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1should like to ask Ml'. Liang whether,in addition to the ongmal report submitted to the Council aIld distributed by the Sec~ retary~GeneJ;'al, he h;t..s any other observations to makebefore weptoceed to examine.the P.foposed ru1~of. procedure.· Mr. LIANG (Chairman of the Committee of Experts) : 1 thank the President for the privilege of making a few additionaIremarks. The rules now reconunended by the Committee ofExperts are a prod.:.1ct of the Committee's work in London embodied in document S/61 and the wor~ofthe Committee in New"York. The com- .parlsPn is not, .. tlierefore, between the two stages oftheCc.>mmittee's work, but bètweenthe recom~ ~SeeOfficial Rt!cordsof tht! St!curiL" Council, FÎrsi:Year. FirstSçries.SupplementNo. 2. Annex la. (1 ) Meetings: The :ru1es relating ta meetings 1. have been recast by the Committee. At the fust ont meeting of the Committee of Experts in London, mière it became apparent that it was not possible ta il de~..nt distinguish clearly between the regu1ar, extraorune dinary and Perlodic meetings provided for in extraordinaires the provisionaI rules now in force. règlement It was not felt possible to :fi1l in the blanks On in rules 1, 2 and 3 on the basis of this distinction. lacunes The Committee did not consider it advisable ta en se fondant sur cette distinction. make any distinction hetween the meetings of pas jugé opportun d'établir the Security Council other than that in reconque gard to t-ùe periodic meetings provided for in -sécurité, Article 28 (2) of the Charter. The present forin. périodiqu~pr~.yues of rule 1 as recommended makes this point.de entirely clear. premier ce 2. articles rait questions exact à adopter qui l'examen questions L'article la des ati cette' fonction. Le de informés. spécifie peuvent Au apparu, du été pliquât. à Conseil part, l'opinion ava;'t été ém!sc rait instance Après le s'appliquer à l'examen Pour <le dont semaine Le moins (2) Agenda: With respect to the rules concerning ·the agenda, the Committee was desirous of tla..-h~g (a) the mannèr in wlli,çh matters should be brought ta the attention of the Couneil, (b) the precise meaning of the term "agenda", and (c) the procedure. to he adopted by the Council with regard to unfinished or. postponed husiness as opposed to new business. . Rule 6, as recommended, pro'vides that the function of bringing matters ta the attention of. the representatives on the Council shall be vested in the Secretary-General and makes the e~erc~e of this function mandatory. The Council isprotectedfrom heingconfronted with matters of which the representativès· have not been notified; This is effected by ruIe 7, wmch cIearly specifies .the category of matters which may appear on a provisionaI agenda. In the course of discussion in the Committee, itbecame apparent that there existed no cIear definition of the term ".agenda". On the one hand, it was suggested that "agenda" applied to the list of matters to be dealt with by the <;"uncil at a specified meeting. On ·the other t,. ~;'l\l. the opinion was expressed that this term m{.:;H, also apply to aIl matters which remained before the Council. Mter careful consideration, itwas decided that the term "provisional agenda" should apply oo1y to the list of matters suggested for the consideration ot the Council ata specifie meeting. For the convenience of the membetsof the8ecurity Council, a summary statement of all matters of which the Council is seized shall be circulated weddy by the Secretary··General. The Committee has also sought ta ensure that,. unlf'..8S the Council should specificall~ decide 1 Voir Première n~e Naturally these items on the provisional agenda of a meeting shall not again be subjeet _to debate in connexion with the adoption of the -'agenda for that meeting. It was the view of the Committee that it should be left to the Secretary- General, in drawing up the provisional agenda of a meeting, to indicate, on the one hand, new matters brought to the attention of the Council under rule 6 and, on the other, matters which have been Ieft o'Ver from the previous meeting or which the Council previously decided'to consider at that meeting. With respect to the term "provisional agenda" in ruIe 12 regarding periodic meetings, it is the opinion of the Committee that the term refers ta aIl the sessions of a periodic meeting. The Council might :find it necessary to ~eet &everal times in the course of a periodic meeting, and the adoption of the provisional agenda for periodie meeting thereforecovers aIl the separate sessions until the periodic meeting in question comes to an end. (3) Credentials: The present body of rules. n~w in force in the Seeurity Council makes no provision for the examination of credentia1". In the light of the experience gained in the meetings of the Security Couneil, however3 the Committee considers it necessary to recommend these rules. In sa doingthe Committee desires (a) to facilitate· the seating of the. Prime Minister-or the Minister for Foreign Affairs of aState which a member of the Council, .and (b) to distinguish between the credentials of representatives members of th~ Couneil and representatives. States invited to participate in the discussions of the Couneil.

