S/PV.48 Security Council

The second item on the agenda is the report of the Secretary-General to the President of the' Security Couneil concerning the credentials of the representative of the Netherlands to the Security Council. You have the report before you, and 1 think we would wish to welcome Mr. Alexander Loudon as the representative of the Netherlands during the absence of Mr. van Kleffens. 91. Report of the Committee of Experts on an additional rule of procedure

The Chairman of the Committee of Experts has submitted a report regarding an additional rule of procedure dealing with the presidency of the Security Council. If no member of the Council wants any explanation, the report will be adopted. 92. Continuation of the discussion on the Spai1ish question Mr. LANGE (Pol~d): 1 want to call your attention to the fact that when the resolution of .29 April estabIishing the .Sub-Committee on the Spanish question was adopted at the thirty- ninth meeting of the Council, 1 stated that the original draft resolution which 1 presented on 17 April at the thirty-four'"..h meeting still stood before the Council,and this was agreed to by Colonel Hodgson, the representative of Australia. The investigations of the Sub-Committee have only strengthened the conviction of our delegation and our Government that the Franco regime is of serious international concern, has led to international friction, and endangers international peace and security. However, in view of our desire to achieve unanimous action by the Council, we were ready to make any concessions, within limits, which were necessary in order'to be able to. act and vote with the majority of the Council. Unfortunately, the Council has not found. it possible to' reach a unanimous decision. Nevertheless, Ishould like to point out that this lack of unanimity should not be interpreted in any way as being in favour of the Franco regime, although. the Sub-Committee'f; recoIÏl- mendations, which did call for certain definite action against that regime, werc not· adopted. Actually, the ..feeling in the Coullcil against notre apporter fa!ciste remarquer espagnol une idée erronée de l'attitude à notre In the circumstances, 1 think that Franco's fascist regime in Spain can derive no comfort whatever from the results of our last meeting. 1 should like to make this remark in order to prevent the formation by the people of Spain of any erronecus opinion about the Coun- cil's attitude towards their regime, and l think that 1 am expressing the common view of us aIl. d'accord prendre, l'égard demanderai, considérer proposées blique de Pologne, mesures exposées dans le projet de le texte est devant nous. voix celui Gouvernements en diates Since we failed to agree upon the particular practical steps to be taken, however much we were uanimous in our general attitude towards the Franco regime in Spain, 1 would ask you, on behalf of m)' Government, once more to con- sider the steps originally proposed by me in the name of the Government of the Polish Republic, and embodied in my original draft· resolution, which is now before us. 1 think the putting of that resolution to a vàte will serve a certain useful purpose, namely, that of clari- fication as to the lengL.'ls to which the different Governments represented on this Council are ready to go in order to do something practical about the Franco regime right now. J'ourrait-on projet bien Mr. EVATT (Australia): Could the terJ:m' of the proposed resolution be read so that we may understand what the precise proposais are? l'origine, le représentant de .un les. représentants de sente maintenant cette même résolution avec une légère fond. ment, est devant nous.

The representative of Poland originaUy submi~ed a draft resolution, which was seconded by the representatives of the U~SR, France and Mexico.! Now he has submitted the same draft resolution, with a slight change, not in substance but in form. Therefore, if there is no objection to that amendment, the voting can he taken on this text which is before us. "Declaresthat the existence and activities of the Franéo regime in Spain have led to inter- national friction and endangered international peace and security; . "Déclare régime désaccord entre et la "Calls upon, in accordance with the authority vested in it, aU Members of the United Nations who maintain diplomatie relations with the Franco Government to sever such relations inmlediately; "Invite, conférés, Nations diplomatiques à rompre ICExprime peuple peuple été de l'Italie fasciste "Expresse~ its deep sympathy to the Spanish people; hopes and expects that the people of Spain will .regain the freedom of which they have been deprived with the aid and contrivànce of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, and . Voir 1 Set! tbirty·fourth and thirty-fifth meetings. Now the representative of Poland wants a vote on the originaI proposai wmch led to the investigation, and not on any proposaI arising from the investigation. The first and third para- graphs of fuis draft resolution need not be men- tioned in detail. The essence of the resolution is the third paragraph, wIùch proposes that in accordance with· the authority vested in it, the Security Councilshould calI upon alI Members of the United Nations who maintain diplomatic relations with the Franco Government, whether they are members of the Security Council or not, to sever such relations immediately. This is an attempt to get the Council to act under Chapter VII of the Charter. It is only under Chapter VII of the Charter that action of -fuis kind can lawfully be taken by the Secur- ity Couneil, but it can be taken lawfully under Chapter VII only il the Security Council is satisfied that there are facts, an.d not. merely arguments, to show that the Franco regime is at the present time a threat ta the peace, within the meaning of Article 39 of the Charter, wIùch is thefirst article in Chapter VII. That fuis is so has been denied by the Sub-Committee. 