Editorial Note

For the proceedings of the Trusteeship Council on March 8 and 9 with regard to the Ewe question, see United Nations, Official Records of the Trusteeship Council, Eighth Session, pages 193–195 and pages [Page 572] 197 and 198. The Anglo-French draft resolution was submitted first (Doc. T/L.140). Subsequently the Iraqi-United States draft resolution was tabled (Doc. T/L.141). The United States Representative (Sayre) made a brief statement calling on the Trusteeship Council to address itself to “a substantive solution of the problem.” These events occurred on March 8. On March 9 the Council proceeded to vote on the two resolutions. According to United Nations parliamentary practice, the last was voted on first; and the Iraqi-United States proposal was adopted nine votes to none, with three abstentions. The French delegate, Ambassador Garreau, made a statement regarding the French abstention, and then indicated that France desired to withdraw the Anglo-French draft resolution. Sir Alan Burns, the British delegate, concurred in the French proposal. This ended the Trusteeship Council’s consideration of the Ewe question at its eighth session. For the official text of the Trusteeship Council’s resolution on this matter (Resolution 306 (VIII)–Doc T/864, March 9, 1951), see United Nations, Official Records of the Trusteeship Council, Eighth Session, Supplement No. 1, Resolutions, pages 3 and 4. (Subsequent citations to the Council’s official records in this chapter will follow the form, TC (VIII) or TC (IX).)