1 should like to thank the Chairmanof the Committee of Experts for the observations he has just made. 1 think wemay nowproceed to read, chapter .by chapter,. the provisional rules of procedure which the Cornmittee has recommended for our examination. IshaIl ask Mr. Sobolev, the Assistant S'eeretary-General .in charge·. of Security Couneil Affairs, to read rules .1 •to .5 of the provision rules whichhave been recommended. These rules . deal with the meetings of the Security Council. Mr. SOBOLEV (Assistant Secretary-~neral' in charge of Security Council Affairs): ChapterI of document 8/29 reads as follows: "Rule 4 "The periodic meetings of the Security Council called for in Article 28, paragraph 2 of the Charter shall be held.....•..•... 1 "Rule 5 "Meetings of ·the Security Council shall normally be held at the seat of the United Nations. "Any member of the Security Council or the Secretary-General may propose that the Security Council should rneet at another place. Should the Security Council accept any such proposaI, it shall decide upon the place, and the period during which the Council shall meet at such place." Mr. GROMYKO (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) (translated from Russian): 1 have no remarks to make on t..he text of +he rules of procedure which has just been read. 1 am in agreement with the text prepared by the Committee of Experts. 1 should like to make a proposal on a matter which the Committee of Experts did not consider expedient to submit to the Security Council. I am referring to rule 4. 1 should like to submit a proposal for the consideration of the Council that two periodic meetings of the Security Council, or what is understood by periodic meetings, should take place each year. Colonel HODGSON (Australia): The question of periodic meetings has worried all of us, i think, rather considerably. Those States wlùch insisted on the terms "regular", "periodic" and "extraordinary" meetings in the Charter were, when it came to the point, unable to define, in the rules of procedure, what they really had in mind. 1 The Committee of Exp:rts attached the following observation in connexion Wlth rule 4: . "The Committee of Experts makes no recommendation as to the frequency of periodic meetings, as it is of the opinion that it is for the Security Cauneil to form a judge. ment regarding the frequency of periodic meetings," . ! Le relative "Le tion étant sécurité 1agree with the viewpoint of the representative of the Union of, Soviet Socialist Republics that the Council should meet Mce a )'ear, but should like to add the words "at such times as the Council may decide". Mr. STETTINIUS (United States of America): The suggestion made by the representative of the USSR and the' amendment presented by the representative of Australia are entirely agreeable ta the United States Government. Mr. BoNNET (France) (translated trom French): It appears almost certain tha~ the Security Council will hold one of its, periodie meetings at the same time as the General Assembly is sitting, that is to say, in September. li we reduce the number of periodie meetings ta two each year, as the representative of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics has proposed, the result .will be that the other will probably be held in April. 1 wonder if it would not be better to provide for three periodie meetings of the Security COUllcil, in view of the fact ·that one of these meetings will takeplace during the General Assembly, when the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and certain Prime Ministers will be present; moreover the Assembly and the Security Couneil will inevitably be in contact. It would be well for the Security'Council,in addition to the Septembel' meeting, tohold meeting at the beginning of January, say during the second week, and one in May. This would be conducive to the orderly handling of the routine, questions which we shalI have in the future, such as reports sùbmitted by the Council's auxiliary bodies. It seems tome that it would be a good thing ta lay down, in a4vance, that the Security Coun- .cilwill4oldthree meetings a year; thiswould 4elp thedespatch and regularity of our business. Sir Alexander CADOGAN (United Kingdom) : In deciding uponthis rule at this stage, 1 think 'We$hould be wiser ta put thefigurerather. low. 1thinkifweprescribe here and now three meet- ' mgs a year, we, may find tliat more· than'suffi- HASSAN Pasha (Egypt): 1 should just like ta say that the Egyptian delegation shares the point of view of the Australian representative inasrnuch as two sessions for the periodic meetings are sufficient. If the Council judges that there is some extraordinary matter which requires a further meeting, then the Council it..elf can fix the number of meetings necessary. The Egy-ptian delegatian wiShes to support the Austrauan delegation. Ml'. LANGE (Poland): It seems ta our delegation that the difference between periodic meetings and others is very small and that, therefore, the question whether there are two or three periodic meetings is not a very important one. In principle, either of the proposaIs is acceptable to us. However, 1 think there is a certain merit in the argument of the representative of the United Kingdom that we should hold~ at least . l the beginning, only two periodic meetings a year. Th~ addition proposed by the Australian representative, "at such times as the Council may decide", is en~ely acceptable to us. The representative of France has mentioned that most probably one of the periodic meetings will coincide with the meeting of t4e General Assembly. 