S/PV.600 Security Council

The provisional agenda was drawn up in accordance with roIe 10 oi the provision2l.1 ruIes .of proced~'" and is the same as the one for our preceding meeti...,g held on 12 September 1952. We might consider it as adopted, subject to the same reser- v~tions. 1 am referring to document S/Agenda 600. Adm.ission of new Members: (b) New applications for membership (8/2446, 8/2466, 8/2467, 8/2672, 8/2673 and 8/2706) (continued)

In accordance with the proce- dure adopted at ourpreceding meeting l suggest that the CounciI resume discussion on sub-item 2 (b), "New applications for membership (S/2446. S/2466, S/2467, S/2672, S/2673 and S/2706)". l shall summarize briefly the pr'Ûcedural sit"Jation of the Cauncil Six draft resolutions have been tabled on sub-item 2 (b). First is docuIIlentS/2483, submitted by Pakistan on the application of Libya; secondly, S/2754, submitted by the United States on the application ('lf Japan; thirdIy, S/2758, submitted by France on the application of VietnaIl1; fourt41y,S/2759, submitted by lfrat1c~on the application of Laos; fifthly, S/2760, alsosubn1Îneû by France on the application of Cambodia; and sixth1y, S/2773, submitted by the Soyiet Union on the applica- tion of the Democratie Repul)1ic of Vietnam. Président: M. J. MUNIZ (Brésil). Présents: Les représentants des pays suivants: Brésil, Chili, Chine, France, Grèce, Pays-Bas, Pakistan, Turquie, Union des Républiques socialistes soviétiques, R'Ûyaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord, Etats-Unis d'Amérique. Ordre du jma- provisoire (S/Agenda 600) 1. Adoption de f'ordre du jour. 2. Admission 1 e nouveaux Membres: a) Examen de la résolution 506 (VI) de l'Asseni- blée générale; b) Nouvelle5 demandes d'admission (S/2446, S/ 2466, 5/2467, S/2672,5/2673 et S/2706). Adoption de l'ort:k~ du jour 1. Le PRESIDENT (traduit de l'anglais): L'ordre du jour provisoire dont le Conseil est saisi a. été établi conformément aux dispositions de l'article 10 du règle- ment intérieur provisoire. Cet ordre du jour est le même que celtù de la dernière séance du Conseil, tenue le 12 septembre 1952; il figure dans le document S/Agenda 600. L)ordre du four est adopté. .. Admissi<)n de nouveaux Membres: b) Nouvelles demandes d'admission (8/2446, 8/2466, 8/2467, 8/2672, 8/2673 et S/2706) (suite) 2. Le PRESIDENT (traduit de l;anglais): Confor- mément à la procédure adoptée au cours de la séance précédente, je propose au Conseil de poursuivre l'exa- men du point 2, b, intitulé "Nouvelles demandes d'ad- mission (S/2446, S/2466, 5/2467, S/2672, S/2673 et S/2706)". Je vais brièvement faire le point de la pro- cédure sur cette·question. Le, Conseil est saisi des six projets de résolution suivants concernant le p()Lt1t2, b: projet de résolution du Pakistan concernant la d~iaande d'admission de la Libye (S/2483); projet de résolution des Etats-Unis concernant la demande d'admission du Japon (S/2754); projet ·de résolution de la F1'ante .concernant la demande d'admission· du Vietnam (SI· 2758); projet de résolution de la France concernant la demande d'admission du Laos (S/2759); projet de résolution·de la France concernant la demand~ d'admis" sion du Cambodge (5/2760);. projet de résolution de l'Union des Républiques socialistes soviétiques çoncer- nant la d·emande d'admission de la République démo- cratique du Vietnam (S/2773). 4. I caU on the representative of China on a point of order. 5. Mr. TSIANG (China): My delegation maintains hs stand on the application contained in document S/2466, but l wish to avoid a protracted and profitless debate on procedure. For this reason, l withdra"l the motion to which the President has just referred.

For its :(>Srt, the French delegation cat'.11o! but maintain the pOlUt of view it expressed towards the end of our last meeting on the question of inc1uding the application contained in document S/2466 on the agenda of our meeting. Tt rtili takes the view tlla.t, as the so-called Democratie Republic of Vietnam tannot he considered to he aState, any discussion on the q,uestionQf its admissio~ tS pointless. It reserves the nght to raise this prior question and to adduce what- ever arguments may be necessary whenever.. i~. detm}s it proper ta do so during the actual debate. . .. 7. Mr. MALIK (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) (traftSlated jrom Russian): There is one matter to which l should lllce to draw attention. The French representative has"once again repeated his aIlegation that the Democratie Republic of Vietnam is not aState. .( l have before me, hq\vever. the text of a statement by the Vietnam Republic dated 22 November 1948. This '\-'aS the first statement which was sent to the United Nations and which, mast strange1y, has for unknown - reasons not yet been issued a.'3 an official Security Council docume..'1t. It would appear that in the United Nations Secretariat thereare officiaIs who deal with incoming documents in the same way that the United States delegation dea1s with applications for ttlember- ship in the United Nations, that is to say, they pursue a p3licy of favouritism towards some governments and a poJicy Of discrimination towards others. For, some applications are issued înunediately as official Secutity Col1ncil documents, while others lie in the Secretariat a.rclùves fur a number of. years. l wish to bri~g't,his matter ta the Counci1's attention and request that 'the application of the Democratie RepubIic of Vietnam be issued itmnediate1y as an officialSecurlty Council d~tx 8. In that document it is specifically stated .that . Vietnatn bas bel::na sovereign and independent State since 2 September 1945 as a result of the Allied victory OVe! Japan. to which Vietnam contributed heayily in the lives of i:ts people and in its resources. It was recognized by France under an agreement ~dated 6 March 1946. The Government of the Democratie Repub& of. Vietnamwas lega11y appointed by the . Natiooal i\ssembly which was elected at a general elec- . < en vies humaines et en ressources matérielles. La France a reconnu cet Etat aux termes de raccord du 6 mars 1946. Le Gouvernement de la.République démocratique du Vietnam a été légalement constitué par· l'Assemblée 9. l particularly wish ta caU t'1e attention of the Ccuncil and of the French representative ta this extract from the declaration made by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam to the effect that it had been recognized bv the French Government as a sovereign, independent S~tate. Hence, statements such as those now being made by the French representative are, ta say the least, peculiar. 10. Ml'. HOPPENOT (France) (translat 'à from French): At the conclusion of our last meeting, the representative of the Soviet Union announced that he intended to speak for thirty-five minutes on the Viet- minh question. l assume that, during his statement, he will refer ta a number of points with which l shaH dis- agree. In the circu111stances, 1 would prefet· ta answer the question he has just put to me after he has made his statement, rather than reply ta him question by question. 11. Mr. lvIALIK (Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- lies) (translated fr.ot11. Russian) : If we are proceeding to consider the application suhmitted by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, l am prepared ta speak at once. 12. The PRESIDENT: l suggest that the Security Council should proceed ta discuss the actual draft resolutions before it, starting with document S/2483, suhmitted by Pakistan, concerning the application for membership of Libya. 