S/PV.1060 Security Council

May 1 call the attention of the members of tb:<ô Council to .the joint ciraft resolution submitted by the United Kingdom and the UnitedStates the text of which has just been circulatedto the members of the Council [S/5407]. 1 now calI upon .the representative of the United States, who wants to introduce the ciraft resolution on behalf of the two co-sponsors.

Mr. Presi,- dent, as you have just pointed out, a ciraft resolution jointly sponsored by the UnitedKingdom andthe United States has just been circulated to .the Council. 1 do not feel that this ciraft requires any lengthy explanation, since it reflects, as far as the United States is concerned. the attitude toward this problem "hich was set forth by Ambassador Stevenson on 28 August [1058th meeting]. In brief 1 will only note that the ciraft resolution first conderons the wanton murders which occurred at Almagor in Israel territory, and invites the attention of the Syrian Government to the fact that, as reported by the United Nations representatives on .the spot, the armed group responsible for the murders appears tohave come from and returned toward the direction of the Jordan River, that is, the direction of .the Syrian frontier. 58. Secondly, the ciraft resolutionpoints out that while there was certainly, according to the Secretary- General's repOrt, a sharp exchange of fire between the two, sides on' 20 August, there was happily no substantialshow of force in the demilitarized zone. 60. Fourthly. the drait resolution calis upon the parties to co-operate with the Chief of Staff in pursuing a number of other measures in his proposaI for making the United Nations Truce Organization machinery more effective in alleviating tension and preserving the peace. 61. Finaliy. the Secretary-General i5 requested to report to the Security Counci! at the end of this year as to the progress made in developingthese measures so that the Council may be currently informed of the co-operation accorded to the Chief of Staff pursuant to this resolution. 62. This ·ciraft resolution therefore seems to my delegation to deal with thetwo major elemants of the problem before the Council: on the one hand. the immediate incidents with which the Council is seized and. on the other. the United Nations machinery and the co-operation of the parties with that machinery on which the peace of the area to such a large extent depends. 63. We have not thought it appropriate in this drait resolution to prescribe exactly what measures in the latter field be taken. but prefer to leave to the Chief of Staff. in consultation with the parties. the widest possible discretion andfreedom of action in working out and implementing the most effective possible measures. We hope that aU members of the Council will be able to. join with us in voting a resolution which we belleve deals with all these matters ina sober. responsible and objective manner. 64. Mr. SIm BABA (Morocco) (translated from French): Having taken note of the drait resolution submitted, by the United States of America and the United Kingdom [8/5407]. my delegation hasgiven careful consideration to the information in the rePort by the Seoretary-General concerning recent incidents in and near the demilitarized zone which provided the grounds foi' the judgement which the two delegations have deemed it their dutYtopass on to Syria in con... nexionwiththe murderof the two Israel farmers. a judgement which my delegation rega.rdsas particularly severe. 65. .We have been somewh?,t surprised to note that the provisions ofoperative paragraphs 1 and 2. taken as a wh()le. seem to. be based on mere suppositions whichare being insistentlypresented to us as the truth. whereas the. report itself in no way establishes Syria's responsibility for the murder. It shouldalso be.borne in mind. that .m·ali trouble spots. wherever theymay bé, incidents may oocur which are not necessarily the result of an attack..and loss of life and material damage may sometinies result simplyfrom a niist~e. 66. In viewof the foregoing ! think that it would be bétter to subject them.atter tocloser scrutiny. The 67. It lS our wont to give great respect and consideration to initiatives taken by these two important delegations. sponsors of the draft resolution before us. despite the occasional differences between our respective positions. We therefore think that further thought is essential before the Council is called upon to take a decision. 1 must once again lay stress on the assurances given twice by the Syrian Prime Minister to the Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization. when he stated that: ft ••• Syrians had not killed soldiers anywhere and that they had had nothing to do with the shooting of these two soldiers" [S/5401. para. 13]. 