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

The United States at the United Nations: the United States position regarding certain problems of United Nations organization and procedure:


Contents

    • I. United States policy regarding elections to certain organs, commissions, and committees of the United Nations (Documents 62–110)
      • II. Interest of the United States in increasing the effectiveness of the United Nations: United States proposals for the establishment of an interim committee of the General Assembly and for a study of voting procedure in the Security Council (Documents 111–144)
        • III. United States policy regarding the question of admission of new members into the United Nations (Documents 145–160)
          • IV. Policy of the United States regarding the apportionment of expenses of the regular (administrative) budget of the United Nations among members of the Organization (Document 161)

          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)
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