S/PV.503 Security Council

1 take it thai: we are agreed on one thing at any rate; that is, that the present item 4 shall he c:Ombined with the requests of Israel made in document ':';/1794 and that both should figure on the pro- 'visional agenda cnder the heading ClThe Palestine question". The second question raised by the representative of Egypt wu the suggestion that the application of Indonesia shoutd have priolrÏty and should figure first on the provisiooat agenda. 1 helieve the representative oflndia wishes to speak on this point. Sir Benega1 N. RAu (India): The President has atready drawn the attenticn of the Security Council ta docUOlent 5/1809 which is an application for admission to membership in the United Natinns from ~he Republic of Indonesia. With the permission of .he President. 1 should Iike to read that document. The letter dated 25 September 1950 from Mr. L. N. PaIar. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, the Permanent Observer of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations, addressed to the Secretary- General, conteming application of the Republic of Indonesia for admission to membership of the United Nations. reads as follows: "On 27 December 1949 the Kingdom of the Netherlands transferred itssovereignty over Indonesia to the Republic of the United States of Indon~sia. ---~takethis opportunity torecall and ~o express our appreclation for the valuable and considerable assistance gtven by the United Nations and its organs. the Security Councl1 and the United Nations Commission for Indonesia, to the parties in the Indonesian conflict in reaching a peaceful settlement. "On lS August ·1950 the United States of Indonesia recoll$tituted themselves into a unitary State under the naine of Republik Indonesia (the Re.public of Indoilesia)effeétive as of 17 August-1950. ,"Upoli 'the instruction of my Government, 1 have the hOn«?~ to apply. on behalf of the Government of the _Republiê _of IndÔJ1esia, for admission of· the RepàblicOf Indonesia to -membership of the United Nationt in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 Of tbeUniœd NatiOns Charter. ~'(SigfJed) L. N. PALAR, AmblUsCJdor E,drtJOrdina'J/ and Plenipolmtiary, PmMnent Obseroer of tll, Repuhlie of Indon,sia to tll, United Nations" The -jcclaration of 25 September 1950 accepting obligations undet' the Charter reads as follows: "On behalf of the Govemment of the Republic of Indonesia, l, Lambertus NicoJemus Palar, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of 1ndonesia, being duly authorized by the M..nister for .Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Ind"..esia, declare that the Republic of Indonesia accepts t1-.:e obligations of the Charter of the United Nations and undertakes to honour them from the day when it becomes a Member of the United Nations. cc(Sigfled) L. N. PALAR, AmblUsador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Pnfft(Jnent Observer of the Rtpublie of [ndonesia to tlle United NtIIions" To the best of O1y information, this application is not tikely to he opposed by any member of the Council. 1 draw the attention of the Couneil to the first two sentences of role 59 of its provisional roles of procedure: "The Secretary-General shall immediate1y place the appliaation for membership before the representatives on the Security Couneil. Unless the Security Couneil decides otherwise, the application shall be referred by the President to a l.'Ommittee of the Security Coun~' upon which each member of the Security Couneil shall he represented ..." lt is therefore clear that it is not absolutely necessary to have every application referred to the Committee on the Admission of New Members. The Couneil may decide otherwise and may take a final decision on the application without referring it to the Committee. 1 be1ieve Pakistan's application was dea1t with thus (19Otll Hlttling], and 1 suggest that the present applicatiOn should also he treated in the same way. Mr. BLANCO (Cuba) (translated from Spanish) : The Cuban delegation wishes to support the proposai just submitted by the representative of India to include the application of the Republic of Indonesia for admission to membership in the United Nations in the Couneil's agenda. l'he case of Indonesia is a special one, if we reca11 that the United Nations, through its peace-making activities and mediation. contributed effectively to the establishment of that country as an independent and sovereign State. The Cuban delegation welcomes the application submitt~ by the Republic of Indonesiawhich has been awaited for some time - and trusts that the Couneil will agree to consider it as the first item on its agenda and that it will, in this special case. agree not to refer the application to the Committee on the Admission of New Members.

Before calling on the representative of the Soviet Union, 1 just wish to make an explanatory statement. 1 may he wrong, but as 1 understand it. what the representative of India has proposed is not only that the Council should consider the matter of the application of the Republic of Indonesia first, but that it should actually pcoceed to discuss and take a decision on the applk-ation before taking a decision on the remainder of the provisional agenda, that is to say, the order in which the othèr items shall he discussed. Am 1 right in thin'king tbat that is the proposai of the representative of India? Sir Benegal N. RAu (India): Yeso Mr~ MALIK (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) (tran.slated from Russian): The USSR delegation supports the Indian proposai that the question of the admission of In40nesia to membership of the United Nc1tions should' he included. in the Security Couneil's agenda.804 should be considered today. 1 presume: that we shall. have enough time to deal with this niatter, and if nec~ssary we can continue the meeting untit after 6 o'dock. At the same time 1 should like to' draw the attention of the Counci1 to the faet tlult the See:t.irity·Couneil has received two documents ona ve.ryirriportànt and urgent matter. 