S/PV.1160 Security Council

As this is the first meeting of the Security Council. to be held since 1 have assumed the Presidency, 1 should like, as President and speaking on behalf of a11 the members of the Council, to express our gratitude to the representative of the Soviet Union, Mr. Morozov, who was Psesident during the month of September. 2. During his term of office, Mr. Morozov presided over. debates on topics of great importance to world peace, In the discharge of his responsibilities as President, he showed the qualities of judgement and the mastery of procedures which a11 of us who have known him in the Council and in other United Nations bodies have corne to expect of him. 1 am sure that the Council would wish me to offer him our thanks and appreciation.

Mr. President, 1 should like, on behalf of my colleague Mr. Morozov, to express satisfaction and gratitude for your kind words about the Soviet representative, who was President of the Security Counoil during September. 1 hope that a11 his positive achievements, a11 the positive experience which we gained while he was President, Will be enriched in full measure in the days shead, particularly by you while you hold the honoured office of President of the Security Council, 6. Mr, SETTE CAMARA (Brazil): Mr. President and members of the Council, 1 wish to express my gratitude for the generous words with which I have been received here in the Security Council. I feel deeply honoured to represent my comtry in this main organ of the United Nations, which is entrusted with the primaryresponsibilities of maintainingpeace. 7. 1 thank you very much, Mr. President, fox your kind reference to the work of our delegation to this Council. The instructions of my Government are that we should keep up with this tradition, a tradition to wbich, for almost two decades, the delegation of Brazil to the United Nations has always shown its attachment, in support of the principles of the Charter and the cause of peace. 8. Again, 1 thank you very much, Mr, President, for your warm welcome. 1 want to assure you and the other members of the Counoil that 1 shall do the maximum within my powers as a member of the Security Council ta share the burden of your duties. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted. Admission of new Members to the United Nations Letter doted 6 August 1964 from the Minister of External Affairs of Malawi addressed to the Secretor y-Genera I (S/5908)

