A/1/PV.26 General Assembly

1 call upon b&. Jk&&&c& repretentative of Uruguay. S+S ML MACEA~~EN (Uruguay) : The delegakU Of Uruguay sup,nortrl vev 8tmngly the re8o- %J~oli pro* by the delegation of Panama With tIXd&ional fraternal affection for the gai. ht people of Spain, ;ind because the resolution XSfEIlm the authority of the pri&ples set out at S~U Francisco and PotAun, the delegation of -Uruguay is of thc oninion that, if we are net to he in fhgrant oppokion wi& the origina and thc PurpaseS of OUI Organization and with the hopea -ûf free peoples throughout tbe world, thés resohion should be canied a& the whokkarted -aad uuiuùmous support of ouf Assemhly. LL Tbe delegation of Uruguay therefore movea that the amen&& proposed by the delegation of Non~ay be approved by the Asxmbly at this ML COLBAN (Nonvay) : Before the war, 1 once had thc not vu-y happy ta& of being a membu of a body called thc “Non-iut~ention in Spain Committee.” In that Committee 1 had thc opportunity of seeing fmm day to day and from wcek to week over many mont& how fasckt Spain was being built up by nazism and fasckm. At that time the people of Nonvay sided with Republican Spain, and 1 do Mt think that their hearts have changed. That is why 1 took advantage of the desire, or of the opinion, expnz+red by the delegate for Panama when he said that perhaps some of us might like to word his proposai shghtly more precisely (1 do not want to make it strcnger than that);‘that is why in rhe document that bas been tistributed, we have pmposed to replace the words ‘Caken into accoud by the words “act in accordance with.” 1 war very happy to hear the Ckechoslovak delegate vohmtarily translate this idea into French as “en accord avec>’ the letter and thc spirit., et cetera, which 1 thinh ie a more proper exprtssioa. Take thk suggestion iuto account and tbinh about it a littlc, and if it is not convenient then brusb it aside; but 1 want Governments really to act in accordance with the plan mapped out by the Powera with which WC in ouf hearts all agree. 1 therefore formally propose this slight “J%e PRES~~ENT (Trunslution from thc French) : 1 cah upon Mr. Lameda, reprexntative of veneaucla. Mr. LM~M (Venezuela) : In corm&n with dl the eo~trks of Spanieh Amer%+ we in ,=Venezuela love the people of Spain; that explains ’ why we arc especially concerned about the freedom of that great people and about thek COoperation with a world that livea for demoeraey, or at least that part of the world that lives for demcuacy. cowequently, it would Mt bc surprising to anybody if the Venaudan delegation wue to support, as it doea decidedly and enthu- ;i siastically, the Pansm&in pq-4 ~p~12 likc the Uruguayan delegation, tbat it may be apprcved by acclamation. We also hope that, in the near future, Spain, a democratic Spain, may bave its place arnong the Unit14 Natks. 1 should also like to give, on behalf of tbe Vene- -welan delegation, my warmest support for the amrndmcnr proposed by the I$xxegiau delega- .&ln ‘Thc PWSIDUNT (Transkztion from the Prench) : 1 cah on Mr. Ihlev, repreaentative ~-~ d~the Byelorussian Soviet So&&t Kepublic. Mr. KIULEV (Byelod soviet sociaust Republie) (Translation from the Rusian) : It is impossible that the spanish question should net rcceive attention from ail those who really want toetimdfordemocracyandfreedornWeallhave yscnJ in our min& the r&gstpp by ,&ich The wholc agricultmal production of Sptin was'put at thc disposai of the German war ma- &e. Spaksb ports wwc nsed a bases for the Gaman submarina operating in the Mediterr;rna and in thc Atlantic, whkh S~I& ~uany alliedsh.ipswitht&lossctfthelivesofmu&eni of thc crews. We also remember thc Bluc Division, -which was, in fact, a part of the Spanish armed forces and toolc an active part in the fight on the eastern front. The delegation of the Byelorkan Soviet Social& Republic thinks that it il, neces- ‘k-y here to confnm thc declaration already made at San Francisco and to draw attention to ‘the fact that Franco Spain was actually in