S/5/PV.325 Security Council

I shall now put the second paragraph to the vote. If I understood the representati\Te of Pakistan rightly, he asked for a separate vote on this paragraph because he wished to propose the deletion of the words "of the larly oppose the new definition o.f a refugee which introduces dangerous and entirely unacceptable criteria, and offers international protection and assistance to all sorts of deserters, criminals, traitors and enemies of their own countries. 116. We attach th~ greatest importance to the solution of th~ tragic problem now before us, and we sincerely desire to give real help to thousands of human beings in thdr plight. Although time has been badly wasted and Cl great deal of harm has been done, it is still not too late. The proposals submitted by the delegation of the Byelorussian SSR offered the right way and the only way for positive, constructive action in the spirit of the decIJions of the United Nations. It also pointed out the real '.::auses of the present deplorable situation. 117. The PRESIDENT (translated from French) :. I call upon the representative of El Salvador who wishes to speak on a point of order concerning the three resolutions which we have just adopted. 118. Mr. CASTRO (El Salvador) (translated from Spanish) : The point which I am going to raise concerns, in particular, resolution B, which has just been adopted and which provides for the convening ofa conference of plenipotentiaries to complete the drafting of the convention relating to the status of refugees and the protocol relating to the status of stateless persons" and to.sign these instruments. 119. When the matter was being discussed in' the Third Committee, and when the Committee was examining the draft resolution whereby the Secr~tary-Gen­ eral was to invite the governments of all interested States, whether Members or non-members of the United Nations, to attend a confer~nce of p!enipotentiaries to complete the drafting of the convetition relating to the status of refugees, tl..c Chairman of tbe Committee suggested that the word {{interested" should be deleted. The United Kingdom representativeaccepted that suggestion, with the result· that it was decided to extend the invitation to all States, wh~ther Members or non-members of the United Nations. 120. The representative of Mexico, Mr. Noriega, tlle.u asked whether the deletion of the word "interestelj!' would mean that the Government of Franco Spain would be able to attend the proposed conference~ The reply of the Secretariat was as follows:1I . {{At the request of the Chairman, Mr. Schachter (Secretariat) explained that the resolution on relations of Members of the United Nations w~th Spain (A/1487) .recently adopted by the General Assembly did not affect the relevant recommendation in the earlier resolution 39 (I), under which the Franco Gov~rntnent of Spain was debarred from participating in conferences or other activities which might be arranged by the United Nations. speciali2;ed agencies. It is therefore natural that if a co,nference is convened and. concerns the particular field ()£ a specialized Bgency, Spain should be able toparticipate, if it has been accepted as a member by that particular specialized agenq. 122. For example, let us suppose that the Universal Postal Union convenes a technical conference and that Spain has been admitted as a member of the Union, or that the United Nations convenes a technical conference which is of special interest to the Universal Postal Union, to which Spain has been admitted; it is obvious that if Spain has been accepted as a member by that specialized agency; the conference will in fact be an activity of the agency and Spain will be able to take part in it. 123. Of course, I should like to say that with reference to this question of refugees, it was never thought at any time that Spain should be invited to participate in the -discussion of a matter which is of a political nature and comes under the Economic and Social Council, the -organ of the United Nations which is in fact proposing that the conference should be held. 124. However, what I should like to place 011 record particularly, and I do so on behalf of the eight delegations which proposed· the draft resolution on Spain, ·is that Spain may participate in conferences convened by the specialized agencies, or by the United 'Nations, which fall within the particular field of those specialized agencies subject, of course, to the condition that Spain has been admitted as a member by the specialized agency concerned. 125. That is the statement I wished to make and which I was obliged to make in reply to the general statement of Mr. Schachter, to the effect t.1mt Spain would not be able to participate in any conference convened by the United Nations. If Spain is admitt~ed as a. member of a speciali7ed agency, it can take pari in those activities of the specialized agencies which fall within the field of action of.that particular agency. 