S/PV.732 Security Council

My delegation is glad that the Seeurity Couneil can take up the application of Tunisia so soon after it consiùered and approved the application of Moroeco. 1 know that no two countries are alike in every respect, and therefore no two applications can be considered to be identical. 1t is a mIe of the Charter that each application should be considered on its merits. Nevertheless, 1 think we will aIl agree that the two applications, that of Tunisia and that of Morocco, are very similar. My delegation will therefore vote for the French draft resolution, as it did last week for the draft resolution recommending the admission of Morocco. 32. My Government and 1 have no doubt that Tunisia today is completely independent, that it is a peace- 5 . 33, 1 should like to takc this occasion ta congratulate the Tunisian people on their success in achievin~ their aspirations for national freeùom. It is natural for me to do 50, and 1 do not nced to elaborate on that point at aU. However, 1 should also like to congratulate my French colleague anù his Government for sponsoring this draft resolution and for coming to agreement with Tunisia on this important politieal dp.\'elopment, espedall\' sincc Tunisia st:uts its independent life with a pl)litical maturity :unong its leaders and ib people not h)l) common in a newiy independent nation. indeed, the Illaturit\' of Tunisian k:lllership and of thc Tllnisian l't'opk IS a trib"lte to France itsëlf. ,H. 1 regard it as an ùù:asiùn for rCJOICll1g that the ~t'curity Council can take up this application so sOlin. 1 :un sure thnt we will all approvc and support the French draft resolution. ,':'1. ~Ir. NU~EZ PORTCOilJ'DO (Cuba) (/flllls/a/cd fn1tIJ Sl'lI11isir): The Sccllrity Council is :neeting once Illl)re to consider the application of a State for admis- Sillll h) membership in the United Nations. It is doing :'l) in compliancc with the clear provisions of the Chart('r ami the decision of the International Court of Justice as expresseù in its advisory opinion of 28 May 1°4-8.1 In other words, it is considering the applications of the candidates on their merits, withou.t makingthe admission of one applicant State contingent upon trat of another State, for that it must nnt do. That is also the position with respect to J apan. the Republic of Korea. and the Repub!ic of Viet-Nam. 36. The Cuban delegation will support with the greatest pleasure the application submitted by the Government of His Highness, the Bey of Tunis. At the saIlle time it wishes, as in the case of Morocco, to Illake k-nown its recognition of Tunisia's new status under international law and proposes in due course to establish diplomatic relations with Tunisia in accordance with the rules of international law. \Ve believe that Tunisia possesses the qualifications requirOO by the Charter and we have no reason ta doubt the sincerity of its ofter to carry out its obligations under the Charter. 37. \\'e should like once again ta pay a tribute to the people and the Government of France for the way in which the\' carried out ne~otiations \Vith Tunisia which 11a\'e 100 'to the applicati~l1 and draft resolution now befort~ us. 38. ~[r. ~I~CIC (Yugoslavia): :'IIy deIegation weIcomes this opportunity to support the draft resolution of the representati\'e of France reeommending the admission of Tunisia to membership in the United :\atil\l1S. '.-ldmÎssÎcJ/I (>1 a Sial.: ta tlle United .votions (Charter, Art. .1), ,ldt;SL.r.l' cJpÎIlÎcJll.· 1.C.J. R,'porl 19-18, p. 57. 41. The fart that, for th" Ihinl time within a very fe\\' llmllths, 11 !Icwly illdcPl'llllt"llt country of Africa is bei!!;.:' n'ClJl1IlllelHlcd for Illcmbership in the Unitell Nations is surel)' li sign of the timcsand, J lIIay add, a highly l'lICllut;lging one. This fact is of conrse a I1lcasurc of Ihe growing impact of the A fril'an ('outincnt on world affairs. It is at Ih(' sanlt' time fmther (~vidence of the trclHI towanls a pattern of international relations ba~ee! on equality and inde)ll'J1(!ence, \Vilh 0111 (If its favourahle implications fllr international l'l'ace amI security. AmI the iad that the decÎsion wc arc ahont tll take will cerlainly he a unanill10us one is indicative, 1 think, of the chang'ecl c1imate in which wc arc meeting, anel which has made it possihle to view the important question of the admission of new Memhers in a more rcalistic and constructive light. This should augnr we11 for our fnrther advance towards universality by the admission of ail the rCliiâiniiig' couniries refcrred to in pâi'âgraph 2 of the operative part of General Assemhly resolution 918 (X), which are not yet among us, as weil as of the other nations that will no doubt follow the Sudan, MufûCCO and Tunisia along the path of independence.