a state of war with Byelomssia, which is a Member of the United Nations. Carrying out instructions received from Madrid the Bluc Division faithfully xcrvul its Gezman masters and perpetrated untold horrors in our cotmtry against my countrymen. They have demolished and dgtroyed a numbu of villages. They have burned down many buildings ?nd villages and towns. They have killçd cl-dben under the very eyes of theù parents; they have killed grown-ups in front of their children. Many old pexmns were buried aliw Thousands of Byelonkan women are today moumlng thcir sons or tbtir husbands. Tens of thonsands of orpham are mouming for their parents. This is why thc Byelonmian delegation Supports with special Bympathy the rc23olution submitted to the General -y by the delegation of Panama Neither cari the Byclorussian delegation remain indifferent to the sacrifices ami ordeals now being borne by the Spanish population which IS dll under the yolce of a dictatorship. That sit- *on is likc a nightmare. There is terrer; there F hdshed; there are no laws. This is entirely m contradiction with the principka adopted by thc United Nations. If WC Want to consolidate the results of this if ws, if WC want 00 establisll peinlanent peace, WC must destroy these last remnants of in Europe, the fas& Spain of Franco. It if impossible to hide the fact that a new plot is being formed against the securky of thr. ~~ WOrld, against eve@g for which we have pauf with our sacrifki and our blood. Thc pop ‘ulatioxls of au thc peace?loving wulltlies arc dunanding, in the namc of justic% a concerted action against the Franco rcgîme. Therc is alrady a strong movement in that direction, wbich ~deve!qed in Enro~, in the Unit4 - . . . TOC PXXSDDENT (TranJation from the FrencA) : 1 call upon Mr. Noel-Baker, representative of the United Ringdom. Mr. NO~L--a (United Kiugdom) : After SO long snd unanimous a debate 1 only want, in a few short sentences, to statc the view of His Majesty’s Govermnent of thc United Kingdom about the resolution on Spain which bas been presented by our colleague from Panama. The resolution is founded on decision~ taken at San Francisco and at Potsdam. Thoae decisi0119 werc the result of a long history, which began ten years ago. My Govemment haa not forgotten that history, and does not forget it now. It confldently hopes that there may soon be changes in Spain, changey that will be.in accordance with tire principles for which the Unitud -Nations fought the war, and with the spirit of the present time. As a rcYult of these changtx we hope to sec in Spain a Government elected by democratic methods and founded on the freely, expressed will of the Spanish people. For thecic reasons, we support the resolution, and the iunendment whidi our colleague from Norway bas proposed The PRESIDENT (Translation from ths Prench) : 1 call upon ML Leont%, representafire of Yugoslavia. Mr. LEONTI~ (Yugoslavia) : The Yugoslav delegation heartily weleomea and supports the proposai of the delegation of Panama, together wkh the at,nenw .Qf ihc bl’wegian delegatien. . The Spanish pcople were thc fi& European victims of fascist aggression. After the aggression against the small Ethiopian peuple, the wiU of -Ae fhsts to txnquer and dominate the world grew stronger. Nazi Germany and fascist ~taly h4tlped in every way the usurper, who took away from the Spanish people the democratic government whkh they had legally aquired. But the &ampions of freedom came from ail over the y&-4 and we are pgwt tbhmag them therc fsbt agg~r Who, dtCF 11CW COllqlle&, bCcarne more and more unscrupulo~a Therefore, it s imperative that the United Nations Organi&on, as the association of frcedom-loving peoplcs, should support with ail its authority the jufit cause of the Spa&h people. . @J& hBSmEETT (Trurrslntion from the Fremh) : The discussion i3 ched. . ‘I’he General Assernbly must first take a decision on the Norwegian amendment, which bas been secondcd by varions delegatiom. It ia proposed to replace, in paragraph 3 of the draft rcsolution, the words ‘take into account the letter and the spirit” by thc ivurds “act in accordance with the letter and the ypirit.” Those in favour of the amendmcnt will please raise their handti. Decisiùn: The amendment was adopted by :hicyÇue votes fo three, with une obsfetiion. ‘Ile PRESIDENT (Trunrkilion from the Trench) : WC will now takc a vote on the draft resolution, ati arnwded. 