S/PV.604 Security Council

If l hear no objection, l will .consider the agenda as adopted. Admission of new Members: (a) Consideration of resolution 506 (VI) of th~ General Assembly

Now that we have completed action on sub-item 2 (b), the question of new applications for membership, we should revert to the question of the report we are to submit to the General Assembly in conformity with resolution S06 (VI), part B, paragraph 1. Furthermore, l wish to draw the attention of the members of the Security Council to the third paragraph of rule 60 of our provisional rules of procedure. It reads as follows: , "If the Securitj' Council does not recommend the applica:nt State for membership cr postpones the considerationf the applkativ11., it shall submit a special report to the General As~embly with a compIete.record of the discussion." 3. 1 woulçl suggest that the Secretariat, under. the guidance of the Prc::sidel'lt, be entrusted with the task of preparîng a draft report containing the resülts ·0f the votes on the different draft resolutions and transmitting therecorcl of our proceedings under these items, following .the usual practïcê. of the Security Council. 4..Ml;.J3()KHA~tI :(Pakistan):· With the permissiQn of.t?e Pres~dent, 1·wisl:l ta make ~,yery brief staterilent aml1ng out of some of the remarksof thecl?~~$ident regarding the interpretation of rule. 59. --- cc' 5. Towards the en.d of this morning's ~eeting the President observed that my de1egation had held the Qresidencrduring the month of April, ~at at that time certain ,ilPplications for membership had already·. been

1 wish to ask the members of the Security CO!mcil whethèr they al'e in agreement with the procedure 1 suggested about the report. 7. Mr. MALIK ·(Union of S'Jvœt Socialist Republics) (translated from Rttssian) :Am l .rightin thinking that the President proposesthatthe .Secretariat should draw up .a special report in ::.ccordancp. with rule 60, paragraph 3? 1 shùald Iike r> clarification of this.

The USSR representative's understanding is correct, but 1 would also add a reference to the result of the discussion on resolution 506 (VI).

What does the President have in mind in ;--eferriog to this reso!ution? Part B, paragraph 1, of the resoluti?o reads asfollows: "Decides ... to request the SecurityCouncil to report to the General ,Assembly at its seventhsession on the status of applications'still pending". .1 have ·theimpre~sion, however, that tbe· report referred to in. that resolution and the.special .report which the Security Council has ~o submit to the General Assembly if it recommends the admission of an applicant 8tate are identical. . . . '10. Does thePresideotconsider .thât thisGeneral Assembly ·.r~sd.lutiqn:-part .B, _paTagr~b .1 .....,..intl:oduces 'anythmg new loto the suostancèof the report? Personally, 1 do not consider that the re.solution ,intraduces 'anythingnew..1fthe:;S'ecurity'C3ounc:U :submita.its "special'report 'in 'accordance with the ·third paragraph of ·rule 60,itwill therebybe carryingout the recommendation ·of the GeneraI Assembly and acting in .acco~dance with thatrecommendation. . Il. The PRESIDENT : In addition cto an account of the discussi6n of the' Soviet Uriion' draftresolution 'ca;11ing for the ai:îlllission of thefourteen States [S/2664J, the report must also contain a reference to resolutioll 506 (VI), which states: Besides, as the representative of the Soviet Union knows, the permanent members of the Security Couneil have conferred on the pending applications for membership in the United Nations. Although no changes were introduced in the respective positions of the various delegations, nevertheless the Security Council has to report on that matter. 12. Mr. MALIK (Union of Soviet SociaHst Republies) (translaled from Russian): Since the Couneil has considered both the old and the new applications and has not adopted any recommendations for admission, the report should obviously be subnlitted in accordance with the third paragraph of rule 60. l therefore think that we might reach agreement in the following manner: the Secretariat might draw up a report in accordance with that rule, as the Secretariat has always drawn up the reports, and then we shaH see. If MY representativehas any additional comments or explanations ta make, we shaH discuss them. 13. l think that it .vould be expedient for us toagree on this matter. Of course, the report which will be drawn up in accordance with the third paragraph of rule 60 will 'Contain an answer to the question referred ta in ,resolution 506 (VI),part B, paragraph 1.

T think the Lest way to settle this smaH point would be to have the Secretariat prepare the report - a short and factual report - with copies of that draft report being circulated to the members of the Security Couneil for their opinions within, say, forty-eight hours. If no amendments or corrections or suggestions are submitted within such period, we rnight consider the l'eport approved.