13. Ml'. BOKHARI (Pakistan): l am very grateful ta the Preddent for givL..g priority in our preselt discussion to the draft resolution on the' admission of Libya, subinitted by my delegation. Of course, l appre;' ciate the fact that the President has given the Pakistan draft resolution priority because, among the draft reso- lutions we are ta discuss this afternoon, it was submitted first. l consider it fortunate that it should be so, because, in, my delegation's opinion, bur draft resolution, expressing our desire that Libya should he admitted to membership of the United Nations, should be taken right out of the dust and heat of the arena which has been built up round the question of the admission of new Members. ' 14, It was not long ago that the $ecurity Council voted [590th meeting] on a draft resolution presented by the USSR delegation set forth in document S/2664. That draftresolution expressed the USSR delegation's desire that Albania, the Mongolian People's Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Hlmgary, Finland, I~y,Portugal, Ireland, Jordan, Austria,Ceylon, Nepal and Libya should be admitted to membership of the United Nations..The Security Cotmcil will recall that my dele- gation voted in favour of 'the draft resolution. We did 50 for the fol1owing reasons: First, voting for the USSR drait resolution s\'eemed to us to be the easiest and quickest wayaut of the paralysis with which the Council is.seized as regards the question of the admis- sion of new Members. Secondly, we believe that there are a large number.of countries in the list·contained in the USSR draft resolution whose admission ta the . United 'Nation.s would he a source of great strength ta the Organization. Thirdly, we believe that, to be usefu1 and real, thf: United Nations must reflect as faithfull)'f (t-rad~tit du russe): Si nous abordons l'examen de la demande de la République démGçratique du Vietnam, je suis prêt à prendre la parole immédiatement. 12. Le PRl!:SIDENT (traduit de l'at~glais): Je pro- pose que If. Conseil e.-{amine maintenant les projets de résolution dont il est saisi en commençant par celui du Pakistan, qui a trait à la demande d'adm1ssiQ'l de la Libye el: qui figure dans le document S/2483. 13. M. BOKHARI (Pakistall) (traduit de l'anglais): Je suis três heureux que le Présiderj; ait pu donner la priorité, dans nos débats d'aujourd'hui, au pro~t de résolution présenté par ma délégation au sujet de l'ad- mission de la Libye. Je sais bien que, si le Président a donné la priorité au projet de résolution du Pakistan, c'est parce que ce projet a été soumis avant lc:s autres projets de résolution que nous devons discuter ceL... aprês-midi. Je.çrois néanmoins pouvoir m'en· féliciter, car ma délégation estime que son projet de résolution, où elle exprime, son désir de voir admettre la Libye à l'Organisation des Nations Unies, doit être'retiré de l'arène où se qispute avec âpreté la question de l'admis- sion de nouvea~-;;:. Membres. 14. Il n'y a pas longtemps, leConseil de sécurité a voté sur un projet de résolution présenté par la délégation de l'URSS et figurant dansle dGCument S/2664, Dans ce projet, la délégation de l'URSS exprimait son d~sir de voir admettre à l'Organisation des Nations Unies' l'Albanie, la République populaire, de Mongolie, la Bulgarie, la Roumanie, la Hongrie, la Finlande, l'Italie, le Portugal, l'Irlande, la J0rdanie,l'Autriche. Ceylan, leNépal~t la Libye. Les membres du Conseil se sou- viennent que ma délégation..:a voté en faveur de ce projet de résolution. Nous l'avons fait pour les raisons sui- vantes. En premier lieu, il nous a semblé que voter en faveur du projet de résolution de l'URSS était le moyen le plus rapide et le plus facile de permettre au Conseil de sortir de la torpeur qui le paralyse lorsqu'il s'agit de la question de l'admission de nouveaux Membres. En deuxième lieu, nous estimons que, dans la liste contenue dans le projet de résolution>de'J'URSS, figurent· un grand nombre de pays dont l'admissionrenfarcerait beaucoup notre Organisation. Eniin, nous pensons que, 15. On the other hand, our oplmon is that, to he effective, the United Nations must, as I have said, reflect as faithfully and aS clearly, as possible the present state of the world. Otherw7se, the United Nations will be an enormous ostrich-like body. By making an over-meticulous selection of Members- sometimes the selection is not warranted by any clear principles - the United Nations will become an unreal body. If there are States which do command a position of authority over areas, territories and peoples, we say that, whatever view may be held as regards the internaI administration of thase Sta.tes, it is better for them to be within the purview and orbit of the United Nations than outside·iL That is why we voted in favour of the Soviet Union draft resolution. 16. Incidentally, Libya was incIJ...ded in the list of applicant$contained in the Soviet Union draft resolu- tion. On that one country, therefore, as on the other thirteen, the Soviet Union delegation and my delegation could, on that occasion, see eye to.eye. 1/. Members· will reca1l that the type of resolution contained in documents S/2449/Rev.1 and S/2664 has stood in the name of the USSR delegation for some time,'buttt'lat resolution has not alwàys contained the names d. f01Jrteen countries. If I recall correctly, in the pastit f:'Ontained thirteen names [S/2449]. In December of last yea" Libya a?plied for membership in the United Nations. Promptly, thename ofLibya was added to the list in the USSR draft resolution. That createda little trepidation in onr minds. Frankly, at thattime we sincerely.hoped that thename of Libya would not be added to the list. But, it was added. Today, my only hope. is that.it will not be difficult to detach the name of Libya from the list. In fact, 1. think·it is·important that we should, if necessary, detach the name. 18. Why do we considcr that important? Because the case of Libya is unique in the United Nations. We know very wen tha.t Libya, a former Italian colony, has been the subject of discussion in the United Nations fora Ilumber .of· years" and that the achievement of Libyan independence was one of .the greatest and ·most important tasks performed.by our Organization. l think that the United Nationscould easily claim that the independenceof Libya .wasone ofits greatest achieve- ments, of which it should beprow:l. 19. It is not always easy tofind that of which we have a right to be proud in this Organization. B~t in this particular case l think·that the United Nations did .represent and implement the hopes and the aspirations OW'1 decisions and admit Li.bya to membership. 20. At the fourth, fifth and sixth sessions of the Gene- ral Assembly of the United Nations the question of Libyan membership in the United Nations was men- tioned in very cle:;l.r terms in resolutions adopted by the General Assembly. 21. At the fourth session of the General Assembly resolutïon 289 (IV) on Libya stated: "That upon its establishment as an independent State, Libya shall he admitted to the United Nations in accordance with Article 4 of the Charter". 22. At the fifth session of the General Assembly this was reiterated in resolution 387 (V), and the Assembly reaffirmed "its recomm~ndationsthat, upon its establish- tnent as an independent State, Libya be admitted to the United Nations in accordance with Article 4 of the Charter". 23. At the sixth session of the General Assembly, by which time Libya's case had been settled, the recom~ mendation of the General Assembly in resolution 515 (VI) reads as follows: "Çonsiders, since the United Kingdom of Libya has been established as·an ind.ependent and sovereign State and has applied for membership in United Nations, that it should now b.