68. To avoid any misunderstanding 1 should make it clear that the reference was to the two farmers whose death is the subject of the Israel complaint. The Israelis working in the kibbutz are normally referred to as soldier-farmers. but some people call them farmers and others just soldiers. 69. In the circumstances. my delegation thinks that for the Council to condemn Syria in this matter. even in an indirect manner. for lack of arguments would be to attach too much value to Israel's point of view and completely to disregardthe Syrian Government's official and oft-expressed position. 70. My delegation. for its part. has serious reason to doubt the good faith of the Tel Aviv leaders. who do not stop at any method.however disconcerting. in their efforts to make their poUcy prevail by trying to create all kinds of difficulties for their neighbours. The notorious Lavon affair is still too fresh in our minds for us to believe in the apparent innocence of Israel's policy in the Near East. It is known that in the Lavon affair Israel espionage agents had been instructed to launch attackS against life andproperty in an ~..rab country. to the detriment of a large diplomatic mission representing a country to which Israel largely owes its own existence as aState. 71. My delegation fears that. in the last analysis. this draft resolution may be the outcome of a poUcy of hostility towards the Arab countries Which l.S been raised .tothestatus ofa. dogma and is.·being insJ;>ired by Israel leaders who wishat all .costs to obtain satisfaction in thepresentdebate inthe Security Council. . 7~.· For all these reasons my delegatioIi thinks that, at the present stage of the discussion. it would be bJ,ghlY advisable toallow. al! concerned some time

Members of the CouncU have heard the suggestion just made by the representative of Morocco to the effect that the vote on the joint draft resolutionintroduced by the delegations of the United Kingdom and the United States be delayed until the first meeting of the Council next week. Are there any members of the Councn who wish to address themselv'es tothat suggestion? 74. Mr. JACKLING (UnitedKingdom): My delegation has listened attentively to the remarks just made by the representative of Morocco and has noted bis proposalthat further consideration of fuis matter should stand over until néxt week. 1 must confess that my delegation feels rather disturbed about thissuggèstion in thatboth complaints were put forward to US·as urgent matters which required theimmediate attention of this CouncU. We first met on these complaints on 23 AugUSt.· The report of the Secretary-General vvas· circulated to. us •• 1 think lam correct in saYing. last Monday•. 26. August. we hada day to corisider that repor~. and its implications. ànd we have had smce then furthermeetingsatwbich we have had the oJi)portunity of hearing the complainants again. We have 1;1. meetmgscheduled for tomorrow. and1 believe the .President indicated that tomorrow afternoon was also1:>eing held open in case we could not complete c.onsid.eration of the matter in thattime. 75. 1 amm.clined ta suggest that.l1avingregard to the. urgen.cy with. which these matters were placed beforeus, .• uncertainty as tothe conclusions of the Coqncilmay. addw ratherthandetract from tension .in thearea. It seems to me that when we are faced witha ...situati9n. of this kind. there is a certain dutY c;>Il ·.~.··tQreach our conclusions asrapidly as may be, espèciallY when.. we llope that those conclusions may COIltJ;-ibllteto fl!i'ther stability. .- 76.'!'lj,e draftresohltion whichmy delegation had the bon.our to co-sponsor with the d.elegation of the tTnited Sta.tes[$/5407] endeavom-s >not onlyw deal Withthe inCidents ·which· Wel'e .the subject of the complaint, J;)utalSoPÔmtstlJe wa~ toaJ).jmpl'ovement in the genepa.lsiWI;1.ti,on by its sUPPOl't of the proposais for w()r!tiAg()l1t meaS11l'es in. co-operationwiththe GOverl'UPentsconcerned. which were Plltforwardbythe C~efof.Staffof the United Natians 'fruce Supervision 9tganization. 77. lthinlt tI1à.t our.objectivémustbe togetonWith tlli.s matter an.d.t<> cleaI' thewl;1.y fortheChiefgf Staff 8J.l.dfgrthep~ties •..to •co-operateand.work 9ut an imPr()veIllen.t Jn.thlfl si~ation •. 1 Qanngt see thI;1.tthese I;1.re.·rellll~ .• ·CirClllllSt~ces .•wl1el'e de1ay· ..i.s.profitable. rorl1el'ecllrt,inc:leed besgme -.tw'enty~fo:ur hours befgre ..