I should have preferred not to take part in a procedural discussion of this kind, but I find myself obliged to do so.
57. Without having received any up-to-the-minute information on the situation as it now stands, at 10.10 on the evening of 9 September 1960, we are confronted by a draft resolution …
Mr. President, you have eloquently expressed our re- gret that Ambassador Lodge is soon to leave us to seek another career. I shall not try to express as fully as I would wish my personal friendship for him, but I should like to associate the Tunisian delegation with what you have said.
120. M. SLI…
My delegation notes with great pleasure today the ap- plication for membership by the Republic of Cyprus. The Cypriots and Tunisians are both Mediterranean peoples and they have always maintained friendly re- lations. The Tunisian Government and people were therefore delighted at the proclamation of…
That arrangement is quite satisfactory to me. 183. The PRESIDENT (translated from French): I am very grateful to my colleagues for listening,so attentively to this long statement. We shall reconvene at 2 p.m.
The meeting rose at 1:4.:45 p.m.
"En 1839, un trait6 d'alliance a 6t6 sign6 entre la F:ra…
The Security Council is still considering the Soviet dele- gation's complaintregardingwhatitcalls, inits memo- randum of 13 July 1960, "new aggressive acts by the Air Force of the United States of America against the Soviet Union, creating a threat to universal peace".
35. My delegation followed wi…
I apologize for speaking again after the President has made his decision and the voting has begun. I regret, however, that the representative of France offered an explanation of his vote while the voting was in pro- gress, for the'vote on the amendments had already been taken and the vote on the dra…
In, view of the observations which I have made and of rule 32 of the provisionalrules ofprocedure,my dele- gation, as the sponsor of the draft rlfsolution, objects to a separate vote on eachparagraph andrequests that the text should be voted on as a whole.
I listened with close attention to the statement made by the representative of Belgium. My only regret is that the present situation has not allowed the Security Council to hear any version of the events in the Congo other than that of the Belgian representative. I wish that the Security Council had…
I have listened carefully to the assurances and explanar - tions which the President has just given. If I have un- derstood him correctly, the principle is thatthe Secre- tary-General should address a simultaneous invitation to the two parties concerned. In view of this principle and in order to exp…
May I explain my proposal? It is not that the Belgian representative should be debarredfrom our discussion until a representative from the Congo can reach New York but that, before hearing the Belgian representa- tive, we should wait until we are assured that our invitation has reached the Congolese…
I welcome the readiness to accept a compromise onthe problem of procedure. The delegation of Belgium, which is a Member of the United Nations and has a representative here, has askedthatit shouldbe allowed to participate in the debate or should have its views heard by the Council and I think that it…
I wish, Mr. President, to associate my delegationwith the tribute you have just paid to our distinguished colleague and friend, Sir Pierson Dixon, who has been appointed to another post and whose co-operation we shall therefore no longer enjoy. I should like on this occasion to say how much my deleg…
The date 30 June 1960 will be remembered as an aus- picious one in the annals of Mrican history. On that day the independence of the former Belgian Congo was proclaimed in full agreement with Belgium, and the Republic of the Congo thus came into being.
21. The following day, 1 July 1960, Mr. Patric…
In a telegram dated 23 June 1960 to the Secretary-Gen- eral [S/4347], Mr. Mod1bo Ketta, President of the Government of the Federation of Mall, has requested the admission of the new State of Mali to membership in this international organization in accordance with Article 4 of the United Nations Char…
A few weeks aro, the members of the Trusteeship Council, in disc tssing the accession to independence of the former Trust Territory of Togoland, expressed their gratification at the emergence of a new African State and at the honourable manner in which the Administering Authority has discharged its …
My delegation is among those which have brought the situation in South Africa before the Security Council as a situation which is likely to endanger the main- tenance of international peace and security. The normal procedure would have been for it to take the floor first in order to present the matt…
It is not my intention to objectformally to the proposed procedure, but I feel that I should point out that the norm:'l procedure would have been to call first on those delegations which have brought the question before the Council and thus give them an opportunity to explain the situation. Since, h…
116. M. SLIM (Tunisie): Nous avons écouté avec une We have listened with great attention to the report sérieuse attention le rapport que le Secrétaire général which the Secretary-General has just made to the vient de faire au Conseil. Nous tenons Il le remercier Council, and should like to thank bim…
The Tunisian de1egat'on has no objection in principle to the French representative's request. However, in order to avoid any misunderstanding, I think that I should remlnd the Council bat rule 33. sub-paragraph 3 of the Security Catmcll 's rules of procedure states that meetings must be adjourned "t…
I should like to begin by thanking the Council for allOWing the Tunisian delegation to participate for the secund
tim~ in these di~cussions on a question 3fl'ecting the ind£:pendence and very existence of Tunisia.
6. At the request of Tunisia, the Security Council is today culled upon to express i…