~ admitted to the United Nations in accordance of Artk~e 4 of the Charter and the General Assembly's previous recommendations on this subject." 24. In other words, if we admit Libya to membership now, as l hope we shaH, it wouid only be one organ of the United Nations carrying out the decision of another organ which is much larger anrl which reflects a .greater part of world opinion. 25. l find from the records that the last resolution on Libya adopted by the General Assembly was voted for by fifty delegations. 1s there a de1egation sitting . around this table that was· not among ~hose fifty? If so, l should very much like that delegation to declare itself. The records do not show wmch delegations voted in favour of this resolution. So far as l: can see, there was no roll r.all on that occasion. Therefore, if there are any de1egations here that voted against that reso- lution,. l think they should declare themse1ves now, If not, l thin1< it is their moral durJ to vote for the admission of Libya. 26. Our cbnduct with regard to the application of Libya on this occàsion is a supreme test of whether we, ~s Members of .the United Nations, consistently carry ?utour own moral (bligations. Apartfrom that, l think .If \Yould be a wonderful spectacle for the world of today thaï in three years' time a subjeot people should be helped by the United Nations first to achieve inde-

l request al 1 the speakers ta confine their statements ta the draft resolution under consideration on the question of Libya's admission to membership in the United Nations.

There is hardly need for me to say that l shaU vote in favour of the proposai of Pakistan ta admit Lih,ya to the United Nations. This newcÜ.ner ta the community.of nations, barn as we aU knowunder the regis of t.~e United Nations, fulfils aU the qualifications for me:..'llbership set forth in Article 4 of the Charter. 29. 'Libya is, as it has been unequivocably made clear, a peace-Ioving State which accepts the obligations contained in the Charter and which, in the judgment of the Organization, is. able and ,villing ta carry out these obligations. This judgment of our Organization is embodied in paragraph 7 of resolution 515 (VI) adopted by the General Assembly on1 February 1952. Moreover, it is to be noted that this resolution was passed on the recommendation of the Ad Hoc Political C01ll1IÙttee - by the way,Greece w-as one of the sponsors of the draft proposai on this.questiqn - which recommendation' was adopted at its 54th meeting on 28 January 1952 bl 48 votes to none. The same unanimity was registered when the General Assembly, at its 374th plehary meeting, was caUed to acE upon this recommendation. Fiftv-thTee States vated in favour of thedraft resolution as·a \<l'hole and, as the represe:'1tative oi Pakistan has reminded us, fifty States voted in favour of paragraph 7 whkh ,deals more particularly with the question' of Libya's admission to membership in the United Nations~ Not a single dissenting vote was registered in either instance. 30. Thus, in the Case of Libya as in the case of Italy, the Organization, through its most represent?tive organ, has already rendered i,ts v~rdict in this maLter. It did so by reversing to some extent the established sequence in which the two competent organS of the United Nations -that is, the Security Council and the General Assemb!y- are called top.t'Dnounce themselves under paragraph Z of Article 4 of the Charter.. 31. The clear and categorical ~.xpression ot the GeneraL Assembly's will occurring under such con- ditions cardes with it special weight. Indeed, under paragraph 1. of Article 24 of the Charter, the Members of.the United Nations .agree ·that in carryir~ out its duties, the Security Council· acts on thetr hehalf. Accordingly".a special responsibility is comerred on and a trust is placedin the Council ta which it has to live up under. penalty of forfeiting it. As an organ of the United Nations, the. Security Council acts on behalf of the UI;I#edNations and not on hehalf of its members. !~!::onnaissent qu'en s'acquittant de ses devoirs, le Conseil de sécurité agit en leur nom. Le Conseil de sécurité est par conséquent chargé de responsabilités toutes particulières .. dont il.doits'acquitter sous peine. de faillir à sa mission. En tant qu'organe des Nations Unies, le Conseil de·.sécurité agit au nom ·de .1'Orgatrl- sati0n. tout entière, et non pas en. celui de ses propres membres: ines~'l.pableresponsibility for the future of that country". 1 added that we were dealing with·a country which "has many social and economic problems which the United Nations must help to solve in view of the origin oL thaLcountry~ independence"; Final1y, 1 said that "50 long as Libya is not present at our discussions, ii can only ask indirectly for the fulfilment of the moral commitmer.ts entered into by the United Nations". 1 should like to emphasize those views. 40. The fact of the matter is that the responsibility of the United Nations towards Libya is enormous. It is incumbent upon the United Na.qons to help to maintain the lndependenèe of a country born under the au:;pices of the United Nations. The latter is therefore obliged to create the economic and social conditions which would serve to maintain that independence. In short, it is the bounden duty of the United Nations to guide Libyain its first steps along the road of inde- pendence. The United Nations gave Libya. its inde- pendence at a time wilen social and economic conditions in the country were deplorable. In fact, in his latest report to the United Nations puhlished a few months ago, ..•the "Supplementary report to the second annual report of the United Nations Cornrnissioner in Libya" 1 the United Nations Cornmissioner in Libya writes that: "Libya is one of the pobrest independent countries in the wodd, with one of the 10wesÎ: per capita national incomes, which reflects the. basic poverty of the nation's· natural resources ... The principal 37. Ma délégation est prête à voter en faveur du projet de résolution du Pakistan. 38. M. SANTA CRUZ (Chili) (traduit de l'espa- gnol): Mes collègues ont déjà parlé des résulntÏons de l'Assemblée générale qui ont donné l'indépendance à la Libye. Je voudrais seulement rappeler que cette décision de l'Assemblée générale a été le résultat de l'un des débats les plus remarquables qui se soient institués à l'Organisation des Nations Unies. En effet, ce sont surtout les petits pays qui ont décidé que l'Assemblée générale voterait en faveur de l'indépen- dance de la Libye, réfutant les arguments de ceux qui soutenaient que ce pays n'était pas mûr pour l'indé- pendance et qu'il devait être placé sous le régime de la tutelle. 39. Au cours de mon intervention·d'il y a quelques jours, à la 597ème séance du Conseil, j'ai déclaré qu'à mon avis "c'est faire tort au peuple de Libye que de ne pas admettre cet Etat dont l'Organisation des Nations Unies a proclamé l'indépendance. En effet, l'Organisation des Nations Unies a des responsabilités inéluctables en ce qui concerne l'avenir de ce pays". J'ai ajouté qu'il s'agit d'un pays auquel "se posent de nombreux problèmes sociaux et économiques, à la solu- tion desquels l'Organisation est tenue de participer en raison de l'origine de l'indépendance de la Libye". Enfin, j'ai déclaré que, "tant que la Libye sera absente de nos délibérations, elle ne pourra demander qu'indirectement . à l'Organisation de s'acquitter des obligatio'J.s moralf.:s qu'elle a contractées". Je maintiens (. r -~lnions. 