In dealing with the Palestine question, it has been the practice of the Security Council to invite those representatives of States in the area, who wish to do so, to participate without vote in the discussions of the Council, if they are not already members of the Council. The aspect of the Palestin…
l would suggest that for mem- bers of the Security Council, there should be both simultaneous and consecutiveinterpretation and that, if non-members of the Council are invited to participate, their statements should be interpretedsimultaneousily but not consecutively. If there is no objection, we sh…
l think the representative of the Soviet Union is correct. It would make it more clear. l shaH put the text of the letter to a vote.
A vote was tal~en by show of hands, as follows:
In fav01t1': Brazil, China, Ecuador, France, Nether- lands, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irel…
Unless l hear any objec- tions, l consider the letter as l have read it out to the COllncil to be approved with the reservations expressed by the representatives of the Soviet Union and India.
l would draw the attention of the representative of France to the fact that the second paragraph of the letter - which he does not have before him, since l amended the text myself a few moments aga - begins as follows:
. "~embers of the Security Council, at its 548th meetll1g held on 29 May 1951 ..…
l submit, for the appraval of the Security Council, a proposed text of the letter which variotls delegations have suggested should be sent by the President of the Security Council ta the Governments of Inc1ia and Pakistan:
"1 have the honour ta call your attention to the important principles regard…
l should like ta point out that at the beginning of the meeting l said that although the item appears under the general heading, the discussian will be confinecl tü the twa letters. l should be most g-ratef111 to the members and to the representative of Pakistan if they would be good enough ta keep …
Pursuant to a previous deci- sian of the C<Jt111cil, l invite the representative af Pakis- tan to participate in the discussion of this item in ac- cordance with rule 37 of the provisional mies of pro- cedure.
At the invitation of the President, Mr. Ahmed S. B o/~ha1'i, representati'l-'e of Pakista…
In connexion with the date of election ta fi11 a vacancy in the International Court of Justice, l am certain that l sha11 be interpreting t1~e genera1 feeling of the Council in expressing our deep grief at the death of Judge José Philadelpho de Barros e Azevedo. In him we have 10st both an internati…
l wish to bring to the atten- tion of the Counci1 in connexion with item 3 of the revised provisional agenda that after the adoption by the Conncil on 30 March [539th meet'ing] of the reso- lution concerning the Inclia-Pakistan question [S/2017/ Rev.1 J, the President of the Security Council receive…
l shall put an informai qtiestion, especially to the other sponsors of the draft resolution. If they do not object and if the rest of the Council cloes Ilot object, we shall IlOW vote, after that statement just macle by the representative of Israel, on the clraft resolutioll as set forth in document…
My understanding was that we were voting on the second revision of the draft resolution because almost all the sponsors of the draft resolution have expressed their willingness to delete sub-paragraph (a) if the Israel delegation wanted us ta. But in the statement of the representative of Israel, ma…
As Chairman l shauld like ta state that the understanding of the representative of Syria will go in the record as a statement. However, if he is asldng for an interpretation of the details by the Council, l think that this is neither the right time nor the right place.
Speaking in my capacity as representative of TURKEY, l wish to state that it was my understancling that the revised form of the cIraft resolution was in accordance with the desire expressed by the delegation of Israel. If the clelegation of Israel does not wish to have the additional sub- paragraph …
l wish to cal1 the attention ofthe members of the Security Council to the fact that there is now a revised version of the joint draft reso- lution. This will be found in document S/2152/Rev.2. The sponsors of this draft resolution have decided to inc1ude a reference to the Israel expression of regre…
If no other member of the Council wishes to speak, l shall call on the parties in the order in which they have asked to speak.
41. Sir Benegal N. RAU (India): Much of what l intended to say has already been said by the representa- tive of Turkey in the very careful speech which he made at the prece…
Are there any objections to the proposaI of the representative of the United Kingdom? As there are no objections, it is decided provisionally ta meet at 3 p.m. on Friday, 18 May, with the understanding that if the First Committee should finish its work Thursday evening, we shall then meet on Friday,…