126. I believe that the other delegations which sponsored the· draft resolution will be in full agreement with me in my interpretation of this point. If any of them do not accept. this'interpretation, I hope they wffi say so. I. have consulted the eight s~nsoring delegationswith the exception of the Philippine delegation, which I was unable to reach-and all are in complete agreement with my intel-pretation. I am sure it will prove acceptable to the Philippine delegation as well. 127. The PRESIDENT (translated from French): The statement just made by the representative of El Salvador will appear in the verbatim record like any other statement made before t~e Assembly. But I do and not in the Assembly. 128. We come now to the election of the High Commissioner for refugees. The names of two candidates for the office of High Commissioner' for refugees have been submitted by the Secretary-General. 129. We shall vote' by secret ballot. I call your atten.. tion to the fact that each ballot paper may contain only one name; those. containing more than one will be considered invalid. A vote was taken by secret ballot. ' At the invitation of the President, Mr. Zeineddift8 (Syria) and Mr. Jordaan (Union of South Africa), acted as tellers.· , Number of ballot papers: 60 Invalid ballots: 0 Number of valid ballots: 60 Abstentions: 5 Number of valid votes cast: 55 Required majority: 28 Number of votes obtained: Mr. G. J. van He~tven Goedhart (Netherlands) ..'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . • . 30 Mr. Donald Kingsley (United Stat.es of America) ..... .. •••••-••••••• '11 • • • • • 24 114r. va:n Heuven Goedhart (Nethlurlands), having obtained the required ·mtzjori,lfy of the ,/11embers present and voting, was elected Jligk Commissioner for Refugees. Former Italian colonies: election of the United Nations Commissioner in Eritrea: report of the Special Committee (A/1715) [Agenda item 21 (d) and (e)] 130. The PRESIDENT (translated from French): It will be recalled that the General Assembly instructed [316t,h meeting] a committee composed of five persons to propose candidates for the' post of United Nations Commissioner in Eritrea. The committee has nominated three candidates and has asked me to inform the General Assembly that' each of the three is eminently qualified for ilie post. 131. ~vVe shall take a vote by secret ballot. I call your attention to the fact that each ballot paper many contain only one name; those containing more than one will be considered invalid. . A vote 'ivas taken by secret ballot. At'the in'Vita;ion of the President, Mr. Zeineddinl (Syria) and lrfr. JonJaan (Union of South Africa), acted as tellers. Statements by two delegations concerning the voting on agenda item 76 132. Mr. - BELAUNDE (Peru) (translated from Spanish) : This moming the General Assembly voted on the draft resolution concerning a cease-fire in Korea. My delegation was absent at the time, as is stated in the record. 133. I wish to state that when the text of that resolu- tion was put to the vote in the First Committee, the Peruvian delegation supported it. It supported it as enthusiastically as it will support any other resolutions aimed at establishing peace. 134. I shQuld like it to be recorded that the Peruvian delegation joins wiL~ the fifty-two nations which voted in £avolxr of the resolution calling for a cease-fire in Korea. 135. I want to tell the Assembly why my delegation was unable to be present. As the President of the Gen- eral Assembly kno:ws, I was obliged to preside over an emergency meeting of the Ad Ifoc Political Commit- tee which was to enable us to conclude our work, and the remaining members of the Peruvian delegation bad a previous engagement. , 136. I wish to take this opportunity of making lmOWD the enthusiastic and determined support of Peru for the policy which is reflected in United Nations action in Korea and for any activity on behalf of peace, which is the primary purpose-of this family of nations..

I take the floor simply to place it on record that the Nicaraguan delegation is completely and unreservedly in favour of t.l:te resolution submitted to us by the First Committee concerning the cease--fu'e in Korea. 138. Owing to an. unavoidable delay, my delegation was unable to be present this morning to give itt, pubil\~ support to the resolution,. as it did yesterday in the) Firs.: Committee. . 139. This is an that I have to say, and I wotl1d re·, spectfuUy request the President to see that it is duly indicated in the record of the meeting that the delegation of Nicaragua fully.supported and cast its vote In favour of the afore-mentione« resolution.

