Editorial Note
On March 4, 1949 the Security Council, acting on a resolution offered by the United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin) recommended to the General Assembly that Israel be admitted to membership in the United Nations (United Nations, Official Records of the Security Council, Fourth Year, No. 17, pages 8 and 9; hereafter cited as SC, 4th yr., No. 17 [or other appropriate number]. The General Assembly, on May 11, 1949, adopted a resolution providing for the admittance of Israel to the United Nations, drafted in its Ad Hoc Political Committee and cosponsored by Australia, Canada, Guatemala, Haiti, Panama, the United States, and Uruguay (United Nations, Official Records of the General Assembly, Third Session, Part II, Plenary Meetings, pages 306 ff.). Documentation on these matters as they relate to United States policy is found in the files of the Department of State, 501.AA.
On April 8, 1949, the Security Council failed to act favorably on a report from its Committee on the Admission of New Members recommending approval of the application for membership submitted by the Republic of Korea, due to the negative vote of a permanent member, the Soviet Union (9–2) (SC, 4th yr., No. 26, page 15). At the same meeting an application for membership submitted by Nepal was referred by the Security Council to its Admissions Committee for consideration, as a matter of normal procedure (ibid., page 16).