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I am ready to wnsult the Assembly on anything the delegates may desire. But the fïmt prolxtsal to be voted on is that of referring * the matter to the General Committee. 1 now wnsult the Assembly on this point. (A vote was taken by a show of hands.) De@on: The General Assembly decided to refer rie matter to the General Comm&e for feview ami report to the Assembly. T&=mee@g rose at 6.10 p.m. Tuesday, 12 Febrwry 1946 at 5 j.m. CONTENTS - 63. Tran& of Ckrtain FJBIC~~O~S, Activi- ~~~~~ -~ ----tkssmdAsaetaoftheLeagueofNa~ L .^. tiom: ReportoftheLeagueofNations Committce: Resolutions.. . . . 401 642 ’ Dtclaration on the participation of womenhltheworkoftheunited 2.~. .Nations: Report of the General Cnmmittee.,.....,...,...,.... 492 ‘f’be PRESIDENT (TrutnZution front the Fre@ch) : ‘lk fmt item on the agenda k the report of the Leagw: of Nations Committee on the transfer of certaiu functions, activitie~ and assets of &e League of Nations (Annex 16, page 598). 1 call upon the Rapporteur of the League of Nations Committee, Mr. Andrews, representat,& of the Union of South Africa. Mr. ktNDR&WS (~&XI Of SOUth Afnca) : T.he qu&ion of the tramfer of certain funCtionS, aCr&%ies and assets of the League of Nations waa referred by the General Assembly to its League of Nations Committee, Your Committee considered these questions On the basis of ohapter XI of tbe Preparatory Commkaion’s Report and of the repat of the Committee set up by the Preparatory Commission to discw and establish, with the Supervisory Commkiion of the League of Nations, a Common Plan for the transfer of the assets of the League of Nations. Your Committee bas deah with tbese matters under three main heads as indicated in document A/20 now before you. The fùst category relates ~CI the transfer of functions and povers belonging to the Leaye of Nations under international agreements. These functions embrace activities of the Secretariat and also of a technical atrd non-politfcal character subject to the stipulations -T%rdicated iu the report. The recommendation of gsre rmm$tee. ia t$at the Gyerd Assembly, esemng lta nght to decrde whetkr to accept any specific functions under tbese heads should exercise each particufar function Or power assaed. As regards functions and powers under treaties, international conventions, agreements, and other instruments having a pohtical charactu; your Committee recommends to the Assembly that it should itself examine any reqmt from the parties, that the United Nations shoufd as- ’ ahne the txercise of apy auch functions and PQw- -. Thc second main category of functions and -ôctivities whi& your Committe4 coidered related to non-political functions other than those : ~nder intematianal agreements. Here your Committ~ ~.~~mmends to the General kiembly tbat the Xted Nations should charge the Economie ~SocialCouncilwiththetaskofdekrminmg tb fuaaion of euch activities presenUy carried ~- 4ut by SUC~ ~rgans of the League of Nationa as thé Economie and Ffnancia~ and Tra& Dei Partment; the Health Section, the Opium Section, tbe Swretariat of the P amanent Centrd OPiUm Board and Supervis~ry Rody. T&e Gened Aseembly is ala recommended to take over and maintain the Iibraly alld Archiva of the 64. DKLAMTION ON’ THE PBBTICZPATION OF WOMEN IN THE Woa9 OF THE UNITETD NATIONS: REGORT OF THE GENW COMMITTEE (ROCUMEW A/461 ‘Ile PRESIDENT (TransZation front thc French) : The next item on our agenda is thc comidemtion of thc report of the General Com mittec conecrning a declaration on the partici pation of women in the work of the Unitet y- Tht report of tl?2 committee ifi as fol, lOcvri: “Tht General Committee, at its meet.@ hcld on 11 February 1946, considered the re quest for inclusion on the agenda of the pro pc4al on the participation of women in Uni& Nations Conferences, submitted by the delega tien of France (document A/BUR/27). Tht Committe &cided that it would if .- f $inciple b-e inad&ablc that tht General As ’ semhly should underiake to makc any de$ïniti .rccomme&atlon to delegations as to thei composition The great value of the contribu ,.tion which had been made by woxnen rtpre sentativts on delegations, botb in the presen General Aw.mb%f and in past sanfer- ,waa, howtver, fully recogii The General Committee therefort rtcom ~~~~-,----An& that tht item ht plaetd on the agelld -.