1 am of course referring to the telegram addtessed to the. Prt~sident 12 '.' Both these documents deal with the barbarous bomb- 'ùig' and strafing by the United States Air Force of the r~l population, towns and populated areas of ....This q,uestion was disc:ussed in the Security Coundl early ln August on the proposai of the USSR dele- Ption. The COuncll discussed the question again at die beginning of September, but, as we lmow, as a resu1t of pressure by the United States which had embIdœd on its policy of aggressive war in Korea, the members of the Security Couneil in fact avoided both diacussing the question and taking the appropriate decisions on it. The USSR delegation's proposai was rejected ["91th tMtliNg) and no declsion wu taken. Meanwhile this barbarous bombing is continuing. In the telegrams to which 1 bavereferred it is stated tbat: "••• the United States imperialists with redoubied brutality are annihilating the peaceful population and industry of Korea. During the period succeeding the date of the submission of the first statement of the Govemment of the People's Democrati1: Republic of Korea on this qu~tion, numerous fresh mstances of bubarous deeds by the United States Air Force against the peaceful population of Korea have taken place: bombings, strafing and complete destruction of Jowns and villages where there have never been any military targets •••"arid where military umts have never been located. These premeditated attacks continue to result in the annihilation of the eivilian population, and the national wealth of Korea isbeing systematically destroyed. 1 shall not quote the facts referred to in the aforementioned telegrams regarding the barbarous bombing of Hùiyang and the destruction by the United States Air Force of 90 per cent of the town of Chongjin, but will merely draw the Couneirs attention to the t'act that this telegram says that the United States Air Forte daily patroIs the roads, destroying peasant carts, buses transporting the peaceful population, passenger boats, trains, motor vehicles and 50 forth. United States figbter planes sweep over Korean villages spraying them with machine-gun bullets. Korean ~ts worlàng in the riœpaddies and fishennen out fishing are bombed and subjected to machine-gun file., The United States Air Force sets fire to the rice crops;~Puttingvast expanses of land to waste. Tbeother telegram reports the barbarous bombùig by the United States Air Force of hospitals in Pyong- ~g~ Withtesulting lossof life and destruction of uwtaings and màteria1 of great worth. " ...... ', . 'In view of the additional facts and fresh communications l'egar.ding the continuation 'of barbarousoombing received from the Government of the People's ~ocratie Republic of. Korea, the USSR delegation is submitting to the Security Couneil a draft resolution on the inhuman, barbarous bombing of the peaceful population, towns and inhabited centres in Korea by . the United States Air Force. As set fortb in document S/1812, itstext is as follows: ·'·~/To.call. "l'on the Government of the. United States of America toçease,andhencefortb forbid,the bom- bàretment by .air forees .or .by.other means. of peaceful towns . and ..inhabited .centres, an<laIso, the machfue &~g fromtbe air of .the pe8.c~ul population of "Toi1lSlnu:~' the .Secretàry-Gen~ of the United Nations tobrirlg tbis resolution.of the Security,Coun- cil witlunltfielayto theknowle,dge of the .~ent of the United States of America." ,:The PRESIDENT: 1 rea1ize how difficult it is to do 50, butif it· is possible, the Councllshouldavoid a discus- siOn. en the substance of a, matter· when au' it is seek- .ÎIJ.g 'to do now is to determine the order of priority of tbat matter. As 1 understand it, tllere are twopro- po.sa1s~ore the Council: one is a suggestion by the .ttPreSentative of India that the Councll,should place ...~.first on its agenda the question of the admission tothe United Nations of the Republic of Indonesia, ·and the otber is the suggestion made bythe Soviet. Union rep- resentative that the Councl1 should place mst on its ~da the question of the complaint of aggression upon the Republic of Korea. During the discussion of that ~tter, the representative of the Soviet Union would wisb the m~bers of the Councll to vote in favour of bis draft resolution to condemn ~e ;bombing byUnited Nations air~.. However, the Indi;u.t proposai· was 1JI84e first, and 1 therefore propose .toput itto the vote•. 1 shall put to the vote the I~dian.pro,POsü' to place the question of the admission of Indonesm to the United Nations first on the Couneil's provisional agendlL ,A'"ple WG$ lak". by show of hGM, as folloflls: .In favo.r: Cuba, Ecuador,Egypt, France, India, Norway, United Kingdom of Great Britain and North- em Ireland, United States of America, Yugo~ja,via. . Abslaining: China, Union of Soviet Sodalist Re- publics. . Theproposal was adopted'by 9 flotes in fooo.", mils 2abslentions. •The PusIDENT: The next question which, l think, . must ~se is the setond proposai of the ~resentative of India t!Jatwe. should, liaVlng placed this firston our agenda, discuss It now before we proceed to.discussthe priorityof the other items on the agenda,' That, iD. met, waswhatheproposed, and 1 would ask theCouneil fora: Yote on that point,name1y: Should we now dis- cilssthe fitst item and, baving taken a decision on it,go oh.to' discuss the order of the other items on the pro- visional agenda? . ~r. G~oss (United ~tates of .Ameri~): 1 favo~r dea1iltgWlth the Indonesum question mst andimmedi- ~~Y'" This seems ta me ta be a problemwhich canbement. ~trnthtodayandwhich canbe d~tlVÎth on acon-:a~ubliqued~l~dol1ésie.:' sb'Uetive .basis. 1 fee1 that.·the t>roposal made ,by' the ~~tative .of the Soviet··Urnon .is, a· warmf;d-over WllIl of. propagau.da· hash. 1 do not think there is any ~~v~ value ta he derived from consideration cfpropagande.·~olitique;'1~,n.e~peD!J~'pasEqu~ijf~y"Jait.;i~ .. It~l· 1 ~o not.obj~ to.~ving it ~ncluded ~,today's . ..~ .altho~h 1 have ~ou~ doubts.that It can he ~" but, ln any. event,. 1 Wlsh strongly.to ,S1,lpport 15' ~... }4A,LIK (Union of Sovi~t Soçi~ist ~~publics) (IrGnsk.ltetl /rom ~14Ssian): After maldng an ini\i11l thistake, the s.eçurity Counçil is tQday ~ing()ne mis ~é a{t~r ·lUlother. A,fter·beginning the Illeeting contrary W the tules of procedu~'and. in viQlation of these tul~, We are continuing to violate th~. We are dis c\assin~the pdority,to' ~ çiven to this or that item, b,ut \V~ 'a"~ n9t adoptmg the agenda. We shall therefore c~l1c1ude ~o,jay's. meeti~ of the S~urity.Council with~ out adopung the ag~4a. It would 1xideSlrable to adopt the agenda. to take a vote on which of these. items we ar~ to inetude in the agenda, and then ta- hegin our di~ussionof them. Otherwise, it seems. to me tbat we shalt: cQJlc1ude toc;1ay's mee.ting in an irregular manner. l, thex:efore urge that we should adopt the agenda, and only then go on to discuss the items. included in it, h;\V1J;1 ...