1 call upon Mr. Jimt%xz, reprexzntative of Panan%% Mr. JIMÉNISZ (Panama) : I ask for a vote by roll-calL The PaEsrnE;NT (T~unshztion from the French): The vote wti be taken by roll-ca& Which i8 in confomity with our rules of proce- 4%. (A vote was taken by roll-coll.) The PRBSIDENT (TrunsZation from the French) : The result of the voting is as follows: Voted in favow: Argentina, Awtralia, Belgh, Bolivia, Braïil, Byelo& Soviet Socialist Republic, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoulovakia, Demnark, Dominical Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fmce, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Iran, Iraq, Liberia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherhds, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Union of SOUth Aftica, Syria, Turkey, Ukminian Soviet Soa Republic, Union of Soviet Social& RG publh, United Kingdom, United Statea of .-Amica> urupay, Venez!l& Yugoslavia. Yoted against: El Salvador, Nicaragua, Absent: Honduras, Lebitnon, Philippine CommonwealtlL ,io wda ~Dccision: Th reso&ion was tuf opted b) fO@-sk votes, wit&o abstentùms, three dele- ~B~fions being absent. ~~~- p&li~ and ~everal other ddcgations, concerning the construction of thc Columbus Lighthutrse Memorial. l’he text of thc report is ay follows: ‘me General Committee, at its meetings on 2 and 8 February, 1946 considered the draft rgalution submitted by the delegation of the Dominican Republic, on behalf of several other delegatiom (documents A/BUW 18 and A/BUR/18.Corr.l). The Committee recommtnds that this item be placed on the agenda of the General Assernbly, and that the delegabn of the Dominican Republic be invited to make a declaration thereon.” Decision: The General Assembly decided to inelude this item in its ageuda. The PRESIDENT (Trauslation from the French) : 1 call upon Mr. Bianchi, representative of Chile, to speak, as a member of one of the delegatiom which proposed the draft resolutien. Mr. B~ANC~ (Chile) (Transkzfion from ths French) : There are events of outstanding importance in thc destiny of mankind, and one of those of the greateat historical moment was without doubt the planting of European culture on tbt Amesican continent. Intrepld explorers of many nationalities ‘reached the toast of America, but the man who, in elfect, opened the gates of the New World to the influence of civilization and to European culk ture was a visionary in the service of Ring Ferdinand and Queen Isabelk Christopher COhnnbus. .There is no doubt in tire mind of anybody, nowadays, that one of thc loftiest accomplishmenh of the last thousand yens in the life of Europe was that of giving its blood and spirit to a continent where Europeans came to live and where they were shaped inm a new form of +%kilimtion in surroundings eminently favourable to ita development; everybody MW recognks that America bas net been ungratdul to those who came to give life to the culture of its peuples, for America as a whole is ready to contribute her combined efforts in the legal, social and economic spheres, a contribution which is the outcorne of an international peace which has been rarely disturbed, in order to further the estab- Eshment of a b,&ter world within the new consciolmlessofrnternationalsoEdarityofthe UtedNzd@e. . Realirtig their profound debt of gratitude towardd Christopher Columbus, the nations of Ameriat the flfth Pan-Amerkan Conference _ held in 1923 at Santiago de Chile, decided to honour the memory of the great dircovcrer by cmting a monumental lighthouse on the toast of tk capital of the Dominican ILepublic, the ~0 that thc construction