1 am not going to fefer to the attitude of the representative of Poland, but it·is at least certain .that the other four members of the Sub·Comtnittee did not support that view, and the whole course of the debate in the Security Council indicates that in the opinion of the majority of the Council that stage has not been reached, and that it is not correct tosay that the facts prove that this regime is an existing threat to the peace ",ithin the meaningof Chapter VII. 1 submit that it is not a question, therefore, of arguments as to what members would like to do. We need not enter into any competition this afternoon as to how far Governments may be prepared ta go individually in relation to . Spain. We have to lookat this position cor- porately as a Council under the tenus of the Charter, and act in accordance with it. We have -had .~ investigation of the facts, and such an Ï11vestigation should, in my opinion, always precede action 1lI1der Chapter VII of the Charter, unless the facts are admitted. The investigation found that the necessary basis for the proposed action does not exist, and I shall therefore vote against the draft resolution sub- . mitted by the l'epresentative of Poland. Mr. PAROD! (France) (translated trom French): Beforetaking part in the vote 1 should likè toexplain exactly how I, for one, understand the original proposal put forward by the Polish representative and now submitted to us fer adoption. I must say once again thatthe Sub-Com- mittee's report seemed to me quite remarkable Comité était, 1 personally am of the opinion that the position adopted by the representative of France is not contradictory, and that there is also no contra- diction in substance between the Sub-Commît- tee's proposai, which was supported by the representative of France, and the present pro- posal, which .does not differ from the other one except by emphasizing the urgency of the mea- sures to be t~:.ken. Accordingly 1 sh~ vote in favour of the draft resolution submitted by the representative of Poland. Mr. GROMYKO (Union of Soviet Socialist Re~ publics) (translated trom Russian) : Even before its report was issued, 1 had no illusions as to·the conclusion the Sub-Committee might reach, nor did 1 have any illusions regarding the position that some members of the Security Counci! might take in connexion with the Spanish question. 1 do not think, however, that any member of the Security Council is about to put forward today additional arguments in support of bis position, and 1 myself shalI not repeat the arguments 1 advanced in my previous statements on the subject. 1 agree absolutely with the French representa- tive. There are no potential dangers or menaces. Maybe they exist everywhere, but nobody knows. That is the oruy possibility that 1can see of latent or potential danger or menace. When the menace is known, it is not potential, it is not latent, but it is an actuality which has almost become facto 1 am. not going to add any more, because 1 have explained perfectly well in iny two previous statements on thè matter what the position of Mexico is, and, 1 repeat, 1 support the draft resolution submitted by the representative of Poland. Mr. Quo Tai-chi (China): The position of the Chinese Government during the entire debate on the Spanish question has been first, a strict stand by the Charter; and second1y, the necessity of establishing th~ facts and the conditions under which the provisions of the Charter can and should be applied. The conclusion of the fact-finding Sub-Com- mittee, was that the facts, as found, did not war- rant the Security Council in taking action under Chapter VII, and uruess new facts or evidence are produced, the situation has· not altered. The amended Polish draft resolution seems to imply that by leaving out the Article under which the Council is asked to act we can get round the Charter. 1 think it is imperative that we should be absolutely clear as to the powers and the func- tions granted to the Security Council under which it can take action, and the mere fact that a certain specifie.Article is left out does not alter the situa- tion. The Charter must be strictly adhered to in any action that the Security Council, as a cor- por~te body, can take. Much as 1 should like to see action taken against the Franco Government, 1 feel that the Council, at present, is unable to take the step asked of. us by the amended Polish draft resolu- tion. 1 therefore find myself in complete agree- ment with the AuStralianrepresentative, who was Chairman of the Sub-Committee, ID what he has just said regarding the draft resolution before us.