·.. anY'. votei~t~engn.tbeqraftreSQ~lltion.lwouldhope ·tllatthis wouldafford.d.eJegations. adequate Ume for Suçbf\l,rtheI'. consultations andinstru<.ltion.sas they ~l;1.yneec:l~But ••1Qotl1j.Dkthatinthesecircumstances itWO\ûc:lngtbe rightfar~toleavema:tteI'S unsettled f9ranY fuiotherWUieCesSaI'yspace oftime. 79. We feel that what is important is that nothing happens in the area to aggravate the situation. If a postponement of the nature requestedby the representative of Morocco is granted, it would possibly help the cause. Therefore, my delegation sees no objection to a postponement. 80. Mr. FEDORENKO (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) (translated from Russian)': The arguments just put forward by the Moroccan representative strike me as valide The Council must examine this question with due care and seriousness. A considered and well-founded decision is expected of the Security Council. 81. A draft resolution is now before the Council. It clearly calls for careful study, and that takes time. Hasty action is out of the question. 82. Bearing in mind the statement by the Secretary- General concerning the present situation in the area under consideration, the Soviet delegation deems it aIl the more essential that the necessary attention and time should be devoted te> the question beforeus. For these rea.sons I support the arguments advanced by the Moroccan representative. 83. The PRESIDENT: Does any other member of the Council wish to speak on the suggestion made by the repre$entative of Morocco? 84. Ml'. CASTEL BORJA (Philippines): It has been suggested here by one or two speakers tlll!.t necessarily a lengthy study of the question before us would indicate responsibility on the part of the Council. I beg to di.:ffer. A detailed, or, rather, a lengthy 'stUdy of any question is not necessarily an indication of a responsible study. We have to take intu account the circumstances in. the world •today concerning the question we are discussing. As was very weIl stated by the United Kingdom representative, there is so much tension in the world today that if we multiplied it. byunnecessarily extending the study of questions which are not really new, but which are as old as the United Nations itself, we might be adding to the tension, instead of detracting from it. 85. There!ore, I wo"!!ldnot in this case accept this theory about a long study of the questionbefore us, which has been particularized as between Israel and Syria, and not between Israel and the Arab world, but tms, I peg to say__to digress fora moment.,..is really. the root of the question. We shouldnot un~ nec.essarily extend this question and add tl) the tensions .that are already present in the w()rld today. Iwo~cl suggest that we shoulc:i vote on the draft resolution presented by the United States and the United Kingdom as soon as possible. 87. 1 would suggest. however, that we do not need to reach a final decision on this this afternoon. There are several members of the Council whom we have not heard, and we could decide on this point tomorrow Illorning. But certainly the United States delegation feels very definitely that li we can possibly vote on the d'raft resolution tomorrow we should do so, and that it is very unlikely that such additional study as could be given to the subject over the weekend would add very much light to what we have already been e2q)Osed to. We think that the elements of the problem are clear in the minds of all of us, and that we can act just as sensibly and wisely tomorrow as we could nextweek.

The procedure 1 invoked. which has given rise to a number of comments from some of our colleagues. is not an innovation on the part of the Moroccan delegation. There are precedents for it not only in other matters but also with regard to the problem now before.us. 1 think 1 am right in saying, although 1 was not here last year, that on one occasion wheli the Security Council was preparing to vote on a resolution dealing with a Syriancomplaint against Israel, it. finally decided, upon a proposal inspired by the Israel delegation. to defer the votingand further discussion until the beginning of the following week. 89. 1 therefore think that it would be very wise and certainly constructive to give all concerned time to reflect before taking· a decision which wo~ld gain nothing from being taken too hastily. . 90. 1 also thilikthat the concern of some of our colleagues . for .stability and peace in this region does n.ot accurately reflectthe statementthatthe Secreta,ry- General made· before the Security Council yesterday concerning the situationwhich, thanks to UnitedNations efforts, has prevailed since last week. 91•. 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