General Assembly

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General Assembly

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The first part of the eighth regular session of the General Assembly met in the General Assembly building at United Nations headquarters from September 15 to December 9, 1953, and considered an agenda of 76 items. After adopting by 44 votes to 10 with 2 abstentions a United States draft resolution to postpone for the duration of the eighth session in the current year consideration of all proposals to exclude representatives of the government of the Republic of China and to seat representatives of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China, the Assembly elected Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (India) president of the eighth session over Prince Wan Waithayakon (Thailand) by a vote of 37 to 22. Dr. Miguel R. Urquia was elected chairman of the Ad Hoc Political Committee; the following were elected chairmen of the main committees: Political and Security Committee, Fernand van Langenhove (Belgium); Economic and Financial Committee, Leo Mates (Yugoslavia); Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee, G. F. Davidson (Canada); Trusteeship Committee, Dr. Santiago Pérez Pérez (Venezuela); Administrative and Budgetary Committee, Awni Khalidy (Iraq); and Legal Committee, Juliusz Katz-Suchy (Poland).

Type: International Organizations: Summary of Activities: I. United Nations
Information: International Organization , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , February 1954 , pp. 49 - 116

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020818300030393 [Opens in a new window]
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^{page 49 note 1} General Assembly, Official Records (8th session), p. 10Google Scholar.

^{page 49 note 2} ibid., p. 13.

^{page 49 note 3} For summary of consideration of this question by the seventh session of the General Assembly, see International Organization, VII, p. 59.

^{page 50 note 4} General Assembly, 1st Committee, Official Records (8th session), p. 44Google Scholar.

^{page 50 note 5} ibid., p. 48.

^{page 50 note 6} Document A/C.1/L.60.

^{page 50 note 7} Document A/C.1/L.61.

^{page 50 note 8} General Assembly, 1st Committee, Official Records (8th session), p. 77Google Scholar.

^{page 50 note 9} ibid., p. 78. Those abstaining were Brazil, El Salvador, Greece, Israel, Paraguay, Peru, Turkey, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

^{page 51 note 10} Document A/C.1/L.62.

^{page 51 note 11} Document A/C.1/L.64.

^{page 51 note 12} Document A/C.1/L.58.

^{page 52 note 13} For information on this resolution, see International Organization, VII, p. 58.

^{page 52 note 14} Document A/2530, p. 4, 5.

^{page 52 note 15} ibid., p. 5.

^{page 52 note 16} Document A/L.166.

^{page 53 note 17} For information on this resolution, see International Organization, VII, p. 384.

^{page 53 note 18} Document A/2468.

^{page 53 note 19} ibid., p. 3.

^{page 53 note 20} Document A/C.1/L.69.

^{page 53 note 21} Document A/C.1/L.71.

^{page 54 note 22} Document A/C.1/L.73.

^{page 54 note 23} By letters dated November 26 and 27 and December 2 the United States transmitted to the Secretary-General messages it had received from the Joint Military Committee reporting progress achieved in the evacuation of foreignforces from Burma.

^{page 54 note 24} Document A/C.1/L.90.

^{page 54 note 25} Document A/C.1/L.92.

^{page 54 note 26} Document A/C.l/L.90/Rev.l.

^{page 54 note 27} Document A/2607, p. 4.

^{page 55 note 28} Document A/2426. For summary of action resulting in adoption of the resolution establishing this commission, see International Organization, VII, p. 381.

^{page 55 note 29} Document A/C.1/L.66.

^{page 55 note 30} Document A/C.1/L.67.

^{page 55 note 31} Document A/C.1/L.68.

^{page 56 note 32} Document A/L.165.

^{page 56 note 33} Document DC/32. For information on the Assembly resolution of April 8, 1953, see International Organization, VII, p. 250 and 380.

^{page 56 note 34} This meeting was called merely to prepare the Commission's report.

^{page 57 note 35} Document DC/32.

^{page 57 note 36} For summaries of these positions, see International Organization, VI, p. 283, 584; VII, p. 121.

