A/RES/1001(ES-I) GA

General As~emhly-First Emergency Special Session 3 Noting 'lvith satisfaction the first report of the Secre- tary-General on the plan,5 and having in mind particu- larly paragraph 4 of that report, 1. Establishes a United Nations Command for an emergency international Force to secme and supervise the cessation of hostilities in accordance with all the terms of General Assembly resolution 9()7 (ES-I) of 2 November 1956; 2. Appoints, on an emergency basis, the Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organi- zation, Major-General E. L. M. Burn~. as Chid of the Command; 3. Authorizes the Chief of the Command imme- diately to recruit, from the observer corps of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, a limited number of officers who shall be nationals of countries other than those having permanent membership in the Security Council, and further authorizes him, in con- sultation with the Secretary-General, to undertake the recruitment directly, from various Member States other than the pennanent members of the Security Council, of the additional number of offlcers needed;" 4. Invites the Secretary-General to take such admin- istrative measures as may he neces:-;ary for the prompt execution of the actions envi.,aged in the present reso- lution. 565th plenary meeting, 5 November 1956. Resolution 1001 (ES-I) The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution ~)7 ( ES-l J o( 2 November 1956 concerning the cease-tire, 11 ithdrawal of troops and ot_her ma~ters related to the military operations in Egyptian terntory, as well as its resolution 998 (ES-I) of 4 November 1956 concerning the reque:,;t to the ?ecreta~y-Gener~l to su~mit a plan for an emergency mternat1onal Umted Nations Force, ~ Having establislied by its resolution 1000 ( ES-1) of J November 1956 a United Nations Command for an emergency international Force, having appointed the Chief C?f S_taff of th~ United Nations Truce Supervision Orga111zat10n as Chief of the Command with authoriza- tion to him to begin the recruitment of officers for the Command, and having invited the Secretary-General to take the administrative measures necessarv for the prompt execution of that resolution. · Noting with appreciation the second and final report ?f the S_ecretar};'-<:;eneral6 ~m the plan for an emergency 111ternat10nal Umted Nations Force as requested in General Assembly resolution 99R (ES-Tl. and having examined that plan, 1. E.xpres~es jts approval of the guiding principles ~or the ?rgamzat~on an;f ~unctioning of the emergency mternat10nal Umte<l Nations Force as expounded in paragraphs 6 to 9 of the Secretary-General's report; 2. Concurs in the definition of the functions of the Force as stated i11 paragraph l.:? of the Secretary- General's report; 3 .. Invit~s the Secretary-General to continue dis- cuss10ns with Governments of ~ ember States concern- ing offers of participation in the Force, toward the objective of its halanced composition ; 5 Q_fficial R_ecrwds of the General Assembly, First Emerq,mrv Specwl Session, Anne.res, agenda item 5, document .\/J289. · 6 Ibid., document A/3302. 4. Requests the Chief of the Command, in consulta- tion with the Secretary-General as regards size and rnmposition, to proceed forthwith with the ful] organi- zation of the Force; 5. Appro,_1es provisiona1lv the basic rule concerning the financing of the Force °bid down in paragraph 15 (li the Secretary-General's report; CJ. Establishes an Advisory Committee composed of one representative from each of the following coun- tries: Brazil, Canada, Ceylon, C"olomhia, Tndia, Norway and Pakistan, and requests this Committee, whose ( :hairman shall be the Secretary-General, to undertake the development of those aspects of the planning for the Force and its operation not already dealt with by the (_;eneral Assembly and 11 hich do nc,t iall within the area of the direct responsibility of the C:hid of the c:ommancl: 7. Authori:::es the Secretarv-General to issue all regulations and instructions \\'hich may he essential to the effective functioning of the Force. iollowing con- sultation with the Committee aforementioned, and to take all other necessary administrative ancl t>:::ecutive action; ~- nctermines that, following the fulfilment of the 1111mcdiate responsibilities defined for it in operative paragraphs <> arnl 7 above, the Advisory Committee ,hall continue to assist the Secretarv-Ceneral in the responsil1ilities falling to him under" the present and othn relevant resolutions: () lhcides that the Advisory Committee, in the per- fonnance of its duties, shall he empm1 ered to request. t hrongh the usual procedures, the cun vcning of the l ;eneral .\ssembl_v and to report to the :\sscmhly when- ('1·cr 111atters arise which. in its opinion, are of such 11rgencv and importance as to reqnire consideration Ii:,· the ( ;eneral Assembly itself; 10. Requt'sls all :i\Iemhcr States to aff(lrd :1~~i~t:1,1Cl' as necessary to the United Nations Command in the performance of its function.s, inclucli11g arra11:,;c111ents for pas:-age to and from the area in\·oh·ecl. 567th plenary meeting, 7 November 1956. Resolution 1002 (ES-I) '/'he General • lssn11bly. N.ecalfing its resolutions CJ~7 (ES-I) oi 2 l\overnber 1956, 998 (ES-I 'i and <J<J<J ( I•:S-1) of 4 .:\"ovemlll'r 19.Sr, and 1000 (ES-I'! of 5 '\fovernlwr 1956. adopted ln overwhelming majorities, Noting in partiwlar that the General ,\ss<'(11hlv. liv its resolution 1000 (ES-I), established a Unitel Na- tions Command for an emergency international Force to secure and supl'rvise the cessation (lf hostilities in accordance with a 11 the terms of its resolution 997 (ES-I), 1. Reaffirms the above-mentioned resol11tions; 2. Calls once again upon I ~rael immediately to 1,·ith- draw all its forces behind the armistice lines established hy the General Armistice .-\greement between Egypt and Israel of 24 February 1949 ;7 J. Calls onCI' agai11 upon the United Kin°c] 1111 and France immediately to 1,ithdr:rn· all their fo~ccs fro111 Egyptian territory, consistentlv with the ahove- mentioned resolutions : · 7 Official RNnrd., nf 1/,r Suuritv Co,mril. Fnu,·th i·,.l'r, S{'r- rial Supplemmt .V n. 3. ·

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