Bohlen Collection
Report to the Foreign Ministers by the
Subcommittee on Arrangements for the United Nations
Conference
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top secret
[
Yalta
, February 10,
1945.]
Report to the Foreign Ministers
We were instructed on February 8 to prepare a report to the
Foreign Ministers on the following subjects:
-
a)
- The method of consultation with France and China in
regard to the decisions taken at the present conference
concerning the proposed world organization.
- (b)
- The text of the invitation which should be issued to
all the nations which will take part in the United
Nations Conference.
With regard to (a) we consider that
the United States on behalf of the three powers should
consult the Government of China and the Provisional French
Government.
With regard to (b) we attach for the
approval of the Ministers a draft invitation to all the
nations which will take part in the conference.
Invitation
The Government of the United States of America, on behalf
of itself and the Governments of the United Kingdom, the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the Republic of
China and of the Provisional Government of the French
Republic, invites the Government of __________ to send
representatives to a Conference of the United Nations to
be held on April 25, 1945, or soon thereafter, at ______
in the United States of America to prepare a Charter for
a General International Organization for the maintenance
of international peace and security.
The above named governments suggest that the Conference
consider as affording a basis for such a Charter the
Proposals for the Establishment of a General
International Organization, which were made public last
October as a result of the Dumbarton Oaks Conference,
and which have now been supplemented by the following
provisions for Section C of Chapter VI:
“C. Voting
- 1.
- Each member of the Security Council should have
one vote.
- 2.
- Decisions of the Security Council on procedural
matters should be made by an affirmative vote of
seven members.
- 3.
- Decisions of the Security Council on all other
matters should be made by an affirmative vote of
seven members including the concurring votes of the
permanent members; provided that, in decisions under
Chapter VIII, Section A and under the second
sentence of paragraph 1 of Chapter VIII, Section C,
a party to a dispute should abstain from
voting.”
Further information as to arrangements will be
transmitted subsequently.
In the event that the Government of _______ desires in
advance of the Conference to present views or comments
concerning the proposals, the Government of the United
States of America will be pleased to transmit such views
and comments to the other participating Governments.