-oftheGeneral~lysothata&clara& on tht mbjtct may ‘ht made2.” = Ikcision: The General Assembly de&dgA f @ace this item on its agenda. The PRESIDENT (Tran.r&tMn from th Prench) : I c-aU upon Mn. Roow&, repn iWWiYfZof~U@tedStater,Qf&XXi&& : i : m ; w P :- t f L- “An open Letter to the women of thc world from the women delegates and advisers at the first Assembly of the United Rations: “Thls first Assembly of the Un&.d Nations ma& ihe second attempt of the peoples of the world to live peacefully in a democratic world wmmunity. This new chance for peace was won through thc joint efforts of men and women worlting for common ideah of hurnan freedom at a time when the need for united effort brokc down bm of race, creed and sex. . “In view of the variety of ta& which women , perforrned so notably and valiantly during the war, yrt are gratifïed that seventeen women reprezentatives and advken, representatives of ,deven Member Stiteu, are taking part at the beginning of this new phase of international &orL We hope their participation in the work of the United Nations Organization may grow and may increase in insight and in skill. TO this end we call on the Governrnents of the world to encourage women evexywhere to take a more active part in national and international affairs, and on women who are conscious of their opportunities to corne forward and sharc in the work of peace and reccm- &ructionastheydidinwar- ~~. “We recognize that women in various parts c$ the world are at d3ferent stages of participation in the life of their comkmmity, that some of them are preventcd by law from assuming full rights of citizenship, and that they ~-therefore may see tb&i .lQMaYbat difkrdy. _ 2--- ..; .~ .-:.- ..-. Ti ckelve6 in agrumcnt on thcse points, we wi& as a group to advise the women of ail cur coumies of ouf strong belief that ‘,an impow opportun@ and re+&biity _ confront thc we.~ of t& Ugted Nations: Every woman here present signed that lettcr, and we only ask for the ca-operation of every delegate here.1 In closing, 1 want to thank the General Assembly for giving me the opportunity of .present@ this letter hem, and to say that I havc been grateful for the opportunity to be here with you to sec the work which bas been accomphshed and that in the end 1 hope none of us will go home without remembering that we have a great responsibility to carry to our peoples the fcehng that thés cari be an instrument, if WC give to it as much work as we have given in tire past to wiuing $e war, au instmment to win the pfSl%. - lk PLOIENT (Trunslation front the French) : 1 call upon Miss Bernardino, representative of the Dominican Republic. Miss BEQNABDINO (Domlnican Republlc) : As a represemative of my country, the Dominican Republic, to the first General Assembly of the United Nations, and espe.cially as Chairman of the Inter-American Commission of Women, an officiai organization composed of twenty-one members appointed by the Govemments of the Amerieaa to study and report on the status of women, 1 would like to give the strongest suppart to the letter read by the delegate for the United Statu of America, my distingui+ed colleague, Mm. Franklin D. Roosevelt, and to the declaration of the French delegation that ‘feminine participation should occupy a more important place in the various delegations to the next Conference of the United Nations”. 1 woder if, in the history of the world, womexr havc ever been confronted with graver responsiiii bave ever enjoytxl greater opportunities thanthwewhieharetheitxtaday? , 1 do not mean exclusivr;ly women who bave officiai, high ranking positions; nor ndy tho~e who are gifted tbrough talent and training with superb’gifts of leadership which enable thern to clear the way and set the example for others In short, women everywhere, who have tumcd &ir mincis and hearts to the problems of humsnlty, and to the even more formidable undertaking of re-educating, re-adjustlng and enlightdng the recalcitrant peopla of the corquered countries. ‘Ile work which is ours must be canied on quickly, delinitely, with sympathy, discemmeut and judgment. It must have the benefit of cvery effort of experience on the part of women; but we cannot forget