1 have no objection. Will thase against please raise their hands? The following countries voted against: Ausfralia, Brazil, China, Egypt, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States of America. The draft resolution was rejected by ï votes to 4. Mr. LANGE (Poland): Having drawn the attention of this Council to the situation in Spain, the Government of Paland feels a particular responsibility in the matte:-. Though we have very clear and specifie views on the nature of the situation, and alsb on the steps which should be taken, and which have been laid before you in the resolution which has just been voted upon, we are, nevertheless, aware of our responsibility, and of the Council's responsibility, to take some positive action in this matter. We consider this responsibility so great and so high that we are, within certain limit~, even more concerned that some positive action should be taken by this Council than interested in the particular form which such action might take. Of course we have our own views, which were clearly brought before you a moment ago. 1 would, therefore, urge this Council not to drop its interest in the case of the fascist Government of Spain, and the international problems it presents, but to keep it continuùusly under observation and on the list of matters of which thïs Council is seized. Ta do otherwise would reaIly mean to stop halfway. By the. vote wmch was taken at the last meeting, ..•.~...the representatives, with the possible exception of the representative of the Netherlands - and 1 am not even sure whether he should be counted aS an exception - recognizedthat the Franco regime is a· m~tter of international. concern and warrants some. action by.the United Nations. Both those who voted for ·the draft resolution dealt with· at the last meeting, "Totake up the matter again not later than t' ..September 1946, in order to determine, what appropriate practical measures provided by the Charter should be taken, it being understood that any member of the Security Council has a right to bring the matter up before the Council at any time before the mentioned date." A few words now in explanation and support of this draft resolution. The first part registers an the unanimous opinions expressed both in this Council and on earlier occasions. It also refers to the investigation of the Sub-Committee and its conclusions. 1 have tried to put the conclusions of the Sub-Committee in terrns which follow the report as dosely as possible and express aview which, 1 think, is the common view of the Council, or at least, of its majority. Second1y, there is the demand to keep the situation under observation and on the list of matters of which the Council is seized. 1 See Documents of the United Nations Conference on International Organization, volume 6, Commission l, General Provisions, pages 124-186. • • Ibid., page 76. • Ibid., page '17. Mr. EVATT (Australia) : This is a very different resolution from the one that has just been rejected, and there are certain aspects of it that 1 think the Council should understand. 1 speak now only because 1 am cognizant of the work of the the Sub-Committee and 1 think it would be a mistake if the Councildidnot fully appreciate some of the problems which may arise in connexion with the future handling of this matter. Th~ Polish representative submits this <lraft resolution, suggestL'1.g that it will mean positive action. Of course, it willmean nothing of the kind. AlI that it will do is to fix a date when the matter can be considered again. There are many ways in which that could be done. Any State, not only the States represented on this Council, but any Member of the United Nations, could bring it forward. However, there is the precedent of the Iranian question for keeping matters on the agenda, and if the Security Council thinks that is a proper or a regular practice, then there cannot be any objection to that portion of the present proposal. é My O'Wil feeling about these situations and . disputes is this: when you deal with them as a Council you should dispose of them, and when the final decision is made at the time the matter is before the Council, then the responsibility for bringing the matter up again should be taken at a subsequent time by any country that wishes ta .do sa. As the representative ai China said on the subject of this dispute, that will depend upon whether any additional fàcts are produced. There is another aspect of the matter, too, not without importance, which 1 am sure that the 1 want to make it perfectIy clear, tao, that there is one clause in the third paragraph of this reso!ution which we must consider in relation to the findings of the· Sub-CommÎttee. It is stated that "the investigation ... aIso establishes beyond any doubt that Franco's fascist regime is a serious danger to the maintenance of international peace a:Lld security". That is a clause wiûch was not included in sorne of the editions of this resolutioIJ. which have been circulated, not by the representative of Peland, 1 preS1L'lle, but by other representatives. 1 desire to point out to the Couneil that it is not the phraseology of the Sub-Committee's report, which in paragraph 27 states that the situation, "though not an existing threat within the meaning of Article 39, is a situatlon the continuance of which is in fact likely to en~ danger the maintenance cf international peace and security". 