of this lightbouse in honour of Christophcr Columbus, ncar wbich it & &,o propoxd to houx a Columbus library md ~weum and collections of material reking to ~vcrsal culture which shall be accssible to & nations, may be procccded with a~ soon u possible, the Goveming Board of thc Pan- ~m&c.an Union, by a rcsolution dated 29 Aupus: 1945, accepted tht offer of the Dominican &vernmcnt to undutakc the construction of the Columbus lighthouse memorial and, in fact, appmved the terms of the contract to bc concluded by ee said Govcrmncnt with the kitish architect J. L. Glcavc, who won the fhst prix in thc: &~~tional competition for plan3 for thi3 monument. Thcrcforc, WC arc plcascd to announck that a star-t will soon bc made with the construction of tht Columbus lighthouse mcmoxial, which wîU stand as an etemal and univusai monument rccording one of the mast cpoch-making deeds of history and which will at the samc timc symbolix the spirit of hitemational peace and co-opcratien of thc Ame&n republics. 1 rcad this declaration on bchalf of tbe dclegations of Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, thc Dominkan Rcpublic and çhit. Thc hESJDENT (thfZ.dUfiO?~ jYOt?Z tirs French) : The Gtntral bsembly will certainly allow me to say to the Chilean reprexntative, and to the 0th~ Latin-American delegations which have taken thc initktive in regard to this déclaration, that the. Asembly haa listened with great interest and sympathy to the announccment of tht impending erection of the Columbw, lîghthousc manoriaL WC ail regard the erection Of thi.9 monumtn~ not only aa a reminder of one of the greatcst tventa in history, but also ar, a proof of tht unfailing friendahip and a&larity whichtxk.tbttwanthtntwworldandthtold. 56. DATE OP TUE NEXT MEETING OF THE -GENE~ AiSEMBLY: bRT OF ~---:THE GENEFUL COMMITTEE: REso- LUTtiN hCU&ZEZ?T A/351 Tnt PRESIDENT (Tranddon jrom ths french) : The next item on tht agenda is the report of thé Gene& Comnllttee c~ncerning thé date of tht ncxt meeting of thc General-- UY (&~XX 10, page 585). You are familiar with tht conclusions of the -~-(kwrid Committi which 1 wiU rcvicxbricfly. It&proposcd: ~- 1. ThatthcpretrizntacsionofthcGcncral btmbly hall bt adjoumed in February on a date ~ubsequtndy to be dettrmined and Does anybody wish to speak on the report? If no~Ishalltakeitthattheresolutionisunanimously adopted. Decision: The resolution was adopted. 57. APPLICATIONS FROM NATIONAL~ OF NON-MEMBEB STATEB FoB*P~- NENTEMPLOYMENT WITH THE h- TERHATIONAL SECZRETARIAT; &PORT OF THE GENE~~~ COMMITTEE: &SOLUTION (D0CUMENT ii/331 The P~LQDKNT (Tmnslation from the French) : The next item on the agenda is the report of the General Committee on the questien of applications from national8 of non-member States for permanent employment kth the international Secretariat (Anncx 11, page 587). . 1 call upon the Executive Secretary. ‘I’he EXECUT~% SEC~ETA~U: In tbe second paragraph of the paper before you, you will sec it iy stated that the Committee agreed that “under the present ruliug there could be no question of actually employing nationals of nixkmember Stateu”. Since thh statement is based upon an observation made by me in the memorandum which was submitted to the General Assunbly, 1 should like to point out that it refera to an instruction given me at an early stage by the Preparatory Commkiin in connexion with the recndtment of the temporary staff. It doa not, of course, refer to the rules concerniug the permanent Secretariat, which are about to be submitted to the General Assembly for approval. ,_2~ Ei In the Admi&rative and Budgetary Committee of the Preparatory Commrssi * ‘on, in fact, a propoaaI was introduced to the effect that “the fdf of the Secretariat of the Organisation ahall, as a general rulc, be selected from nationah be longing to Membera of the United Nations.” But thia prr@ was not adopted; nor bas any aimihtr provision been adopted by the Committee on Adnrinkative and Budgetary Questiom of the General Assembly. Comequently, it seems likely that the Smeta~~-General will bave complete discretion to employ the national of any countay, or indeed statcless peraons, if he so dci3iicd. TO aum up, the point of the present paper TOC PRESIDYNT (Trmslation frotn tk6 j~rench) : Does anyone wish to speak? If there arc no observations, 1 shall regard the resolution propceed by tht General Committee as adopted. &&ion: TAJ resoiutim was adopted. 