••.~'. re~.,d tQ the fa.~t that, CC?ntrary to the.ru1e.s o. p~ure, we have dc:Qded ta discuss. first the request for the 'admission' of Ind,onesia. We shall begin with . tbis, b~t we must adopt the agenda even if we do sa at the end of the meeting. If we do not do 50, we may end the meeting without adopting the agenda. This would of course he irregular. ~ ~~T:' The Council nevertheless is master of .its. o\vn procedure. The faet is thatthe members ~Ye d~Q~ to p'la~ this. item .first on its provisional ag~nda as a matter of urgency. The,furtÀer sugg~tionbas been.made that the Council should imnlediatelv discuss. this.. matter and then con- si4~I;'thc; r~ti4è~.Qi:thè. pX:O,\!Îsional agenda. This dqes'nQt 5eem.tQ me; to. be. inh.erently irreguiar, if we a<lQp(th~,regular prQÇedure~ Itmay: wellhe, considering that there will.bemuch di~ussi9n on the matters of priqdty,:.·t~twe.~~ firù.sh this meeting without having a4qpt~d:@y ag~n,$,at aIl. Il wQuld surely have been bè#er to. ha,.ve, tak~g.,. ~>ne item rather than quarrel about a1.t~f.~..'Ille ~y.~~ sin~~· s~on ba.s;~ made,; 1 féel. that 1 must. put lt to the vote. M.t. M,ALI~ (Unicm of SoYÎet. SQcialist R~ublics.) (".q~l4I..d~.p:~~R~).: 1.wis1t.to expmin' tbat 1 tilake .nQdil>ti.n~tl-Qn. betw~en.diSCJl5.SlOg, first theq.ues.- tiqD,. olthe.a~QIlof Indone.sia;.and the qUestion, of appI"Qving,tlleageIlda. In faet 1 am linking upthescttwo q\lê$~Qn~.. T pIQPo~e, that we should .first, adoptthe agen4a.ana th~:~;.. to .di~ss,. the applic:at,ion of· In4C)il)esi.1I. fOJ;'me!A~~p ofthe.Unite4.NatiC)!)$., 1'h~e is. nq op~si~Qn.hel"e. . --!We ........r....lb1tiL~jt}.~.~~9.ioum reasonably, as 1 hope Wes1W1, at:about 6o'cloclc, as we usuaUy tryto do, it is . abundantly 'Obvious tbat we shall not do anything more today tban~nsider the question of the application of IndoneSia 'for membersbip. It win therefO~ make no cJüference u ~ whiclt procedure 'I\>e follow, and 1 sug- .pt tbat tÀeCouncll proteed to adopt the ~ and , then begin todiscuss the question of the application of the Republic of .Indonesia for membersbip. c'est~-dire essayons qùe la d'Indonésie. n'importe de mande The PREsmENt'~ Wh;;t 1 franldy feu, speaking as President, is tbatif we go on like tlùs and continue ~ng the ;adoption 'Of the agenda, we sball in fact go on long :aiter6 ()'cl~ whith. therepresentative of Eg)-pt. for teaSOnsof .hlSOwn, would deprecate, before "ft ~doptedthe agenda. Président, à It is 110t my ~on that we sbould contine our- selves ~ow simply to diseussing the nrst item on our provisional ~da :and then discuss the orcIer of pri~ ority.· That suggestion bas '~made by the repre- sentativeof India. Baving been made bythe representa.- live of lndia, 1 ieel bound to put it to the vote. Yr. M.-\LIK (Union 'of Soviet SocialistRepublics) (lrlUUlatedfrom Rswiaft): 1 did not bear the Indian ,de representative~sproposalto discuss the question of the adn~' "'Ïonof lndonesia to the United .Nations witbout adopting theagenda. Was sucb a proposaI made or not? 1 should like to be 'Clearontbe point. The PmsInENT: Unless 1 am mistakert. the record of our proceedings willsbow that to he the case, but it isfor' the representative 'of India tosayand 1:0 withdraw bis proposai, if he 'Wisbes. Sir Benegal N. RA'U (India): 50 far as 1 «::an recol- lect from my notes, l proposed three things: tbat the applic:ation :of the Indonesian Republic: for admission 10 the Uniœd Na1ionssbould be put on the agenda, that à.shouId"he disposed lof 'first, and tbat we should make a reœmmenda1ion ior its admission without reîerring the applic:a.1ionto :d:te nsua1 Committee. Thoseare the tbree propositions Ip1aœd before :the Counci1. llo~ that we ~hall SOO~ have a m'etin~r'for the pUtpQse of cUsç1,1ssing tha,t PQint. 1 trust that we sha11 go ahead and adüpt Out-agenda soon, and 1 shall try to contribu~e to the speed of tbat accomplishm~t. In that case, 1 sbould congratulate tll~ S,ecunty Co1,11lçil for ilS great accomplisluilent in ad9pting its agenc:4L in a single meeting, inst_~ of in tllr~ m~tings as heretofore. !\lr. TSIA~G (China): In view of the fact that a large majority of the members of the Security Couneil desire 19 take actio~ o~ the application for membersbip of the UQite(i ~ations ma4e by the R.epublic of, Indonesia, and iQ view of the f~t that ~ tepresentative of Egypt v~ muç\! wishes that the Couneil adjourn at approxi- ma~y 6 p.m., 1 move to amend the agenda SQ. that it would consist of one item: Application by the Repub.lie of Indonesia for memhership of the United Nations. Nlr. QUEVEDO (Ecuador) (Iranslated jrom Spanish) We have now discussed these questions at g1"eat length. Thçrefore, in the first pl~e, 1 support the proposal of thç representative of China that ilie agenda showd con- sist of one single item: the application of Indonesia. In the; second plaCe, 1 request that the debate should he clo5ed and a vote taken on that item. Th~ PRESIDEN.T: 1 shouid like. to s~ for a moment as ~ representative of the UNITED ~NGDOM. 1 would Iike the amended agenda to consist of tw;o items: first, .,Application for the. admission of Indonesia to the Unlte.<l Natio~s", which could he disposed of in. five min,utes; and secondly, "Complaint of armed invasion of Taiwan (Formosa)". In regard to the second item, 1 suggest. that without great difficulty the Council might talce up th~ preliminary question of the invitation of a rqlresentative of th~ Central People's. Government of th~ Peqple's Republic of China. l think that the Coun- ciLc:ouId_talce adecision on that question before night- faIt That would he my counter-suggestion. Mr. BLANCO (Cuba) (lra~latedjrom Spani$h): The Cub~ delegation helieves that this mignt not he the appropriateinoment for the Couneil to ,enter upon con- sic:le,ratiQn of item 3 of the agenda, namely, complaint of armed inyasion again~t Formosa. The Cuban delegation feels that it would be more pro~r.' and practiCa1 for the Couneil to _wait until the Gerierâl Assembly: bas discussed that item 1Jefore con- sidering it. There appears to he no doubt that the full l&~ M.~li'llC ,(\(J'ltio~ 'ôf Soviet Socialist .R~b1i<:d (tr~ fr~J jR~,,) ~ ~lte thelaten~i}!:tt.e ....". 