These two statements will appear in the record. It is nOl: . within my power to change a. vote which has been cast, but the statements will be recorded; they.wUI be proof of the wishes of b;'e delegations of Peru and Nicaragua. [Agenda item.61] 141. The PRESIDENT (translated from French): Regarding the question of the rccogn!tion by the United Nations of the representation of a. Member State, we have a report from the Ad Hoc Political Committee [A/1578 and Add.l]. Furthermore, the delegation of Egypt has submitted an ~endment (A/158Z]' to the draft resolution of the Ad Hoc Political Cotnmittee; the amendment calls for the insertion of the. following text between paragraphs 1 and 2 of the operative part of the draft resolution: ((2. Recommends that when any such question arises, it should be considered by the General Assembly, or by the Interim Committee if the General Assembly is not in session". 142. I put the amendment to the vote. The amendment was adopted by 25 votes 10 101 wl~1f 10 abstentions. . 143. The PRESIDENT (translated from French): I put to the vote the amended draft resolution, the operative part of which now consis~ of fivepatag"tapbs.. The draft resolution, ;::s amended, was ~pfed .by 36 votes to 6, with 9 abstentions.

I call upon the representative of the Soviet Union, who wishes to explain his vote. 145. Mr. 'TSARAPKIN (Union. of Soviet Socialist Republics) (translated from Russian): The so-called question or the recognition by the United Nations of the representation of a ~J:ember State was inc1udedin the agenda of the Gene?! Ass~bIJ! as a result of manceuvres by the delegations which G\ppose the testoration to the People's Republic of China of its legal right, as a Member of the Organization, to take its legitimate place in United Nation.s organs, .and which thU~Li~; vent the legal representatives of China from· " part in the work of the Organization. 146. Everyone knows that the United States is .~. to prevent the admission of the representatives of Chin8. to the United Nations, and that to achieve its ends it is exerting every kind of pressure and making use of the govemments of other Member States of the United Nations which are subservient to its wishes. 147. It was for that self~e reason that the. delegation of Cuba submitted to the Ad Hoc Political COmrrJttee a draft resolution entitled "Recognition by the United Nations of the representation of a Member State". 148. It is no secret that the establishment of criteria to guide the United Nations in deciding questions concerning the tecognition of the representation bf Member States, criteria which it is deSIred to foist on the United Nations, is only a. pretext;· in fact it is a deliberate attempt tocompiicateand confuse the issue so as to make it possible, whtttl the question of the recognition of the representation of a given Member State of the United Nations arises, to make partieular demands upon that State. ber States. The establishment and application of such criteria are obviously intended to deprive a :Member State of the leg~tinClate rights th~t it enjoys ucder the Charter, to prevent it from carrying out the obligations incumbent upon, it under the Charter and to deprive it Of an opportunity of taking an active part in the life and activities of the United Nations. This would ",mount to the illegal expulsion of the Member State concerned frerLl the Organization or1 at best, would entail a temporary loss of its rights as a Member of the Organization. 151. It is Q,bvious to everyone that the clamour concerning the question of the re,:ognition of the representation of a Member State o~ the Organization has not arisen spontaneously. It is quite plain that this manreuvre is mainly directed against the ~eople's Republic of China and is designed to prevent China from taking part in the activities of the United Nations. 152. The discussion of this question in the Ad Hoc Political Committee6 showed that many delegations realized that the establishment of any criteria whatsoever would lead to arbitrary dealings in the United have been issued to representatives by the government which exercises effective power in a given State should be recognized. 157. It was for these reasons that the delegation of the Soviet Union voted agai.nst the draft resolution submitted by the Ad Hoc Political Committee. 158. Mr. HOFFMEISTER (Czechoslovakia): r wish to make a short statement in order to explain thepoint of view of the Czechoslovak delegation with: regard to the resolution which has just been adopted.. 