1 do not wish to make any further reference ta it. 1 presume the representative of Poland would not" by a sentence of this kind, intend to make an assertion which is contradictory in the first place to the Sub-ComIT.ittee's report, ànd in the second place to the opinion reflected in the vote that has just been taken iu the Council. Another aspect of fuis draft resolution is that the Security Couneil undertakes to bring the matter up again not later than 1 September, so that if before that date it has not been raised again, it must be put on the agenda. As 1 pointed out, if it is the desire of the Security Couneil to adopt that practice, 1 think you should understand that there are certain risks attached to it in relation to the jurisdiction of the ASsembly. But in any case, 1 think it should. be made clear, at any rate by myself, and in accordance with what has been stated by the representative of China, that urless new facts are brought before the Counciladditional facts to those which have been brought before usthere will be no grounds for action of any kind. Do not let us deceiveourselves about ·'that. 1 should tell the Council also that.we should be most careful lest we ob$.truct the carrying out by the Assembly of However, what my draIt resolution does propose is that up to 1 September the matter should be on the agenda; and furthermore, the General Assembly will probably meet for at least four weeks or sa. There is even the possibility that the Security Council may discuss it during the meeting of the General Assembly, and, if the majority wishes, remove it from the agenda, in order to let the General Assembly act. So 1 think the representative of Australia can be quite reassured on that particular point. ,rapport There is another question which was raised by Mr. Evatt, the question concerning the clause in ·the third paragraph of the draft resolution which says that "the investigation ... aIso establishes beyond any doubt that Franco's fascist regime is a serious danger ta the maintenance of international peace and security." 1 did not say that the report said so, but that is the conclusion which 1 arrived at from the investigation. But 1 used deliberately the \Vords, "danger to the maintenance of international peace and security". As you wiU remember from both the reservations which 1 added to the repon and my statements to the Council, 1 actually believe that the matter is one which falls under Article 39, which speaks of a "threat te, peace." However, 1 used the term "danger ta the maintenance of international peace andsecurity" which appears in Article 34, not because l, personally, attach much importance to this distinction, but because some other members of the Council may do so, and 1 do not w&nt to make it impossible for them to vote for the resolution. There is a final remark which 1 should like ta address ta this Council. Much of our discussion t...'l:d much of our disagreement has not been on matters of substance or on our attitude towards the Franco regime. It has been largely disagreement as to certain points of legal interpretatîon. mon question mais des Nations Unies, de solution Conseil ment u...'1e laisser The case before us is a test case, a case which will establish the ability of this Council to act. 1 would most strongly urge all members of the Council not ta let themselves become enmeshed in legal technicalities or other such verbiage, but to find a basis for common and effective action. te~hnique (traduit ment, mon tian générale reprises, doutes diques blêe prendre des qui jusqu'ici aucun considérations à les faire ce fois toujours adopté que à ce nos de sentant question Conseil demande 1 gathered that 1 was in agreement with the Polish representative when he said that he had no wish to bar the Assembly fram considering the matter. Hence 1 suggest it might be possible, in the fifth paragraph of the resolution he has submitted, to say: "The Secv"~ '1 Couneil • . . resolves to keep the situation in Spain under continuous observation and . . .U - then 1 would insert the words, "pcnding the meeting of the General Assembly next September,"- "to keep the question on the list of matters of which it is seized, in order to be able to take such measures as may be necessary in the interest of peace and security ...u. .If the Polish representative would accept the insertion of those words, 1 think that would meet my point. 1 shoulù say here that 1 myself interpret that - and 1 hope the Council will too - as meaning that when the Assembly mects, n'le Security Council would be bound by that insertion to take the matter off its agenda and turn it over to the Assembly. If the Polish representative could accept that insertion, 1 could myself accept that part of his resolution. But, of course, if that were accepted, 1 should have to ask him also to suppress the first clause of the sixth paragraph, which says that the Security Couneil will "take up the matter again not later than 1 September 1946, in order to determine what appropriate practical measures provided by the Charter should he taken". With those alterations, 1 could accept the resolution in general, w!th the exception of the part to which the representative of Australia has already drawn attention, where it says that the Sub-Committee's investigation establishes that, "Franco's faseist regime is a serious danger to the maintenance of international peace and securityH. WeIl, l, as. did the representative of Australia, consider