496. Editorial Note
During the 565th plenary meeting of the General Assembly (first emergency special session), which convened at 9:45 p.m. on [Page 981] November 4, a draft resolution sponsored by Canada, Colombia, and Norway (U.N. doc. A/3290) was adopted shortly after midnight as Resolution 1000 (ES-I), by a vote of 57 in favor, 0 opposed, and 19 abstentions. This resolution, which the United States supported, established a United Nations Command for an emergency international force to secure and supervise the cessation of hostilities; appointed General Burns as Chief of Command and authorized him to recruit from the UNTSO observer corps a limited number of officers (with the exclusion of nationals of permanent Security Council members) and to undertake in consultation with the Secretary-General the recruitment from various member states (other than permanent members of the Security Council) the additional number of officers needed. For text of Resolution 1000 (ES-I), see Department of State Bulletin, November 19, 1956, pages 793-794; or United States Policy in the Middle East, September 1956–June 1957, pages 175–176.