40. En vérité, les obligations des l'fations Unies à l'égard de la Libye sont très grandes. Notre Organisa- tion se doit d'aider à maintenir l'indépendance de cet Etat, créé sous les auspices des Nations Unies, et, à cet effet, elle doit contribuer à la création des conditions é~onomiques et sociales nécessaires au maintien de cette indépendance. En un mot, l'Organisation a -le devoir inéluctable de guider les premiers pas de la Libye indé- pendante. Les Nations Unies ont donné l'indépendance à la Libye au moment où ce pays se trouve dans une situation sociale et économique p.éplorable. En effet, dans son dernier rapport à l'Organisation des Nations Unies, remis il y a quelques mois et intitulé: "Rapport supplémentaire· au deuxième rapport annuel du Com- missaire des Nations Unies en Libye 1", le Commissaire des Nations Urdes en Libye a déclaré ceci: "La Libye est un des pays indépendants les plus pauvres du globe; son revenu national par habitant, qui est l'un des plus bas, accuse l'indigence fonda- mentale du pays en ressources naturelles. La princi- 1 Voir les DoC"umenrs officiels de l'Assemblée générale, si:rième session, Supplément No 17A; 41. Eisewhere, with referenœ ta health conditions, he says that the number of blind persons is estimated at at least 10 per cent of the total population. 42. In view of this situation, provision was made in General Assembly resolution 515 (VI) for a number of measures concerning United Nations economic and technical assistance to Libya. In the first place, the General Assembly decided that Libya should continue ta receive rechnical assistance pending its admission ta the> United Nations. It then requested the Economie and Social Council to study, in consultation with the Government of the United Kingdom of Libya, ways and means whereby the United Nations, with the co- operat:ion of all goverrunents and the competent spe- cittlized agencies, could furnish additional assistance to the United Kingdom of Libya with a view to finan- cing its fundamental and urgent progranlmes of eco- nomie and social development. 43. We may consider, from the most recent iï1Îor- mation in our p;:::;session, that the United Nations has continu-:-d to provide Libya with some mear.:ure of technical assistance. However, as for the financial aid decided on by the General Assembly, after it had con- sulted the representatives of the Libyan Government who were present, not much has been done. In fact, the Economie and Social Council, at its last session, postponed dis,:ussion of the question because the Libyan Government 1 .d stated that it was not in a position, for the time being, to make known its financial require- ments. J must state qU'ite frank1y that, in view of the objections raised by some great Powers in the General Assembly to the proposaI that the United Nations should organize financial aid to Libya, l have the most serious doubts regarding the considerations which moved the Libyan Government not to press for financial assistance from the United Nations. l am convinced that if Libyan representatives were sitting among us they could not fail at least to express the hope that the General Assembly's recommendations would be carried out in full. 44. l have referred to these faets in order tû stress how urgent is Libya's admi1ssion to the United Nations for the we1fare of its inhabitants. l feel that they must be given the right to speal<: and to vote in demanding that the United Nations shoulO meet the responsibility it unc1ert{)ok towards them. . 45. During the debate in the General Assembly, oppo- sition was expressed ta the recommendation that Libya should be admitted to the United Nations, it being stated that the Libyan Government was taking orders from other governments and had granted them certain·bases. l do not believe t..l1at it is taking orders. But l do maintain that Libya's isolation in no way serves ta mesufl~s relatives à l'aide économique et technique des Natiolls Unies à la Libye. Tout d'abord, elle a décidé que l'assistance technique pom~t continuer à être accordée à la Libye sans attendre que ce pays soit admis au sein de l'Organisation des Nations Unies. Deuxièmement, elle a prié le Conseil économique et social d'étudier, en consultation avec le Gouvernement du Royaume-Uni de Libye, les moyens qui doivent permettre à l'Organisation des Nations Unies, avec la coopération de tous les gouvernements et des institu- tions spécialisées compétentes, d'apporter une assista~ce supplémentaire él.!.!. Royaume-Uni de Libye en vue de financer ses program....nes fondamentaux et urgents··de développement économique et social. 43. Les derniers renseignements dont nQUS disposons nous permettent de considérer que les Nations Unies ont continué de donner une certaine assistance tech- nique à la Libye, mais, en ce qui concerne l'aide finan- cière décidée par l'Assemblée générale (après consul- ta.tion avec les représentants du Gouverneraent de la Libye, qui assistaient aux débats), il n'y a guère eu de progrès. En effet, au cours de sa dernière session, le Conseil économique et social a ajourné l'examen de cette question parce que le Gouvernement de la Libye avait indiqué qu'il n'était pa1J en mesure, momentané- ment, de préciser ses besoins de financement. Je dirai en toute franchise qu'en raison de l'opposition que cerM taines grandes Puissances ont manifesté à l'Assemblée générale en ce qui concerne une aide financière à la Libye, j'éprouve des doutes sérieux: sur les considéra- tions qui ont amené le Gouvernement de la Libye à ne pas insister pour obtenir une aide financi~re des Na-:- tions Unies. Je suis convaincu que, si les représentants de la Libye se trouvaient parmi nous, ils exprimeraient le désir de voit exécutées intégralement les recomman- dations de l'Assemblée générale. 44. J'ai signalé ces faits pour montrer combien l'ad- mission de la Libye au sein de l'Organisation des Nations Unies est né~ssaire dans l'intérêt du peuple de ce pays. Je crois qu'il lui est indispensable' d'avoir le droit de parler et de voter au sein de l'Organisation . ~our venir réclamer l'exécution des obligations contrac- tées par les Nat~ons Unies à son égard. 45. Au cours du débat de l'Assemblée générale, on s'est opposé à l'admission de la Libye au sein des Nations~ Unies et on a accusé son gouvernement d'obéir aux ordres d'autres Puissances et de leur avoir notam- ment concédé certaines bases. Je ne' crois pas que cette dépendance soit effective. Cependant,je 11laintiens que 46. In short. we consider that Libva's absence from the United Nations would merely Î11crease its depen- dence upon other Powers, sup~osing it is actl.1aHy dependent upon them today; and lof it is not, its absencè: would cause it to become dependeilt. 47. Therefore, l associate myself \Vith the represen- tative of Pakistan in appealing to a11 members o~ the Council to vote in favour of Libya's admission to the United Nations. RefusaI to admit Libya w~ald prove a great dil)app 'intment to a great majority of the States Membern of th{: United Nations which have repeatedly urged that Libya should be admitted, and an even greater disappointment to those Asian and African countries which were instrumental in bringing about Libya's independenœ. 48. Mr. TSIANG (China): My delegation has no doubt whatsoeve'r about Libya's qualifications for membership in the United Nations, as stipulated in the Charter. l think ther~ can be no doubt in regard to this matter. The admission of Libya to the United Nations is but the completion of the poliey which Members of the United Nations have hitherto pursued in regard to Libya. China worked hard in the General Assembly to satisfy the aspirations Qi the Libyan people, 50 today l regard it as both a dutY and an honour to vote for the draft resolution submitted by the delegation of Pakistan.