1 should like to go onestep further and suggest that in rule 4 we add explicitly t..he sentence: "One of the periodic meetings should take place during the :;,:ssion of the General Assembly." Colonel HODGSON (Australia): 1 only wanted to make the following point. As 1 see it, the underlying idea of the periodic meeting is that it should be a meeting where there Can be representatives on the highest possible political plane. Now, in trying to fix it at the same time as the Assembly, i~ may he convenient for sorne States but not for others. In sorne respects it is very good that the highest representatives at the Assembly can he present at a concurrent Security Cou.ncil. But in the light of some of the experiences in London, that threw an intolerable burden not only on the Secretariat but aIso on sorne of the representatives. poùr le des question . l, personally, should prefer ta have that question left open, to he decided in the light ofthe Mr. VELLOSO (Brazil) (translated jram French): 1 am in agreement with the point of view put forward by the representative of,Australia in bis first proposai which was supported by the representative of Egypt. 1 think t.hat bis version would satisfy everyone. We should have a smaller number of periodic meetings, but the Council, jf it considered it necessary, would aIways have the right to caU as many meetings as it thought advisable. 1 repeat 1 am entirely in agreement with the first Australian proposai. Mr. DE LA COLINA (Mexico): 1am aIso of the opinion that two periodic meetings ~e suffident inasmuch as t.1}.; Security Council is meeting throughout the year. 1 am, therefore, in accord with the proposai as amended by the representative of Australia. 1 think it is better that the Security Council should have complete freedom to :fix the dates of the two proposed periodic meetings. Mr. GROMYKO (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) (translated fro.m Russian): 1 am in agreement with the amrndment to my proposai put fOrWard by the Australian representative, namely, thai the Securi,ty Council should itself decide when these two JPeriodic meetings should be h,eld. The PRESIDENT: ,Are'there any other observations? The majority of the members of the Coundl .seem to favour the holding of periodic meetings twice a year. The French andPolish repfesentatives have expressed the view that one of such periodic meetings should be held in conjunction with the General Assembly. The Australian representative has submitted an amendment providing that one such periodic meeting should be held at such a time as the Council may' decide. 1 think that surns up the sense of the discussion a.."ld, if thereare no other observations, we shall .00 out the blank in rule 4 by saying that the periodic meetings of the Council called for in Article 28 of the Charter shall be held twice a year, and that one of the periodic meetings' shall he held in conjunction with the Generai 'Assembly. 1 am trying to combine all the views expressed. Mr. LANGE (Poland): Upon givingfurther thought to the matter, 1 would not ÎI13ist upon addingthe sentence ta the effect that one of the meetings' should take place during the session of. the General Assembly, if the ma,jority of the members feel that it is unnecessary. 1 am quite sure that tbis willhappenanyhow, ,once the Council hasthe right to choose the date of the meetings. The Austra1ian amenclm:'ent would cover.my ·point. que périodiques". peu Conseil membres soit But there is a second paragraph to the effect that the Security Council "shall hoId per.iodic meetings". 1think it is rather a free interpretation of the Cha..-ter to say that the Council will meet twice a year when its members so desire. 1 do not think that that is in confonnity with the spirit of the Charter. Having said th'it, 1 yield to the opinion of the majority of my colleagues, but 1 still believe that experience will sh\Jw that from time to time it wiII he necessary to deal with an agenda drawn up a long time in advance at a session devoted to a study of aIl the Counci1's business, military as well as politi~al. Three such meetings a year would be preferable. des l'expérience montrera que, en certaines occasions, il faudra à à militaires que ces réunions eussent lieu trois fois

