Editorial Note
The 521st meeting of the United Nations Security Council was held on Friday, November 10, from 3 to 6:25 p. m.; for the record, see U.N. document S/PV.521. The following draft resolution (S/1894) was submitted jointly by the Representatives of Cuba, Ecuador, France, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
“The Security Council,
“Recalling its resolution of 25 June 1950, determining that the North Korean forces had committed a breach of the peace and calling upon all Members of the United Nations to refrain from giving assistance to the North Korean authorities,
“Recalling the resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 7 October 1950, which sets forth the policies of the United Nations in respect to Korea,
“Haying noted from the special report of the United Nations Command in Korea dated 5 November 1950 that Chinese communist military units are deployed for action against the forces of the Unite A Nations in Korea,
“Affirming that United Nations forces should not remain in any part of Korea otherwise than so far as necessary for achieving the objectives of stability throughout Korea and the establishment of a unified independent and democratic government in the sovereign State of Korea, as set forth in the resolution of the General Assembly dated 7 October 1950,
[Page 1127]“Insistent that no action be taken which might lead to the spread of the Korean conflict to other areas and thereby further endanger international peace and security,
“Calls upon all States and authorities, and in particular those responsible for the action noted above, to refrain from assisting or encouraging the North Korean authorities, to prevent their nationals or individuals or units of their armed forces from giving assistance to North Korean forces and to cause the immediate withdrawal of any such nationals, individuals, or units which may presently be in Korea;
“Affirms that it is the policy of the United Nations to hold the Chinese frontier with Korea inviolate and fully to protect legitimate Chinese and Korean interests in the frontier zone;
“Calls attention to the grave danger which continued intervention by Chinese forces in Korea would entail for the maintenance of such a policy;
“Requests the Interim Committee on Korea and the United Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea to consider urgently and to assist in the settlement of any problems relating to conditions on the Korean frontier in which States or authorities on the other side of the frontier have an interest, and suggests that the United Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea proceed to the area as soon as possible, and, pending its arrival, that it utilize the assistance of such States members of the Commission as now have representatives in the area for this purpose.”
An effort by the Soviet representative to prevent inclusion of the Korean question on the agenda in the absence of representatives from the People’s Republic of China was defeated by a vote of 10 to 1 (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics). The representatives of France, the United Kingdom, and the United States then spoke on behalf of the draft resolution.