^{page 57 note 37} Document A/C.l/L.72/Rev.3. The second revision of this document (A/C.l/L.72/Rev.2) was issued in French only.

^{page 58 note 38} Document A/C.l/L.72/Rev.3.

^{page 58 note 39} Document A/C.l/L.75/Rev.3.

^{page 58 note 40} Document A/C.1/L.87.

^{page 59 note 41} Document A/2562, p. 8.

^{page 59 note 42} The same delegatons abstained in plenary meeting as had abstained in committee.

^{page 59 note 43} Document A/2485/Rev.1. General Assembly, Official Records (8th session), p. 61Google Scholar.

^{page 60 note 44} Document A/2485/Rev.1.

^{page 60 note 45} General Assembly, 1st Committee, Official Records (8th session), p. 239Google Scholar.

^{page 60 note 46} For summary of this report, see International Organization, VII, p. 519.

^{page 60 note 47} Document A/C.l/L.94/Rev.1.

^{page 61 note 48} Document A/C.1/L.95.

^{page 61 note 49} For text of the Armistice Agreement, see Intemational Organization, VII, p. 612.

^{page 61 note 50} Document A/C.1/L.96.

^{page 61 note 51} For the report of the special committee, see Document A/2400; for information on discussion at the seventh session, see International Organization, VII, p. 72–74.

^{page 63 note 52} For the report of the Good Offices Commission see Document A/2473; for information on discussions at the seventh session, see International Organization, VII, p. 68–69.

^{page 65 note 53} General Assembly, Ad Hoc Political Committee, Official Records (8th session), p. 107–108Google Scholar.

^{page 65 note 54} General Assembly, Official Records(8th session), Supplement 12.

^{page 65 note 55} Document A/2470/Add.l.

^{page 66 note 56} General Assembly, Ad Hoc Political Committee, Official Records (8th session), p. 117Google Scholar.

^{page 67 note 57} ibid., p. 124.

^{page 67 note 58} Document A/2505 and Addenda; for a summary of this report, see United Nations, Bulletin, XVI, p. 22Google Scholar.

^{page 67 note 59} For a summary of the action of the seventh session on this question, see International Organization, VII, p. 65–68.

^{page 70 note 60} Document A/2563. A War Crimes Division was first set up by General MaeArthur with in the 8th Army in October 1950, after the receipt of many reports concerning atrocities and other crimes committed by the north Korean forces. On August 26, 1952 theresponsibilities were transferred by the Commander in Chief of the United Nations Command to the Commanding General, Korean Communications Zone. This division was assigned to collect and investigate evidence of atrocities and other crimes committed “by the enemy” in violation of the laws and customs of war.

^{page 71 note 61} Document A/L.169.

^{pafe 72 note 62} Against: Poland, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, Byelorussian SSR, and Czechoslovakia. Abstaining: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Burma, Egypt, Indonesia, and Iraq.

^{page 72 note 1} Document A/2430.

^{page 72 note 2} General Assembly, 2d Committee, Official Records (8th session), p. 7Google Scholar.

^{page 72 note 3} At the sixteenth session of the Economic and Social Council the Soviet and Polish delegates announced that their governments were prepared to participate in the program and to contribute 4,000,000 rubles and 300,000 zlotys, respectively. In the general debate in plenary meeting of the eighth session of the General Assembly the Czechoslovak representative made known his government's decision to participate and to contribute 500,000 Czechoslovak kroner.

^{page 73 note 4} General Assembly, 2d Committee, Official Records (8th session), p. 13Google Scholar.

^{page 73 note 5} The amount approved for the 1953 program was $25,300,000.

^{page 73 note 6} Document A/C.2/L.197.

^{page 73 note 7} For summary of this resolution, see International Organization, VII, p. 535.

^{page 74 note 8} General Assembly, 2d Committee, Official Records (8th session), p. 61Google Scholar.

^{page 74 note 9} See International Organization, VII, p. 534.

^{page 75 note 10} See above for information on this debate.

