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The Uruguayan delegation voted in favour of resolution A adopted by the General Assembly on economic and financial provisions relating to Libya, it being understood that article V referred particularly to fishing boats owned by the indigenous inhabitants of Libya and with the reservation that neither that nor any other provision of the resolution could be invoked directly or indirectly to modify the legal relationship existing between Italy and other States with regard to other shipping. 30. RAAFAT Bey (Egypt) (t.yanslated from F,'ctlch): I shall not speat( about the resolution or about the request of the Soviet Union. I shall explain my vote on the report we have just approved by a large majority. 31. My delegation was privileged to take an active and continuous part in drawing up the economic and financial provisions relating to Libya of resolution A, which the General Assembly has just adopted by a very large majority. 32. During the discussions which took place on this subject,S during the many meetings of Sub-Committee 1 of the Ad Hoc Political Committee, my delegation consistently championed tIle rights of Libya, our neighbour, which has always been united to Egypt by countless geographical, historical, cultural, religious and other ties and whose interests we have therefore regarded as bei~g in some sort our own. We defended those interests as zealously as we should have defended our own. Our task was greatly facilitated by the remarkable spirit of justice and understanding which prevailed in the sub-committee from the very outset of the discussion. 33. My delegation never felt that the draft resolution which was the outcome of the sub-committee's arduous labours in any way neglected or sacrificed the interests of the Libvan people. As I told the Committe~ yesterday, had ,~e bad the sli~htest doubt in that respect, we should not have voted 111 favour of that draft, as we did in the sub-committee, then, yesterday, in the Ad Hoc Political Committee, and today in the Assembly. 35. Like all countries which have recently achieved independence, Libya will need foreign capital and labour for some time to come. The Italian nationals who remain there, if they adapt themselves to the new circumstances, can make a valuable contribution to the economic and social progress of the country. Some of the provisions of resolution A, for example article VI and article IX, paragraph 1, deal with that aspect of the question, in the interests of the Italians and of Libya itself. Furthermore, articles I to V, and even article IX, paragraphs 2 and 3, of the resolution, clearly show the direct and real advantages which Libya will derive from these economic and financial provisions. 36. Undoubtedly the text is not above criticism, but it is a step in the right direction and will contribute greatly to the establishment of the Libyan State; it is a step which could not have been postponed save at the expense of the interests of that State itself. 37. Moreover, it is our hope and our belief that the United Nations Tribunal, whose establishment is provided for in article X of the resolution, will ensure, both by its decisions on matters in dispute and by its directions and instructions, that the economic and financial clauses of the resolution are equitably implemented. 38. It was for those reasons that we voted for the resolution.

The Czechoslovak delegation supported the draft resolution submitted by the delegation of the USSR calling for the postponement of the consideration of the economic and financial provisions relating to Libya. This question is far too important to be decided in a hurry by this General Assembly. The people of Libya and the independent State of Libya to be created in the near future are vitally interested in a reasonable and just solution. At the same time, no damage will be caused if the question is postponed to the next session of the General Assembly. Therefore the Czechoslovak delegation voted against the draft resolution submitted by the Ad Hoc Political Committee, which it had not had enough time to study. n. TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO LIBYA: REPORT OF THE Ad Hoc POLITICAL COMMITTEE (A/1727) 40. The PRESIDENT (translated from French): On the question of Libya, the General Assembly also has before it a second report of the Ad Hoc Political Committee [A/1727], relating to technical and financial assistance to Libya. I put to the vote the draft resolution on the question recommended by the Ad Hoc Political Committee for adoption by the General Assembly. . .The a,rajt resolution was adopted unanimously. [Agenda item 42]

I put the draft resolution contained in the report of the Fifth Committee [A/1731] to the vote. Budget estimates for the financial year 1951: reporls of the Fifth Committee [Agenda item 39] (b) SALARY, ALLOWANCE AND LEAVE SYSTEM OF THE UNITED NATIONS (A/1732) 42. The PRESIDENT (translated from French): May I draw the attention of the Assembly to the an1endment [A/1733] to the draft resolution submitted by the Fifth Committee [A/1732] ; the amendment has been submitted by the delegations of Belgium, Brazil, Chile, France and Peru. I shall put it to the vote first. The result of the vote was 35 in favour, 11 against and 3 abstentions. The amendment was adopted, having obtained the reqztired two-thirds majority. 52. I now put the second draft resolution to the vote. The second draft resolution 'was adopted unanimously. 53. ' The PRESIDENT (translated from French): I noW" put the third draft resolution to the vote. The third draft resolution was adopted by S4 votes tononel with 5 abstent.ions. The problem of the independence of Korea. Plans for the relief and rehabilitalton of Korea: membership of the Advisory Committee

I would draw your attention to the following point. In the resolution concerning the question of the relief and rehabilitation of Korea, adopted by the General Assembly on 1 December 1950 [314th meeting]; it is stated that the Assembly decides to establish uan advisory committee consisting of representatives of" - and here a blank space was left in the text - Ut\) advise the Agent General with regard to·major financial, procurement • " . and other eC'.)nomic problems . . .". The names of the members of the committee should have· been proposed at the tim,e and put to the vote. 55. I now propose the fpUowing five countries, ill order to complete the teXt of the resolution: Canad&; India, United KingrJom, United States and Uruguay. The proposal was adopted by 53 votes to none, with '6 absfentions. delegations which abstained did so not because they were opposed to the suggested membership of the C('immittee, but because of the stand they had taken with regard to the draft resolution as a whole. 57. We have now completed the consideration of the agenda for the fifth session except for a few items which still remain on the agenda of the First Com.. mittee. Accordingly, I must wait until the First Com.. mittee finishes its work before ~onvening a plenary meeting of the General Assembly. .. 58. Mr. MALIK (Union of Sovi'et Socialist Republics) (translated from Russian): When the work of "the'First Committee was suddenly interrupted' in order to place before the General Assembly a draft resolution submitted by a number of delegations, it was'said that· the Assembly would ,dispose of the draft very quickly., The representative of Turkey, I believe, even stated that it would only take about half an hour. That failed to elicit any comment from. the Chairman,of the First Committee, Mr. Urdaneta Arbe1aez, and it was apparently our intention to return to our work in the First Committee without delay. We failed to do so, either today or yesterday after the General Assembly had adopted the draft resolution of the First Cowmittee. 59. Yet the1:e art still four most important items on the ageno(). !)f the First Committee. There is, first,- the question submitted by the United States and some oth~r d~legations, which we have not finished considering" Then. there is the question of United States aggression against China -,- a most serio1.1s matter, the discussion of which haS b~en quite unjustifiably postponed 111any times. Then there is the question of the bom.bing of Chinese territory by the United States Air. Force - a most serious and important matter, the consideration of which has also been postponed many times. Finally, there is the question' of FOr1l1osa, submitted by the United States delegation.. . 60. It is therefore desirable that the First Committee should resume its work without delay. 61.. The PRESIDENT (translated ft;om French): I belteve that all the members of the General Assembly would like to see the First C,1mmittee finish its w01."k at the earliest possible momevt: If difficulties should arise or negotiations become n.cceSsary. tlie question might be settled by the General ComrrJttee. I intend to convene a meeting of the General COlninittee within the next few days, with regard to the date oftlle closure ofthis session of the General Assembly. I cannot, bowever, make any suggestions until I have consulted the General Committee of the General Assembly. The meeii'lrJg rose at 12.10 p.tn. 'Ibid., First COfflmitteel 415th meeting.