1 wish to thank my Polish and French colleagues fol' their readiness to waive their suggestions. remercie les replesentants France à Then, rule 4 shall read: "Two periodic meet~ ings of the Security Council called for in Article 28, paragraph 2 of the Charter shaIl be heId in each year at such times as the, Council may decide." suit: de de date l'anglais): la "deux respectueusement: Colonel HODGSON (Australia): 1 think we , want to he clear. The President has aIready used the words "two periodic meetings should ..." 1 suggest, with due deference: ' "Periodic meetings of the Security Council caUed for in Article 28, paragraph 2 of the Charter shaIl be he1d twice a year at. such times as the Council may decide." , , sécurité de date The Australian amendment to rule 4 was . adopted. - No objection having. been raised, chapter 1 (rules 1 to 5) was adopted. . à de S/29,

1 now request the Assistant Secretary-General to read chàpter II of docu~ ment 8/29 covering mies 6 to 12. Mr. SOBOLEV (Assistant Secretary-General' in charge'of Security Council Affairs): Chapter II of document S/29 reads as follows: du sécurité) du

Arethere any observations on these mIes? 1 think that the word "also" with regard to periodic meetings has been omitted here, since according to this text, the provisions of rules 7 and 9 may be applied ta non-periodic meetings, that is ta say, to aIl meetings of the Security Council. Mr. STETTINIUS: (United States of America) : 1 might say that 1 think we can aIl agree with our friend, the USSR representative, in adding the word "also". ment" car peuvent ques, de (traduit que l'addition représentant l'article formuler trottvons Conseil de sécurité autorités sens éviter de être à Comité tation savoir à n'ont de 1 have a comment that.1 might make at this time relative ta rule 11. We find these words, "... matters of which the Security Council is seized . . ." 1 think our legal authorities fully understand the meaning of the ward "seized", but to avoid any possible misunderstanding in translation into many languages and to be very sure that the members of the Council place the same interpretation on this phrase as our Committee of Experts did, 1 should like to read what 1 interpret "is seized" to mean, which is as follows: ". . . matters which have been on the agenda·of previous meetings and have not been finally disposed of by the Security Council". Mr. GROMYKO (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) . (translated tram Russian): 1 do not objed in principle to the meaning of Mr. Stettinius's amendment, but the situation may arise where one or another question has not yet been considered by the Council, but should be con.- sidered. We should provide a formula wmch wolild enable the Secretary-General to issue communications regarding questions which have not been dealt with by the Security Council but which are on the Council's agenda. Perhaps Mr. Stettinius. will give us an additional explanation or, better still,we might find a briefer formula, or perhaps the verb may be replaced by another which would express the meaning adequately. listes soviétiques) d'objection M. Conseil mais draitprévoir lé SeCTétaire sur pas à son fournira-t-il mieux formule remplacer·le autre amendement. (traduit sentant mes ment soumis donner en lê procès.verbal fasse foi qu'il· ne·sera nologieque soin d'abord, MT.'. STETTINIUS .(Uniû:d.States of America): 1fear thae thé representative of t~e USSR. has ·mi"iunderstood my remarks. 1 did not offer an amendment to the text before us. 1merely offered an interpretation of what'those words "to seize" meant, border that we niay a1l have our. ininds very clear and.that our minutes may record our understanding. 1 hope that it will be unnecessary· to change the languagethat our experts havej considered so carefully in London and now in New York for many, many weeks. Therefore, 1 keep asking myself whether would not he bettel' simply to say "matters submitted to the Security Couneil". Mr. STETTINlUS (United States of America): May 1 call to ~e attention of Mr. van KlefIens that mIe 6 pl'ovides thorougMy, 1 believe, for the point that he has just made. 1 think that if hewould read that rule carefully, he would see that -it does answer the question.