^{page 75 note 11} For information on the ECOSOC resolution, see International Organization, VII, p. 533; this too was originally submitted by the United States.

^{page 75 note 12} General Assembly, 2d Committee, Official Records (8th session), p. 130Google Scholar.

^{page 75 note 13} ibid., p. 166.

^{page 76 note 14} Document E/2381. For summary of this report and its consideration by the sixteenth session of the Economic and Social Council, see International Organization, VII, p. 532.

^{page 76 note 15} United Nations Press Kelease GA/1066, Part IV, p. 7.

^{page 76 note 16} Document A/C.2/L.205.

^{page 77 note 17} Document A/C.2/L.206.

^{page 77 note 18} Document A/C.2/L.207.

^{page 77 note 19} General Assembly, 2d Committee, Official Records (8th session), p. 166Google Scholar.

^{page 77 note 20} ibid., p. 190.

^{page 77 note 21} ibid., p. 167.

^{page 78 note 22} For information on the reports of the International Bank on this question, see International Organization, VI, p. 435, 592; VII, p. 533.

^{page 78 note 23} For consideration by the seventh session of the Assembly of the proposal for the establishment of an international finance corporation, see ibid., VII, p. 75.

^{page 78 note 24} For information on the resolution of the seventh session of the Assembly requesting the Secretary-General to prepare this study, see ibid., p. 77.

^{page 78 note 25} For information on this resolution, see ibid.

^{page 79 note 26} Document A/C.2/L.209.

^{page 79 note 27} Document A/C.2/L.210.

^{page 79 note 28} Document A/C.2/L.211.

^{page 80 note 29} General Assembly, 2d Committee, Official Records (8th session), p. 147Google Scholar.

^{page 80 note 30} ibid., p. 175.

^{page 80 note 31} General Assembly, Official Records (8th session), Supplement 14.

^{page 80 note 32} For information on the 1953 program, see International Organization, VI, p. 562; VII, p. 511.

^{page 81 note 33} The initial target figure set by the negotiating committee appointed by the Assembly in December 1950 amounted to $250 million for the first year of UNKRA's full-scale operations.

^{page 81 note 34} General Assembly, Official Records (8th session), Supplement 14, p. 15Google Scholar.

^{page 81 note 35} General Assembly, 2d Committee, Official Records (8th session), p. 195Google Scholar.

^{page 81 note 36} ibid., p. 202. Document A/C.2/L.218.

^{page 81 note 37} For information on previous Assembly resolutions, see International Organization, V, p. 124; VI, p. 248. For information on the resolution of the sixteenth session of ECOSOC, see ibid., VII, p. 536.

^{page 82 note 38} Document E/2469 and Corr. 1.

^{page 82 note 39} For summary of Mr. Aneizi's remarks to ECOSOC, see International Organization, VII, p. 536.

^{page 82 note 1} For action taken at the sixteenth session of the Economic and Social Council, see International Organization, VII, p. 538; for information on the ninth session of the Commission on Human Rights, see ibid., p. 399; for information on discussion at the seventh session of the General Assembly, see ibid., p. 87.

^{page 83 note 2} General Assembly, 3d Committee, Official Records (8th session), p. 200Google Scholar.

^{page 83 note 3} See International Organization, V, p. 136–138, 143.

^{page 83 note 4} General Assembly, 3d Committee, Official Records (8th session), p. 204Google Scholar.

^{page 84 note 5} ibid., p. 210.

^{page 84 note 6} ibid., p. 205.

^{page 84 note 7} ibid., p. 217–218.

^{page 84 note 8} ibid., p. 221.

^{page 84 note 9} ibid., p. 225.

^{page 85 note 10} ibid., p. 227.

^{page 85 note 11} ibid., p. 228.

^{page 85 note 12} ibid., p. 230, 234.

^{page 85 note 13} ibid., p. 235.

^{page 86 note 14} ibid., p. 260.

^{page 86 note 15} ibid., p. 261.

