Editorial Note

On June 19, 1954, the Guatemalan Government requested both the United Nations Security Council and the Inter-American Peace Committee (IAPC), an organ of the Organization of American States, to convene emergency meetings in order to take the necessary measures to stop alleged aggression against its territory by Honduras and Nicaragua, and to restore peace in the Central American area. For text of Guatemala’s cablegram to the Security Council, dated June 19, 1954, requesting an emergency meeting, see UN document S/3232, printed in United Nations, Official Records of the Security Council, 9th Year, Supplement (April, May, and June 1954), pages 11–13. For additional information on Guatemala’s requests and subsequent events, see Yearbook of the United Nations, 1954 (New York, 1955), pages 96–99, and Annals of the Organization of American States, 1954 (Washington, 1954) pages 239–245.