S/PV.105 Security Council

We now come to vote on document S/268 as, a whole, with the italicized passages and the two amendments on,which we have just voted. A 'vote was then'taken by show of hands and the ,draft'resolution was adopted by ten votes., with one abstentio1l.1 . Votl!Sfor: Australia. Belgium' Brazil China Colombia France Poland Syria United Kingdom United States of America. , Abstention: Union of Soviet SociaIist Republics The PRESIDENT (translated from French )p: At the end.of the leJigthydiscussion which the .1 The final text 0\JJte resolution setting. up the Commission on Conventi.onal Armaments is tt) be fc'~nd in the 'Official Re-cords of the S"urity Council, ldecondYear, Supplement No. 5, Annex)3. Le PRESIDENT: Je vais metire a1.pC ,VQlx I'amendement. de l'Australie qui consiste aajouter les' mots Uet comme questionurgente" apres "d'inviter le Comite d'etat-major a presenter le plus tot possible". . funanimU~ . . Le PRESIDENT: Jemets aux voixrensemble duparagraphe 4. On procUe auvotea main levee. Le para- graphe 4. amende est adopte.par neufvoix, avec deux abstentions. .. Votent pour.. AiIsttaIie Belg!que Bresil Chine Colombie France .Syne Royallme-Uni Etats-Unis d'Atn~rique S'abstiennent: 'Pologne Umon des Republiques socialistes sovie. tiqUeg' Le PRESIDENT: Je mets aux vaix le document. S/268 dans son ensemble, c<;>mprenant'les pas.." sages en italique et les. deux amendements qui viennent d'@tre mis aux voix. Onprocede auvote a main/evee. Le projet de resolution daris son ensemble est adoptepar dix voix, avec une' abstention1• Votent pour: AustraIie. Belgique .Bresil Chine Colombie Fr;mce' Pologne Syne . Royaume~Uni Etats-Unis d'Amerique S'abstient: Union des Republiques socialistes sovie- tiques . , Le PRfSIDENT: Au terme des longues d6libe- rations que .le Conseil a consa-crees. auxdisposi- 1 Le texte final de la resolution mstituant la Commis- sion des armement<;. de type classique figure dans les Pro.ces.verbauxofficiels du C,onseil dB slcurite, Deuxi~e .._.;Ir Ann~e, Supp16me~t No 5, Annexe 13. ....:..a 54. Letter frol11 the representative of Canada to the .Atomic Energy Com- mission, addressed to the President of the SecurifyCouneil"dated 8 January 1947 (docunlEmtS/242J 1

',In a letter dated 8 January 1947 theCana;. dian, Governme~t states,that, as a member of the Atomic :EnergyCo~ion,and ,having been ' associated with the preparation. of~p.e Commis", si.qn's report, it now desires to participate in the. discussion of the' report, in" accordance with Article 31 of the Charter of the United Nations. Mr. AUSTIN (United States of America): It is ,a special' honoll!' for the United· States, and particularly ,for me. personally-'' as I was born just south of the forty-fifth parallel.,.-to move thatth~ greatDoniinionofCanadabe invitedio . sit on the Security Council when it considers this item of the agenda. ' The PRESIDF.NT (translated from French).~ Since no objection has been raised by the mem.. bers. of the' SectIrity Council to the Canadian Gbvernment'srequest, I shall, coIIDider<·thisreq~est, as'accepted, and 'linvite the'representative of Canada to take hi!; place at the Counciltable. (The representative,of Canada, General M.-c- Naugkton, took a seat at the Council table.) . " The PRESIDENT (translated from French): ThememberS of the Council are acquainted with the, report by the Secretary-General concerning the credentials of a representative of Canada to the Security Council (document 8/265 ) ~2 Since, noobjecnon has been raised on the ' subject, I, shall' consider th~ report by the Secretart-General as adopted. 55. General discussion on the FirstReport· 55. of the Atomic 'Energy Commission ThePRESID~NT. (translated from french): I ,shall now open the discussion of the letter from 54. Lettre en date' du 8 ianvier 1947, adressee par le representant du Canada Cl I~ Commission de I'energie atomique, GU Presidentdu Consei~,de securiie- (document 5/242)1 LePRisIDENT: Dans une lettre, ell dat~du 8 'janvier 1947, -leGouverfiementcanadien~e­ clare qu~en sa qualite de membre,de la ,Commis- sionde l'energie atomique, etetant donne qu'i] "a contribue a la preparation du rapport, d~,la Co~sion, il desire participf'x lUaintenanta la discussion du rapport,-confotnlement a l'Article 31 delaCharte de.s Nations Unies. M.,AuSTIN (Etats-Unis.d'Amerique) '(traduit de. f angla~): C'est' un' grand, hcnneur pour les EtatS:'Unis;, et en particulier pourmoi-lll@me- qui suis ne a quelques milles an sudduquar~te­ ciriquiemeparalleJ.e--Qe, proposer que .ce grand pays, le,dominiondu (Janada, soit invite asieger au Conseil de securite,pendant l'examen de ce ' point del'ordre du jour. Le PRESIDENT: Aucune objection n'aYaIltete