Summary: | Records of this digital collection were assembled to document the work of the UN Special Committee on the Problem of Hungary established on January 10, 1957 by the United Nations General Assembly for the purpose of investigating the 1956 Hungarian revolution.
Principal contributor(s): W. M. Jordan; United Nations. General Assembly
Communications recommending the General Assembly withdraw its recognition from the Hungarian delegation; listing the names of 332 Hungarian workers imprisoned by the regime and asking the United Nations to use its good offices for their release; list of 33 Hungarian newspapermen executed, condemned to death or imprisoned; protesting against the curtailment of freedom of Hungarian lawyers and the imprisonment of minors for their participation in the uprising.
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