The Security Council Will now take up its examination of the question just inscribed in its agenda, namely, the application of Malawi for membership in the United Nations. The application was submitted by the Mi&ter of External Affairs of Malawi on 6 August 1964, and was accompanied by a declaration by the Prime Minister of Malawi’s acceptance of the obligations contained in the Charter. Those documents have been circulated to the Council under the symbols S/5908.1/ In addition, the Council has before it a draft resolution [S/6001]2/sponsored by the delegations of the Ivory Coast, Morocco and g se Officia1 Records of the Security Council, Nineteenth yes=, Sopplement for July. August and September 1964. 2/ Ibid., Supplement for October, November and December 1964. 11. My country’s links with Malai date from 1859, when the great explorer and missionary, David Livingstone, first came upon Lake Nyasa. Captivated by the country’s beauty, he described Malawi as his expeditionls “happiest discovery”. In human terms, however, he found the inhabitants subjected to devastation, violence and misery caused by tribal invasions and by the depredations of Che slave trade. It was largely as a result of Livingstone’s example and influence that the Christian missions, which have been SO closely connected with the subsequent development of Malawi, first went to Central Africa. 12. My country’s direct administrative connexion with Malawi, however, dates only from 1891, when a forma1 protectorate was declared, largely as a response to expansion in the area by other Europsan Powers. By 1904 a11 the territories comprising the modern State of Malawi had been brought within the sphere of British administration, Constitutional advance then followed the pattern typical of most British dependencies. In 1907, executive and legislative councils were set up and in the1920’sand 1930’s a system of indirect rule was established, which recognized the status and functions of the traditional authorities of Malawi. Successive constitutional changes culminated in the 1961 Constitution, which introduced a ministerial system of government. 13. In the elections of August of that year, the Malawi Congre$s Party, headed by that distinguished African, the present Prime Minister, Mr. Banda, was returned to power on a programme of secession from the Central African Federation, which Malawi had joined in September 1953. In December 1962, the British Government announced its agreement to the secession of Malawi from the Federation. This took place in December 1963, and Malawi proceeded on its own to separate independence on 6 July of this year. 14. With Malawi’s independence, my Government’s consistent policy of bringing its dependent territories to full sovereignty and independence has advanced a step further towasds completion in Africa. 15. SO much for the political baokground. 1 should like now to refer briefly to the economic and social development of Malawi. 16. Malawi is a small land-locked country with an area roughly half the size of the United Kingdom. 17. In the case of Malawi, the mountainous nature of much of the terrain, the lack of minera1 wealth, the country’s land-looked position, and the large area covesed by Lake.Nyasa combine to make imports and exports expensive and administration and development difficult. At the same time, Malawi has to sustain a population which is large relative to its size. This results in a density of population which is considerably greater than that of its neighbours and it has led to temporary emigration on a large scale to neighbouring territories, where Malawi workers are welcomed for their industry. This emigration has oreated social and economic problems but it has, on the other hand, provided an important source of income for the country. 18. The beginnings of economic development in Malawi ean be traoed to the formation in 1878 of the African Lakes Corporation, whichworked in close co-operation with mission activities. One of the first problems facing those who sought to develop Malawi was the need ta introduce cash crops which could stand heavy transportation charges. Coffee was the first to be Med, with great initial success. Earlyin the twentieth Century, however, disease attacked the bushes and coffee production almost ceased. Tea was introduced In 1878 by the missions and, after early vicissitudes, proved successful. Tobacco followed in 1891, and ootton in 1900, The last two crops, although introduoed initially by the Europeans, are now grown mainly. by the Africans; and by 1961 tobacco and tea had become consistently the most valuable export crops, Other cash orops, notably ground-nuts and tung-oil, introduced by the Commonwealth Development Corporation, are of increasing importance as export products. 19. Malawi still remains principally dependent an agricultural production. Unfostunately, for the reasons 1 have given, the amount of landsuitable for cultivation is limited and only about one quarter of the total land area is available for the production of crops. The Government of Malawi has, therefore, turned to the development of manufacturing, which until recently had been confined to industries associated with the main agricultural products. Since 1950 marked progxess has been made, and a number of new industries have been introduced. The Malawi Government attaches great hopes for the future to the Nkula Falls hydroelectric project, on which work has already begun, with financial assistance from my country. 20. In the past two decades Malawi has moved rapidly forward economically. TO quote one example, during the ten years that Malawi was a member of the Central African Federation its gross national product nearly doubled. But the intensive development of social services during the period of Federation and before, although essential to a modern State, has 21. My Government has full sympathy for Malawi’s difficulty and has shown practical evidence of its willingness to help. Malawi’s budget for 1964estimated recurrent revenues at $25.5 million and current expenditure at $44 million, Of this, $6 million Will be provided by the British Government in the form of gifts and loans, while grants-in-aid, which last year amounted to $4.6 million, will corne this year to $14 million, This represents only a part of the support which my Government is giving to Malawi in its desire to establish a viable and prosperous way of life for its people. 22. In conclusion, 1 should like to assure my colleagues that my Government has no doubt about Malawi’s ability to undertake the responsibilities involved in membership of this Organization. Its economy is undergoing continuous and carefully planned development, and its educational and social services are well established. Malawi% independence under the vigorous leadership of Mr. Banda marks the culmination of a process of constitutional advance which has versed its peoples and its leaders in democratic procedures. 23. 1 have, therefore, no hesitation in commending to the Council the draft resolution whichisnow before us. 1 am confident that it will receive the unanimous support of a11 of us round this table. .,