1 suggest that we call on the Chaïrman of the Committee of Experts for assist"mce. Mr. LIANG (Chairman of the Committee of Experts); The remarks which 1 shouldlike to make in connexion with the suggestions of Mr. Gromyko and Mr. van Kleffens have been, in essence, already said by Mr. StettÏnius. As matter of fact, ruIe 6 provides for cases which· the two representatives have in mind. Rule Il concerns itself exclusively with matters on which the Couneil has already acted. In other words, the verb "is seized" is used in arder to avoid the very ambiguous term "agenda». We have ha4 . experience in having to distinguish betwen the two kinds of agenda: agenda fol' a particular meeting and the continuing agenda of the Council which may be valid for sorne rime. The expression "is seized" is intended ta cover the latter case. . It is not the wish of the Committee of Experts, 1 pr('Sume, that matters which have not come up for cûnsideration by the Council should he put in the s.ummary statement. This point has already been met by the provision requiring theSecretary-General to communicate matters to the representatives on the Security Couneil as provided for in rule 6. .So, in order to presl'~vetheintegrity of rule Il, and with the understanding that this case covered by rule 6, 1 should like tovoice the opinion of the Committee of .Experts that the - present text should he maintained. :Hr. VAN :KLEFFENS (Netherlands): What Mr. Lianghas just said makes me ~ope he will always bewith us to Ïnterpretthe rules. Mter listening to what he has said, 1 am inclined to a~ee to let it stand. The USSR amendment to rule 12 was adopted. l'URSS, No obje.ction having been raised, chapter II (rules 5 to 12) was adopted. II Now we shall proceed to examine chapter III, on representation and crede.'"ltials, coverinf. rules chapitre 13 to 17. 1 now request the Assistant Secretaryde General to read chapter III. . pouvoirs. de du séc.urit6) {,;hapitre "III. Mr. SOBOLEV (Assistant Secretary-General in chèlIge of Security Council Affairs) : Chapter III of document 8/29 reads as follo\\7S: "III. REPRESENTATJlON AND CREDENTIALS "Rule 13 "Ariicle 13 uEach member of the Security Council shall he repréSented at the meetings of the Security représenté Council by an accredited representative: The un eredentials of a representative on the Security sentants Council shall he communicated to the Seeretaryau General not lc:ss than tw.enty-four h.ours before 1moins he takes bis seat on the Security Counci1. The siège Prime Minister or Minister of Foreign Affairs of ou each member of the Security Council shall he membre entitled to sit on the Security Council without siéger submitting credentials. pouvoirs. "Rule 14 "Article "Any Member of the United Nations not a member of the Security Council and any State pas not a Member of the United Nations, if invited qui to partieipate in a meeting or meetings of the est Seeurity Couneil, shall submit credentials for the séanc~ representative appointed by it for this purpose. p~U~OIrS The credentials of such a representative shall be lm communicated to the Secretary-General not less sont th~ twenty-four hours befû.re, the :tirst meeting ~uatre which he is invited to attend. a laquelle "Rule 15 "Article "The credentials of representatives on the "Les Security Couneil and of any representative apsécU''''ité pointed in accordance with rule 14 shall be conformément examined by the Secretary-General,. who sh?J1 le Secrétaire subw.it a report te the Security Council for l'approbation approval. "Pending the approval of the credentialsof a representative on the Securh:y Council in accord-, anee with rule 15, such repre3entative shaH be seated provisionally with the same rights as other representatives. "En d'un mément titre autres Now, sorne of us, although we àll have perma- nent representation, have not permanent repre- sentatives, and ît may be that our countries desire sudden1y to send a new representative fGr particuIar occasion or a particuIar issue. Therefore 1 suggest, for the consideration this Committee, that after the words "he takes his seat on the Security Councll" these words shouId he added: "A credential may be in form of a telegram signed by the Minister Foreign f~airs and confirmed in writing." That degree ofuncertainty in London worried everybody; not only did it apply to the Security Councll but aIso to representation on the Assem- bly. What does a credential consist of? Now think that the addition of that sentence wouId make it perfectIy clear what is the minimum requirement for a credential Ml'. STETTINIUS (United States of Americ~): 1 likewise have an observation on rule 13. last sentence reads: "The Prime Minister Minister of Foreign .A.ffairs of each member the Security Council shall be entitIed to sit the Security Council without submitting creden- tiaIs." 1 wouId 3uggest that we change Prime Minister" to "the Head of Govermnent" in order to make it possible for the President any republic which is a Member of the United Nations to sit at this table. While 1 am speaking, 1 might add that 1 completely in accord with the suggestion of graphic credentials made by the delegate Australia.

