326. Editorial Note
The U.N. General Assembly considered the question of Algeria on December 19. It first examined two proposed amendments to a draft resolution on Algeria. Regarding the amendments, see footnote 2, supra; regarding the draft resolution, see footnote 3, Document 323. The amendment sponsored by Senegal and 10 other French Community states was rejected; the United States voted for the first part and abstained on the second. The United States voted against the Cypriot amendment, which was narrowly defeated. Next, the General Assembly decided not to adopt the fourth operative paragraph of the draft resolution. The text of this paragraph, which the United States voted against, is in footnote 3, Document 324. Finally, the General Assembly adopted the remainder of the draft resolution; the United States abstained during this vote. For text of the resolution as adopted, 1573 (XV), see American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1960, pages 520–521. For a record of these proceedings, see U.N. Doc. A/PV.956.
In its report to Ambassador Houghton, the Department of State termed these results a “signal victory” over the General Assembly’s “more extreme elements.” (Telegram 2603 to Paris, December 19; Department of State, Central Files, 320/12–1960) The Mission at the United Nations commented that the Algerian debate satisfied both the French Delegation and the FLN and its supporters, and also created less resentment toward the United States than usual. (Telegram 1838 from USUN, December 23; ibid., 751S.00/12–2360)