soulevee par les membres du Conseil desecurit~ contre la demande. du' Gouvemement canadien, ' je considere celle..ci Comme acceptee et, j'invite le representant du Canada aprenclreplace a la table du Conseil. ' (Le representantdu.Canada:J legenhal Mc- Naughton,.' prindplace ala table du CO,nseil.) Le. PRESIDENT: ,Les membres du Conseilont pris connaissance du rapportdu Secretaire gene- ralrcl~@ ,a\UC pouvoirs d'un representantdu Canada aupres:du Conseil desecurite (document S/265F· , Al.1cune objection n'etant elevee B. ce sujet, je considere le rapport du Secretairegeneral comme etantadopte. Discussion generale SUI' le Premier Rapport dela Commission de I'ener- gie' 'Ci~omique Le PRESIDENT: J'ouVi'e maintenant,la discus- sion sur.la lettre, en date du 31 decell1bre 1946, adressee par le President de la Commi.<.1Siorl' de . l'energie' atoIl}ique,'au PresideIlt du Conseil de securiteSpour accompagner le "Premier-Rapport de la Commission de l'energie atomique au Conseil de securite". . En tantqmr President,je n'aipas ~me pro- noncer sur les conclusioIis de ce rapport. Qu'il me soit -toutefo~ permis de ren,dre hommage ala' • Voir Pr-oces-verbaux offidels dtt CoRseil dt slourite, Deuxietne Annee, Supplement No 5, Annexe 11. ' , "Ibid., Annexe 12. ' General,McNAuGHToN, (Canacla): I shoul4 'like, in the first place, to express my appreciation" that this Council ~as given recognition tathe , fact that" Canada's" jnter~ts are' especially affected;' iIlthe meanmgof Article 31 oftlie' 'Charter,inconnexion.with ilie consideration of the First,Report,oIthe_AtomIc Energy Commis- ,sio~ to the Security CounciL ' The report 'Of the Atomic Energy Co:fumission L~ rapporfde la Conunjssion d.el'ener@e~to", which is beforethe SecurityCounciUQrour con,. mique,dont le Conseil desecurite estsaisi aux siderationJs •a product of more than,six months , fins, d~~amen, est le resultat de plus de s~~ois c otlj.ilrd stUdY,and, I beIieve,productivework. , d'etuc1e ardue et, j?enfiuisconyaincu, d'un tra¥,ail Buitnuch still remains,to be don~'-The largest fecond. nreste cependant beaucoup afaire~ La part ofthisrcport is concel'Iled.::~it!!Jhetypes of majeure-pame .de ce rapport traite des divers conttolant:linspection,which,in the judgement syste:mes de.contrOle et d'inspectionqw, au juge- p£ ~qnajority of the (10mmission, are anessent~aI me~t de ,la majorite. de la Co~on, ~o~ti-­ PaI:t of an effective iIiternational-.system to eh" -tuentcertains. elements essentiels d'un systeme sure'thatatomic' ~nergy is usectfor p~aceful international efficace destine a.assurer quefener- purposes only. gie atomique n~ seraemployec qu',a des fins paci- fiques. , ...••• < • ,Canadahas been associated With the develop- m.ent ofatOnllc energy from the start. .The motnent< that, the war with Japan, ended, .our efforts were b~nt ~to .the recasting of our pro- ~arrnne ofresearch,and development so thatthe mcpcj~Umpossiblevalu~couldbe, obtaine~frbm atomic .energy for peac~ful .purposes. We have recogriized thatin order that atorpicenergy, may be developed..and used to its fullest extent in peaceful applicatio!1,~compJ:'ehensive'system of coiltrol and inspection is requited.Already,the Parliament of Oanada haspl'ovided:the legisla- tion which is needed for the exercise of full con4"ol in the domestic fi_eld. 'I1ris legislation is ahjo designed,to enable Canada to,participate effectively in, measures of international control which may be agreed upon. My Gove.rnment ·is' most anxious to make progress in this matter, and the Canadian dele- gation to the Atomi~Energy Commission has therefore bentevery effort to,seeking the b3$is for an international agreement fC)f.·' the control,of a:to.mc energy. We will continue to do every- - thing that is within our ppwer to advance the work of the Atomic Energy Commission. Some of the.important questions which must be studied further by the COllh"nission are use~ fully outlined in' the last paragraph of the intro~uctionto the Atomic Energy Commissiou's .~ report. These h"lcIude the detailed functions, powers and characteristics of an' international ,agency; the 'relations between that agency and various organs ofthe United Nations and par- ticipating States; the powe.rs of the'agency in matters of research, development and planning Le general McNAUGHTON .<Canada) .