58. ORGWZAT~ON OF AN ~TI;RNATIOQAL PRES~ CONFEBENCE: F&ORT OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE: &so- LUTSON (DOCUMENT A/371 Tbe PRESIDENT (Trumlation from the J%e&) : The next item on thc agenda is thc report of tbe General Committce on the organw of an international prgs conferencc (Arme~ 12, page 587). You will no doubt rcmember that this que+ tien was 6rst submitted to the General A&embly by the dclegation of the Philippine Commonwcaith. The General Committee considcrcd the pro@ several timcs and finally came to the concltin that the bst plan would bc simply to recommend that thés question of tbe organization of au international prcss eonfercnce should bc placcd on the agenda of the second part of thc fk8t8esiionafthcG~~alAswnbly If no one wishcs to speak, 1 shah regard thc resolution proposcd by the General Committee as adoptcd. Decision: ~Î!LE resolution was adoptecj. !i9.?JpmmoN OF THE CEDENTIALS OF I. cz‘~~~ REPIWWITATIVE~: SECONDRE- PORT OF THE CREDENTIAIS Co,M- WTTEE T%e PRESIDENT (Trunrlation from ths Fret&) : ‘Phc next item on thc agenda is the second report of the Crcdcntials Committee. 1 cdl upou. Mr. Rasmusscn, Chahman of thc crcdcntial8 committee. Mr. RASMUSSW (Dcnmark), Chairman of th Credentials Committec: The following is thc report of the Crcdentials Committcc: The Committec appointed by the Gcncral At+ scmbly to report on the credentials of the repre ~tativcs met for a sceond time on 8 FcbruarI 1946, at 10.30 a.m. in Committee Room B Chureh Home. The delcgations of the Byelorus aian SSR, China, Denmark, France, Paraguay r+nd Saudi Arabla wcrercprcscnted at thc mcct -igg. Thecomnlitt~ cxamined original documer& --B from Me Mcmber Statcs, submitt& ~thcScerctaliatsinccthefirstmcctingofti @llmittee. It also examincd documents fron thc Govcrnmcnts of four Member States, whiel ~crrcd to changea or additions in thc composi - of dclegations. The Committee talas note that all Govemments of Mu&er States represented at the fùst part of the first session of the General Asxmbly of the United Nations bave submitted full powers or cr&ntials which fully satisfied the requirements0fthatrul~ The Committee found that of the documents submitted to the Secretariat wh$$ changesoradditionsinthe~ reJ;d; I gations: (a) The full powers conferred upon the two represematives of the Government of the ~Netherlauds fully satisfied the requhements of rule 20; (b) The documents submitted by repreatntativezi of the Gov emments of colombiay France .and Poland may be regarded as pro- ,‘~credeati;ils. . \ Information has been received, from delegatiens which so far have submitted provislonal kredentials only and are referred to under paragraph (b) of &is report, that original docnments -- Gll be available shortly. The Committee therefore proposxs that their representatives shall in the meantime lx seated provisioni-illy with the ame rights as other representatives. The PaasmmT (Trandation from the. French) : Docs anyone wish to speah on the pre posais of the Credentials Committee? If net, 1 ShdlconsiderthW.aYaiiopti Decision: The conclusions of the report sera adopte& Sdurday? 9 Pebruary 1946 at 2.30 p.m. CONTENTS 60. Non-Self-Governing Peoplea: Report .of the Fourth Committtee: ILesolntiens (documents A/34) . . . . . . . . . 366 ‘---- President: ML P.-H. SPMX (Belgium). ’ $0. NON&LPGOVERNING PEOPLES RE- P&IT OF THE FOVRTH COMMITTEE; ~--.~~- -+ 5Jiq!#w*g .IppglMEIJ31.A/3q _ The PIZES~~T (Trudution from the .’ Trench): Thefirstitemontheagendaistbe -report of the Fo~uth Gomm&e on Non-Self- Goveming Peoplea (Arme~ 13, page 588). I&lupontheIkapporteuroftheFourth