that women in many parts of the world are still handicapped by the. lack of right to play any role in the discussions of peace and international affairs. We still find women in some parts of the world vrho have graduated frorn law schools but are prevented from practicmg their prof&on becaux of strict prohibiin in their countria’ laws. The fact that in the preamble to the Chiuter of the Unitcd Nations tberc is an affirmation of faith in the principle of quai rights of mcn and women and thc fact that Article 8 of the Charter cstsblish~ “that the Unitet1 Nations shah place no restrictions on the e&ibility of men and women to participate in any capacity and under u~aclitions of equality in ir:s principal and subsidiary organs” are powerfll reasons for women to demand the fulfllment of those principle~. ‘Il-rat is why the creation of a commit&, under the CO mmlssion on Human Rights, to study and work for the satus of women is so important, as it will contribute to the abolition of auy existing discrimination by reason of se+ ,which retards the prosperity and the intellectual, ~ti$r~litical development of the nations In the nime of the women of my country, who for many years have been enjoying the same nghts and privileges that men enjoy, and in the .Ume of the women of Latin America, and eslrecially those from counti that still walk in obs~tity, without the inherent rights to which the dkpity of their sex, and their respomibilities as mothers of the race, should entitle thym, 1 salute ail the delegations here present for the full sup- ~2?!! -dwhaue_given-t42w~appeaL _ ~~ ._ ip ~_~ 1 hope that in future asaemblies, as my out- 2 colleague from France, Mrs. IL&au- Ur, proposed, we shah have more women @wt.a to co-operate with UEIB to the end that a ptople~ may enjoy the esdal human free- ~~LUS proclaimed in 1941 by that grcat world During the war, women in ail countricu participated and worked in thc armed forces, in factories and in the resistance movemcnt in a way never before thought of. During thc war, women’r experience, insight and atrength werz highly appreciated and welcomed. When the nation ww in danger the womcn wcre called upon and they came, did their jobs, sacrifïced and suffered. Now, when the war is over and the United Nations are trying to build a new world, tryh: to lay the foundationa of peace and freedom lor humanity, the world carmot afford to do . ao wihout using the rich resourccs that women’s expe&nce and capacity for work, women’s in- &ht and quipment mean for the various nation of the world. All human b* havc: to co-opcratc in dignity and unity and fidclity. Thon we &all succeed in building up a happy, peaceful ôsd harmo$q world. . The &S~ENT (Translation frO#Z th8 French) : 1 call upon Mm. Verwey, rcpresentative of the Netherlandu, Mn. VJSRWEY (Netherlands) : Might 1, to begin with, exoress my gratitude to those male members of t& General Assembly who have SO warmly supported this motion? We know that we, who reprw here the women of our cotmtries, have many frien& in this Assembly, and that they will always help us to express our views and those of other women not repreaented here. But 1 should like to add that 1 have missed something, and that is an op*g voice to this ~mot.ion.Noonehassofar&adthathedoeanot want the women of bis counby to speak and to act here. 1 am afraid that they have ab&ained, not because they agree with the purpose of this motion, but becautre they think that it does net comem them. They might lx of the opinion that women in their co~tki are just faithful wivee and mothera, that *f do net want to be membera of delegatiom, tbat they are net qualified foritandtakenoiatCre&init.TothcmIwant maya fcw worda. _ .’ . _i~ J : “lkxe ia M one in thés General A&zmbly who aupposz that a recommendation like thi5 would yeult in a future Agsdnbly with an many women aa there are men. There are very 8trong reanons why, in public life, women will alwaya be in a nature and mari bave denied the right to bave &ildrenandsomewomenthinkthattheycan do somc good public work apart from their domcatic lifc; it is very esential that thcy should bve dl the opportunitiw they waut. There may be social reasom agaiost fullininc participation a# well. In most societicr; women ~~XIII to be marked out for special jobs, for thc yhool and the office, rather than for the mect- But WC should not be taon eager to ~;~~conclusio~ from fac& like that. A hundred yeam ago, before MisY Florence Nbhtingale stasted h& campaign, there was no question of training women to be ~UWY. Ten yeotrc ago there were many doubU+, even I tbink in thia country, about women’s szviccs. SO~C views about jobs fit for wome.