My dele gation agrees withevery word spoken by the repr ~sentative,of Pakistan at the opening of this discussivn as regards Lib; id its ~~is'S:i)nto this Organization. 50. vver 350 million people in the world - among them, the people of Turkey- are following with deep interest the question of Libya's admission to the United Nations. 1 shall not repeat what has already been said 50 eloquently by other representatives as to why, in accordanct: with the spirit of the Charter, as well as with resolutions adopted by the General Assembly, Libya'sadmission should be recommended by the Security Council. 1 shall only stress the fact that the Government and the people of Libya are peace-loving and sincerely attached to the 10fty principles of the United Nations. 51. 1 said that over 350 million people were tensely watching every step we take as regards this matter. The effect will he more depressing than we perhaps :realize if the Security Council fails to accompHsh an obvious duty and thwarts the will and destroys the hopes of millions of people - indeed, of world public opinion as a whole. ... -_ .. 52. COIl5'equently, the TUI'kish de1egation will of cOurse give its whole-hearted support to the Pakistan , - ~~asn---=<X'iUc'ûousn~1JouvofisnriiagInef.c . . . 52. C'est pourquoi .la. délégation turque soutient de tout cœur le projet de résolution du Paldstan sur l'ad- 51. J'ai dit que plus de 350 millions de pèrsonnes nous observent très attentivement. Si le Conseil de sécurité manque à sa tâche évidente, contrecarre la volonté et réduit à néant les espoirs de millions de personnes, qui sont à vrai dire les espoirs de l'opinion mondiale tout entière, l'effet en sera peut-être ... plus 54. Lastly, the admission of· Ubya was again èebated in the Security Council in the very recent past, during the discussion on the USSR proposai for the admission of the fourteen States to the United Nations. 55. The Security Council therefore had no practical or le~l justification for inc1uding Libyâ's application in the agenda under the heading "New applications", or in the group of applications recenrtly submitted. However, since Libya's application was inc1uded· in the agenda as a new application, despite the USSR delegation's justified cbjection that it was not a new application, the USSR delegation considers it necessary to state the following: 56. Attempts have been made in the past in the General Assembly and in the Security Council, and are being made at the present time,·to distort and present incorrectly the USSR's position on the question of the admission of new Members and, in particular, on the question of the admission of Libya. Yet the attitude of the USSR on the question of Libya's admission is perfectly dear. It is only by disregarding.the facts that it can. be alleged that the USSR is opposed to Libya's admission to the United Nations. 57. The USSR has never opposed in the past and does not now oppose the admission of Libya to member" ship in the United Nations on the same basis as other, equally eligible, Stafes. The USSR is in favour of the simultaneous admission to membership of the fourteen States, including Libya, whose applications have already been co!1sidered in the United Natiolls on several occasions, and categorically oppose,!; the admis- sion of certain selected States and the rejection of the others. 58. What then is preventing the solution of the question of Libya's admission to memibership in the United Nations? By now it is perfectly dear to. aIl that Libya has not yet been admitted to the United ..N<\tiQ~SQ1ely-b~.tse of the attitude adopted by the UIJ.ited States Government and the members of the Anglo-American bloc in the United Nations whièh follow its lead on this question i their position on the 62. Bence, the United States Government and its representative on the Security Counci1 not ouIy failed ta avail themselves of the fust and second opportunity ta permit Libya ta becomè a Member of the United Nations but. on the contraTy, voted against the proposa! on bath occasions. That is the rea1 reason why Libya bas not as yet heenrecommended by the Security ConnciI for admission to the United Nations. It is actmilly due tri the policy of the United States which, on the question of the admission of new Members, îs Dot guided hy the .pro:visio.115 of the C:h:n·t..er but hy its own sclfish considerations, using one yardstick for some countTÏes and quite a different one for other countries. 67. The policy of the United States on the question of the admission of new Members - as if it was not obviollS - is doomed tofailure and its continuation cannat lead ta positive results. That policy should have been abandQned long aga. 68. In discussing the question of Libya's admission ta membel"ship in the United Nations we cannot lose sight of the fad that, at the present moment and in present circumstances, it forms part of the general question of the admission of new Members to the United Nations. It must therefore be borne in mind that Libya's application is not the only application before the Security Council and no theory of exclu- siveness in favour of Liibya, to whi'ch some members of the Anglo-American bloc keep trying to refer, !Ï.s applicable in this chamber. 69. Applications have been received froma number of ôther StateH, some of whom submitted them consi- derably earlier than Libya. It may be recalled that Albania submiLted its application'on 25 January 1946, the MongQlian People's Republic on 24 June 1946, Transjordan (Jordan) on 8 July 1946, Ireland and Portugal on 2 August 1946 and Hungary on 22 April 1947, whereasLibya submitted its application only on 24 December 1951. 70. The USSR ddegation a1so considers it necessary to draw the COUf .:i1's attention tothe folIowing matter. 71. From the earli'est days of the United Nations' up ta and including 1950 the USSR supported applications for memhershipin the United Nations which were submitted to the Secur1ty Cpuncil and approved by the other members of rlle Council. During that period nine States were admitted to th~ United Nations, four 64. De fait, ce n'est un secret pour personne que, sur le territoire de la Libye, il existe des bases militaires américaines, britanniques et françaises, et que, dans les plans de. Ridgway, comme auparavant dans ceux d'Eisenhower, c'est-à-dire dans les plans duComman- dement américai:' en Europe, la Libye est à vrai dire la base navale essentielle dans le bassin méditerranéen. 65. Le représentant du Chili a parlé ici de la pauvreté de la Libye. Mais il n'a pas indiqué quelles en étaient les causes. A qui la faute si la Libye est le pays le plus pauvre du monde ou l'un des pays les plus pauvres? Il importe de répondre à cette question. Il faut réfléchir à cette question. Ce sont les colonisateurs impérialistes étrangers qui sont les responsables de 'l'immense, pau- vreté de la Libye. Et leur politique à l'égard de la Libye reste la même. 66. Mais laissons cela de côté. Nous n'examinerons pas cet aspect de la question. Nous sommes partisans de l'admission de la Libye à l'Organisation des Nations Unies; Seulement, nous insistons pour que ceux qui mettent obstacle' à l'admission des autres pays, qui ont autant de droits que la Libye à devenir Membres de l'Organisation, n'empêchent pas ces pays de' devenir Membres de l'Organisation. 