The "Head of Government" or "Head of State"? Ml'. STETTINIUS (United States of America): "Head of Government". The King would Head of State, Sir Alexander CADOGAN (United Kingdom): Is that not r:overed by ruIe 16, which says: "Pending the approval of the credentials of a representative on the Security Council in accordance with ruIe 15, such representative shaIl be seated provisionaIly wit.q the same rights as other representatives." Therefore, in the interval between the receipt of the telegram and receipt of confirmation in writing, the representative can sit and function.

Yes. Then if there are no other observations we shaIl cons.\der rules 13 to 17 adopted, with this change embodied: In rule 13, an additional sentence is added to the second sentence, after "Security Council": "A credential may he in the form of a telegram Irom the Minister for Foreign Affairs and confin:J.ed in writing." ls that acceptable?

Yes, "credentials". 1 was reading the suggestion as" the Australian representative made it.' . HASSAN Pasha (Egypt): 1 think the rule as it is is perfectIy correct. It will be difficult for us to conceive that legally we can say that the credential can be in the form of a telegram, because this is a detail which is generally accepted. 1 mean that, as far as the rule is concemed, .1 do not see that insertion of such detail in the rule is necessary, legaHy speaking. 1 think that the other rules caver the matter which has been raised by our Australian colaux l'Australie d'y ajouter cette mention cette forme de pouvoirs est par internationales tenus jusqu'à présent. donc vraiment l'article. répondent science, nous pourrions alors dire que ces.pouvoirs pourraient gramme le~gue, and 1 feel it is not indispensable to add this matter of the telegram, because it has been ~nerally accepted by other committees and every kind of convention or international conference that has been held up to now. 1 do not see that the insertion ofthis sentence is really necessary t? complete the understanding of the rule. BesIdes, fuIes 15 and ln, 1 think, cover the matter fully. . .May 1 add that, in view of the progress of SCIence, we might even say that this credential could come by overseas communication? And nobodyknows what will happen tomorrow that Th~ PRESIDENT: 1 should like ta have few obs~\'Vations from the other members, they havÎ~ any, on this point. 1 thought we had already practicaIly adopted the suggestion the Australian representative. Mr. GROMYKO (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) (translated from Russian): 1 do not consider that this is a very important questi- Nevertheless 1 should like to make one remarJ!:. 1 think we might âvoidmention of any definite fonns of credentialB, such as the forros referred ta in the Australian representative's proposal. Furthermore, these credentials may be issued in a specific form which can be caIled neither a note nor a letter. 1 do not think it necessary here ta me-.ntion anydefinite farm of credentials, and if the:;e forms are mentioned at aIl, reference should alm be made ta other possible forms. would be very difficult ta do this. That Ï3 why do not think wc need add any propcsals ta the text proposed by the Committee of Experts regarding definite forms of credentials, but that we should rather leave me text as it was read ta the Security Council. Mr. LANGE (Poland): The representatives Egypt and the USSR seem to me to be quite right in making the pomts that no special mention as ta particular forms of credentials is needed. 1 think that there are weIl established practices which govern the questions of credentials in the lesser conferences and aIl kinds of international meetings; there may arise doub~ on that point of credentials or there may not, and 1 think any further lliï1Ïtations might be rather unwelcome. 1 should aIso like ta state that 1 think that our experts hàve done a very good job and that :we this meeting really cannot expect to give the same time ta it and to give the same amount of discussion ta these problems; therefore 1 should rather careful not to spoil the work of our experts. Colonel HODGSON (Australia): 1 should have thought that, .with bis precise legal mind, the rcpresentative of Egypt would have been the fust one to support me in this sûggestion that we need some degree of certainty. The various OI'gans and bodies .he mentions, even the As· 1 should like to say, in reply to the observations of the last two speakers, that 1 did not atteropt to lay down a particular credential. AIl 1 endeavoured to do was to lay down a nùnimum credential which would be acceptable ta the Council and helpful to the Seèretary- General. But if the representatives think it is aIl right left in the air. c:ompletely undefined, and that the progress of science in the future will look after it, 1 have no objection and am prepared to withdraw my suggèStion. The PRESIDENT: Since the Australian reprcsentative is ready to withdraw bis amendment, then the only change that has been suggested and, in this case, adopted in chapter Illon representation and crec1P..ntials is the substitution of the "Head of the Government" for the "Prime Minister" in rule 13 in the beginning of the last sentence, 110 that it will read, "The Head of Government or Minister of Foreign Mails of each member of the Security Council shaIl be entitled to sit on the Security Council without suhmitting credentials." Chapter III~ with the above amendment in rule 13, was adopted. The PRESIDENT: 1 now request the Assistant Secl'etary-General to read chapter IV. Ml'. SOBOLEV (Assistant Secretary-General in charge of Security Council Affairs): Chapter IV of document S/29 reads as follows: "IV. PRESIDENCY "Rule 18 "The presidency of the~ecurity Council shall he held in turn by the members of the Security Council in the English alphabetical order of their names. Each President shall hold office for one calendar month. "Rule 19 "The President shall preside over the meetings of the Security Council and, under the authority of the Security Council, shall represent it in its capaci\:y as an organ of the United Nations." sécurité représente Unies." HASSAN Pasha (Egypt): 1 should like to hear an explanation of the latter part of rule 19, which rends: "The President shalI preside over the meetings of the Security Council and, under the authority of the Security Council, shall Tep- l'escnt it in itscapacity as an organ of the United Nations." glais): sujet se Conseil de des

Will tue Chairman of the Committee of Experts explain? Président cette (traduit l'article Mf. LlANG (Chairman of the Committee of Experts): The latter part of this sentence, rule 19, is quite c1èar in my mind. It means that the Mr. SOBOLEV (Assistant Secretary-General charge of Security Council Affairs): Chapter of document S/29 reads as follows: "v. SECRETARIAT "Rule 20 . "The Secretary-General shallact in that capacity in all meetings of the Security Council. The Secretary-General may authorize a deputy act in bis place at meetings of the Security Council. "Rule 21 "The Secretary-General shaIl provide the staff required by the Security Council. This staff shall form a part of the Secretariat. "Rule 22 "The Secretary-General shall give to representatives on the Security Council notice of meetings of the Security Council and of its commissions and committees. '~Rule 23 "The Secretary-General shall be responsible for the preparation of documents required by Security Council and shall, exéept in urgent cumstances, distribute them at least forty-eight hours in advance of the meeting at which they are to be considered." The PRESIDENT: 1 shouId like to hear the servations of the members on this rule. If there are no observations, 1 take it as the sense of Council that rules 20 to 23 are adopted. Chapter V was adopted. The PRESIDENT: Now, in -addition to these chapters, there is an a."lnex called "Annex concerning the provisional procedure for dealing with communications from non-governmental bodies or sourceS. 1 shall ask the Assistant Secretary-General to read it. Mr. SOBOLEV (Assistant Secret:ary-General charge of Security Council Affaîrs): Annex of document S/29 reaw. as follows: "The Committee of Experts of t.1}e Security Couneil recommends the following provisional procedure for dealing with communications from private individuals and non-governmental bocHes re1ating to matters of which the Security Cowlcil is seized. "A. A list of an communications from private individuals and non-governmental bodies :rdating to matters of which the Security Council is seized shall be circulated to an representatives on the Security Council. "B. A copy of any communication on the list shall be given by the Secretariat to any representative on the Security Council at hîs request." positions Conseil? recevoir quelques directives aux gouvernementales. arrivé tions non tariat. tariat. instructions