When the Security Council, whose primary task is to safeguard the maintenance of international peace and security, meets to consider problems as disturbing and sometimes as complex in their background as those which have arisen this year in a11 quarters of the globe, my delegation and the whole Council are always perplexed and disquieted by the multiplicity of conflicting interests which surround a single problem. For this reason my delegation, which has followed and shared the difficulties and anxieties which have faced the Council at certain times of international stress, rejoices that the members of the Council cari sometimes deal with happy occasions such as that of the admission of a State to the international Organization. . 25. 1 have used the expression “happy occasionsn. In this context, and speaking at this time, it is most unfitting to recall the colonial history of Malawi, its incorporation into the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, the constant struggle of its people to bring an end to domination, prejudice and racial troubles, the imprisonment of Mr. Banda and the proscription and dismemberment of his party, the Nyasaland African Congres& 26. My country, which has follo&ed with anxiety this long, plodding history, welcomes with the utmost satisfaction the happy outcome of the struggle for the national liberation of Malawi in peace andunity, which bears eloquent witness to the stsength of Will and 27. It is thus for the Ivory Coast an honour, a joy and an agreeable duty to sponsor the admission of a slster State whose vitality, profound sense of dignity, and attachment to the principles of democracy and the Charter of the United Nations we have been able to appreciate in other circumstances. 28. There cari therefore be no doubt that Malawi m eets a11 the conditions and cari assume the obligations prescribed by the Charter. Consequently, the Council should be able to recommend the admission of Malawi unanimously. We cannot too strongly urge the Council to adopt the draft resolution presented jointly by Morocco, the United Kingdom and the Ivory Coast; and at the same time we must reoall the numerous efforts of the United Nations itself, through the Committee of Twenty-Four,9 to lead Malawi to independence. 29. It is right that the colonial territories should one day administer their own affairs and take their place in the United Nations, one of the fundamental principles of which is that of universality. Not only does Malawi share in this universality, but we are sure that our Organization needs Malawi in its work of justice and international peace. For this reason my delegation is most anxious that the Council should vote to recommend to the General Assembly the admission of this State, which many are anxious to welcome as a fellow Member of the United Nations. 30. Objectivity compels us to recognize that credit is due to the former administering Power for glving its co-operation and for acceptingwhat some backward countries still do net accept: the implacable verdict of history, which decrees the inevitable advance of the colonies towardsfreedom as sovereignandindependent nations. The Security Council is, however, aware that Malawi, Northern Rhodesia and Southern Rhodesia formed at one time a single federation. There can be no doubt that, if the African majority of Malawi and that of Northern Rhodesia cari guide the destiny of their countries, that of Southern Rhodesia cari do SO as well. We therefore look forward to having the privilege of commending the United Kingdom’s work of decolonization in Africa when a solution of the Southern Rhodesian problem has been found; the experience of decolonization gained by this great Power gives us grounds for hope in this connexion.

It is a pleasure and a satisfaction to the Moroccan delegation to be a co-sponsor of the draft resolution which it has the honour to present jointly with the delegations of the Ivory Coast and the United 3 Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaracion on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. 33. In welcotiing the arriva1 of this new sister State and in sponsoring its admission to this Organization, Morocco is convinced that Malawi Will be able to discharge honourably the obligations whichit assumes in accordance with the prinoiples of the Charter of the United Nations, and at the same time that it Will be able to fulfil, both in the African sphere and internationally, its mission as an independent and sovereign State fully aware of its responsibilities and capable of meeting them. This Young country, a former British protectorate situated in a particularly vital part of Africa, in the Tropic of Capricorn, acquired remarkable political maturity during its years of struggle for independenoe andfreedom. Moreover, it has not been neglected by nature: it has important potential resources and inoludes the great lake after which it is named. It certainly has befoy it a most promising future. 33. et en parrainant Maroc honorablement conformément Unies, plan mission verain et capable territoire la partie du notre maturité l’ind&pendance qui n’est B ses il porte plein de promesses. 34. We are also sure that, in the name of African solidarity, law and justice, the people of Malawi Will share with their brethren and neighbours who are still not freed from colonial domination a11 the benefits they derive from their experience and geographical position. Although this oountry must devote itself urgently to the great task of national construction, the complexity of which is obvious to all, it Will undoubtedly-as a11 Afrioa trusts-do a great deal to further the aims agreed upon by the States of the continent, and thus, in the inexorable marchof history, advance the process of decolonization which peoples like those in Southern Rhodesia, Mozambique, and South Africa, deprived of their civil and political rights and eager for dignity and freedom, await with increasing impatience in this southern part of our Continent. 34. du Malawi au nom du droit ses domination procurent géographique, toute nationale, ce pays, ne manquera sure de ce continent. dans cette marche inexorable mène ceux de l’Afrique et attendent partie 35. la delegation marocaine, Malawi, Unies en même temps, demande approuvée a l’unanimité 35. It is with this encouraging prospeot before us that the Moroccan delegation, confident in the future of Malawi, greets the arriva1 at the United Nations of this Young African sister nation. At the same time we express our hearffelt hope that the sequest for admission now before us Will be unanimously approved by the members of this Council. 36. l’anglais]: de voter pour l’admission des