1f ~~~~ ~irable tot' us 'ro 'eOnstder ~ ~esiibtlS toda,y.. 1 ha,·c ln mindtbc 'ltteSÛOn of ••MisSiOl1'èt4'ndonesia, :al1d $(.'Ict')l'ldiy, baVlng .~ 101bemt:tibat. USSR rdèl~tion bas tàbled a draft lUOluiion',onllris:impor.tant, urgent and i~ate mat· ., wliiêh~s :t'he ;~ost :u~t 'quesrionœ"Our ;agen~ the item "'Golt1P1aint ,oi .aggrcssion 'Upon lbeRtpubllC of~'1~ The me rOl" i(teatn ,ollhous:ltmlsot t'he ,~l ~. Jmonroi~ iiS:a1:staKe, 'the lite 'ô'",death'ofthousands of W0Tnen, ,cliilè1ren;andôJd ~ple. If the Un'itèdStates ~tative:ma1ntains ·tbat thls iis 1>M,paganaa, l mu proud that 1tbe SoViet Union, ~ts 'Gowmment adits ~ta'fures ;in 'Ol".gatlSot the United Nations. ~ QI1:Ying faut; lPTqpa,ganda lO :save human li~ to ave a ~ JlO.I?lilation if.r.om ihe..barbarous~bombin(w"!ùcl1 IS ~(ca.med(cmtib'y'ihe United StatesmtenrentlOn1sts. ~ would ibe 1900,diPTo~nda lOT theUJ1ited .Nati~ 10 tight ta :Sa;ve lives. DSing :the ward 'p~ _ WJll;}lot,:iher.efore, .(ftSeni~ us'of thîs-question. It is :cime ithat :the United .states ~wi"'e under- stoodtbis. The PusmBNT: Nevertheless, Imûst pointoutthat bl insisting on the prior discussion of his draft resolu- tiaIl GD bombïng, which incideritaUy hé knowshas no chance· of auc:ceet1ing, the representative· of· the 'Soviet Union bu once apin, in the cireumstances, effectively bIacked a decision on the question of' the invitation tD the representative of the Govemment of Peking. Mr. QUBVJtDO (Ec:uador) (lfofl.S1ated from Spoflish) : A. the CcnJnc:il invariably touches uponpoints of sub- liante in its discussions on procedure, l'wish toèxplain brie8y why 1 am supporting the Chinese œpresenta- the'. unendment and .why 1 ;ml now raising a point of arder. . ln ~N of the late hour, and the discussion which lu a1ready taken place, 1 &ad thought and hoped that at ;tJùs meeting we could proceed direc:t1y to approve die~ for admission submitted by the Republic of 1 . 1 considered that was the ptoper' pro- c:ecIuR in the case of a new State which, had just adaieved its independence, t6 some extent with the Wlu- able assistance of the United Nations. Itwould prove tbat the Security Council was amicablyand enthusi- UticaDyOisposed towe1oomethe peoples'of .Asia into the family of nations as independent Members. The United Nations, consistently with its desire to bec:ome a pnuinely universal Organization, would tbereby gain u its sixtieth Member aState which cherishes high and aoIJIe ideals. lbeJieve,bowever~ that it would he difficu1t for us to --* greemtDtDoW,in the shQrt timeatour disposal :·::~~,;:~::v:nin:::i: oar~da. Fat tbat reason, and for tbat reason atone, 1 support. . the amendment submitted by the representa;. the Ol India. . ' MOftOVer, tule 33 "fthe· rules of procedure provid~ tbat motiou to introduce an amendmerlt 'shall have ~together with the other motions listed in .'-l'QIesin Dumerica1 order, over aIl principal motions ..,.cliscuasion. As the Chinese representative was the fiJ'It to IUbmit an amendment, 1 think thât bis proposal JhQuId'he amsidered and voted U{>OD first, so that. the Coancil may take a d:clsion at tbis meeting regarding the adnüsiion of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nationi. The PQsmENT: With reference to what the repre- ..tati"e Qf Ecuador bas said, lthink'that we are still . iD cmIer. Il.is tru~ that the representativeof Chinahas ~an amendmênt. Itistruethatunder rule 33 of •. ndea...of ..proçedure we. sha11 DOW discussthe ....~ ând my impression was that we were dis- cu.... il. 'Purine the discussiOn of ~e amendm.ent of die repnICD~ of ~ 1 vfntured to p~se a '. One is the Chinese p~sa1 that it shoul~ he limited ta one item: the application of the Republic of Indo- n_ The ~nd, wbicb 1 put forward myself, is that it should he limited to twa iteJUS: the application of the Republic of Indonesia, and the complaint of anned in- vasion of Taiwan {Formosa). The third proposaI, tbat of the representative of the Soviet Union, is that it sIiOuld he limited to three items: the application of the Republic of Indonesia, the complaint of aggr~onupou the Republic of Korea, and the complaint of the anned invasion of Taiwan (Formosa), in that order. Unless 1 hear anything ta the contrary, 1 propose to put those tbree proposais to the vote in that order, and if the nrst one carries, then we need not go on to the second orthe third. Mr. MALIK (Union of Soviet Si>cialist Republics) (IrtJnslated from Russian) : The President expressed a cJqubt whether the third amendment might block the queStion on the invitation to a representative of the Chinese People's Republic. That is a serious appre- hension, and in order to dispel it 1 propose that we should immediate1y take a vote on this question, wbich appears in document 5/1732 and wbicb the de1egation of the Soviet UniQn submitted as early as 29 'August 1950. ttThe Security Council, "In connexion with the statement of the Central Pee- pie's Government of the People's Republic of China regarding ...armed invasion of the island of Taiwan · (Forinosa), ttDecides to invite a representative of the Central People's Government of the People's Reeublic of China to attend meetings of the Security Counci1." 1 am sure that taking sucb a decision would dispel the President's apprebension. We might take this deci- ~on and then go on to consid~r the other questions. .The PRESIDENT: 1 think that we have to proceed in an orderly way. There were, as 1 ventured to point ~uttintilthe representative of the Soviet Union spoke ·Just now, three proposais before us, the ones 1 indi- cated. The representative of the Soviet Union is now Dlaking a fourth proposai. 1do not think we can put bis fourth proposai to the vote hefore the other three, and 1 the~fore propose to go ahead as 1 have just suggesœd andputthose three proposais to the vote. .Mr.. MALIK (Union of Soviet Soclalist Republics) (";a~late4·from Russian)o: Tbis is not a fonrth pro- ·~~ .as ï~cancelso out aU the earlier proposais, and 1 I11Sisf'ônits heing voted upon first sinée the President The PRES1.DENT: 1 do not agree tbat it is a previous question. 1 feel that those of us who wish to consider anet di~uss the question of the invitation to the Gov- emment of the People's Republic of China should vote in favour of my amendment that that ~int should he plac:ed second on the provisionnl agenda. If that is done we .tan discuss it tonight and the desire of the repre- senbtive of the Soviet Union and my desire will he atisfied. 1 therefore propose, unless there is any fur- ther objection, to put the three items te the vote. We shall vote first on the proposai put forward by the Chinese representative to the effect that the agenda should he limited today to one item, namely, the applica- tion for memhersbip of the Republic of Indonesla. A iIOt, uw taken by s1aOUl of IuJnds as follows: l,./tnJou,.: Oùna, Cuba, Ecuador, India, United States of America, Yugoslavia. AgoilUt: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northem lreland. AbsttJinmg: Egypt, France, Norway, Union of Soviet Soclalist Republics. TAer, œer, 6 !Jotes in f(Jf)ou,~ one against, and abstlfltiOftS. Th, proposai was not adcpted, 1uwin9 fGàlItl to obtai,. the affi"ootive !Joies of s6'llm tftetnbef's.