that is incorrect. The investigation of the Sub-Committee definitely and flatly did not establish that. However, with those alterations: with the omission 1 have suggested of the last clause of the third paragraph; with the insertion of the words in the fifth paragraph; and with the suppression of the first clause of the sixth paragraph, 1 could accept his resolution. Ml'. GROMYKO (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) (translated (rom Russian): The draft avoir montré une mesures la menace contre en prêt le représentant moins maintien jour les de l'Espagne. C'est justement pourquoi j'accueille favorablement d'être elle aucunement l'objet SI.eps ta"~~s the removal of the menace ta peace w'iùch the existence af the Franco regime in Spain ronstitutes, 1 am prepared ta agree to the draft ~:'CSolution submitted b)' the representative of Poland, bearing in nrlnd that the decision ta retain this question on the agenda of the Sccurity Couneil would be a pedectly correct and logical one, independently of wbat sub:3equent actiIJn may be taken on the Spanish question. It is precisely for this reason that 1 am prepared ta take a pocitive attitude towards the text of the resolution which has just been submitted by Ml'. Lange. I repeat, it is of course exceedingly weak and inl)ufficient, and does not in the least degree correspond to the serioumess of the question we are considering. With regard ta the amendmént proposed by Sir Alexander Cadogan, it seems to me that this completely does away with the fundamental meaning and content of the resolution proposed by Mr. Lange. Mr. Lange recommends that the Security Council, having retained the Spanish question on the agenda, should return to this question not later than 1 September of this year and decide, of ccmrse, what, measures it may subsequently take in connexion with the examination of the Spanish problem. According to ~rls proposal, therefore, the Security CouP,;:;i! will decide what measures it should take when it returns to this question. Sir Alexander Cadogan proposes that the Security Council should decide even at the present time that when it begins to examine this question, on 1 September or before 1 September, it should pass a rC'iSolution to transfer this question to the General Assembly. This proposal is contrary to the sense of Mr. Lange~s proposaI. AImost nothing remains of Mr. Lange's proposaI. AlI that remains is a blank space. I consider tllat it would be incorrect at the present time to agree on. the one hand that the Spanish question remain on the agenda, and on the other hand' to stat~ that when the Security Council returns to this question it should transfer the Spanish question to the General Assembly. The one position excludes and contradicts the other. If the Security Council leaves tm question on the agenda, it must consequently take certain measures and adopt a certain resolution. If it does not leave this question on the agenda, then it commits a very gross error, incompatible with the principles of the Charter, wmch requires Alexander ment de sécurité, espagnole veau, l'année les l'examen devrait décider au question. Conseil la rale, cette avar..t contradiction dernière, rien. le jour, en mettre de le jour, mesures maintient plus principes de sécurité qu'il ent~ but the same question is raised when the transfer of the Spanish problem to the General Assembly is suggested. Mr. PARODI (France) (translated from French): l had not taken the P{)lish proposal as having exactly the meaning now suggested by the representative of the USSR. 1 had gathered that Mr. Lange's proposal was calculated to keep the Spanish question under continuous observation by the Security Couneil (as the English text says) until it is taken up again by the Couneil or the General Assembly as the case may be; 1 did not take Mr. Lange's proposaI to mean, as Mr. Gromyko has implied that it does, that the Assembly should be unable to take up the question itself. If regarded in this way, the Polish representative's proposai, contrary to what Mr. Gromyko has just said, remains of definite interest; it . means that during the interim we shalI not fail to heed and supervise a.situation which has been well-nigh universally recognized as more or less imminently dangerous and definitely a threat to peace. . Hencethe proposaI to keep the question on the.Security Council's agenda is fully in accordance with the Sub-Committee's proposaI, and 1 am sure that thos.e proposaIs were not explicit on the point orny because it was felt that it was self..understood. The Polish proposal is explicit, and 1think that, far !rom being a disadvantage, this is a point in its favour. As regards the Assembly~s.powers to consider the question, 1 do not think that 1 could give my consent to a text whichwould have the result of preventing the Assembly fromconsidering the Spanish question at its next meeting. socialistes semble pas brouiller proposée l'Assemblée examiner de M. Sir que minera à-dire devra blée en Cadoga.'1. le de sécurité ou utile? de décidera-t-il miner pensable effectives au les moment blème. on réduirait-on droit examiner n'aura en. laisser alors, la de dans du cela espagnole est If the item is kept on the agenda, and if the Security Council is to exercise the functions assigned to it, sorne kind of action will be neces~ sary; but merely to keep something, even this matter, on the agenda, is not to take action, and therefore not to exercise a function. Perhaps there will be an interpretation of Article 12 which will permit the matter to be kept on the agenda and at the same time leave the Assembly free to go into the matter. 