. agencies or the sale of such products through U.N. facilities if this is found to exist. [The press release says the text of the statement follows but the statement is not part of this document.]