IO files, US/A/3705
Working Paper by the United States Delegation to the General Assembly
Draft Resolution on Non-Member Participation
The General Assembly,
Considering that the Security Council has been unable, because of the opposition of one of its permanent members to make recommendations required under Article 4 of the Charter of the United Nations respecting the admission to membership in the United Nations of qualified applicants,
Considering further that in the judgment of the General Assembly, as expressed in Resolutions 113 (II), 197 (III), 296 (IV) and 620 (VII), certain applicants have been determined to be peace-loving within the meaning of Article 4 of the Charter and able and willing to carry out the obligations of membership in the United Nations, and are thus entitled to be admitted as members,
Recognizing that the effectiveness of the United Nations would be enhanced if qualified applicants are given the opportunity to participate directly in the work of the United Nations.
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- Invites any state not a member of the United Nations which the General Assembly has found qualified for admission but whose application has been blocked by the inability of the SC owing to the opposition of a permanent member to make affirmative recommendation [Page 1029] under Article 4 of Charter to send a Resident Representative to Headquarters UN and to accredit Representatives to Sessions of the General Assembly;
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- Decides that such representatives may speak and make proposals in main committees and in plenary sessions of the GA and shall have the right to have their vote recorded but not counted;
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- Directs the SYG (a) to place any non-members who avail themselves of the provisions of paragraph 1 on the same basis as members of the UN with respect to the distribution of UN documents, and (b) to accept and circulate as UN documents any proposals or communications received from such non-members;
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- Requests the SYG, during the 9th regular session of the GA, to recommend to the 6th Committee, for action during the current session, any amendments or additions to the rules of procedure of the GA necessary to carry out provisions of this resolution;
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- Further Requests the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions in view of desirability of enabling any non-members who decide to participate in the work of the UN on the above basis to make a financial contribution to the UN to cover costs of such participation—to consider and make recommendations to the GA during the present session on the development of an equitable basis for arriving at the amount of such contributions.