^{page 86 note 16} ibid., p. 256–257.

^{page 87 note 17} See International Organization, VII, p. 82–85.

^{page 87 note 18} Document E/2426.

^{page 87 note 19} General Assembly, 3d Committee, Official Records (8th session), p. 168Google Scholar.

^{page 88 note 20} For the report of the Ad Hoc Committee, See Document E/2431; for the committee's terms of reference and establishment, see International Organization, V, p. 185–186, 551–552.

^{page 89 note 21} General Assembly, 3d Committee, Official Records (8th session), p. 270–271Google Scholar.

^{page 89 note 22} The Soviet delegate's statement was made at the 530th meeting of the committee; for a summary of the statement, see United Nations, Bulletin, XV, p. 586–588Google Scholar.

^{page 89 note 23} General Assembly, 3d Committee, Official Records (8th session), p. 279–280Google Scholar.

^{page 90 note 24} ibid., p. 312.

^{page 90 note 25} General Assembly, Official Records (8th session), Supplement 3, p. 70Google Scholar.

^{page 90 note 26} Document A/2474; for information on theaction of the sixteenth session of ECOSOC, see International Organization, VII, p. 537.

^{page 91 note 27} See International Organization, VI, p. 254.

^{page 91 note 28} See ibid., p. 596–597.

^{page 91 note 29} General Assembly, 3d Committee, Official Records (8th session), p. 50–51Google Scholar.

^{page 92 note 30} ibid., p. 77–78.

^{page 92 note 31} For a summary of this report, see International Organization, VII, p. 521–522.

^{page 92 note 32} Document A/2457.

^{page 92 note 33} Document A/2449; for information on action taken by the Economic and Social Council, see International Organization, VII, p. 540.

^{page 92 note 34} General Assembly, 3d Committee, Official Records (8th session), p. 82Google Scholar.

^{page 93 note 35} ibid., p. 92–93, 96–97.

^{page 93 note 36} ibid., p. 89–90.

^{page 94 note 37} See General Assembly, 3d Committee, Official Records (8th session), p. 160–161Google Scholar.

^{page 94 note 38} See ibid., p. 161–164.

^{page 94 note 39} See ibid., p. 5–16.

^{page 94 note 40} See ibid., p. 17–32.

^{page 94 note 41} See ibid., p. 33–48.

^{page 95 note 42} See General Assembly, Official Records (8th session), p. 226–247Google Scholar.

^{page 95 note 1} Document A/2428.

^{page 96 note 2} General Assembly, 4th Committee, Official Records (8th session), p. 63Google Scholar.

^{page 96 note 3} ibid., p. 85–87.

^{page 96 note 4} For information on debate at the seventh session, see International Organization, VII, p. 96–98.

^{page 97 note 5} General Assembly, 4th Committee, Official Records (8th session), p. 36Google Scholar.

^{page 97 note 6} ibid., p. 39.

^{page 97 note 7} ibid., p. 42.

^{page 97 note 8} ibid., p. 71.

^{page 99 note 8} For detailed information on the voting in committee, where separate votes were required on each amendment and sometimes on individual phrases of each amendment, see ibid., p. 90–93.

^{page 99 note 10} See above, p. 95, for amendments to the list of factors as submitted by the Ad Hoc Committee on Factors.

^{page 99 note 11} Opposed: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Byelorussia, Canada, Colombia, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, France, Israel, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Sweden, Ukraine, Union of South Africa, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, United States. Abstained: China, Thailand.

^{page 99 note 12} For information on the activities and report of the committee, see International Organization, VII, p. 522–524.

^{page 100 note 13} General Assembly, 4th Committee, Official Records (8th session), p. 116Google Scholar.

^{page 100 note 14} General Assembly, Official Records (8th session), Supplement 15, p. 13–19Google Scholar.

^{page 101 note 15} General Assembly, 4th Committee, Official Records (8th session), p. 178–181Google Scholar.

^{page 101 note 16} For information on these questions as they related to committee action on the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Factors, see this issue. p. 96.