1 shaH now put to the vote my proposai that the provisional agenda today should he limited to two items: in the first placet the application for membership of the Republic of Indonesia; and, in the second place, the complaint of armed invasion of Taiwan (Formosa), with a view, on that matter; simply to deciding the preliminary question of an invitation to the People's Government in Peking. .A !Jol, uw takm by show (J/luJttds as /ollows: l_/(JTJo",,: Egypt, France, India, Norway, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northem Ireland, Yugoslavia. Agairul: Oùna. Absltlifling: Cuba, Ecuador, United States of America. TIN ",oposal was adopted by 7 votes to one, 'lIIÏth abst",lioru. The PaEsmENT: ln these circwnstances, does the representative of the SDviet Union wish me to put bis proposai ta the vote? 1 presume not. :Kr. JlALIK (Union of Soviet Socia1ist RepubUcs) (1rMII4t1tl Ir,. RfUSÎtIIJ): Yes, 1 wish my proposai to be pat ta the vote. Mr. MALIK (Union of Soviet Socialist ReplIblics) (It'(uulaletl /rD. Rus.siafl): Since the first and· second questions have been voted upon and adopted, 1 insist that we should include, as the third itm1, "The complaint oi aggression upon the Republic of Korea." Mr. SUNDE (Norway): The proposai of the repre- . sentative of the Soviet Union is excluded by the preVlOUS vote. The Norwegian delegation will therefore not take part in the vote that is about to he taken.

1 think that is logical, 1 must say. Nevertheless, to get it over with, we might as weil have the vote. 1 shall therefore put to the vote the proposai of the Soviet Union, as amended: that there be added as a third item the complaint of aggression upon the Republic of Korea. A flol, 'WIJS tak". by show 0/ 1umds as follows: In javo"r: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. AgtJin.st: Cuba, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northem lreland. AbsttJiniflg: China, Ecuador, Egypt, France, India, United States of America, Yugoslavia. Not participating in the 'lIoting: Norway. Till proposal was ,.ejeded by 2 flotes to on" mth 1 Gbsllfltion.s and one ",ember not participating in the fJoti,.g. The agenda was olloptetl.

Thus at long last,·and ! think after nearly three and a quarter hours, we have adopted the agenda. We shall proceed to the discussion of the first substantive item on the agenda, namely, the application for membership of the Republic of Indonesia. S. Application for membership of the Repub. lie of Indonesia Mr. TSIANG (China): Nothing would have pleased rne ·more tban if 1 were in a position to welcome the Republicof Indonesia to the ranks of the United Nations. The record of the Security Council shows that from ~e~verrbeginning of the Indonesian question my deleption displayed the utmost sympathy for the people . of Indonesia. At every stage of the proceedings of the ~ty Council on that question,my·delegation did Its utm1>St to promote the independence of the Republic 23 In the Security Council debates, my de1egation always Jeept in mind a second objective. We believed that the aclùevement of independence by Indonesia should be accomplished by peaceful means, and we thought that with the assistance of this Couneil, such an achievement was ~ible. 1am glad tbat the achievement did come about 1ïïthat--way.--A-protrnct~war would have handicapped the yOung, Republic, and \voûla' have forced, the liew country to begm its independent existencewith destruction, devastation and Misery, conditions which would have made an independent existence very difficutt. We felt that a peaœful solution of this question'would, at the same time, have another benefit. Whatever this Council might think about the hÎliltOry of Indonesia, that is, about th~ history of the mIe of the Netherland9 over Indonesia, tbat mIe was a historie fact afld nothing cao hlot aut history. We cao remove Mountains, but there is no way to blot out history. Even with independence, it was clear to us that the Dutch people would continue to hold a deep interest in the future of Indonesia. We believe that for the good of the two independent and equal partners, the achievement should be fulfilted through friendly meanS, so that in the new cra some measure of co-operation might he possible. - 1 am glad to see that events-have tumed out as my delegation had always hoped. Today, with the achievement of independence, the Republic of Indonesiaand the Netherlands will still be partners in a union, and 1 hope .that union will Mean reatly friendly co-operation. For all these reasons, the developments in Indonesia are most welcome to my country and my delegation. Unfortunately, the Government of the Republic of Indonesiatwo months aga rfCOgnized the puppet regime at Peiping; For our part, we must considerthat recog- 1?1tion as premature. We consider that as a lack of faith in the piinciples of ':nternationallaw. Tms act on the part of the Republican Govemment bas cast a shadow over the whole question. ' Therefore, although from our point of view China should he and would be the first to welcome the Republic of Indonesia to the tanks of the United Nations, 1 regret tosay thitmy-de1egation will al>stain in this vote. . Mr. BEBLER (Yugoslavia) (translated tram French) : It'is",ii:h.deep satisfaction tbat the Yugoslav delegation unreservedly supports the application of the Republic of IndoneiOÎa for admission to the United Nations. Only a. fewyear5 aga, Indonesia was merely a·geographical tenn. Mainly through its own efforts and ÎIl a relatively short &pace of time, it bas now become an inde- ~t nation. That fact is one of the MOst striking éicûnp1es of the.politicalmaturity of the peoples of Asia. It îs also one more prOOf that, despite certain contrary indic:ations, mankind is COÎlStantly and inevitably progressing toward the fulfilment of tl!e.right of all.1>eop'les to goftI'D tbernselves. In our oplmon, that histoncal :~àdlnitted to the United Nations. . Mt. CHAUVEL (France) (translDted !rom French): .1b~ French delegation will glad1ysupport the application' of the Republic of Indonesia submitted by the Indian representative. That is the natural outcome of an evolution in which the United Nations bas played a preponderant part. It is also in harmony with the development of rf~ations between France and Indonesia. In tbat.respect, l need only recal1 that the French Govemment has just appointed its first ambassador to Jakarta. 