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Speaking as the representa.. tive of CHINA, 1 should like to say simply that my delegation will su.pport the Belgian amendment. The Belgian amendment anâ the originai United States proposaI both envisage a committee of the five permanent members of the seeurity Couneil. Different opinions on that point have becn expressed. In our .view, that machinery is of seeondary impo~tance..1f the majority of the Se-eurlty Conn... cil should agree on a committee of the five per· manent members, my delegation would bt glad to participate. Personally, 1 should prefer a cornmitt,ee differently constituted, especially sinee the rep~sentative of the United Kingdom has aiready stated that his delegation could notparticipate in sucb ,J committee. Wc think that some sort of committee should be set up, not necessarily a committee of the five pw:manent memb~rs. So much for the machinery and procedure in handli\tg this question. On the question as ·ll wliole~ l, find that the staternent made today by the representative of Canada is eminently reasonable. It seems to us that a 'Supreme effort should bemade by the Secqrlty CO\.Ulcll to find ways of conciliation. If that is the case, we feel that a committee of the Security Council could make a larger contribution if itstarted action without commitments. Saoner or later,the Seëurity Cotlttcn will come to adecistOD, but that.decision should comeafter studYfmvestigation, report and débate in the Securlty Council. It Ïs for thatreason that we should prefer proccedingalong the lines suggested by the Belgian delegation. 1 have only one idea' to add. The distinction between enforcement of partition by force and the maintenancè of peace by forcef while Iegally valid and iinportant, 8eems tn' us in the present situation tobeunreal; and, therefo1'e, that is an. additiona! reason why my·delegation would like ta see this committee, however constituted, start ifs tasle without a binding commitment or instructions from the Security Council. Mt. m.-KHotnu (Syria) ; 1 havebeen iilformed by the representative of Lebanon, Mr. Chamounf svho was attacked by a heart ailment yesterday, donné de l'énergie qu'il de

Inasmuch as the, Working Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission has postponed Us meeting which was scheduled for Friday, 5 March, the Security Couneil will meet on that date at 10.30 a.m. TWO HUNDRED .AND SIXTY-SECOND DEUX MEETING Heid at Lake Success, New Y(J'K. on Friday, 5 March 1948, at 10.30 a.m. President .. Mt. T. F. TSIANG (China). Present.. The representatives of the following coul1tries: Argentina, Belgium, Canada, China, Colombis, Frânce, Syria, Ukrainian Soviet Socin" list Republic,UniOfiof SûvietScciAlist Republics, United Kingdom, United States of America. . Argentine, France, d'Ukraine soviétiques, rique. s. Provisional ngend4 . (doéument SjAgenda 2(2) 1. 1. Adoption of the agenda. 2. 2. ne Palestine question : . (a) .First monthly progress repott to the Secu- rity Council of the United Nations Pales~ tine Commission (document S/663). (b) First special report to the Security Coun- cil : The problem of security in Palestine; submitted by the United Nations Palestine Commission (document 8/676). 6. Atlôption of the agenda 7. Continuation of the discussion of the Palestine question On the invitation of the President, Mr.Lisicky, Cha/rman afthe United Nations Palestine Com- sidont mission; Mahmoud Fawzi Bey, the repreSentative la 01 Egypt,' and Rabbi Abba Billel 8ilver, the de representanve of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, représentant took their places at theSecurity Council table. prennent The syst~m of simultaneous interpretation was imroduced at tbis point.. . terprétaiion Rabbi SILVER (Jewish Agency for Palestine): The Jewish Agèncy if; grateful for the opportunity 1 lestine) to make some additlonal observations on the reconnaissante subject whieh is DOw.before the Security Council. présenter Wc should like ta give our reactions to the draft sur resolutions [documents 8/685 and 8/6881 which lement