It is an honour for the United States to vote for the admission of Malawi to the United Nations, and a pleasure for us to welcome its delegation to the Security Council 38. The United States is particularly pleased to vote for the admission of Malawi because of the long history of friendly relations which our two peoples have enjoyed. American citizens have been active in educational and religious affairs in Malawi for many years; and, in return, many Malawians have studied and worked in the United States. More than sixty Malawians are now studying in American universities, many of them under United States Government auspices. The most notable among past students is, of course, the present Prime Minister of Malawi, Mr. Banda, who received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from an American university. In Malawi itself, a number of American Catholic and Protestant missionary prganizations have long been active, In addition, the United States is happy to note that, by the end of 1964, as many as 200 United States Peace Corps volunteers Will have been welcomed in Malawi, most of them in teaching and public health positions. The United States looks forward to inoreasing this friendly exchange between our two countries. Our long contacts with MaIawi have led us to the belief that this nation Will have much to say and do in the oouncils of peace. We welcome it, therefore, to the United Nations, both as a friend and as a potential contributor to the great work that lies before us.

It is partioularly gratifying to me that the occasion of my first intervention in the work of the Security Councilis a cheerful one. Brazil welcomes the application of Malawi for admission to the United Nations. For the Brazilian delegation and for my Government, the accession of a new oountry to sovereignty by peaceful means, in acco&danoe with the spirit of the United Nations Charter, represents not only a further step toward the completion of the process of decolonization, which has been sped up by this Organization, but also an important contribution to international peace and security. 40. We know that any new nation is faced with a number of problems, many of which are not unknown 41. The Brazilian delegation Will very happily vote in favour of the draft resolution tabled by the Ivory Coast, Morocco, and the United Kingdom, recommending to the General Assembly the admission of Malawi to the United Nations.

Malawi acceded to international sovereignty on 6 July 1964, and one of the first acts of Mr. Banda’s Government was to request its admission to OUP Organization. My delegation is glad to note that the conditions which make this possible have accordingly been met. 43. Malawi was in fact born at the end of a period of oonstitutional development whioh led it from the establishment of the protectorate in 1891, through the stage of interna1 self-government, to its independence of today. The credit for this is due in the first place to the United Kingdom, which has pursued with remarkable constancy the great undertaking of decolonisation to which it committeditselfalmost twenty years ago. This result would not have been possible, however, without the qualities of wisdom and judgement which the people of Malawi and its leaders have shown. The conditions under which this delicate and deoisive evolution has been carried out assure us of the Will to peaoe and progxess of this new country. 44. We a11 know that in the modern world there is no country which does not face many problems, and that great and patient effort is required to solve them. The French delegation offers its sincerest wishes that Malawi may sucoeed in this task and maroh safely towards a future of prosperity and ooncord. We are therefore delighted to participate in what our colleague from the Ivory Coast has properly called this happy occasion; and we shall have great satisfaction in voting for the draft resolution submitted by our colleagues of the Ivory Coast, Morocoo and the United Kingdom., which 1 am sure Will be unanimously adopted. 45. Mr. NIELSEN (Norway): The accession to independence of the State of Malawi was a manifestation of an orderly and peaceful transfer of power, which bodes well for the future of the new State. Under the guidanoe of its Prime Minister, lVIr. Banda, Malawi is finding its natural place in the society of nations without the bitter feelings and the breaking of relations which, unfortunately, sometimes accompany the accession to sovereignty. 46. Mr. Banda has demonstrated that he wants to concentrate on the future rather than on the past, and he has emphasized that harmony and friendly relations rather than divisions and controversies should be the purpose of his polioies. We have noted with respect this positive andforward-looking attitude of the Malawi Government. We believe it to be a good omen for the State of Malawi, for oo-operation between Malawi and other nations, and finally for friendly relations between Malawi and the United Kingdom in the future. It is yet another example of the relinquishing of power by the United Kingdom Government in an orderly fashion. 48. The Norwegian delegation Will deem it an honour today to vote for the draft resolution before us, and we shall vote for Malawi’s admission during the forthcoming nineteenth session of the General Assembly with great satisfaction.

