No. 840
Editorial Note
After consideration of a resolution proposed by Brazil, Lebanon, Mexico, and the Netherlands calling upon the occupying powers to reach agreement on an Austrian Treaty, Committee I (Political and Security) of the United Nations adopted the resolution by a vote of 48–0–2. The plenary session of the United Nations General Assembly approved the resolution on December 20. For the statement made by Benjamin V. Cohen, the United States Representative to the General Assembly, before Committee I on December 18, see Department of State Bulletin, January 12, 1953, pages 67–70; for text of the resolution, see ibid., page 68. For Gruber’s account of these proceedings in the United Nations, see Between Liberation and Liberty, pages 205–216.