Editorial Note
The above telegram remained the basic instruction for the United States Representative throughout Security Council discussion of admission of new Members on August 18, August 21, September 24, September 29, and October 1, the specific United States effort during this period being directed to the introduction on August 21 of the draft resolution printed in telegram 357, August 16 (withdrawn the same day), a request on September 24 for Council reconsideration of the Italian application (rejected initially by the Security Council on August 21 because of the adverse vote of the Soviet Union), and the making of supporting statements as appropriate. The Council failed to take favorable action except in the cases of Yemen and Pakistan.
With the refusal of the Security Council to recommend nine of the applicant states, the General Assembly at its Second Regular Session adopted a resolution on November 17 in which inter alia it found that certain of these states (Eire, Portugal, Transjordan, Italy, Finland, and Austria) were “peace-loving … within the meaning of Article 4 of the Charter”; and requested the Security Council to reconsider their applications “in the light of this determination of the Assembly.” In the legislative history of this resolution in the First Committee, it was the United States that proposed the statement regarding Austria. (GA (II), Resolutions, page 18.)