Editorial Note
At the 83rd Meeting of the Ad Hoc Political Committee, November 10, José Gorostiza, the Mexican representative, offered certain amendments to the final paragraph of the Canadian-French resolution on atomic energy. The acceptance by the two sponsors of the Mexican suggestions was reflected in draft resolution A/AC.31/L.27/Rev.1, November 10, which was identical with the text subsequently approved by the General Assembly as Resolution 299 (IV) (see page 225). Debate on atomic energy continued at the 34th and 35th Meetings, November 10 and 12; for the records of those meetings, see GA(IV), Ad Hoc Politcal Committee, pages 193, 200. For the text of the address delivered by John D. Hickerson, the United States representative, at the 34th Meeting, see Documents on Disarmament, 1945–1959, volume I, page 225.
[Page 221]At the 36th Meeting, November 14, 10:45 a. m., the Soviet representative, Yakov A. Malik, presented extensive amendments (A/AC.31/L.31) to the Canadian-French draft (A/AC.31/L.27/Rev.1) which would have rendered that proposal consistent with the established Soviet position. France and Canada did not accept the Soviet amendments. For the record of the 36th Meeting, see GA(IV), Ad Hoc Political Committee, page 211; for the text of the Soviet amendments, see GA(IV), Ad Hoc Political Committee, Annex, volume I, page 69.
At its 37th Meeting, November 14, 3 p. m., the Committee voted on the proposals before it. It rejected the Soviet amendments (A/AC.31/L.31) by separate votes on each individual amendment. It approved the Canadian-French resolution (A/AC.31/L.27/Rev.1), voted on by a show of hands, 48 to 5, with two abstentions. The Indian resolution (A/AC.31/L.26) was then voted upon by a show of hands and was defeated by a count of 24 to 15, with 18 abstentions. The Soviet proposal (A/AC.31/28) was then voted on paragraph by paragraph and by roll call at the request of the Soviet representative. It was defeated by votes of 51–5–2 (first paragraph), 50–5–3 (second paragraph), and 43–6–9 (third paragraph). For the record of the 37th Meeting, see GA(IV), Ad Hoc Political Committee, page 216. For the report of the Ad Hoc Political Committee to the General Assembly on this item, A/1119, see United Nations, Official Records of the General Assembly, Fourth Session, Annex to the Summary Records of Meetings, page 72 (hereafter cited as GA (IV), Annex).