We have summarised here the Hsinuua report of the World Congress of Women held recently in Moscow un der the auspices of the Women's International Democratic Federation, We have ignored the incideris in the discussion of the Sino-Indian border dispute because these received widespread press coverage. The comments are thomof Hsinhua, Editorial Note,
A&A sharp struggle took place between two lines at the World Congress of Women held recently in Moscow, The Chinese delegstion supported by Asian, fifrican and Latin American delegates fought for a line of unity and militant struggle against imperialism, However, because of manipulations, the Congress adopted a number of documents which will in practicsa serve imperialist interests, Of all the documents, only the report on the struggle for national independence was adopted unanimously by the Executive Bureau of the YIDF,.
The Chinese delegation voted against the new programme because it fails to point out that the source of war is imperialism and that the best way to defend peace is by a concerted struggle against imperialism, The programme should have pointed out that the national liberation movement is a mighty forces for peace, In essence, the WIDF programme makes goneral and complete disarmament and peaceful coexistence the most urgent taska,
Other delegations supported the Chinese views, The Albanian, Indonesian, Japanese and Korean delegations declared that imperialism headed by the U.S, is the source of aggression and war, and that enduring peace and total disarm anent could become a reality only when imporialiam was wiped off from the face of the earth, The Vietnamese delegation drew attention to U.S. armed aggression in South Vietnam, The Lacs delegato said that her country had to struggle against U.S, imperialism in order to safeguard netional independence, The Venezuelan delegate told the Congress that the struggle to freo her country had @ Mase character, and declared: "However much blood we shall have to shed, we shall fight until victory," The Zanzibar delegate said: "To hope that the imperialists will disarm is like expecting a man-eating tiger to go to the dentist to have its fangs removed," Delegates from Lacs, South Viotnam, Korea , Venezuela and South West Africa asked again and again that separate resolutions be adopted on the struggle in their countries, Though supported by the Chinese and other dolegates they were ignored by those who presided cyer the Congress,
On the other hand, some proached to the Congress that "peaceful coexis— tence" and “general complete disarmament" were everything, The Italian delegation was against each and every statement condemning imperialism, which, it alleged would bring "cold war themes" into the Congress, Glorifying the boss Of U.S. imperialism, an Italian delegate said: “Some great figures such as the Pope,....tha Soviet Premier and President Kennedy have issued statements of peace and showed a great sense of responsibility." The Yugoslav delegate actually claimed that "positive coexistpnice™ was the “overriding question" now facing the women's movement and the “only alternative to war", The Soviet delegate declared "We are convinced that general complete disarmament is an extremely important pre-condition for peace," The Indian delegate said: "If disarmament comes, the imperialists have everything to lose and the people struggling for liberation have everything to gain,"
The Chinese delegation issued a statement in opposition to the adopted programme which concluded " The 'WIDF Programme! and the Congress 'Appeal' will never be eccepted by women of all countries who want to carry out the fight against imperialism and colonialism. They have come to realise that without a rosolute fight against imperialism and colonialism there can be no pe-ce,.No force on earth can halt the revolutionary struggles of women and other people of the Asian, African and Latin American countries, The msing revolutionary storms on these continents are irresistible,"