1 might add that the French Government strongly supports the universal nature of our Organization and that it glad1y welcomes here every country .whiclL it considers tn have fulfilled the conditions laid down in the Charter. Mr. MALIK (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) (translated trom Rfusian) : As 1 have already said, the USSR delegation supports the proposai'to admit the Republic of Indonesia to membershipof the United Nations, and will vote in favour of the adoptionby the ~ Security Couneil of a suitable recommendation, in aetQfdance with Article 4 of the Charter. Mr. QUEVEDO (Ecuador) (translated !rom Spanish): A moment ago, while we were discussing the question of' procedure, 1. pointed out the reasons for which 1 'believed that the United Nations should accept Indonesia as a Meniber. There isevery justification for that new. Republic becoming one of our Members. .cEcuador will always he prepared to welcome any country' whichfulfils its international'obligations md, assoon' as it achieves independenee, to vote in favour of its admission to this international Organization. , For those reasons, the delegation of Ecuadof will vote mfavour of the admission of Indonesia to the United Nàtions. ~i;;--:-:: . Mr.·FARRAG (Egypt): My delegation wholeheartedly w~lC9mes the admission of Indonesia to the United Nl!-tiQ~s. It will support with great pleasure the pro- ~s'l.lof,the representative of Indiain t1ù.s respect. c· '.:Mr.GR9ss (Unit~dStates of America): Theapplica-M. ,tipp,'o.f~theRepublicoHndonesiaforadmissipn ta .m~::.__ -:--;;·:~tiip-"oFtlïè"1Jiiitëd:'Nâtioris-ls made byaState the ·.. tiar.kgtQUrid andorigins of whichare familiar recent ":N~ty, marking IL major sttccess for the Security Coundl~dfo~ the community of nations. 1 say that this is ~b~r"bi§~rybecauséthequestion: of Indonesia bas ,.Ilèéü~forethisCouncil since the nionth of August 1941. .. . . , "1 am confident that the majority of the Members of this As..c;embly are already in agreement that the basic principles on which our Organization stands have been advanced by the determined efforts of aU those whose labours were recent1y concluded at The Hague." The settlement of these issues was worked out at the Round Table Conference at The Hague to which Mr. Austin referred. One of the reasons that this sett1ement was possible was the will of the Indonesian leaders to seek the road of peaceful negotiation in their fight for freedom in order to spare their people the hardship and devastation of war and to give to the world an eamest of their future conduct as a member of the community of nations. The Netherlands also showed its willingness to negotiate a settlement. The agreements reached at The Hague provided for the transfer of sovereignty by the Kingdom of the Netherlands and for the creation of the Netherlands-Indonesia Union, which the Union Statute describes as effecting organized co-operation on the basis of free will and equality of status, with equal rights without prejudice to the status of each of the two parties as: independent and sovereign States. As part of the transfer agreement reached at The Hague, the Netherlands recognized the aspirations of Indonesia to membership in this body and agreed to promote its membership. Hence, the application of the Republic of Indonesia is that of a new State in South East Asia which has often been heard at. this table and the aspirations of which have steadfast1y pointed towards membership in this Organization. At the fourth session of the General Assembly the Government of India was among the fourteen nations sponsoring a resolution which placed on record the very wide support of the General Assembly for the action taken by the parties at The Hague, and which welcomed the forthcoming establishment of the Republic of the United States of Indonesia as an independent, sovereign State.2 It therefore seems to my de1egation singularly appropriate that today it is the representative of India who has suggested that the Security Couneil should consider this application. My own Government has watched with interest and -attemptedto"assistin'a'crcative wayin the establishment ofa.new alldindependent Indonesian nation, and it has welcomed the formation· of the voîut1tary Netherlands- Indonesia Union. The United States was the third mem- "Through wholehearted co-operation in bringing about this agreement, the leaders of indonesia and of the Dutch people have strengthened and contributed to the development of the United Nations. They have gained for the people of Indonesia sovereignty and for the people of the Netherlands good will and assurances of fair treatment. The United States will welcome the Republic of the United States of Indonesia into the oommunity of free nations, and looks forward to Indonesia's admission to membership of the United Nations." That is the end of the quotation from the President's statement of 28 December 1949. In the light of this statement, it remains simply for my delegation to say that of course the United States today welcomes this application of the Republic of Indonesia. It considers that the records show that the Republic of Indonesia is a peace-Ioving State, able and willing to carry out the obligations of the United Nations Charter. My Goveroment will therefore vote in favour of this application. pendance établi République, appuyer "des Mr. SUNDE (Norway): The Norwegian Government we1comes the Republic of Indonesia as an independent State. We have established cordial diplomatie relations with that Rèpublic, and we are happy to support its application·for membership of our Organization. ment . ditionspréwes voterons-nous .