It is a matter of great satisfaction to my delegation that the peaceful objectives which are the heart of the United Nations are gaining strength day by day. This is a further proof of the progress of the United Nations towards its objective: universality. 43. In recent years the desire of the members of the international community for peace has been refiected in the increasing number of applications for membership in the United Nations. It is our dutY to consider these applications in the Iight of the permanent interests of mankind and, from this point of view, our votes must rest on our conviction that each candidate is suitably qualified and our confidence that each candidate will contribute to the fuller achievement of the ideals of the United Nations. 44. At the last meeting, the Council unanimously recommended the admission of Morocco. \Ve now have before us the application submitted by Tunisia and it is cIear that the situation is similar, both as regards the form in which the two States have been established and their express declaration of readiness to comply 7 4-5. ~Iy delcogation will vote in favour of the admission of Tunisia as a ne\\' l\lemher of the United Nations, having regard to its qualifications, its peace-loving character, and the fact that its application meets the requirements oi the Charter. In so doing', my delegation expresses its friendship for the Government and people of Tunisia and is confident that hecause of the historical traditions and cultural values Tunisia represents. it wil1make a fmitiul cllntriùutilln to the work of the l'nited Nations. 46. :'Ir. WA,LKER (Australia): The Australian delegation takes great pleasure in we1coming the application of Tunisia for membership in the United Nations..\s in the case of :\lorocco last week, we are happy to see France as the sponsor of this applicant State which has gained its indepen<.lence in friendly association with France. 4i. The .·\l1stralian delegation has alreadv taken action tl~ express its reCllgnitil~n of the t\\"o riew sovereign St:>.tes of :\Iorocco and Tunisia. On 13 July ..lur Acting Prime :\linister, Sir .·\rthur Fadden, sent r;JI1gratulatory messages to the prime ministers of Tup;sia and 2\lorocco recognizing their sovereign statu:,. l am happy to dra\\" the Council's attention to this action of my GOYernment. -+8. :\1v delegation sees no reason whv the Council shou!d ;lOt de~! just as expeditiously with the case of Tl1nisia as with that of :\lorocco. Since there seems to be general agreement in the Council on the qualification of Tunisia for membership, the Australian delegation gladly supports the ",aiving of rule 59 in the case of Tnnisia. as has been proposed by the French delegation, 49. "'e a!so join in wishing aU happiness and prosperity to the ne",lv independent State of Tunisia, and in \\"i:;hing it a successful and fruit fuI membership in the l"nited Xations. 50. In closing, l only wish to add that Our pleasure and satisfaction on this occasion is clouded bv only one thought - the continued exclusion on unjustifiable ~rounds of an .outstan?ing and fully qualified candidate tor r.1em!Jershlp. l reter of course to Japan, and l do h?pe that a~ some ~ar1y date, well before the opening ot the. CÛI~lIl1g sessIOn of the General Assembly, the Counnl \\"111 al50 he able to take a favourable decision (.n Japan's candidature. 51. :\Ir. S.\KSIX (l"nion oi Sm-iet Socialist Republies) 1fr<1/1srafcd [1'0111 RI/ssia/l): Lasr week. the Security Council considered the application of the independent State of :\1nrocco and unanimoush' decided tn recomn1t'nd tn the General Asst'mhlv the ;idmission of :\lu[lICCO ln memhership in the Cnited Xations. Toda\", the Counei! has !Jdure it an applicatiun from anothèr Slate which has recently attained its independence- 54. The Soviet people is also profoundly convinced that bath the proclamation of independence and the fact of Tllnisia's admission to membership in the United Nations will contribute ta the further development of co-operatiun amI fricndship among aIl nations. 55. The Soviet Union delegation supports the application of Tunisia for membership in the United Nations and considers that the Security Council should recommend ta the General Assemhly that that country should he admitted. The Soviet delegation will vote for a recomll1endation ta that effect and is confident that such a recomll1endation will be adopted unanimously by the Security Council. 56. l should also like to make a brief observation on the stéitement made by the United States representative. Although his statement related to a matter not included in the agenda adopted by the Security Council. it incJucled a reference to the position of the Soviet Union, and l feel compelled to offer a brief explanation. 57. As ail mell1bers of the Council are well aware, the Soviet delegation was one of the fi fty-two delegations which, on 8 December 1955, during the tenth session of the General Assembly, voted for resolution 918 (X) providing for the admission of Japan to the United Nations as one of the eighteen States not affected by the problem of unification. 58. Furthermore. on 10 December 1955, the Soviet representative in the Security Council submitted a draft resolution [5/3-199] recommending the General Assemhly to admit Japan to membership in the United Xations. On 13 December 1955, taking into account the view of many members of the Security Council, the Soviet delegation accepted the draft resolution submitted by Brazil and New Zealand. [5/3502]. providing for the admission of eighteen States to the United Xations, including Japan and the Mongolian People's Republic. As the Council is aware, the adoption of that resolution was prevented only as a result of the veto exercised by the so-called representative of Chiang Kai-shek. 59. However, thanks to the initiative taken bv the Sm'iet Union on 14 December 1955. efforts to prevent the implemcntation of the General Assemb1y resolution of 8 December 1955 were frustrated and sixteen countries \Vere admitted to membership in the United