67. La politique des Etats-Unis en ce qui concerne la question de l'admission de nouveaux Membres a échoué ...::.::.11 e~t impossible de ne paSle-cbhslatet=e1:;-en-PQur--- suivant cette politique, ils ne peuvent arriver à aucun résultat positif. Cette politique aurait dû être aban- donnée depuis longtemps. 68. nne faut pas perdre de vue, en examinant la ques- tion de l'admission de la Libye comme Membre de l'Organisation des NatiQns Unies, que cette-questiQn fait partie, à l'heure actuelle et dans les circQnstances cQncrètes données, de la question générale de l'admission de nouveaux Membl,"es. Il faut tenir compte de ce que' le Conseil de sécurité n'est pas saisi de la senle demande de la Libye; aucun principe d'exception ne saurait être applicable en l'occurrence. 69. Il existe des demandes émanant de plusieurs autres Etats, dont certaines sont plus anciennes que celles de la Libye. Je puis rappeler que l'Albanie a présenté sa demande le 25 janvier 1946; la République populaire de Mongolie le 24 juin 1946; la Transjordanie (Jor- danie) le 8 juillet 1946; l'Irlande et le Portugal le 2 août 1946; la Hongrie le 22 avril 1947, etc., alors que la Libye n'a présenté la sienne que le 24 décembre 1951, c'est-à-dire près de cinq ans plus tard. 70. Je . "ludraisattirer t'~.j:j:entiQn du Conseil de sécurité 5 le point suivant. ' 71. Dès les premiers jours de l'existencedel'Orga- nisation des Nations Unies et jusqu'en 1950 inclu.- sivement, l'URSS a appuyé" tQutesles demandes qui ont été présentées en vue d'une admission à l'Orga- nisation des Nations Unies et en faveur desquelles d'autres membres du Conseil de sécurité ont voté. Au 73. We cannot accept such a state .of affairs. Hence) if we adopt an objective) just an dispassionate approach to this question) it will be quite apparent that the Secu- rity Council has no justification whatever for selecting Libya)s application for membership in the United Nations and taking a decision on it separately from the other applications of thirteen States whose 2ppli- cations were submitted. appreciably earlier. The peoples of these States contributed to the common caUse of civilization) to the struggle against fascism and aggression and to the effort to strengthen peace and goodwill among peoples) and these States daim) and are fully entitled ta claim, ,: place in theUnited Nations. Eotliveor sLx years) however) as a result of the arbitrary policy pursued by the United States) these States have remained outside the United Nations) solely because their social structure is not ta the lilcing of the United States. 740 If the United. States adopts a just and objective attitude on the question of the admission of new rv.remb~rs) without discrimination against some States and in. faVOtll' of others) it will be possible for Libya) together with the ether States which have applied for membership) to be admitted to the United Nation~ without delay. Such is the position of the USSR. . 75. Ml'. AUSTIN (United States of America): The repetition of the unrealistic condition laid down in the case of the application of Libya is apparently the only obstruction in the pathof the admission of that country, which is a creation of the United Nations. There is no realism in a position such as that to ",hichwe have lisfened tDday) when we viewat the same time document S/2773, a draft resolution concerning the application of .the Democratic Republic of Vietnam for admission to membership in the United Nations w'hich was sub- mitted by the representative of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on 15 September 1952. Apparently there is no logicin such a position. 77. Today the mem!bers of the Security Council have the opportunity ta consider the Libyan application in the light of the Charter. Membership in the United Nations is no more than Libya deserves from this Organization, which is so intimately connected with Libya's creation. The, United Statesmost warmly sup- pcrts the application of Libya and will vote in favour of it. 78. Mr. HOPPENOT (France) (transJated from French): My delegation has always considered the universality of the Organization as an Ideal towards which aIl our efforts should be directed, and has always affirmed its Irespect for the provisions of Article 4 of the Charter which state by what means this ideal cau be progressive1y attained. Called upon to consider a candidate such as Libya, a State barn under the auspices and protection of the United Nations, aState which undoU!btedly fulfils aIl the conditions laid down by the Charter, my de1egation cannot, for those reasons of principle, hesitate as to the way it will vote; l have already had occasion to indicate that its vote would he favourable. 79. For several ye~rs my-~ountry administered one of the great. sU!b-divisions of the terlfitory of Libya; it is still lending its disinterested collaboration to the technical and economic development of that a'l"ea. As a member of the Council for Libya, it has taken part in the drafting of the new State's Constitution. 80. These CÎlrcumstances, together with the existence of common frontiers between Ubya and vast regions placed under the sovereignty· or protectorate of the French Republic, have naturally ereated friendly and good neighbourly relations 'between Franceand Hbya, which are an additional reason for our earnest desire that the Security Council, by a unammous vote, will recommend to the next session of the General Assembly that Libya be admitted to membership in the United Nations. 81. The PRESIDENT: In my capacity as repre- sentative of BRAZIL, l wisn to state the reasons which prompt my delegation to vote in favour of the Pakistan draft resolution recommending the.admission of.Libya , to the United Nations. 78. M. HOPPENOT (France): La. délégation fran" çaise a toujours considéré l'universalité de l'Organisa. tion comme un idéal vers lequel tous nos efforts devraient tendre, et elle a toujours affirmé son respeçt pour les dispositions de l'Article 4 de la Charte, qui détermine par quelles voies cet idéal peut progressive" ment être atteint. Lorsqu'elle se trouve en présence d'une candidature telle que celle de la Libye, c'est-à-dire celle d'un Etat né sous les auspices et le parrainage des Nations Unies et qui remplit indubitablement toutes les conditions posées parJa~çharte.!J~~YQ!:~sl~~tt~ dél~~~ .~. tion ne saurait, pour des raisons de principe, être . douteux; et j'ai déjà eu l'occasion d'indiquer dans quel sens favorable elle s'exprimerait. 