As there are no further speakers, 1 propo~ to say a few words in my capacity as, representatlve of the UNITED K1NGDOM. ~ry. 1 must in mct reserve the right of my de1egation to revert to this matter, but 1 suggest that, subject to that right, we should now vote on the question of the admission of the Republic of Indonesia. . Speàking as PRESIDENT, 1 think 1 am right in putting the question in the following form,·which 1 shall read out slowly: "The Seèurity Couneil finds that the Repubiic of Indonesia is a peace-loving State which fulfils the conditions laid down in Article 4 of the Charter, and therefore recommends to the General Assembly that the Republic of Indonesia he admitted to membership of the United Nations." A vote u'as taken by show of hands, as follows: In fwour: Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, France, India, Norway, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northem Ireland, United States of America, Yugoslavia. Abstaining: China. The proposaI was adopted by 10 votes in favour, with one abstention.

The Security Council will now consider the seçond item on the agenda. 1 call.on the representative of Cuba on a point of order..\ . Mr. BLANCO (Cuba) (translated from Spanish): As the President's good intentions to adjoum the meeting at 6 p.m. could not he carried out for obvious reasons, and as it is aIready past.Î p.m., 1 propose that the meeting should he adjoumed.

In accordance witlî our rules of procedure, a motion for adjoumment should be voted on without discussion. 1 shall therefore put it to the vote. Mr. MALIK (Union of Soviet Socialïst Republics): Point of order.

1 calI on the representative of the Soviet Union on a point of order. Mr. MALIK (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) (translated from Russian) : It bas been decided by the majority to consider the second item today. The Cuban representative's proposai is, therefore, contrary to that decision; .The rules of procedtire do not apply to this case. It hasbeen decided to consider this question today. The majority of the memhers of the Security Couneil voted for thîs. What justification is there for resorting to manœuvres in order to prevent the consideration of tbis question? There is none. , A vote was taken by show of hands as follows: ,'in fav.our: China, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt,France, United States of Amedea. Against: India, Norway, Union of Soviet Socialist Rêpublics, United Kitlgdom of Great Britain and Northem Ire1an~, Yugoslavia. . "Therewere 6 votes in favour and 5 against. The mo- . :lion for adjournment was not adopted, having tailed to obtain the affirmative vote of seven members. 6. a sécurité; Mon Tout tendant qui a de le crire 6."Complaint of armed invasion of Taiwan " (Formosa) Mr. TSiANG (China): When this item was proposed for discussion in the Security Couneil, my delegation fipposed such discussion. 1 opposed iton aliumber of grounds. In the first place, the complaint does not have a'Prima facie,case. In the second plaèe, the party which '~~ the comRlaint had no competence to lodge such a complaint wlth the Security Couneil. However, the Council did put it on the agenda [492nd. meeting]. .. Then the General Assembly met in itsfifth session. The delegation of the Soviet Union proposed that the same item should he put on the agenda of the General AsSembly. It is true that the item to he inc1uded in the agenda of the General Assembly is worded differently. There it is ca1Ied "Complaint of aggression againstChina'bv the United States of America". But if we' study ~~ explanatory memorandum submitted by the Soviet Union in support of ttmt item, as set forth in document A/1382, we find that the item pror>sed for the- General Assembly is identical with th~ Item here; The item in the General Assembly agenda includes the so-ealled invasion of Taiwan (Formosa) by the United States. It also inc1udes the bombardment ofborder towns along the Yalu River.. cinquièm~ sue 1 l'ordre rédig~ est . Chine l'on étudie le mémorandum explicatif'souniis soviétique dans posé générale point raIe bombardement 1ralou. a cette donc ,The sècond aspect, air bombardment, was discussed inthe'Secùrity Couneil. That aspect has been disposed of [501st meeting]. What remains is the so-called invasion of Taiwan. .' 'The General Assembly, at its 285th plenary meeting held this aftemoon, decided by a vote of 31 to,6, _w!th(i d rnscnre et contradictoires. abstenti~ns, to indude this item in the agenda of the General Assembly. According to Articles 10 and 12 of the Charter, the Security Couneil and the General Assem~lyshould not discuss the same problem simultaneously.There are very goodand sound reasons for tha the,t provision. in the Charter. ,If we do not observe ,.provisions of the Charter,the various organsof the Umte<i Nations Will'have conflicting decisions and rec- OIJUnen.dations. ' "dIth~refore m?v~that tll~ Security C<?unci~.cease co~­ ~I, eration of this Item durmg the conSideration of .this ltem'by the General Assembly. Mr. MALIK (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) (translated trom Russian) : The assertion by the repre- .sentative of the Kupmintang group at this table that the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China is not competent to address the Security Council and the United Nations or to raise the question of aggression against China by a foreign Power, does not stand IIp to criticism and cannot be taken inta account. This assertion is invalid, for, as the USSR and other delegations have frequently stated, and as' the whole world .is aware, the representative of the Kuomintang group· atthis table does. not represent China or the Chinese people. As .regards the substance of the·question we are discussing, in the first place the item figures on the agenda of the General Assembly under another title; in the second place, a further telegram bas been received today, . which., 1 believe, bas been issued as an official document [S/1808]. 1 refer to a telegram from the Minister fOf Foreign Affairs of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China, Mr. Chou En-lai, con- œrning afurther act of aggression by the United States, whicb took the form of an attack on Chinese territm:y by the United States Air Force and the dropping of heavy bombs whicb caused damage and casualties. As regards the reference to Article 12 of the Charter, the representative of the Kuomintang group is interpreting it incorrectly. If we read this Article carefully and study it, we find that it means that while the Security CQuncil is exercising the functions assig!!