Editorial Note
The United Nations Security Council met on August 8 from 3 p. m. until 7:40 p. m.; for the record, see U.N. document S/PV.484. The debate continued on the question of Korean representation, and Mr. Malik, as President, refused to make a ruling on the validity of the June 25 Security Council decision to invite the representative of the Republic of Korea to sit in on the meetings. Before the Council adjourned until August 10, Mr. Malik introduced the following resolution (S/1679), on which no vote was taken:
“Proposal Concerning the Inhuman, Barbarous Bombing by the United States Air Force of the Peaceful Population, Towns and Populated Areas in Korea
“The Security Council,
“Having considered the protest of the Government of the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea against the inhuman, barbarous bombing [Page 547] of the peaceful population and of peaceful towns and populated areas which is being carried out by the United States Air Force in Korea,
“Recognizing that the bombing by the United States armed forces of Korean towns and villages, involving the destruction and mass annihilation of the peaceful civilian population, is a gross violation of the universally accepted rules of international law,
“Decides
“To call upon the Government of the United States of America to cease and not permit in future the bombing by the Air Force or by other means of towns and populated areas and also the shooting up from the air of the peaceful population of Korea;
“To instruct the Secretary-General of the United Nations to bring this decision of the Security Council to the very urgent notice of the Government of the United States of America.”