(traduit delJanglais):· Jevoudraisd'abord remercier le COQSeil,de. secu.rit~ d'avoir reconnl! le fait que le . O~adaporte un interet toutspeci~,a.usensllt­ ~que·dansrArticle 3}de la Cliarte, al'examen duPremier Rapport de la Co~ion,de l'encr- gie •atonrique,au,qonseil de~ecurlte. " Le Canada a" ~oopere des l~-debut au. d~ve­ loppeinent-de l'energie atomique~ Des la nu.des ' ltostilites avec .le }apon,nous nous -sOmmes ef", forces dere£ondre.completement nosprpgr~fs dercchercheset 'de dev~oppement,'de mani~re a lli:ex le plus grand.parijpo~ibl~ de,'I'energie . -atomique Et des fins padfiqties. Nousavons re- connuque, pour ,mettre-aupoint dans toute la . mesure du possibleTemploide I'energi~atomique a des fins pacifiques, ilfautetablir un systeme etendu de.controle-et d'inspection. Le Parlement canadien ad~japrevula legislation necessaire a I'exercice,d'un, contr8le,completdansle domaine natio~al. Cette legislation',a ,egalement pourbtlt de permettre, an Canada' ~e participer effective- ment aux mesures'.de contrale international qui pourraient ette adoptees.. . Mon Gouvernement este:xtremement desireux d'aller de l'avant et c'estpourquoi la ,delegation canadienne a'la, Corn.inission,. de I'energie'ato- ,miqueafait tous.ses efforts pour contribuera- recnercher Iabase d'un accord international pour ,le con,trole de l'energie atC)mique: Nous, conti- nuons~ ,fairetout Cequi'esten notrepouvoU,: pour faciliter ,la, tache de la Oommissiori de l'energie a.tomique. Le dernier ,paragraphe de l'introduction· du rapport del::). Commission de l'energie atomique, donne un bonaper~u de ceitains desproblemes importants d~nt,la 9omrnission.doitpoursuivre , l'etude. Ces.problemescon~istent a d6finir dans le detailles fonctions, les pouvoirs et les caracte- ,ristiques de l'institution internatiortale et ses rela- tions avec les divers-organes des, Natiolls Unies etavecles Etatsparticipants; les pouvoirs-de ,} ce~e,institution en c~ qUi.concerne la recher~he,J However, in the final acceptance O£ the re- port, theseI!atioIUi _have reservedtheir position. I feel,sure that their repn:sentatiyes·willappre-. date ·the. fact. that ·nothing ·would. contribute more to f~ering the useful work of the Com- mission thana fr~ statement on theirpart now , of any reservations or objections which their Govemmentsmay hold with regard to any part of the report. . , As I have said, we have much ground to cover' . yet before we can submit a plan of international control·for·acceptance, not .only·.to the Govern- men+;~ represented on the Commissions,butalso to the Members of the· United Nations·on whose behalfwe ~o work,'We must therefore proceed on the basis of .unders~anding between one ali- other and with an appn;ciation of the respective. views which. we holdo! theproble:m which has. beenset to us; , The·.Chairman of the Atomic. EnergyCom- mission, in·transririti;ing the report of the,Com- mission to the President of this Council, stated 0- that it 4as been agreed in the Commission that 'celle~ciavait decide que .tout representant qlli aurait des,reserves it fairesur le textedurap:. port deVl'ait les exposer. J'espere que ceux qlli pourraient encore faire. quelques reserves>pro:nte- ·ront de l'oc'casion qui leurest ainsi donnee de preciser leur position. Si.l'on procede·ainsi,.tous les, points particuliersqui·bntsouleve des objec,. tions pourront Stre examines par le comite corn: petentde la Commissiondel'energie atomique. J'espere que-le ·Conseilproc€dera rapidement a l'examen de ce rapport et qu'il permettra 'ainsi it la CoJllInission de l'energie atomique de re- prendre·sa t~che qui consiste'a ela]Jorer des pro- jets precis et, "enparoculier, a determiner, dans le detail, lesfonctions, lespouvoirs et lescarac- teristiques de l'institutioninternationale.cde controle qui, d~.l'aVis de lamajonte de la Com- missk ~, doit etre institueeafin de nouspermettre a. tow demettre ~u point Pemploide l'energie atomique ades fins pacifiques. Le PIffiSIDEN"T: Les membres dti Conseil de I sectplt.e desirent.':'i1s. presenter demain leuJ:'S.obser- .- ,vations sur cc: rapport? . ~y representativeha~greservations concern- ing the text of tEe reportsllould make them known. I hop~ that those who may still have .reservations will take advantage of.this qpportu- .nity to·.clarify their position. .If .. this. is .done, 'perhapsany particularpoints to which objections are stated. may be given~onsideration in the appropriate co~itee of the Atomic Energy Con,urlission itself. I do hope.that the Council will expedite i~.conSideration· of this report and so. enable the Atomic Energy Commission.to resume its.workof ..developing specific proposals and- in .particular, to work out the detailed functions, char~cteristics· and· powers of the international control agency which the majority of·the Commission believes must be established to enable us all to developaIld use atomic energy for peaceful purposes.· . · The PRESIDENT (translated ff()m~French): Do members of the SecurityCouncil.wish to #ve their views onthis reporttoniorrow? ..--.... ....~~~..~ ..• ....•.. •........