~ are inclined to be cbanged rather rapidly. -1 Then, in the third place, some &ple might quotc p~chological reamns. Thcy might point out chat thi~ is still a mari-built world and that women feel strangera a8 tioon as they venturc id0 it. This ia truc in a way. 1 must say that IIUB have built ti world quite impre&vely and ht we feel duly impr& at fin&. After a certain the, however, some of us feel inclined to a)‘: Isthatall?Allthispompandallthcscintwate sentenm cal be translaté into quite simple ~Iationa and words; and from that moment WC feel quite capable of playiog our pti z- What 1 should like to emph&z ia tbis: tbert ay 8e~ to be vcry strong reasonrr why no WoW of YoW country cari participate in international work. But are you sure? Zs tbxc no Wmat~ somewhere hidden away in a corner, no UU; no woman pmfesor, no woman ductir, no One A0 W0dd be a credit to your d&- B$on and who would be ~tremely glad to bave 9 oppofiunity to meet men and .women in an Jntetnational sphere? It is on th& behalf and on reprr%ent that we make Thc PRES~ENT (Traaskation from the J+‘eW : I Eall upon Mr. PauLBorxour, repreave of France. It is thesequalitia, and the outstamhng part played by women in their respective countriea, that the charter has set out to honour in several of its provisions. It has laid down the principle of Complete equality without distin&n as to age, sex or religion, and the presence of women delegates in our midst and the activity that they have displayed in the Committees show that the Charterwasrightinthernnfidence .- itreposedin For this reason, the French delegation, on the initiative of our colleague Mm. Lefaucheux, whose absence, 1 regret to state, prevents her from taking my place at the rostrum, bas proposed, mt,hldeed any share in the comp0siti0n of the delegations, which should be left entlrely to the discretion of the countries concerned, but ~an;offt~ of friendly advice and encouragement, SO that eitch of ue, on ouf return to our own ~~ -:m xountry, snay help still fmther to develop the letter and spirit of the Charter and sec that womenaregivenafullerparttoplayinthe wcd of tbe various !d&gati0ns to the united Nations. ThisisthedeclarationwhichIm&m~e ’ ‘name of the French delegatioxa: ‘& PRESWXNT (Tranhtion from Ike Frcnch) : I call upon Mr. Fraser, reprwtative of New Zcaland. Mr. FRASE~ (New Zealand) : 1 join in the u;pression of regret from all those who have spoken of the absence of Mrs. Lefaucheux, who brought fomard tire proposai which has been moved in a general way by Mm. Roosevelt and supported by Miss Bernardino, by Mr. Paul- Boncour and others. l’here is no need to stress the nec&ty for pushing on the practical work iu connection with the parts of our Charter which have emphasized the equality of women. ‘I?re intellectual battle bas been won after a very cousiderable time. The political bat& in practically every country haa alao been won, and 1 would suggest that, if there are any countries where the women are not politically equal (and none spring to my mind at the moment) and politically active also, thcn the sooner thtx countri~ bring their women up politically to what is the normal standard in all democratic Count&, the better for the world and for the Unitcd Nations. But there is something more than the intelleetual battle and something more than wimring a political victory in the V~~OUS countries, and that is the economic status and the social status of women. Here, 1 know, it is easicr to state the problems than to salve them, but the question of ~lving them is an obligation upon the United Nations, and during the course of this General Assembly meeting and the meetings of the Gom- @teea the women delegates bave been very busy UI endcavouriug to see what was the be& way in hich the questions of economic and social equality in respect to womcn could be pushed .ahead. At San Francisco 1 supported them aise in xgwd