215. Editorial Note
On October 5, Philippine Representative Delgado addressed the U.N. General Assembly during general debate. The New York Times reported that three times during his remarks, Chairman Khrushchev responded to Delgado’s comments by pounding his fist on his desk. (October 6, 1960, page Al) For a record of these proceedings and the [Page 399] text of Delgado’s statement, see U.N. doc. A/PV.888. For Khrushchev’s account of the meeting, see Khrushchev Remembers: The Last Testament, pages 471–472.
That evening, the General Assembly met again to consider a draft resolution proposed by Ghana, India, Indonesia, the United Arab Republic, and Yugoslavia calling for an Eisenhower–Khrushchev meeting. After nearly 3 hours of deliberations, the General Assembly decided to exclude the phrases “the President of” and “the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of” from the text of the draft. The United States supported these omissions. At this point, the Indian representative requested a quarter-hour adjournment to allow the resolution’s sponsors to consider these changes. When the meeting resumed, Indian Prime Minister Nehru announced that the sponsors wished to withdraw the draft resolution. This was done, and the meeting adjourned. For a record of these proceedings, see U.N. doc. A/PV.889. For text of the draft resolution, which had been revised at that morning’s meeting, see U.N. doc. A/L.317. For the previous text of the draft resolution, see Document 197.