l must interpret the Council's voting as meaning that it wishes ta continue the meeting tonight. l shall therefore call upon the representative of China. Before l do so, however, the representative of the Union of Soviet SociaHst Republics wishes to speak on a point of order.
l see that there is a difference of opinion, so l sha11 put it to the vote whether the meeting should be adjourned or not. However, the representative of the United States has asked ta speak.
66. Ml'. GRqSS (United States of America): l c10 not quarrel wlth the remarks mac1e by the represen- tative…
In accordance with the list of representatives who have expressed a wish to speak in this discussion, and solely in accordance with that list, l should like to make a statement as representative of ECUADOR.
22. There is no need for me ta point out once more that Italy possesses the qualifications r…
l should be greatly distressed if 111embers of the Council were to thinlc that l was surrendering the prerogatives of the Security Council but Iunderstand that, at the 1948 election, the President of the General Assembly was the one to announce the election of the candidates. My object was to keep s…
l shall now announce the results of the vote.
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117. There were eleven ballot papers, ail of which are valid. AlI the persons voted for were eligible and the result of the voting is as follows: Mr. Armand Ugon, nine votes; Mr. Golunsky, seven votes; Mr. Hackworth, nine votes; Ml'. Kla…
l request the Secretariat to distrilmtc new ballot papers, 50 that we may proceed to the election of five members of the International Court of Justice, bearing in mind the names on the list of nominations.
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We shall now vote upon the proposaI of the United States representative to take another vote for the elec- tion by the Security Council of the five members of the International Court of Justice. In favour: Brazil, China, Ecuador, France Nether- lands, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great B;itain and "Si,…
In accordance with the rules of procedure of the Secu- rity Conneil, motions referring to the suspension of the meeting have priority over all other motions. l shaH therefore put to the vote the Indial1 representative's proposaI.
111. Will the representative of India be good enough ta state whether…
Is the representative of India presenting a formaI mo- tion for suspension of the meeting or for its postpone- ment ta another clay?
109. ML DAYAL (India): I propose that the meeting he suspended for fifteen minutes,
Yes; it is possible to say now that the Council will be infonned about the results of the e1ections in the General Assembly after the Coun- cil makes its own decision on the matter.
In reply to the United States representative l wish to point out that l have confined myself to suggesting various possibilities and l have not indicated a preference for any one. l merely stated that, in my opinion, it was not fitting to send the names of the six candidates to the Assembly, and not…
The proposai havillg been rej ected, wc are, as the repre- sentative of the Netherlands said, faced with the necessity of redllcing to five the number of candidates which the COl1ncil elects. l thinle there are two main possibilities or methods of achieving that result, though other alternatives are…
The members of the Council have now heard the definite proposai of the representative of India, and l shall put that proposaI ta the vote immediately.
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65. l should merely like to reminel the members of the Council of the provisions of Article 8 of the Statute of the Court, which says: "T…
l see that none of the members of the Security Council has appealed against my interpretation that it is not fitting to submit the names of six candidates. l there- fore regard that possibility as eliminated.
l have not up to the present received any official communication as to the names of those elected by the General Assembly.
58. MI'. CHAUVEL (France) (translated frOl11, French): Thefact that a certain number of candidates have been validly designated by the Assembly may afforcl us a factllal indica…
l have pleasure in replying to the representative of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
41. l have not made anydecision: l have not given a ruling, and the Council has not taken a decision. l l11erely described the various possibilities of dealing with the situation that should be taken into …
vVhen l was stt111marizing the situation l said that one possibility would be ta have anotherballot, and that another possibility wOl11cl be to have a ballot in order to elect only two members, taking into consideration the fact that three of the candidates have received more votes than the other th…
The Couneil will now proceed to the next item on our agenda - the election of five members of the Inter- national Court of Justice, in accordance with Article 13, paragraph 1, of the Statute, to fill the five seats which will becol11e vacant on 5 February 1952, when the tenus of Mr. Fabela, Mr. Hack…
l dec1~re Mr. I:evi Fernandez Carneiro e1ected by the Sec\1rJty Councl!. The General Assembly will be in- formed immediately of his e1ection.
Election of five members of the International Court of Justice in accordance with Article 13, paragraph 1, of the Statute