159. The resolution provides that the General Assembly -should >, make recommendations with respect to a certain kind of procedure in deciding on a certain kind: of question. To whom are these recommendations to be made? To the United Nations. That means, in the first placel to the General Assembly itself. What sort of recommendations has the General Assembly to make· to itself under this resolution? It is to recommend that the question before the United Nations should be considered in the light of the purposes and principles of the' Charter. Here I draw your attention to the interestingfact that the words "purposes and principles" are written with initial capital letters. Unless this is some' sort of Masonic symbolic orthography which gives to the words a different and even contrary meaning, it would' be normally explained as ail expression of an extraordinary respect on the part of the authors of the text for the purposes and principles of the Charter. Imagine the- General Assembly requesting itself to '~espect the purposes and principles of the Charter and recommending' to other organs of the TJnited Nations that they take" into account its decisions! It savours somewhat of theridiculous. 160. At its inception, 'the text was much more robust,. and _the early amendments to it gave rise to much greater expectations. As everybody here knows, the· original purpose of the text was to procure at least some semblance of a legal basis for the United Statesinsp:ted and United States-enforced policy of the majority in this Organization towards the People ls RepUblic of China, a policy which has denied and still denies. that great nation-one of the founders of the Organiza-· tion and a permanent member of the Security Council- Nations and would open the way to interference in the internal affairs of Member States of the Organizationl in violation of one of the fundamental principles of the Charter~ .That considera.tion caused most delegations to act carefully in the matter, with the result that the criteria included by the Sub-Committee in its draft resolution at the insistence of the Uoited States, were severely criticized and most of them were deleted. 153. The draft resolution of the Ad Hac Political Conunittee, which has just been adopted, still includes a number of provisions which are unacceptable to the USSR delegation. The purpose of the preamble of the resolution is to prove that it is p.ssential to establisJ;t a certain uniformity of procedure in the recognition of the representation of a Member State ofthe Organiza- .. tion and that this procedure sh~t1ld be established by the General-Assembly alone. 154. The delegation of the Soviet Union considers that there is no need for the establishment of any criteria whatsoever or for any uniformity in procedure. In fact, the question of the recognition of the representation of a Member-State arises very seldom in the histo:ry of the OrganizatJon. This is the first timel in the five years of its existence, that the United Nations is faced with such a problem, and the fact that the problem has arisen is due entirely'to the United States, which is illegally obstructing the admission of the representative of China to the United Nations. Thus it is u~wecessary to estab-

The Polish delegation voted against the draft resolution for reasons of principle. 164. The whole discussion in the Committee showed that the item had been put on the agenda for the obvious purpose of creating artificial barriers to the admission of the delegation of the People's Republic of China in our· midst. It was claimed that the problem should be considered in the abstract. But it was clear throughout the debate,S that China was the real issue.. . 165. We held that no resolution was necessary, that the Charter contained ample provisions indicating how matters like these were to be solved. If there is a government in power, if it controls the bulk of the territory of a State, it has the indisputable right to represent the State it controls. No additional criteria are required or . called for-·neither those borrowed from Article 4 of the Charter, nor those practised in cases of recognition. The whole affair is a thinly veiled manceuvre to hide the policy of the United States, which seeks to maintain the fictitious representation of the 'Kuomintang and to prevent the only spokesmen of the Chinese people from sitting here. 166. The events in Korea and elsewhere have shown clearly how nonsensical it is to bar the representatives of a nation of nearly 500 million people from giving its views and coun.sel here. My delegation insists that no juridical subterfuges can possibly alter the situation. The dear. duty which has faced the Assembly from the very beginning is to admit the representatives of the -Central People's Government of China to the United Nations as the representatives of China. The majority in the Assembly has refused t6 draw the necessary conclusions from the unalterable historical facts. It has tried to evade the issue. We wish to be no party to this. Palestine: (c) repatriation of Palestine refugees and payment of compensation due to .them; implementation o( General Assembly resolu.