^{page 102 note 17} General Assembly, 4th Committee, Official Records (8th session), p. 210–211Google Scholar.

^{page 102 note 18} ibid., p. 34 and 177.

^{page 103 note 19} ibid., p. 255–256.

^{page 103 note 20} Document A/2475 and Addenda.

^{page 103 note 21} Discussion at the seventh session was postponed (International Organization, VII, p. 104); for discussion at the sixth session, see ibid., p. 256–258.

^{page 104 note 22} Document A/2424; for information on consideration of this problem by the Trusteeship Council, see International Organization, VII, p. 551; for information on action taken at the seventh session of the Assembly, see ibid., p. 103–104.

^{page 105 note 23} For information on the special report to the Trusteeship Council of the visiting mission on this problem, see International Organization, VII, p. 125.

^{page 107 note 24} General Assembly, Official Records (8th session), Supplement 4.

^{page 107 note 25} Consideration of a similar proposal had been postponed at the seventh session of the Assembly; see International Organization, VII, p. 102.

^{page 107 note 26} For information on discussion at the sixth session, see ibid., VI, p. 261–262.

^{page 109 note 27} For a chart showing the membership of the Trusteeship Council after the Assembly elections, see this issue, p. 45.

^{page 109 note 1} See General Assembly, Official Records (8th session), 471st meeting.

^{page 109 note 2} Document A/2822.

^{page 110 note 3} See documents A/2533, A/2554 and A/2555. For Committee discussion, see General Assembly, 5th Committee, Official Records (8th session), p. 146Google Scholar.

^{page 111 note 4} Document A/2533.

^{page 111 note 5} Document A/2554.

^{page 111 note 6} Document A/2555.

^{page 111 note 7} See General Assembly, Official Records (8th session), 471st meeting.

^{page 112 note 8} ibid.

^{page 112 note 9} General Assembly, Official Records (8th session), Supplement No. 10, p. 3Google Scholar.

^{page 112 note 10} See General Assembly, Official Records (8th session), 458th meeting.

^{page 112 note 11} Documents A/2534 and A/2580.

^{page 112 note 12} Document A/2624.

^{page 112 note 13} ibid.

^{page 113 note 13a} See General Assembly, Official Records (8th session), 471st meeting. Against: Poland, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, Burma, Byelorussian SSR and Czechoslovakia. Abstentions: Nicaragua, Paraguay, Sweden, Turkey, United States, Yugoslavia, Australia, China, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Indonesia and Mexico.

^{page 113 note 14} Documents A/2561, A/2560, A/2538, A/2537, A/2618, respectively.

^{page 113 note 15} See respectively documents A/2619, A/2614, A/2569, A/2568, A/2567, A/2493, A/2492, A/2566, A/2565, A/2564 and A/2539.

^{page 113 note 1} Document A/2415/Add.1.

^{page 114 note 2} Document A/C.6/L.305.

^{page 114 note 3} Document A/C.6/L.302/Rev.2.

^{page 114 note 4} Document A/C.6/L.307.

^{page 114 note 5} General Assembly, 6th Committee, Official Records (8th session), p. 57Google Scholar.

^{page 114 note 6} ibid., p. 68.

^{page 114 note 7} ibid., p. 73.

^{page 115 note 8} In favor: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Honduras, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Turkey, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yugoslavia. Opposed: Afghanistan, Belgium, Burma, Byelorussian SSR. Colombia, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Guatemala, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Liberia, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Syria, Ukrainian SSR, Union of South Africa, USSR, United Kingdom. Abstaining: Egypt, Greece, Iran, duras, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Israel, Thailand.

^{page 115 note 9} General Assembly, 6th Committee, Official Records (8th session), p. 105Google Scholar.

^{page 115 note 10} Document A/2402.

^{page 115 note 11} General Assembly, 6th Committee, Official Records (8th session), p. 35Google Scholar.

^{page 116 note 12} See ibid., 468th meeting.

^{page 116 note 13} ibid.

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