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Foreign Relations of the United States, 1947, General; The United Nations, Volume I

General United States policy toward the United Nations:


Contents

    • I. The United States and the United Nations: the United States initiative, September 1947 (Documents 8-10)
      • II. The United States position regarding the place of meeting of the third regular session of the General Assembly in 1948 (Documents 11-15)
        • III. Establishment of the seat of the United Nations in the United States: the Headquarters and Interim Headquarters agreements; the proposed general convention on privileges and immunities of the United Nations; the question of financing construction of the Headquarters (Documents 16-41)

        General; The United Nations

        • Preface
        • Introductory note
        • List of abbreviations and symbols
        • Errata
        • Organization and arrangements for the conduct of United States relations with the United Nations (Documents 1-7)
          • General United States policy toward the United Nations: (Documents 8-41)
            • The deteriorating political climate in the General Assembly: the Warmongering Resolution (Documents 42-61)
              • The United States at the United Nations: the United States position regarding certain problems of United Nations organization and procedure: (Documents 62-161)
                • The first special session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, April and May 1947
                • Negotiation of the trusteeship agreement for the former Japanese-mandated islands in the Pacific concluded between the United States and the Security Council of the United Nations, April 2, 1947 (Documents 162-176)
                  • United States policy regarding non-self-governing territories outside the United Nations trusteeship system; the question of transmission of information under Article 73(e) of the Charter (Documents 177-191)
                    • United States adherence to agreements establishing the Caribbean Commission and the South Pacific Commission (Documents 192-194)
                      • United States policy at the United Nations with respect to the regulation of armaments and collective security: the international control of atomic energy; regulation of conventional armaments; efforts toward agreements placing armed forces at the disposal of the Security Council (Documents 195-377)
                        • United States national security policy: the extension of military assistance to foreign nations; estimates of threats to the national security; coordination of political and military policy; policy with respect to the acquisition of military bases and air transit rights; foreign policy aspects of the stockpiling of strategic and critical materials (Documents 378-395)
                          • Foreign policy aspects of United States development of atomic energy (Documents 396-452)
                            • United States interest in international economic collaboration for the expansion of world trade and employment: negotiations at Geneva leading to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and to the convening of the Havana Conference (Documents 453-519)
                              • The United States foreign assistance program as of December 31, 1947 (Document 520)
                                • The Marshall Plan
                                • The United States program for providing relief assistance to war-devastated countries, upon the termination of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (unrra) (Documents 521-526)
                                  • United States policies regarding the problem of critical world shortages in food, fuel, and industrial items: messages and statements relating thereto (Document 527)
                                    • The International Telecommunication Conferences, at Atlantic City, May 16–October 2, 1947 (Document 528)
                                      • United States policy with regard to the Polar Regions (Documents 529-540)
                                        • Index

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