Editorial Note
The First Committee, at its 153rd Meeting, October 7, established Subcommittee A.III to consider proposals on atomic energy before the Committee and to reach agreement on a draft resolution for submission [Page 474] to the Committee. Subcommittee A.III formally approved its report, A/C.1/333, on October 15; for text, see GA (III/1), First Committee, Annexes, pages 16–20. The summary records of the Subcommittee, documents A/C.1/A.III/SR 1–8, are not published.
The Subcommittee Report contained the texts of the three resolutions upon which votes were taken. Canadian resolution A/C.1/A.III/1/Rev. 3 received eight affirmative votes (Brazil, Canada, China, Ecuador, France, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States); there were two votes against (the Soviet Union and the Ukraine) and one abstention (India). This draft resolution consisted of the original Canadian text (A/C.1/308) modified by substantive suggestions by New Zealand, France, and Ecuador and amended by Canada itself. It provided for General Assembly approval of the recommendations and findings of the First Report of the UNAEC and the specific proposals of the Second Report, expressed concern regarding the impasse noted in the Third Report, and requested the six permanent members of the UNAEC to consult in order to determine whether there existed a basis for the resumption of the activities of the Commission.
The Soviet draft resolution, A/C.1/310 (for text, see footnote 1, page 445), received two affirmative votes in the Subcommittee (the Soviet Union and the Ukraine), and seven negative votes (Brazil, Canada, China, France, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States). India and Ecuador abstained.
An Indian resolution, A/C.1/A.III/4/Rev. 2, approved the findings, recommendations, and specific proposals of the first two reports of the UNAEC. However, unlike the Canadian resolution, it called upon the Commission to resume its work. A/C.1/A.III/4/Rev. 2 received the vote of its sponsor; four votes were cast against it (Canada, Brazil, Sweden, and the United States). There were six abstentions (China, Ecuador, France, the Ukraine, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom).