Margaret Konantz

Overview

Margaret Konantz (née Rogers) born Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada April 30, 1899 (d. 1967). Canadian internationalist politician. As delegate to UN General Assembly Third Committee on Social Affairs, worked on resolution against racism, 1963; UN Assembly, 1965. Liberal member of Parliament, 1963-65. Chair of UNICEF Canada, 1965-67.

Quotations

On rejecting the Cold War: “I chose an organization working for peace, rather than preparing for war.” (1956, in Colin McCullough, Canada and the UN; photo wpgtdn.org)