It is my pleasant duty on behalf of the Chinese Govesnment to give warm support to the candidacy of Malawi for membesship of the United Nations. 50. In terms of history, perhaps the most significant development in the post-war years has been the emergence in rapid succession of independent States in Africa. We axe happy today to extend a welcome to another new State in the heart of that continent. It is .particularly gratifying to note the peaceful transition of Nyasaland from a Non-Self-Governing Territory, and then from a member of the Central African Federation, to a separate soversign political entity. That constitutional development is another important landmark in the evolution of the British Commonwealth of Nations and for the United &!ations marks another fulfilment of the prinoiple of selfdetermination. Above a11 it is an augury of sucoess for the Malawi people, under the leadership of their Prime Minister, Mr. Banda, who has shown great courage and wisdom in averting subversive influence from abroad and in preserving the political integrity of his new nation. 51. My Government was happy to send a special envoy to participate in the independence ceremonies last July. 52. In voting for the draft resolution now before the Security Couneil, my delegation would like to express its best wishes for the future of the Malawi Rate and for the prosperity of the Malawi people.

The United Nations, in the Declaration on the granting of independenoe to colonial countries and peoples adopted at the fifteenth session of the General Assembly [resolution 1514 (xv)], formally and solemnly recognized the historio role of the Process of the total abolition of the colonial system 54. It is therefore with the utmost satisfaction that the Czechoslovak delegation is taking part in the debate on the admission of Malawi. We appreciate the important and decisive part. which the persistent efforts and unceasing struggle of the people of Malawi have played in bringing about the disintegration of that creature of colonial domination and racist supremacy, the late so-called Central African Federation. We associate ourselves at the same time with those who have taken this opportunity of stressing the need to complete the process of eliminating colonialism from the whole of the African continent. 54. C’est donc avec une profonde satisfaction que la delégation tchécoslovaque prend part au débat sur l’admission du Malawi, Nous apprécions le raie important et décisif que les efforts persistants et la lutte incessante du peuple du Malawi ont joué dans la désint8gration de cette creation de la domination coloniale prétendue Fédération nous associons, en même temps, & ceux qui, à cette occasion, insistent sur la necessité d’aller jusqu’au bout de l’élimination tout le continent africain. 55. In wishing the people of Malawi the greatmt success in the achievement of emancipation and the development of their national economy, we hope that their country, by its admission to our Organization,, will strengthen the cause of peaceful coexistence and fruitful co-operation among the peoples working for peace, justice andprogress. Those are our delegation’s sentiments in supporting the draft resolution before us and in voting in its favour. 55. En souhaitant au peuple du Malawi le plus grand succès dans ses efforts pour le développement de son économie nationale, nous espérons que ce pays, par son accession a notre organisation, renforcera tence pacifique et de la coop8ration fructueuse des peuples tournés vers la paix, la justice et le progrès. C’est dans cet esprit que notre d81égation appuie le présent projet de résolution et qu’elle va voter en sa faveur.

The Bolivian delegation wishes to express its gratification at t.he application for admission to the United Nations submitted by a newly independent State in Afrioa which Will certainly contribute to the Organization’s efforts to carry out its gigantic and noble tasks. My delegation takes particular pleasure in extending a warm welcome to Malawi. The Bolivian delegation knows how highly the African peoples prize the supreme benefits of international peace and brotherhood. It also knows that Malawi is a nation which Will observe the obligations laid by the Charter upon States Members of the United Nations and Will loyally respect the principles containedin the Charter. 56. M. La délégation bolivienne vive satisfaction de la demande d’admission à l’Organisation des Nations Unies d’un nouvel Etat indépendant d’Afrique qui viendraparticiper notre organisation pour s’acquitter noble tache qui lui incombe, Il est particulièrement agrhable B ma déle?gation d’adresser au Malawi les souhaits de bienvenue les plus chaleureux, La délé- gation bolivienne sait en effet toute la valeur que revêtent fraternité le Malawi saura respecter par la Charte aux Etats Membres de l’Organisation des Nations Unies et qu’il aura & coeur d’appliquer les principes de notre charte. 57. Convaincue qu’il en sera ainsi, la délégation bolivienne appuie résolument le projet de résolution présenté C&e-d’ivoire, 57. In this conviction the Bolivian delegation fismly supports the draft resolution oo-sponsored by the delegations of the Ivory Coast, Morocco and the United Kingdom. 58. Le Malawi ressemble beaucoup & notre pays. Nous avons en commun non seulement un territoire montagneux et la beauté des paysages, comme l’a dit le représentant du Royaume-Uni, tragédie qu’est le manque d’accBs 2 la mer. Mon pays connaft par sa propre et douloureuse expérience toutes les dtificultés 58. Malawi has extraordinary similarities with my country. It is, like ours, a mountainous country with beautiful landscapes and, as the United Kingdom representative pointed out, suffers from its landlocked position. My country knows from its own unhappy experience the great difficulties facing a State which has no direct, access to the sea. In addition,