l was really just going to say something very much the same as what the President has now said. It seerns to me that there is no practical'poiflt involved because al! our records are seenby all the mernbers of the General Assembly. They are, therefore, perfectly aware of all the·faets and of aIl our discussions, and it seems to me that we can reasonably leave to the Secretariat the .pmblem of drafting ,arepQrt. They ought to be able, by .skilfuldrafting, to get over any -question of interpretation theremaybe withréga:rd to the ·resolution. If theyareasked toprt':pare a report which wOldcl take acco~~tboth of the thirdpar.agraph of rule 60 of.our provlslOnal .rulesof procedure and also of General Assembly resolution 506 (VI), they ought to beable to do so without giving rise to any further dispute, and l would certainly hope, for mypart, that we should be able to agret: upon the report without any further meeting of the Conneil. 17. Mr. MALIK (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) (translated 'frvm .RnssïütJ) ~.. SÎnce we are'giving an instruction to the Secretariat, perhaps the President will try to clarify the meaning of the tenu "applications still pending" in resolution 506 (VI), part B, paragraph 1. W'hat could the General Assembly have supposed that this expression meant? Has the Secretariat a c1ear id~.a which applications areconcemed - thpse which have never been discussed in the Security C(luncil, or those on which the Council has not made afiÏ1mative reconunendations? The expression is not dear. If it i5 .clear to the Secretariat, perhaps the Secretariat would give us its interpretation.

In reply to the 'representative of the Soviet Union, l should like to say that no reference willbe made to applications outside of those which were dealt with by.the Council in the various draft resolutions submitted to the Council. The reference to resolution 506 (VI) will only embrace the meetings'of the Security Council and the effort made by it to find;. a basis of agreement, with a notation to the effect. that no changes were made in the general situation., . 19. Mr. SANTA-CRUZ (Chile). (tranSlated trom Stanish): Under the interpretation just given by the President in reply to the question raised by the representative of the Soviet~Union, l believe that the Security .Council would not be fulfilling the General Assembly's request. The Spanish text of resolution $06 (VI)- and we should remember that Spanish also is :m official language - is as follows: "Resnelve ... pedir al Consejo de Seguridad que informe a la AsambleaGeneral, en su septimo periodo de sesiones,,~obreJa. tratnitaci6n dada a las süHcitudes dé admision que aun estuvieren pendientes." 20.. The fOrJ.n of thev~rb used in· the Spanish is the future çqll~tional tense" The Spanish text shouldbe tak~n to refer ta sucb .applicatiqns as may bepending when the Security Council. reports.. ,1. ,do' .not know whether the English textmay be given a different .Interpretation, but the Spanhh>teJC.t i,s perfectly clear on that pOInt. . 21. l would add thaï thisconforms with the spirit of the resolution, as it was apparently sponsored by Costa Rica, El·· Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, and was very probably originally s~lbmitted in ~Spariish. 27.~r. SANTA CRUZ ~éhile) (translàted tram Spanzsh) : The request in paragraph 1 of partB of resolutkl11 506 (VI) is that the Couneil should repùrt to the General Assembly on the action taken with ,.respect to applications for admissions. The question of the two applications concerning Korea can be settled without ,difficulty by stating that· the Couneil' has not dealt with them.' The point raised in paragraph l would thus be met. '

l think that would be a SO~,i . tion with' regard to those two applications.

l asked to speakbefore the representative of Chile madehis point. l was going to make the same point. l do' n~t think it is necessary for the Security Council to take any formaI' déeision to postpone or not to postpone the consideration of those 'questions. A mere statementthat the' Cot1ncil did not consider them would be suffieient. 30, Mr. HOPPENOT (France) (translated fram French): The ,French text of part B, paragraph 1 of General Assembly, resolution 506 B reads as follows:

All the draft resblutions eXà- mined by the Council were rejeded. That is why, according to the third paragraph'of rule 60 of the rules of procedure, the Council must present a special report to, the General Assembly with the complete reco,:'d of the discussion.' . 32., Mr. KYROU (Greece): My delegation is quite ready ta accept the suggestion of the representatives of Chile and of China and not to take a vote on the postponement of the two applications which have not been examined. As for the remark of the representative of France, in arder ta complete what he has said, we must not forget that the admission of Members is decided notby the Security Council but by the General Assembly. .The Security Council only makes recommendations to the General Assembly. That is why different applicants for admission which have' not received the. recomniendation oNhe Security Council have been considered af,'ain and again by the General Assembly.

l should liketÇl supplenlent the Greek representative's interpretation accorQing to which, nnder Article 4, paragraph 2 of the Urlited Nations Charter" the admission of aState to membership in the United Nations is effected upon the recommendation of the Security Council. If there is·no recommendation bythe Security Council, the General Assembly has nothillg to consider and there are therefore no groundS for, taking decisions with respect td adniiss10n, " 34. . 'the PRESIDENT: l' take it that the Security- Co:uncil. accepts the suggestion l outlined to the effect thatthe Secretariat should. prepare a short and factual report with' respect to the record of our discussion for sttbmission to the" General Assembly, which report wotildbe circulated within fort)r-eiglit hours to - the members of·the Security Council for their comment. If noagree11lent is reached, l shall.call a meeting of the Cbunci1: . 3S. As T.'hearno objection,it is soagreed. The meeting rose at 4.25 p.m.