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Minutes of Forty-sixth Meeting of the United States Delegation to the General Assembly, Paris, January 17, 1952
US/A/M (Chr)/233
[Here follow list of persons (46) present and discussion of prior agenda items.]
3. Membership
Mr. Hyde recalled the prior decisions of the Delegation on this matter and mentioned the developments that have occurred since then. In the Security Council the Italian application rested after a Soviet resolution had been tabled which would, as usual, condition the admission of Italy on the admission of all other pending applicants except the Republic of Korea. This created a dilemma. The Soviets insisted that all applicants should be admitted together whereas the Latin Americans would interpret the Charter to allow the Assembly to decide irrespective of Security Council action. Belaunde’s draft resolution was, Mr. Hyde suggested, a solution for this session. It recommended that applicants for membership should be invited to come forward with evidence that they meet the conditions of Article 4 of the Charter. This they can do now under the rule of the Security Council in its Membership Committee. We had redrafted Belaunde’s resolution to limit it to this point and we could support it under our instructions. However, we must recognize that, in Belaunde’s view, this is the first stage of a plan to have the General Assembly alone decide on Membership applications. His draft resolution would only solve the matter for this session. The Soviets were already reportedly offering or thinking about a new “package deal”, which would admit Italy, Austria, Eire and Portugal in return for the admission of certain satellites. The Central Americans were alleged to be coming up with new ideas. Mr. Hyde suggested that what the Delegation could do at present was [Page 431] to support the proposed approach contained in Delga 1064—the draft Belaunde resolution.1
[Here follows brief discussion of other matters.]
- First Committee consideration of the membership item began on January 18. For the proceedings of the First Committee on this matter, on January 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 29, see United Nations, Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixth Session, First Committee, pp. 215–257 and pp. 283–285 (hereafter cited as GA (VI), First Committee).↩