A/RES/497(V) GA

80 General Assembly-Fifth Session Noting that progress has been made by the present session of the General Assembly with regard to certain of the points contained in the memorandum of the Sec- retary-General, ReaiJirming its constant desire that all the resources of the United Nations Charter be utilized for the de- velopment of friendly relations between nations and the achievement of universal peace, 1. Commends the Secretary-Ccneral for his initia- tive in preparing his memorandum and presenting it to the General Assembly ; 2. Requests the appropriate organs of the United Nations to give consideration to those portions of the memorandum of the Secretary-Ceneral with which they are particularly concerned; 3. Requests these organs to inform the General As- sembly at its sixth session, through the Secretary- General, of any progress achieved through such consideration. 312th plenary meeting, 20 November 1950. 495 (V). Admission of new Members to the United Natiom- The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 296 (IV) A to l and K of 22 November 1949 concerning the reconsideration, by the Security Council, of pending applications for mem- bership, Noting that the General Assembly has not received recommendations for the admission of any of the ap- plicants, Requests the Security Council to keep the applica- tions ·under consideration in accordance with the terms of the above-mentioned resolutions. 318th plenary meeting, 4 December 1950. 496 (V). International control of atomic energy The General Assembly, Recognizing that the effective regulation and reduc- tion of national armaments would substantially dimin- ish the present danger of war, relieve the heavy eco- nomic burden placed upon the peoples of the world in the absence of a system of armaments control, and permit the greater use of man's resources to projects devoted to his betterment, Recognizing that the regulation and reduction of armaments to be effective must cover weapons of all kinds, must be based on unanimous agreement, and so must include every nation having substantial armaments and armed forces, N.,·coyni::;:ny further that any plan for the regulation and reduction of armaments and armed forces must be base( I upun safeguards that will secure the compliance ui all na rions, N.,·cog111~;ing the inahility to date to achieve agree- ment among nations on the elimination of atomic weap- ( ,11s under a svstem of effective international control of ;1to111ic encrg:,~ and on the regulation and reduction of , ,t her ar111aments and armed forces, N.c, o!liny that a plan" has been developed in the Lnikd '.\ations Atomic Energy Commission, and ap- provl'd'" \,y the c;eneral Assembly, for the international control ui atomic energy, which would make effective the prohibition of atomic weapons; and that much use- iul planning work has been accomplished in the Com- mission for Conn:ntional Armaments, /!csirin,1;, ho\\'evn, to carry this work forward toward ; , curnprl'hensi \'(' system of armaments control, I i,·cides ro cscalilish a committee of twelve, consist- ing ()J rcpresent:ttives of the members of the Security Council as uf i _l;muary llJSl, together with Canada, to cunsidn and rqiurt to the next regular session of the l~eneral Assembly on ways and means whereby the work of the Atomic Energy Commission and the Com- mission for Conventional Armaments may be co-or- dinated and on the advisability of their functions being merged and placed under a new and consolidated dis- armament commission. 323rd plenary meeting, 13 December 1950. 497 (V). Place of meeting of the sixth regular session of the General Assembly /'he Grneral Assembly, Considering that the building intended for the holding of the Ceneral Assembly will not be completed until J ()52. Considering that in these circumstances there may arise technical difficulties liable to impede the normal functioning of the G.eneral Assembly and the conve- nience of its deliberations, 1. Decides, in conformity with rule 3 of its rules of procedure, to convene its sixth re,gular session in Europe; 2. Instructs the President of the General Assembly and the Secretary-General to select the city most suit- able for the above purpose and to make the necessary arrangements. 324th plenary meeting, 14 December 1950. 9 See Official Records of the Atomic Energy Commissio" Special Supplement, Report to the Security Council, Part II C and Part III; and Ibid., Second Year, Special Supplefflfflt, Second Report to the Security Council, Part II. 10 See resolution 191 (III). Printed in U.S.A. - 40897-February 1951-4,650 Reprinted in U.N., N.Y. - 07119-May 1968-200 May 1974-250 Reprinted in U.N., N.Y. · 10351 · May 1980-200

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