Editorial Note
In two meetings on February 1, the General Assembly took up the three membership resolutions recommended by the First Committee, adopting Resolution I and Resolution III (the Peruvian resolution and the joint resolution of the five Central American states, respectively), and rejecting Resolution II (the Soviet resolution). In the voting on Resolution II, the United States successfully invoked the “important question” two-thirds majority rule.
[Page 451]For the proceedings of the General Assembly on this matter on February 1, see United Nations, Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixth Session, Plenary Meetings, pages 456 ff. For two statements by Ambassador Gross, see ibid., pages 456 and 457 (a statement against the Soviet draft resolution) and pages 467 and 468 (remarks made in invoking the two-thirds majority rule). For official texts of the two resolutions that were adopted, Resolution 506 A (VI) and Resolution 506 B (VI), see United Nations, Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixth Session, Resolutions, pages 4 and 5.