· lions reg~rding this question; and (d) report of the United Nalio.ns Conciliation Commission for Palestine: reports of the A.d Hoc Political Committee (A/I646) and th~ Fifth Committee (A/1678) [Agenda it~m 20) -170. The PRESIDENT (translated from French): The Assembly has two draft resolutions before it, one submitted by the Ad Hoc Political Committee [A/1646] and the other by the Soviet Union [A/1659]. 171. Mr. TSARAPKIN (Union of Soviet Socialist. Republics) (translated from Russian) : The delegation oftbe Soviet Union requests that the draft resolution which it has submitted should be put to the vote first. 172. The PRESIDENT (translated from French): Usually I put to the vote first the dratt resolution submitted by the. Committee and then any other draft resolutions. On this occasion, however, in view of the nature of the Soviet Union draft resolution, which calls for the termination of the Conciliation Commission, I think: that that draft should be put to the vote before that of the Committee. If there are no objections, we shall follow that procedure. I ask the Assembly to vote first on the USSR draft resolution [A/1659], which reads as follows: uThe General Assembly~ "'Considering that, as experience has shown,the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palesa~l obh.gatlOn. upon both parbes to enter into direct dlscusslons, elther under the Commission's auspices or indep.endent1y, wit,h a view to the settlement of all questlOns outstandmg between them. Had that recommendation of the Conciliation Commission been put to the vote here, we should have been happy to vote for it. 183. To our regret, however, a formulation was adopted by the majority in the Ad Hoc Political Committee wl.lich has set ?irect negotiations as only one of the posslble alternatlVe methods of reaching peace leaving it open to the parties to seek settlement b; negotiating, according to the wording of the resolution just adopted, with the Conciliation Commission-as if the conflict were between each of the parties and the Conciliation Commission-and not between the parties themselves, Such ambiguity, in my submission invites deadlock. Each party can choose the method'it likes better and claim to be acting in accordance with the resolution of the General Assembly. 184. In these circumstances, the delegation of Israel could not possibly accept responsibility for the resolution, and it therefore abstained from the vote. 185. At the same time, my delegation voted for the Soviet Union amendment which proposed the rewording of a paragraph in such a way that the Assembly would urge the parties to enter into direct negotiations. 186. I should like to take this opportunity of reiterating the continued readiness of my government to enter into direct negotiations with each of the States with which we have armistice agreements, either independently-and we prefer the negotiations to be conducted independently-or, if agreeable, in the presence, with the assistance and under the auspices of the Conciliation Conunission. 187. Mr. AL-JAMALI (Iraq): My delegation abstained from voting on the draft resolution, and the reason for our abstention is quite simple. 188. My delegation believes that the Arabs' rights to their own homes and possessions in Palestine and their right to return to those homes are not disputable and must be considered as inviolable. This right is a natural right, it is a human right and it is a sacred right. ~his right cannot be tied to any condition or to any political or other considerations, It is one of the most elementary rights which every individual in every country must enjoy. 189. This resolution complicates matters. It makes that right go side by side with political negotiations for peace. Political negotiations for peace are very good, provided you know that human rights are going to .be respected when you negotiate. But when ~he Je~sh people take the homes of the Arabs in Palestme, leavmg them homeless, and then do not recognize the rights of the Arabs to their own homes, no one can have any Paragraph 2 'was adopted by 48 votes to 11One, with 5 abstentions.