to a committee or commiruion composed of women excluaively, not in an exclusive way, but to let women do the prelim&ry work. That eedto.Idonotthinkthat when some delegates said committee of women coul ’ ply had to say th 1 want to say, howcver, that my experie.nce at this General Asembly with the women delegates 0ntheCommittee (lthinkallofthemweieon the Committee of which 1 waa Chairman) ha3 shown me that to talk about their equality would be patronizing. It is just there, a self-evident fact, at least to mast of us. 1 cari say that, in their grip of thc problems, in their intuition, in their application to the work, in their clarity of thought and diction4 believe they were equal to any there. So there is no question rny more about the equality or the capacity of wornal who are sent to these international asemblies, and if they are not up to the normal standard they ought not to be sent any more than men ought to lx; that is the sound attitude to tak in regard to sex quality. 1 have been particularly intere3ted in knowing what prograta bas been made, becauae otherwise a rcsolution would have had to be introduced (in fact, it was prepared) into our Committee, but the matter was taken up very, very speedily by the Economie and Social Council. 1 would just like to recount briefly what progress has been made, so that when delegates go away they will understand what the Economie and Social Council bas done. 1 endeavoured to get Si Ramaswami Mudaliar, the Chairman of the Cou&l, to attend this meeting, but it was not possible for him to corne. But the explanation 1 bave beenabletogatherisasfollows: “The Economie and Social Cou&l bar, . been keenly aware of the importance of cstabllshlng a Sut-Comms31 ’ ‘on on the statua ‘of women. “The Committee of the Eccnomic and Social Council on the organization of the Coun- -cil bas instructed its Drafting Sub-Committee to submit a draft providing for the cstablishment by the Economie and Social Council of a Sub-Cornmision of the CO mmhion on Humari Righta to deal with.the que&.& of the status of women. This Dr&ing Sub-Commit- ~--tee ia now preparing a draft on this subject, incorporating the recommendationa made by . theCommitteeofthçCounciL “It is proposed that the Sub-Comnmksiin on the status of women be e~&li&ed by the Council at ita present session, and that it initially consist only of a nuclew of a few members. Thia inhially constituted Sub-Comn&+ Sion would, among other thingz, ‘be cahd upon to make recommendations to the council of Uruguay. The PwWWNT (Trumlntion from the F~ench) : 1 dl upon Xr. Fm, rep~~t&vc &. PUSGO (Uruguay) (Trrrnddon from dd trench) : 1 was SO deeply moved by Mm Roose- V&s appeal from this platfom that I am p?mpted to speak in a language 1. bave net .zmastered. The womtII of thu General bly could not have found a bettu urponent of their aspirations tha.u the lady they bave chasen. Throughout the war years, everybody regarded Mrs. Roosevelt as the most charmi% representative of her sex, seing in her the companion whose strength and a@ction su~tained $s;ghter who emixxbed thc holxa of . The delegation of Uruguay will be the mc& faithful protagonist of the ideaa voiccd by MIL Roosevelt; but it will have little action to take in this field, since my country haa already achieved the rcaults to which the women of all the countries in the world aspire. In Uruguay, wonm have the same rights as men. We bave women Members of P&an~ent and women Senators, freely elected by the people. WC cven had a woman delcgate at the San Francisco Conferaxe, whtre the Cbartcy of the United Nations was bom. Travelling in Europe before the General Assembly began its don, 1 had thc good fortune I -if Auch it cari be called-to sec how WOIIU& &ort iu the strugglc for freedom had qualled that Of men. Women fought, suffered 2Uld d&i __ ia$esunewayasmen. I bave been able to observé. in the course of the General Asmit+‘s work how womtn,. bccase of their insight, rivalled and som&mes Outdid the men. We are protid to be able to say that we bave aaticipated the wishcs exprcsed by the womcn of the world, and more particularly by the most authontative among them, Mm, Roosevelt. The Ppogwm~ (Translation jrom ftrtt Fremh): I call upon Mr. Noël-Baker, repre- Tentative of the United Kingdom, ,+y-*--. The hEMDENT (?