Today the Security Counoil has before it for consideration the question of the admission to the United Nations of a new African State, Malawi, which has at last COMpleted its long march towards independence. 61, My delegation would ltie to take this opportunity to congratulate the people of Malawi on the winning of their independence and to welcome the entry on the world stage of yet another sovereign African State, the establishment of which is the result of the irresistible process whereby the colonial system is being overthrown once and for all. 62. The freedom of the people of Malawi wasnot won easily. For many decades that country was kno,vn as Nyasaland, a word which, incidentally, concealed Ihe genuinely African name of one of the most ancient States of Africa, It might be useful to recall now that the colonial Powers fought among themselves for that part of Afrioa, and it took long years of struggle before the new independent State could emerge in the place of the former colony. The people of Malawi, like the peoples of many other African countries which have recently attained their independence, are faced with difficult tasks in liquidating the vestiges of colonialism. In that connexion it may be noted with satisfaction that Malawi has embarked upon the path of planned development. That is reflected in the five-year plan for the country?? economic development adopted this year, undes which a textile industry Will be established, a sugar mil1 Will be brought into operation, a powes plant Will go into service on the Nkula River, swamps willberlrained to provide sites for sugar-cane and cacao plantations, and the development of agricultural co-operatives will be encouraged. 63. The Soviet people whole-heartedly welcome the people of Malawi, congratulate them on theproclamation of the independence of their country, and wish them peace and progress. 64. The telegram which Mr. Khrushchev, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union, sent on 5 July 1964 to Mr. Banda, Prime Minister of Malawi, contdned these words: “The Soviet Union fully supports the just struggle Of aIl peoples against colonialism and for the strengthening of their political and economic independence. “The Soviet Government recognizes Malawi as an independent and sovereign State and expresses its willingness to establish diplomatie relations with Malawi and to exchange diplomatie representatives. “I take this opporhmity to express the hope that relations between our countries Will develop on the basis of friendship, non-intervention and mutual respect. n 66. Today in the Security Council, on this solemn occasion when we are admitting Malawi to the United Nations, we consider it to our duty to draw attention once again to what was said by the Soviet Government in a statement published on 21March1964, as follows: “If anyone cherishes the illusion that the Soviet Union may reoonsider its refusa1 to pay for the expenses of the United Nations operations in the Middle East and the Congo and that it can be pressured into doing SO, the Soviet Government ean do no more than warn that such suppositions not only are totally without foundation but may even, if they are acted upon, oblige us to reconsider our attitude towards the activities of the United Nations. n 67. New, when the Security Council is opening the doors to a new Member of the United Nations, our international Organization is exercising its lawful right, which is the business of the United Nations itself, to deoide any question, including the question who should be admitted to the Organization and the question whether the Organization is or is not to exist; and it goes without saying that anyone who is interested sincerely and above a11 in preserving our Organization cannot but condemn the attempts of the United States to destroy it. 6 8. In supporting the admission of Malawi to membeyship in the United Nations, we should like to express the conviction that that Young African State, like the other Members of the United Nations, Will be able to take an active part in the activities of the Organi’- zation, despite the efforts of certain countries to undermine the basio principles on which the United Nations rests. 69. Today news was given of a new provocative action taken by the United States along those lines. The United States memorandum dated 8 October 1964,s the whole tenor of which is a dis tortion of the facts and a mockery of the United Nations Charter, demands that a number of States should be deprived of their right to vote in the General Assembly in connexion with their refusa1 to pay for the unlawful United Nations operations in the Congo and theMiddle East, 70. The position of the Soviet Government with regard to compliance with the United Nations Charter has not changed and Will not change. We do not intend to pay a single kopek, a single penny, outside the regular contributions to the UnitedNations budget, for the unlawful operations in the Middle East and the Congo, We have repeatedly given in detail the r easons for our position, whioh are fully in conformity with the United Nations Charter. qui auraient soviétique aux dgpenses des Nations et au Congo, et qu’on pourra des pressions, ment essayait verrait B l’égard 67. A l’heure portes nisation tives légitimes questions, Membre que celle de savoir non exister, tien de notre organisation les tentatives 68. sation l’assurance autres activement tives que font certains sur lesquels Unies. 69. vocation mémorandum duquel Nations Unies bafouée. Les Etats-Unis certain aux dbpenses par 1’0~~ de leur droit de vote B l’Assemblée 70. Nations Unies, demeure pas disposé a verser en dehors de ses contributions des Nations Unies, pour payer les opbrations entreprises exposb & maintes tion, lesquelles des Nations 71. qui voudraient contre accuser de pr&endues assument lourde. ‘71. Let me state once more that those who would like to carry their provocations against the Soviet Union and other countries stillfurther anddeliberately make unfounded accusations concerning non-payment tif some sort of debt should not forget that they are assuming a very heavy responsibility. H 4/ A/5739 (see Officia1 Records of the General Assembly, Nineteenth Session, Annexes). neuvi4me 74. The. views of the United States in regard to the maintenance of the provisions of our Charter, and particularly the maintenance of the peace-keeping capabilities of the United Nations, are fully set forth in the memorandum of 8 October 1964 to which the Soviet Union representative has invited the President’s attention, 1 join him in doing SO. There is no need to repeat these views here or further to delay our vote on the admission of Malawi,