I now put the draft resolution to the vote as a whole. 181. The Government of Israel has consistently de- clared its readiness to enter into direct negotiations with its neighbours for the peaceful settlement of all outstand- ing questions. It is the firm conviction of my govern- ment that peace can be attained only by direct negotia- tions, with or without international assistance. This elementary procedure of direct negotiations has been emphatically rejected by the Arab governments con- cerned. We, for our part, have found it impossible to conceive that a government which refuses to talk to its neighbour, even to sit with him at one table, should be in a mood to reach a peace settlement with him. Need- less to say, the mere adoption of a procedure of direct negotiations does not, in itself, guarantee success. 7 For the discussion on this subject in the Ad Hoc Polit- FJfth Session, Ad Hoc Political Committee 31st to 36th and 61st to 72nd meetings inclusive, ' 190. Once the rig-hts of the Arabs are recognized and the right to ownership of property is granted, once their riCThts to their homes are recognized, then there will be b a chance for peace and a chance for direct negotiations. But unless this is granted, no one can honourahly and sincerely enter into any direct negotia- tions. There is no use having any negotiations which are not based on the full recognition of the rights of the Arabs to Palestine and to their own homes therein. 191. Attempts were made to enter into negotiations on the basis of United Nations decisions. United Nations decisions with regard to Palestine, although unfavour- able to the Arab cause, still Wl'!'(' accepted hy the Arabs as a basis for negotiatiuns.•\ protucol \\'as sig-ned by both parties in Lausanne on 12 l\Iay 19499 to the effect that negotiations should proceed on the basis of the resolutions of the Ge1H~ral Assembly. But the other party immediately repudiated that basis and wanted to start direct discnssion on the basis of its own desires and ambitions, and 1Iot on the basis of United Nations resolutions. This cannot lead to direct negotiations, and this should in 110 way whittle away the rights of the refugees to go back to their own homes in Palestine. 192. That is why my delegation could not support this resolution and regretfully had to ahstain. 193. l\Ir. TSAHAPKIN (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) (tratlsllltcd from Russian) : In the resolu- tion that has just hCl;'n adopted by the General Assembly, the Conciliation Commission for Palestine is given a leading part in settling all outstanding issues in Palestine. 194. It is clear that the time has at last come to settle the problems of Palestine, the numher of which, un- fortunately, has not decreased, hut continues to increase. In the opinion of the USSR delegation, however, the methods which the resolution provides for settling those problems cannot lead to a settlement of outstanding issues in Palestine which would be in the interests of the peoples who inhahit that country. The douhts of the Soviet Union delegation on this score are particu- larly warranted since the resolution entrusts the solution of the whole problem to the Conciliation Commission for Palestine. 195. As we know, that Commission has been unable to fulfil the task of conciliating the parties which was entrusted to it. Indeed, its activities have even resulted in a noticeable aggravation of the relations between the parties concerned in the Palestine dispute. The Com- mission was supposed to assist the parties to reach a final settlement on outstanding issues, but it has shown more interest in collecting various kinds of information on economic and other matters in the countries of the Middle and Near East. In this connexion, I should n;ention the estahlishment by the Conciliation Commis- SlOn of an economic survey mission, a1thou~h the Com- mission had no authority from the 'United Nations to 196. The Commission adopted working methods which indicated that in reality it was not a body which sought to bring about conciliation, but a body which endeav- oured to dictate conditions to the parties concerned while reserving to itself all right of final decision. The Commission has not been guided in its activities by the wishes of the parties which it was called upon to assist in their direct negotiations, but by quite different con- siderations. That is no way to conciliate two parties, rather is it a method of imposing arbitrary solutions on them. It was in that spirit that the Commission at- tempted to make the parties concur in the establishment of joint committees, presided over by a representative of the Commission, to discuss outstanding issues. As it states in chapter IV of its report [A/1367 and Corr.l], the Commission has not concerned itself with conciliat- ing the parties, but has in fact opposed them. It has not promoted direct negotiations between the parties, but has concentrated in its own hands the settlement of the whole problem of Palestine and, as we all know, achieved nothing. 