213. Editorial Note
On December 10, the United Nations Security Council met on the question of the admission of new members. Before the Council for consideration were the applications of the countries seeking admission to the United Nations and 13 draft resolutions submitted by the Government of the Republic of China, each one recommending [Page 444] the admission of 1 of 13 countries: Italy, Japan, Spain, the Republic of Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Portugal, Ceylon, Jordan, Libya, Austria, and Ireland in that order.
During the meeting, the following draft resolutions were presented to the Council: (1) by the Soviet Union providing that the General Assembly vote on the recommendation of the Security Council on each application for membership before the Council proceeded to vote on the next application; (2) by Brazil and New Zealand providing for a Council recommendation to the General Assembly to admit 18 specified countries to the United Nations with the stipulation that a vote would be taken on each of the 18 countries named within the resolution, on each paragraph of the resolution, and then on the resolution as a whole; and (3) 18 separate resolutions submitted by the Soviet Union recommending the admission of each of the 18 countries respectively.
The Security Council at its December 10 meeting chose neither to vote nor to reach a decision on the applications or resolutions before it, but adjourned to reconvene on Tuesday, December 12.