1 cal1 on the representative of the Soviet Union,

it was not our intention to dwell in detail on the United States memorandum of 8 October 1964. If the need arises, then more cari be said about it. 77. In making our statement we simply considered it our duty to touoh briefly on the need to observe the Charter of the United Nations because certain countries have not ceased their attempts to undermine the basic principles on which our Organization rests. It is entirely appropriate to speak of this at a time when we are admitting a new State to membership in the United Nations, because it is organically related to the question not only of the rights but also of the duties of a11 States Members of the United Nations, above a11 of the duty to observe the basic principles of our Charter. 78. The fact that the United States representative decided SO hastily to address the Council in order somehow to try to ivhitewash his Government’s provooative action in issuing the memorandum in question simply attests the weakness and groundlessness of the United States position. It shows that the United States was obliged to give an explanation immediately after issuing its memorandum. 79. The United States representativels statement could have been disregarded. The United States memorandum, however, is a gross assault upon the Charter. Let me say here, let me once more emphasize, since the question has been raised and my delegation is exercising its right of reply, that there iS still time fox the United States and its representatives to give serious thought to their subversive position and abandon the course of action which they are trying to impose on the Organization to the detriment of its interests and its very existence.

1 should like to remind the Council that we have met for a certain purpose and that we have a draft resolution before us which deals with a specific subject on our agenda, May I, as President, express the strong hope that members will refrain from any interventions which might tend to mar the atmosphere in which the Council tra- 81. 1 have no more speakers on my list and the Council Will now vote on the draft resolution sponsored by the Ivory Coast, Morocco and the United Kingdom [S/6001] recommending to the General Assembly that Malawi be admitted to membership in the United Nations. 81, par conséquent projet le Maroc mandant & llAssembl8e a l’Organisation A vote was taken by show of hands. The draft resolution was adopted unanimously. The meeting rose at I p.m. HOW TO OBTAIN UNITED United Nations publications distributors throughout the Write to: United Nations, Sales COMMENT SE PROCURER LES Les publications des Nations Unies agences dépositaires du monde entier. ou adressez-vous à: Nations Unies, COMO CONSECUIR PUBLICACIONES Las publicaciones de las Naciones casas distribuidoras en todas partes dirliase a: Naciones Unidos, Section Litho in U.N. Price: $U.S 0.35 (or equivalent in other currencies)