1 feel there is no more than very limited agreement with the amendment pro~ posed by Sir Alexander Cadogan; and, as the representative of the USSR has pointed out,~ there are aIso other restrictive interpretations of this amendment and the original· motion. ·1 should therefo:r:e like to interrupt the debate in order to allow the different members who have discûssed it to have private conversations and see whether it is possible to present an amended text. at the next meeting. Mr. LANGE (POhlDd): 1 should fust Iike to givea short explana,tion of my views as to the real meaning of the cirait resolution and aIse of theamendment suggested by Sir Alexander Cadogan. As 1 have already said, this resolution is not intended to prevent the General Assembly from ar.ting in the Spanish matter, and 1 think that the representative of the USSR made the samè.statement. m'opposerai Cadogan. certaine date blée, d'autorité a question nullement générale. l'entière la les l'URSS, ce sommes conserver Conseil Conseil l'autorité droits There is also another reason why 1 would be opposed to Sir Alexander Cadogan's amendement. Ta say now that on a certain date the matter will be passed ta·the Assembly is in a way to divest the Security Council of its authority. It has already been said that we shall not discuss it on any fix.e~ date, and 1 do not want in any way to dimi.'1ish the authority of the G-eneral Assembly. At the same time, 1want to ~t upon the maintenance of the full authority of the Security Council. in this matter. 1 think this was the point which was in the mind of the representative of the USSR when he made bis earlier remark, and 1 am in full agreement with him. Howeve!'; 1 do not want to dwell on this disagreement because 1think there is a .fundamental agreement among all of uS: we aIl want to keep the matter on the list of matters of which this Council isse.ized, and we aU want the Council to exercise its authority in the Spanish matter without prejudice to the rights of. the General Assembly. tion, compte différents l'ai obtenir Thet:e is some difficulty in finding .a wording for the resolution which would take care of aIl the motives by which the different members of our Cauncil are actuated. However, as 1 have stated from the beginning, 1 am most anxious t.o secure unaniinous action by the Council. en temps terrain d'entente. en qu'il de à Conseil derais ce de prochaine que de régler Cette l'avoue, partir coup départ. Our President has made the very interesting suggestion that we should leave sorne time for the representatives to meet each other and find acommon approach. 1 should like to go one step further and suggest to the President thc; following: that he appoint a drafting committee of three or :five members, at bis discretion, who should try ta prepare a text which would be acceptable ta this Council. 1 should also like, however, ta request the President ta do one more thing: ta give tIm Committee àoly a very short time ta act, and ask it ta report before the next meeting or as saon as possible, because 1 think we have discussed tÎleBe things for a long time and it would be to the a.dvantage of tbis Council, and the United Nations, to finish this matter as soon as possible. I have aIso, if 1 maysay so, a selfish reason, as 1 am due to leave for Poland on Th.ursday and should very much like to have the matter settled before that day. Je M. résolution accorder. tions me'ttre générale. Mr.· EVATT (Australia): 1 agree with Mr. Lange's suggestion that we should see whether we can wotk out a resolution on which we can all agree. 1 take it from what hesays that he has neither the intention of obstrncting the jurisdiction of the General Assembly, nor of evading the findings of the Sub-Committee. He said that in bis statement. 1 think there xrJght be a formula Agreement will take a long time, 1 think,but m spit~ of that, and on account of the persona! reason the Polish representanve has advanced, shalI permit myself to appoint the repr-:sentaâves of Australia, Poland and the United Kingdom as members of this Committee. The Australian representative was the Chàirman of the Sub- Committee, the Polish representative the author of the draft resolution, and the United Kingdom representative the author of the amendment. .As requested by the representative of Poland, the next meeting will be on Wednesdayat 3 p.m. FORTY-NINTH MEETING Held a~ Hunter College, New York, on Wednesday, 26 June 1946, at3 p.m. President: Mr. CASTILLO NAJERA (Mexico). Present: The representa~vesof the following countries: Australia, Brazil, .. China., Egypt, France, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Union of .Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom, United States of America. 93. Provisional agenda (document 5/94) The agenda was that of the forty-seventhmeet- ing (8/89). 94. Adoption of the agenda

As the Council may recaIl, we appointed a drafting committee at the last meeting, and.! calI uponl.ir. Evattwho was the Rapporteur, to present the report. Mr. EVATT (Australia) :At the last meeting, at.the suggestion of the representative of Poland, a drafting committee was appomted to exàmine the draft resolution that the Polish representative was· then presenting and to see whether a."'l