~d ta it by the Charter in respect of any dispute or situation, the General Assembly may not make any recommendations - repeat: may not make any recommendations - with regard ta that dispute or situation uniess the Security Council 50 requests. There is no suggestion here that the General Assembly may not consider or discuss such questions. Ta place sucb an interpretation on Article 12 is a distortion of the Charter. There are precedents for this in the history of the United Nations. For example, ~ast year, despite the façt that the Indonesian question was under discussion in the Security Council, it was included on the agenda of the General Assembly for the very reason that Article 12 does not prohibit the General Assembly frem considering and discussing questions on the agenda of the Security Counci1. Article 12 prohibits the General Assembly from making any recommendations unless the The same applies to Article 10 of the Charter, wh\ch also deals with recommendations but not with consideration or discussion. The General Assembly is in fact eIPPOwered ta discuss any question within the purview of. the Charter and, with the exceptions provided in Article 12, ta make recommendations. The General Assembly may discuss any question. There are no .upulations here that it is not entitled ta <,Iiscuss questions on the agenda of the Security Couneil. In this Article and in Article 12 it is laid down that the General Assembly MaY not make reeommendations with regard to disputes or situations with which the Security Couneil is c:oncemed. But neither Article 12 nor Article 10 of the Charter prohibits the General Assembly from discussing those questions. This is how the matter stands, and tms is, the essential meaning of these Articles. For this r.eason the attempt to justify one's' position on the basis of Articles 10 and 12, and to assért that they prohibit the General Assembly from discul?sing a question on the agenda of the Security Couneil, is incorrect and invalid. ce~ ner de sécurité. de qu'elle que ceme populaire qui de l'anglais) que étant qui cette Etats-Unis l'inscription pour Etats-Unis tions entendues se Unis, de avec dépit mon Nous telles devraient grand ~ Anegards the question of voting, the USSR de1egaticm made its proposai some time ago and bas made it ijain at the present meetingo The USSR delegation therefore insists that its clraft resolution on the invitation ta a representative of the People's RepubHc of China to attend the meetings of the Security Couneil at wbich the armed invasion of the Island of Taiwan is being discussed should he votoo 'Up()n<first. .. ,., ;:Mr.GRoss (United States of America): 1 think it is p;uticu1arly appropriate for my delegation to state its position in thismatter, in view of the fact that it is the Gov~mment of :the United States which is the object and;lmay say, subject of this false charge. As the Security Couneil knows, the United States voted [492nd ~~ling] in favour of placing the item "Complaint of 8@ïed:invasion of Taiwan (Formosa)" on the agenda 'o,~:~~~e<;~rity Couneil. The United States delegation tOQk"th,is'P9sition so. that the charges made against my GQve$nent could he heard and disposed of. Ithink ~ePJ;:esidentwill recall that, at·the time the representa- ~~.eoUhe United States stated bis position in the Coun- çjJ.'J49PtlJmeeting] he also pointed out that the United ··Stâte$welcomed consideration of this case by the Uniteq Nations, in spite of the absurd.falsehoods wbich ~semy GoverDnlent· of armed invasion and i11egal aets,We feIt, and we feel that such charges, however unf~UI14ed, s4puld he promptly h~rd and aired. ,.S~~~~'thêit~ril. has been put on the agenda of the ,~ec;uI1~.Council,we think that the action of the Soviet du 't ~Qn ~n placing the same substance, as we understand l'Union !·,bèfore the General Assembly creates a very complifond 31 The letter contained in document S/1808 which is siglled by Mr. Chou En-lai and which was referred to by the representative of the Soviet Union, does indeed refer to an incident charging the bombing of certain territory of China. My delegation will have more to say about this at another time. However, l think that the reference by the representative of the Soviet Union to this letter again serves to confirm what is already l wish, however, to come back to the point l made a few moments aga in my opening remarks. My delegatian is willing to have the complaint aired and considered in the Security Council and in the General Assembly simultaneously, consecutively or in any other order which the members of both bodies desire. But again l should like to say that as matters now stand, this procedure in practice would seem to be one which promises nothing but confusion. Therefore, before casting a vote on the motion which has been made by the representative of China, l think it would be very helpfulat least from the standpoint of my delegation whkh, after all, has a material interest in the matter since it is the object of false charges - if the Soviet Union representative would tell the representatives in the Council precisely what he has in mind so that there might be an agreement on procedure. That would facilitate an investigation of and a decision on these charges with a minimum amount of wasted effort and duplication on the part of bath the Security Council and the General Assembly. In aIl respects l hardly think it is an answer to say, as was said by the representative of the Soviet Union, that the General Assembly under the Charter may dis- C\\ss and debate the matter while the Security Council has the matter under consideration, but that the General Assembly cannat make recommendatÎons with respect to that matter. Does that mean that the representative of the Soviet Union is proposing that the matter be discussed in the General Assembly, but is not suggestillg and is not now contending that the General Assembly should make any recommendations on this matter? l should like to know that in order ta be able ta take a position in respect to the motion which has been made by the Chinese delegatioll. l think that other members of the Council also would be very interested in knowing precise1y what the Soviet Union delegation has in mind with respect to this double reference.

Obviollsly we cannat go on forever, bccause if we did our admirable interpreters would break down and we should therefore be unable ta continue. The question raised by the representative of China and the questions asked of the Soviet Union representative by the representative of the United States would, if they \Vere answered and pursued, in fact give rise ta another very long debate. In these circumstat;ces, 1 fcel that we should not really be able ta get t0111ght to the question of whether the invitation is ta be extended ta the People's Government of China. Therefore l must myself now put the question of the adjourmnent. l would remind the members of the Council that this matter must be decided without debate. If the representative of the Soviet Union is not going to debate, he has a point of order to raise. Mr. MALIK (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) (tralls1ated from Rttssian) : l appreciate the President's initiative in sl1ggesting that we adjourn, but l would be 33 The fact is, wè are at present discussing a purely procedural question.

1 am sorry, but the representative of the Soviet Union is out of order. The question of the adjournment has been put and it must be decided now without debate. A vote was taken by show of hands, as follows: In favour: China, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Norway, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ire1and and the United States of America. Against:, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Abstainittg: India and Yugoslavia. The motion was adopted by 8 votes ta one, with 2 abstentions.

Does the Soviet Union representative wish to speak on a point of order? Mr. MALIK (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) (translated fram Russian): 1 should like to explain myvote. The USSR delegation feels bound to announce that the Anglo-American bloc has for the fourth time prevented the adoption of a decision to invite a representative of the People's Republic of China. The decision is illegal and unfair.

1 am sarry, but that is not a point of order. The meeting is adjourned sine die, until I caU it again. The meeting rose at 7.55 p.m. ----_>-.;-----------:::--:---:----,-------- Pl'Înted in U.S.A. Priee in tbe Uilitecl