The IHEU condemns the contempt of humanist values no matter in which country it occurs.

The IHEU deeply regrets that a number of governments, in which even signers of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights are included, substitute the rights of man for their own will - and keep refusing investigations especially regarding their opponents (examples: Chile, USSR, Czechoslovakia, Spain, etc.).

The IHEU regrets that today there still exist exile, imprisonment, torture, internment in hospitals and psychiatric clinics, etc., for having taken the liberty of criticising, or that one is maltreated, or set apart under the worst conditions of life, for reasons of appurtenance in social, ethical, religious or political regard.

We congratulate all individuals and committees who try to re-establish the Human Rights everywhere they are despised and we ask the restoration of the democratic and judicial liberties.

We call upon all governments to deal with all problems they are faced with not by terms of power, nor by competition, but by co-operation and joint responsibility.

IHEU Congress 1974