It was the French Government which, on 17 Deeemher 1951, proposed the admission of the Republic of Viet-Nam to the United Nations. The Couneil is aware of the long-standing bonds between France and Viet-Nam; and it knows, as 1 said earlier, that France will vote in favour of the admission of the Rep…
The French delegation fully supports the proposaI of the representative of Brazil; 1 have the impression that it expresses the general feeling in the Security Council and that perhaps there will even be no need to put it to the vote.
172. 1 feel that our judgment on the issue we are consi- dering w…
At the last meeting of the Security Couneil, the day before yesterday, the President said [674th meeting] : "The United States was a small country for a long time and still looks at many things from the stand- point of a small country. 1 hope that 1 will never live to see the day when a small countr…
Mr. Malik, with his usual clarity and frank- ness, has just put the question in very clear terms. We should be grateful to him, for in my opinion nothing wOl1ld be more unfortunate than ta start considering the problem befofe us on the basis of an ambiguity or a misunderstânding. 16. Ta the question…
Could we not continue the meeting until 7 p.m., as the Security Council has frcquent1y done in the past? 135. If at 7 p.m. it becomes dear that aIl the speakers on the list have not conc1uded their speeches, or turther speakers have asked for the floor, we can rise and adjourn the meeting until anot…
The French delegation fully supports the proposaI submitted ta the Security Council by the representative of Brazil and seconded by the repre- sentative of Colombia. 82. That proposal seems ta me ta provide a just and honourable conclusion to this protracted argument and, if 1 may venture to do so, …
1 think that the Security Council has received satisfactory assurances from the President. He has told 1
99. Je ne sais pas s'il faut considérer cette situation comme inhabituelle ou anormale. Il n'en reste pas moins que, lorsque le Président doit nous donner des assurances et nous promettre qu'il …
1 should like to add a few brief comments to those made by Sir Gladwyn Jebb, with which in prin- ciple 1 entirely agree. 32. MI'. Malik has said that when the Security Council is dealing with Palestine problems - 1 quote the inter- pretation - "Abnormality is the rule". This is rather an unjust, ind…
1 am quite in agreement with the idea of meeting tomorrow morning and afternoon, provided. only.tuat we can finish the business tomorrow, if neces- sary by continuing the meeting until 7 or 8 in the evening. If necessary 1 should not even object to the Council's meeting on Saturday. It seems to me e…
I should like to assure Mr. Malik that I certainly did not mean to accuse him of having any ulterior motives. I said exactly the opposite. I said that
181. Quant aux observations que vient de faire le re présentant de la Syrie, je crois qu'elles justifient un recours à d'autres considérations touc…
I sould like to thank the President for his reference to the explanation I gave at-the beginning of the meeting regarding the precise interpretation to be placed on the French text of the resolution. I think it was in fact advisable to ascertain whether we had "requested" General Bennike to observe …
The Greek representative's proposal is tant amount to substituting a new version of the agenda for the one which was distributed yesterday (S/ Agenda/627/Rev.l). Since this new agenda has not been distributed in French, I should be grateful if its discussion could be postponed until I have been abl…
l should like to thank the representatives of Lebanon and Pakistan fortheir courteous replies to me. , Tt is har-dly necessary ta say that l do notfindtheir explanations at all satisfactory. 27. Mr. Malik suggests that there may be other persans sitting behind or around us in ree1 arm-chairs whose i…
For its :(>Srt, the French delegation cat'.11o! but maintain the pOlUt of view it expressed towards the end of our last meeting on the question of inc1uding the application contained in document S/2466 on the agenda of our meeting. Tt rtili takes the view tlla.t, as the so-called Democratie Republic…
l wish simply ta say that wc have before us a new draft resolution sl1bmitted by the USSR represen- tative, that this cIraft resolution raises problems bath of procedure and of substance and that c1early the settle- ment of such problems, by their very nature, reql1ires a certain amount of time and …
l have only a purely formaI suggestion to make regarding the last paragraph of the letter. l wonder whether it would not be better to indicate that it refers ta the Security Council's discussions at its 548th meeting, as there is no indication that it does in fClct refer to today's meeting.
The French delegation considers that the statement made at Srinagar on 4 May 1951 by the Prime Minister of Kashmir, Sheikh Abdulla, is incom- patihle with the two resolutions of the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan dated 13 August 1948 and 5 January 1949 to whieh India and Pakistan h…
l request that there should be consecutive interpretation into French.
133. Faris EL-KHOURI Bey (Syria): l shouldlike to put to the authors of the draft resolution a question concerning part (b) of the twelfth paragraph which states that "no action involving the transfer of persons across internati…