-YUddiOn fYOm the Frcnch) : The general discussion is closed. There is no formal proposal to submit to the vote, but 1 think 1 eau sddy tel Mm. Roosevelt and tlmse who supported her intervention, that the manner iu which it was received by the General Assemblyleadsustohopethatitwiubetakeninta very serious comideration. 65. QUESTION OF RFSJGEFS: Fb~oa~ OF THE THLRD COMMITTEE: RESOLU- TION ~XXJMENT A/451 The PILEsmENT (Trunrlation from the French) : The next item dn the agenda is the report of the Third Committee on the question of refugees (Annex 17, page 601). 1 call upon the Rapporteur of the Third Committee, Mrs. Dalen, representative of Norway. . Mrs. D+UEN (Norway) : The report on the question of refugees which 1 present to the General Asscmbly, on hehalf of the Third Committee, shows the great importance attached to this mauer by many countries. Seven meetings, apart from meetings of a Drafthrg Sub-Committee, were devoted to discussions of the refugee problem by the Third Committee, and more than a score of delegations took an active part. It will be noted that it is recommended that tbe Economie and Social Council establish a special C&mnittee to carry out promptly the examination and preparation of a report on the - +cstion of refugees, to be made to the second &oftheCounciland,induecourse,tothe second part of the Srst session of the General *’ Assembly. It will be noted also that the resolu- .,L thon includes a number of prhrciples which it is ~~recornmen~ should be taken .i+o account by i ..~th&Eh~ and Social Counul m carrymg out 1 :now have the honour to present rbe report oftheThirdCormmttee,andIsubmittothe General Assembly for its consideration and approval the concluding resolutions. The PaaamENT (TraWion ftom thc ditiOnS. ‘l’he first addition raks a question of excep && importance. If thés question is not settled, it my nullify the whole resolution. Point (c) (ii) of the Third Committee’s draft re&kion states that no refugees or displaced petons who have kally and deflnitely and, after mxiving full knowledge of the facts, including adequate information frcun the Govemments of their countries of origin, expressed valid objections to returniug to their countrics of origin, hall be compelled to return to their country of origin, provided they do not corne under the provisions of point (d) below. The people who refuse to retum to tlieir country are not forced to do so. The mari who is unwilling to serve bis country is not obliged to retum. But we should be logical, and having said that it depends upon the personal wish of the individual concemed whether he returns, we should give him the right to decide that question hhwelf. He must net become the victim of fascist or semi-fas&t propaganda directed against every principle that is obligatory for ah of us. We cannot allow this fascist or semi-fascist propagandiziug of refugees, which is not infrequently carried on in these camps and, indeed, in the mcat brazen mariner. We carmot allow this propagandizing *o tum these men into fascist 2 et& and enemies working against the iuterests the United Nations. To-day we uead in the Ouiry Herald that the Third United States Army bas frustratec? the attempts of Yugoslav refugees in Germany to recomtnrct a Royal Yugoslav army and to make another effort to phmge their country into a mihtary adventure. We have information of similar facts regarding Pol& adventmers who are eXpl0ithg the refugee camps for t.heir own purpm. Such facts are posz.ible prccisely because there is carried on in the camps fascist propa- &$a, which is inseparably linked with faseist cnnle(r and which serves to prepare for tlrem. We carmot allow propaganda of this type. We therefore proposed the insertion of the following paragraph in point (c) : “(iv) No propaganda shall be permitted in refuge0 and diiplaced persans camp:, agaiust t$ inttxests of the United Nations organizatnm or its imlividual Membere, nor pIOpd- _g=Ja againa E.WUI& ta bit XI&V~ CCIL+ -w The Committee did not accept this addition. We um&kr that thés refusai to include OUF ad- * is the result of an obvious r&undemtandmg9 fia its opponents saw in it a proposai to restfict fmedom of speech in the camps. But this U)notso.Whatwerefertoisnotfr~of “(v) The administrative personnel of refugee and displaced pusons campa should be comprised primarily of representativea of the Statea concd whose citizai are the refugea.