Are these suggestions acceptable to the Council? 1think the Secretariat would like to have something to guidè them in dealing with communications from non-goverllmental sources. In my capadty as President, 1 have received quite a few communications from private individuals and unofficial organizations and 1 have turned them over to the Secretariat. 1 do not know how they have deait with them. Sorne guidance or sorne ruIe would be helpful ta the Secret.ariat, 1 think, Colonel HOnGSON (AustraIia): 1 am coming to the defence of the Secretariat thïs time, anû if their experience is anything like mine, not dozeIlS, but hundreds of communications are being received from private individuals. 1 think they should be allowed a certain degree of latitude of discretion. l'anglais): défense pour douzaines, cations On latitude premier toutes second il dont ne l'affaire grande So my observations would be: tirst, a list of an important communications should be drawn up; secondly, there should be sorne indication of the subject matter, the person or the organization from which the communication emanates. A list is not going ta be very helpfuI to us if there is no indication of the subject matter. senter "Une d.ist.lb de m'arrive la diquement? paraît The third point 1 wish to make relates tu the proposed text: "A lîst of all communications shall bp. circulated to a1I representatives on the Security Oonncil." When? Every hour? Mine come in by the hour. By the day or periodically? 1 do not ,thillk it is precise enough for the Secretariat. Mr. LIANG (Chairman of the Committee of Experts): May 1 say, that these ruIes were discussed extensively in London and the Committee of Experts9 in their meetings in New York, saw no reason to modify the draft agreed upon in Loodon. . remarquer à modifierJes Hcre the scope of communications to be dealt .with in theform of a list is considerably restricted. A representative on the Council may receive thpusands of documents on various questions, but the Secretariat is only asked under this rule prepare a list of communications relating to matters of which the Security Council is seized. We aIso took note of the fact that many com- Illunications are of a frivolous nature, and naturaq.y these will not be dealt with in any forma The Sècretariat is aIso given discretion ta indicate th~ nature of communications. The Committee of .Experts has not seen fit to impose on the Secretariat definite directions as to how to summarize each communication. We appreciate the difficulties under which the Secretariat labours and we tried ta suggest a practical approach this problem. We are quite convinced that these rules are workable rules. They give the representatives the Council·an opportunity of drawing upon the reservoir of these communications in case they desire to consult particular communications. We aIso protect the Secretariat from the burden having to handle tbousands, or even tens thousands, of documents: pamphlets, photograp~, et cetera. 1 might aIso say that these rules were agreed upon in London aftel' considerable discussion, ignorance of the fact that similar rules were 'passed by the Council of the League of Nations. They presented no substantial difference belween the rules -on this question adopted. by the COl"<1lcil of the League of Nations and therules we agreed upon after two or three meetings in London and one meetingin New York. Annex A w'as adopted. The PRESIDENT: 1 think the Council would wish me to thank the Chairman orthe Committee of Experts .and the Conninttee itseli fortheir industry. 1 understand that the Committee has held no less than sixteen meeting.3 :3ince 20 MardI in New York. It is their industry which has enabled them to make these recommendations on the pr,ovisional rules of procedure which the Council adopted this aftemoon. This disposes of the only item, on the agenda for today's meeting; 1 donot know whether any part, J'attends observations.

1 have no proposaI myself. 1 am awaiting observations from the members. suspens? puisse nous soumettre' un Sir Alexander CADOGAN (United Kingdom): Is there any business actually awaiting us? 1 suppose that the Committee of Experts will not be able to make a further report for some little while. qu'il représentant de nous donc tariat ment devons convocation, cussion, du avant chain, Hyde

1 believe that there is an important communication from the representative of the USSR1 and one from the Iranian representativez; there are also two communications from the Polish representative.3 There ar~ thus four documents which the Secretariat has just circulated. According to the provisionaI rules of procedure, we have to have three days' notice before we can meet to discuss them, but, of course, if the members of the Council sa desire, we can meet before the expiration of this three-day period. 1 understand that the Council is supposed to make a trip to Hyde Park on Friday. Sir Alexander CADOGAN (United Kingdom): 1want to be quite clear on the point 1 referred to. (traduit For instance, ifthe Council wished to consider the Ile ~etter fromthe representative of the USSR, would si ~t have to put that on the agenda formally, or is lettre It considered to be on the agenda because it reil lates to a question which is a1ready on the agenda la of the Council? 1 put the question because if the qu'elle letter has to be put on the agenda as a new item, l'ordre presumably underrule 8, and if we observethat explication parce que, si ruIe c1osely, we should not be able to discuss the à F} SeeD.fficial Reèords of the Security Cout/nU, First Year, lrst Senes, Supplement No. 2, Annex 2e. •Ibid., Annex 2f. Première nexe 3 Ibid., Annexes 3a and· 3b. Sir Alexander CADOGAN (United Kingdom): 1 am afraid 1 am not c1ear myself about alI this. It does seem to me that it is necessary for us to be quite clear about our rules and to obseive them. Rule 8 says that "The provisional agenda for a meeting shalI be communicated by the Secretary-General to the representatives on the Security Council al least three days before the meeting . . . " 1 thought the provisiunaI agenda meant the programme for a day, for a meeting. If so,-it would seem that if an agenda were approved now and issued for our next meeting, that meeting could not take place for three days, but 1 may be wrong. The.PRESIDENT: But the:ffual clause of rule gays, " . . . butin urgent circumstances it may be communicated simultaneously with the notice of themeeting~'. 1 thinkthat is left ta the discretion ofthe President or the Secretary-General, but 1 should like to consult the wishes of members the Council. Mr. STETTINIUS (United States cf America): In response to the President's inquiry as to the pleasure of the Council regarding the time of the next me~ting, 1 wish to make c1ear that 1 am prepared to speak for the United States on these subjects at any time, now, tomorrow, or three days from. now.