79. Mon pays a administré pendant plusieurs armées une des grandes subdivisi.ons du· territoire libyen; il prête encore sa collaboration désintéressée au dévelop- pement technique et économique de cette région. Comme membre du Conseil pour la Libye, il a pris part à l'éla- boration des te."<;tes constitutionnels du nàuvel Etat. 80. Ces circonstances, jointes à l'existence de f~on­ tières communes entre la: Libye et de vastes contrées placées sous la' souveraineté ou le protectorat de la République, ont créé naturellement, entre la France et la Libye, des relations de bon voisinage et d'amitié qui nous sont une raison de plus pOul' q.ésirer vivement que le Conseil de sécurité, pcr un vote unanime, recommande , à la. prochaine session de l'Assemblée générale l'admis- sion de la Libye comme Membre de l'Orgatuisation des Nations Unies. 81. Le PRESIDENT (traduit deZ'angZais) :En ma qualité de représentant du BRE5IL, je tiens à. dire les raisons pour lesquelles ma délégation votera en faveur du projet de résolution· du Pakistan qui recommande l'admission de la Libye à l'Organisation· des Nations Unies. 82. La· délégation du Brésil a déclaré à plusieurs reprises que les conditions requises ,par l'Article 4 de la· Charte doivent seules guider le-€t)m~-1ôî'Squ'il"€st~· appelé à prendre une décision au sujet d'une demande d'âdmission à l'Organisation des Nations Unies. Le .82. The Brazilian delegation .has stated on several occasions fuat the requi!rements of Article 4 of the Charter should he our oniy guide whentheCouncil is called on ta decide a particulàr application for mem': bership. That Li!bya is a peace-Ioving State has already d~vait être constituée en Etat indépendapt et souverain, l'accession à l'indépendance devant prendre effet le 1er janvier 1952 au plus tard. Lorsque l'indépendance de. la Libye a été proclamée le 24 déc\:mbre 1951, mon gouvernement, comme je l'ai rappelé au Conseil de sécurité, a annoncé qu'il appuierait énergiquement l'ad- mission inlmédiate de la Libye comme Membre de notre Organisation. La demande d'admission de la Libye a été reçue le 3 janvier 1952, et, quelques jours plus tard, le 18 janvier, le Conseil de sécurité a été saisi du projet de {oésolution du Pakistan. 77. Aujourd'hui, les mem~;resdu COfli3eil de sécurité ont l'occasion d'examiner la demande de la Libye à la lumière de la Charte. La Libye mérite d'être reçue comme Membre de ~ette Organisation qui a pris une part si directe à la création de ce pays.Les Etats-Unis appuient chaleureusement la demande de la Libye et voteront pour l'admission de ce pays. 83. The United Nations sponsored and fostered and promoted the esta!blishment of Libya as an independent State. Let us not now, Iby a vote or by a veto, undo the work we accomplished with earnest conviction and patient effort. 84. l was very much impressed by the statenlent made by the representative of the Soviet Union a few minutes ago. He does not contend that Ubya lacks any of the requirements of Article 4 of the Charter. More than that, he expressed the desire of his Government· to see a new country established under the regis of the United Nations and admitted into the Organization. 85. Today's meeting has thus made it quite clea'T that there is unanimous feeling in the Security Council to the effeet that Libya should now be admitted to, the United Nations. This is a11 the more significant since we must acknowledge that it is very seldom we are able to reach-unanimity on an important international prob- lem. Yet, in spite of this consensus of opinion, the . indications are that Libya may not be admitted now because of Soviet Union adherence to the method of simultaneity in dealing with applications for member- ship in the Organization. We earnestly appeal to the Soviet delegation to reconsider its position in -the specific case of Libya. It does not seem fair and reason- able that such a cOtirse should be followed in a case where a11 of us are in agreement, including our Soviet Union co11eague, l do not see why, aswas done in the case of Indonesia, the Soviet Union should not forego . its so-called right of veto under the present circum- stances. 1 ~eI!!erge from its state of poverty and depen~ence, through the observance of fundamental human nghts, with the decisive help of the United Nations and through effective participation in the Organization's aetivities. 89. Mr. MALIK (Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- lies) (translated from Russian) : l shall endeavour to explain to the President, if he cannot see· it, the diffe- rence between the respective positions of Indonesia and Ubya. You have criticized me and asked why the USSR delegation took one position on the question of the admission of Indonesia to the United Nations and another position with respect to the admission of Libya. The reason is elementary and should he understood by al! of us. Indonesia was never an Italian colony. It was not a colonial Stare fighting against the Allied Powers. No mention of Indonesia was ever made in the peac.e t·reaties but, as the United States represeni'ative reminded us, reference was made to Libya and not only to Libya but also to Italy, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Finland. 90. In aU these peace treaties the great Powers - the USSR, the United States and the United Kingdom- jointly undertook ta support the applications of those States for membership in the United Nations. The necessary agreement was worked out in the Italian Peace Treaty in connexion with Libya. The USSR delegation maintains that all these obligations should he carried out. That is the difference in the positions taken in this matter by the United States representative and that adopted by the delegation of the USSR. The USSR delegation maintains that the three Powers whieh signed the peace .treaties should fulfil their obligations undér those treaties towards aU the above.,.mentioned countries and should facilitate their admission to the United Nations without discrimination, without favouri- tism and regaTdless of the social structure of those countries. In this matter, however, the United. States representàtive takes a completely different view. He likes ltaly and he vores for the admission of Italy. Be likes Ubya and is for Ubya. But he do'es not like Bulga- ria, Hurrgary and Romania and V'otes against their admission. 91. That is the chief difference. Tt is just that the USSR stands for and '1'espects the peace treaties and the United States violates them. And as long as the United States continues ,ta violate ·those treaties the Secw:ity Council will not be in a position to take adecision on the question of the admission of new Members, inc1uding Libya. . 