197. Both the general progress report and the supple- mentary report of the Commission are full of admissions of its failures. Its new proposal concerning procedure was rejected by the parties, and its proposal for the estahlishment of so-called joint committees was also considered unacceptable. Moreover, the Commission was unable to settle the problem of the Palestine refugees. Thus, thanks to the activities of the Com" mission, not only has no progress been made in achiev~ ing a peacefnl settlement of the Palestine question, but that question has been further complicated by the crea- tion of new problems. The number of controversial issues in Palestine has not decreased but, on the contrary, has increased. 198. The Palestine question has again appeared on the agenda of the Security Council,9 which has recently had to consider a series of complaints from Egypt, Trans- jordan and Israel. 199. Thus the Commission has failed to settle any of the questions it had to deal with; it admits this itself in its reports, both in the general report and in the sup- plementary report. It must be recognized that t~e Commission has failed to fulfil the tasks entrusted to It. 200. In these circumstances, the USSR de1egat!on submitted to the General Assembly a draft resolution [Aj1659] calling for the abolition of ~he United Nations Conciliation Commission for Pa1estme; unfortunately, the General Assembly rejected that draft. 201. The delegation of the Soviet Union considers that to call upon the United Nations Conciliation Com- mission for Palestine once again to undertake t~e task of reconciling the parties concerne~ an;! setthng all outstanding issues between those parties, IS not the way to ensure progress as regards this question or, indeed, to break the present deadlock. Report of the Security Council: report of the A.d Iloc Political Committee (A/1679) [Ag;enda item 11] . 212. The PRESIDENT (translated from French): The Ad Hoc Po'litical Committee has submitted a report [A/1679] which contains a draft resolution providing that the General Assembly takes note of the t'eport of the Security Council.10 213. lVIr. TSARAPKIN (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) (translated from Russian): The Security Council's report to the General Assembly tovers the period 16 July.l.949 to 15 July 1950. That rep?rt includes the deCISions that were taken by the Secunty Council at a time when it was iilegally constituted because of the absence of two of its permanent members, the USSR and China, and because of the illegal partici- pation at Council meetings of the representative ~f the Kuomintang group, a groqp which had been strtpped by the Central People's Government of the People's . Republic of China of all rights and authority to repre- sent China in the United Nations. 214. I should mcmtion, in particular, such illegal deci- sions as the resolutions on the Korean question adopted on 25 and 27 June and 7 July 1950 respectively.l1 215. Those illegal decisions of the Security Council were taken under pressure from the United States Government, which tried and is still trying to justify and mask its armed intervention in Korea by referring to those same Security Council resolutions. In accordance with Article 27 of the United Nations Charter, all decisions of the Security Council on important questions must be made by an affirmative vote of not less than seven members, including the concurring votes of the five permanent members. Yet the resolt:'tion of 27 June was adopted by only six votes, the seventh vote recorded having.been that of the representative of the Kuomin- tang group, who illegally occupied China's seat in the Security Council. Furthennore, the resolution was adopted' in the absence of two permanent members of the Security Council, namely, the Soviet Union ana China. 216. All this deprives the Security Council resolution of 27 JU:le of any legal force. 217. By adopting that resolution, the Security Council also violated another highly important principle of the United Nations Charter, the principle which forbids the United Nations to interfere in the internal affairs of any State when there is an internal diTute between two groups of one arid the same State au\.l people. The adoption by the Security Council of the.resolution of 7 July, under which armed forc~es and other resources were placed at the disposal of the so-called Unified 10 See' Oflicial Records of the Gm.eral Assembly, Fifth Ses- sion, Supplement No. 2. 12 Ibid., Nos. 33, 40 and 42. The appropriate adjustment of the· frontiers be- tween Egypt and the former Italian colony of Libya, with particular reference to Jiaragraphs 2 and 3 of annex XI of the Treaty of Peace with Italy: report of ~~Lle Ad Hoc Political Com- mittee (A/1720) [Agenda item 59] 224. The PRESIDENT (translated from French): In its report [Aj1720], the Ad Hoc Political Com·. mitt~..; recommends that the General Assembly should retain this item on the agenda and consider it at the sixth session. Since the Ad Hoc Political Conunittee did not propose any text, I suggest the following draft resolution: ((The General Assembly ((Decides to defer to its sixth session consideration of item 59 of the agenda of its fifth session, entitled 'The appropriate adjustment of the frontiers between Egypt and the former Italian colony of Libya, with particular reference to paragraphs 2 and 3 of annex XI of the Treaty of Peace with Italy'." 225. If there are no objections, I shall declare this draft resolution adopted. It was so decided. The meetiny rose at 6.15 p.m.