Editorial Note
The United Nations Security Council met on September 28 and agreed, contrary to the wish of the United States, to vote first on the Soviet draft resolution (S/1732) calling for an invitation to the People’s Republic of China, rejecting it by a vote of six in favor to three opposed (China, Cuba, and the United States), with two abstentions (Ecuador and Egypt). The Council then turned to the Ecuadorean draft resolution (S/1817/Rev.1), rejecting that also by a vote of six in favor to four against (China, Cuba, Egypt, and the United States), with one abstention (Yugoslavia). The Representative of Yugoslavia then stated his wish to change his vote to one in favor of the Ecuadorean draft, but the Council adjourned before any further decision was taken. For the record of the meeting, see U.N. document S/PV.505.
On the following day, September 29, the Representative of Ecuador introduced his proposal as a new draft resolution (S/1823/Corr.1), substituting the date November 15 for December 1 for the invitation to the People’s Republic of China and the inauguration of debate on the Taiwan issue. After votes on the separate clauses, the resolution as a whole was adopted by a vote of seven to three (China, Cuba, and the United States), with one abstention (Egypt). (U.N. document S/PV.506)
At its subsequent meeting, also on September 29, the Council rejected the suggestion of the Republic of China that the above question was substantive, and thus subject to the Chinese veto, rather than procedural. The vote was nine to one (China), with one abstention (Cuba). (U.N. document S/PV. 507)
The complaint of armed invasion of Taiwan was taken up by the Security Council on November 27 in conjunction with the question of aggression upon the Republic of Korea. For related documentation, see volume VII, pages 1237 ff.