92. The President hàs referred to Article 4 of the ::::.:::.:, 88. Je le répète, je crois fermem.:.,.,t que la Libye, comme tousJes pays insuffisamment dévt~'::;;'!lés et tous les pays coloniaux,. ne peut sortir de son état at ~isère et de dépendance, dans le respect des droits fonci.;::- mentaux de l'homme, qu'avec le concours décisif des Nations Unies et en participant effectivement aux activités de l'Organisation; 89. M. MALIK (Union des Républiques socialistes .soviétiques) (traduit du russe): Je m'efforcerai de vous expliquer, Monsieur le Président, si vous ne J- saisissez pas, la différence qui existe entre le cas de ~':'ndonésie et celui de la Libye. Vous m'avez adressé un reproche, en demandant la raison pour laquelle la délégation de l'URSS, qui avait adopté une certaine position. en ce qui concerne la question de l'admission de l'Indonés:e à l'Organisation des Nations Unies, en adoptait une autre à propos de celle de l'admission de la Libye. Cette raison est simple, et chacun de nous doit la comprendre aisé- ment. L'Indonésie n'a jamais été une colonie italienne; elle n'a pas davantage été la colonie d'lm pays ayant combattu contre les Puissances alliées et associées. Il n'est pas question de l'Indonésie dans les traités de paL'r, alors qne les traités de paix que le représentant des Etats-Unis a rappelés à notre attention mentionnent la Libye, et pas seulement la Libye; mais aussi l'Italie, la Bulgarie, la Roumanie, la Hongrie et la Finlande. 90. Dans tous les traités de paix conclus avec ces Etats, les grandes Puissances -les Etats-Unis, le Royaume-Uni et l'URSS - ont pris, sur le plan inter- national, re,.îgagem~nt d'appuyerles dep:landes d'adnlls- sion de ces Etats à l'Organisatidn des NationsUmes; un engagement analogue, en ce qui concerne la Libye, figure dans le traité de paix avec l'Italie. Nous insis- tons, précisément, pour que cet engagement soit tenu. Voilà la: différence .entre·· la position adoptée par M. Austin et la mienne. J'insiste pour que nous rem- plissions le. ~ obligations que nous avonS contractées à l'égard de ces Etats aux termes des traités de paix et pour que nous admettions à l'Organisation des Nations Unies tous les Etats que je viens d'énumérer, sans discrimination, sans favoritisme et indépendamment de leurr~gimeintérieur. M. Austin, pour sa part, a adopté une attitude diamétralement opposée. L'Italie lui plaît; il se prononce donc en faveur de son admission. La Libye lui plaît; il est donc pour la Libye. Mais la Bulgarie, la ROflCrie et la Roumanie ne lui plaisent pas: il vote donc contre l'admission de ces pays. 91. C'est là, Monsieur le Président, au cas où vous ne l'auriez pas encore compris, en quoi consiste la diffé- rence de principe qui nous sépare: c'est précisément nous qui demàndons le respect des traités de paix. Tant que les Etats-Unis violeront ces traités, nous ne pour- rons accepter leur attitude. Voilà ce que je voulais dire en premier lieu. 92. .En deuxième lieu, vous avez rappelé les termes de l'ArtIcle 4 de la Charte. Il est exact que les dispositions '93. If, therefore, Mr. President, you had persuaded the United States representative, first, to fulfil the United States obligations under the peace treaties, and secondly, not to intervene in the domestic. affairs of other States, that is to say, not to violate Article 2, paragraph 7, of the Charter and ta observe the provisions of Article 4 of the Charter in con~idering applications for membership in the United Nations, the problem of admission to m"en1bership, or at any rate that of the admission of the fourteen States, would have been settled long ago and youa'l1d l would not: be arguing on this question in the Council. 94. An opportunity to influence the United States representative is open to you. The United States repre- sentative made a'solemn promise in the Council that he would '!lot oppose the view of the majority in the Council andin the Assembly. If the members of the Cot111cil so wish, such a situation can be brought about. If the majority of the Council votes in favour of the admission of the fourteen States, the United States representa- tive has assured. us .that he will not oppose their admiss1,on. It is therefore in your power to do this, 1:0 give the. United States representative such an oppor- tunity. It also dependson you, Mr. President. If you vote with the other representatives in favour of ad- niittillg thefourteen States, the United States represen- tative will find himself obliged to respect the wish of the majority. .out he. is not speaking the truth. It is common knowledge that at the General Assembly in Paris he disregarded the opinion of the. majority, al- though the majority in the Assembly spoke in ·favour of admitting the fourteen States. 95. Let us bring about a situati:m in the. Security CounciLin vihich the United States representative will have an opportunity to fulfil his promise to respect the will of the majority. Let us collect seven votes in favour ofadmitting the fourteen States, let us sertIe this question once and for aIl and add at one and the same time fourteen States to the roster of the United Nations. This would be a just and sensible solution, wholly in accord with the United Nations Charter, with the provisions .of Article 4 and Article 2 concerningnon- intervention in domestic affairs and also withthe dbligations~ in this regard, assumed by the three great Powers, under the ~3ce treaties, towards ltaly, Libya, aù~si, nous résoudrons ce problème une fois pour toutes et tîOUS augmenterons de quatorze le nombre des Membres de notre Organisation. Ce sera là une attitude équitable, raisonnable et. entièrement conforme· à la Charte des Nations Unies, aux dispositions de l'Ar- ticle 4 et à celles de l'Article 2, qui interdit toute ingérence dans les affaires intérieures des Etats. Cette attitude sera également conforme aux obligations qui 96. Thus, MI'. President, grave decisions are in your hands and much depends on you, on how you decide this question. You prefer, however, to decide it, sa to speak, in favour of the United States. Pray continue.

Since there are no ot.1}~r speakers, l put to the vote the draft resolutiot1 on the admission of LiJbya ta membership of the United Nations. This dmft resolution was submitted bj the delegation of Pakistan aiid is contained in document S/2483. A vote was taken by show .of hands, as follows: In favour: BraziI, Chile, China, France, Greece, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Turkey, United K!ngdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America. Against: Union 'Of Soviet Socialist Repuolics. The result of the vote was 10 in favour and 1 against. The draft resolution w~' not adopted, the vote against being tltat of a permanent member of the Council. 98. The PRESIDENT: l, suggest that, owing to the late hour; the meeting should now be adjourned and that $e C'Ouncil should resume its discussion at 3 p.rn. tomorrow. Itwas so decidfld. The meeting rose at 5.50 p.m. Vote contre: l'Union des Républiques socialistes •soviétiques. Il y a 10 voi:~ pour etztne contre. 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