1 shall now speak as the representativc of HELGrUM. Fol1owing the initiative taken hy Fram'e, the lllemllers of the Security l'Ollneil h:we given excel1ent reasons wlw the Securih' COllneil should recommend to the l;<.,jlcral :\ssclllhl,' the admissi(1I1 of Tunisia to membership in the l~iiitf·d N"atloTIs. 1\5 the Ïepresi:ntati\"e of Hel~iulll. 1 must jllilt with my ù,lkaglles in the Couneil in recognizing that the requirements of Article 4 of the Charter are îllïïy satÎsiled. Tunisia is deariy aState qualitled in aeùlnl:mcc with the Charter for memhership in the l'nitcd ~ations. Hel~ium recognized Tunisia a~ an inr!ependent State on li :May and is gratilicd tll:1t its presenl'e in the Security Council enables it ta take part in the recommendation which is about to he made. 61. In accord:mce with mv instructions, 1 shall "ote in f;wour of the tlraft re'solution submitted by the French delegation. 6.2. l'Ir. TSI:\XG (China): 1 note that the Soviet Cnion representative persists in putting Japan and Uuter Mong"Olia in the saIne package. 1 wish only to s.w - as 1 said manv times last Deeember - that linking a great countI}"'like Japan with the Outer ~Ion­ g-olian colom' of the Soviet Union is both a violation ~lf the Oiâfter and an insult to Japan.

1 do not propose to speak, considering it beneath my dignity to enter illto an altercation with the previous speaker. 1 would. however, point out that a great country like Japan has certainly never authorized the gentleman in question to speak on its behalf. 6..1-, The PRESIDENT (translatcd from Frl'1u:h): If there are no further speakers 1 sha11 put to the vote the draft resolution submitted by France [S/3627]. The draft resalI/fion U'(lS adoptcd tmatlimollsly.

1 have the honour to dec1are officially that the Securitv Councii has unanimouslv recommended the General Assembly to admit Tuilisia to membership in the Cnited Xations. 66, ~rr. ABDüH (Iran) (translatl'd from French): The unanimous decision the Council has just taken in recommending the admission of Tunisia to membership in the Cnited Nations, only a few days after the adoption of the favourable recommendation on Morocco's application for admission, affords my de1egation a further apportunity of expressing its satisfaction and gratification at the fact that we will soon have among The meeting rose at 5.10 p.m.