If it is agreeable to meïiibërs of the Council, then, 1 shalI calI the next meeting to take place at 3 (l'c1ock tomorrow afternoon. this agreeable to everyone? Mr. BONNET (France) (translated front French): Since the agenda was not drawn three days in advance, 1 understand it is a question of an emergency meeting. The PRESIDENT: Weil, not exactly an emer- . gency m.eeting, but one 'on ma~ers concerning urgent· crrcumstances. Mt. BONNET (France) (translated from French): 1 am of the opinion that emergency

1 èonsider the communications from the representative of the USSR and the Iranian representative, which deaI with the resolution of the Council passed at our last meeting, ta be of sufficient importance to call for an early meeting, but 1 have no set opinion OIlt that matter. .chaine. As a matter of fact, when M:r. Gromyko sent me bis letter on Sunday, he asked me ta l~ad it at today's meeting, but since.th<:n the letter has been circulated by the Secretari~.\t and has even been published by aIl the papers; so perhaps Mr. Gromyko does not consider the l,etter ta belong to the category of urgency. If Mr. Gromyko does not insist on an early meeting to consider bis letter and if the majority of the CoUhcil do not wish to meet earlier than next Friday, ·that would give us the three days' notice, but, as 1 have already said, we shaIl be otherwise occupied on that day; so we would have to postpone consideration of the question raised by Mr. Gromyko's letter, and by the Iraniau representative's letter, until sorne time next week. seil lettre, ne cela nécessaires. nous nous chaine lettre du That is why 1 wished to have the Council express their views, but you have not been very helpful in deciding on the date .for oUr next meeting. - mais pressement la Mr. GROMYKO (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.) (translated tram Russian) : 1 agree that the question raisedin my letter should be con- 3idered when the Security Couneil deems it convenient. If the Security Council considers that Fridayis a suitable day for .the consideration of this. question, 1. amprepared to agree; if the Council considers Saturday a ~uitable day, 1 am prepared ta agreè upon Saturday; if any other dayis suggested, 1 am prepared to agree; socialistes suis examine lettre, de cette à çela autre· HASSAN Pasha (Egypt): AIlow me to suggest that, since sorne rèpresentative~ will he busy on

1 suggest that we abide by my original decision that the notice of the next meeting should be left to the Secretary-General. The meeting rose at 5.45 p.m. THIRTY-5ECOND MEETING Held at Hunter College, New York, on Mon~a'Y~ 15 April 1946, at 3 p.rn. President: Mr. Quo Tai-chi (Chip.a). Present: The representatives of the following countries: Australia, Brazil, China, Egypt, France, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United· Kingdom, United States of America. 26. Provisional agenda (document 5/36) 1. Adoption of the agenda. 2. (a) Letter dated 6 April 1946 from the repre- &entatic'e of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics addressed to the President of the Security Council (document S/30).1 (b) Letter dated9 April 1946 from the representative of han addressed to the Secretary-General (document S/33).2 3. (a) Letter dated 3 April 1946 from the representative of Polan'd addressed to the Secretàry-General (document S/32).3 (b) Letter dated 9 April 1946 from the representative of Poland addressed to the Secrttary-Gçneral (d(.\Cument 8/34)." 27. Adoption of the agenda The agenda w~ adopted. 28. Continuation of the discussion on the Iranianquestion

ln regard to item 2 (a) and (b), covering documents S/30 and S/33, should like to read a letter dated New York 15 April from the Iranian representative, which hehanded to me at 2 o'dock this aftemoon: HOn 9 April 1946, 1 had the honour to state, in accordance with the instructions of. my Govemmen.t, its position regarding the request of the represent":":"'ve of the Union of Soviet Socialist