>’ What cari be more logical than this? If in a camp there are Rtmian, Yugoslav, Ukrainian, Byeloruakn refugees, why not recruit the administrative pemomd of these camps from the fellow-citkns of the refugees? This would be justified, because who better than their fellowcitizens cari help thtx people, give them as&- ance, are for tbem and inform them of the real state of aflairs in their countries? Thi~ would be natural and just. 1 fail to sec why this addition ahould not be accepted. Finally, 1 corne to the third,addition propaxd by the Soviet delegation. You will sec that it is comed with point (d), which atatcf? that no acticn taken as a result of this resolution 8hall be of such a character as to~interf~ofmw~y~y with the surrender and pumshmen - inals, quidings ad traitors, in conformity with prerent or future inwnal arrangements or agr-ta This, of course, is abso!utely right and should be fully supported, but we thmk this paragraph does not go far enough. The whole resoluti.on deah with assistance to refugees, but it must net be thought that the traitors and quialings mentioned in this paragraph may avail themselvea of this assistance. It is necçasary, therefore, to atate clearly in the resolution that no help and no asaisance hall be given to quislings, traitora and war CU, that thet3e gentlemen ahall be luded over p their respective Govermnents for trialandpumahmtmtandthatthey&tllbepent I back to their countriea to undergo hard labour, ~~~ -whereby they might make amen& ‘far ritek crimes, which inflicted 80 much su&:ing upon the peoples of the United Nation. We euggest Aer&e cm_thirdaddi&n, which ma&: “Quislitlg~, traitera ami warcnminals, aa penrons who discredited thumelveg by collaborationinanyformwiththee.laedaofthe Wnited Nations, should not be regarded aa We maintain that this addition would be jus- &.d. Thcse criminah, these traitorx are not refugees. Thosc who still pass themxlvea 0ff as refuges, &ould be sent back forthwitb to their itspective countrier for triai and for the just ap . yent of the public conscience, which bas &en deepl:. rrbred by +. fa+iat aggre&n pespetrated wnh t.he partrcrpatton of thcze craninak. We thiuk, therefore, that the additions propored by the Soviet delegation ahould be included in the report, e~pecially as this paragraph ia merely the continuation of tbe ides by which the authora of point (c) were guided, and shows how ’ to act and how to deal with thèse traitors. On behalf of the Soviet delegation, 1 press for t.he additions proposed by us. l’he continuation of the discussiou was adjourned to the next meeting. . ’ The meering rose at 7.20 p.m. TIiIRTIETHPIENARYMEETING Tuerday, 12 Febrdary 1946 at 9.15 p.m. -. CONTENTS 66. Question of Refugeea: Report of the Third Committee: Reyolution (con- . tinuafbn) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415 President: Mr. P.-H. SPAAK (Belgium). 66. QUESTION OF REFUGEES: -RT OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE: kSOr;U- ___ TION (COnünUCtffOd (DOCUMENT A/451 ‘IIe PRESIDE~ (Transfation from the Trench) : We will now contiane the dirction of the report of the Third CJlmmittrr on the question of refugees. I call upon Mr. Beblar, repre+native of Yug&via. Mr. BEBLUI (Yugoslavia; (Translation from the Trench): In the Committee wbich dealt with the refugcc question, the Yug&v delegadon, at the begùming of the discussion, gave a fairly detailed picture of what ia MW known w &e Yugcnlav cmigration. We Bhowed that in addition to perxom displaced by the Gerrnam as prisoners of war, internees and workera, there are -0ther refugees who did not flee the Germans and wwe not displaced by them, On the contrary, Zhey fled their country with the Germans when fhe amief4 of liberation marched in, becaux they mzsdkd tJxir guilt towarda theù own people. As a result, whole regiments of quislings are now abroad. Th.is,. as we bave polnted out, ia an abnOnnal situation whleh endangers good rdatiosxs hhveen Statca and thcrcfo~e co~utgr a t&cg fopcacc. On thtxe grounds, we atreared that it WA in thc interest of gond understanding between the Wted Nations to put an end to SUC~ a s&ation,