Competence of the General Assembly for the Admission of a State to the United Nations

INTERNATIONAL COURT O F JUSTICE

195'3

March 3rd

General List :

YEAR 1950

No. g

March 3rd, 1950

COMPETENCE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR THE ADMISSION OF A STASE TITO THE UNITED NATIONS

Competenre of the Court to interpret Article 4, paragraph z , of the Charter.-Character of the question.-Absence of recommendation jrom the Security Council regarding admission to the United Nations.- Power of the Gezeral Assembly regarding admission to membership i n the United iVations i n the absence of a recommendation of the Security Council.-Meaning of the term " u p o n the recommendation of the Security CouncilM.-Interpretatzon of a treaty prauision according to its natural and ordinary meaning i n i f s context.-Travaux préparatoires.-Interpretation in the light of the general structure of the Charter.-&plication of Article 4, paragraph 2, by the General Assembly and the Security Council.

ADVISORY OPINION

Present : President BASDEVANT ; Vice-President GUERRERO ; Jzldges ALVAREZ, HACKWORTH, UT^^^^^^^^, ZORICI~, DE VIÇSCHER, Sir Arnold MCNAIR, KLAEÇTAD, BADAWI PASHA, KRYLOV, READ, HSU MO, AZEVEDO ; R e g i s t ~ a r Mr. HAMBRO.

THE COURT,

composed as above,

gives the following Advisory Opinion :

On November zznd, 1949, the General Assembly of the Cnited Nations adopted the following Resolution :

"The General Assembly, Keeping i n mind the discussion concerning the admission of new Members in the Ad Hoc Political Committee at its fourth regular session, Requests the International Court of Justice to give an advisory opinion on the following question : 'Can the admission of a State to membership in the United Nations, pursuant to Article 4, paragraph 2, of the Charter, be effected by a decision of the General Assembly when the Security Council has made no recommendation for admission by reason of the candidate failing to obtain the requisite majority or of the negative vote of a permanent Member upon a resolution so to recommend ?' " By a letter of November z5th, 1949, filed in the Registry on November 28th, the Secretary-General of the United Nations transmitted t o the Registrar a copy of the Resolution of the General Assembly. On December znd, 1949, the Registrar gave notice of the Request for an Opinion t o al1 States entitled to appear before the Court, in accordance with paragraph I of Article 66 of the Statute. Furthermore, the Registrar informed the Governments of Members of the United Nations by means of a special and direct communication, as provided in paragraph 2 of Article 66, that the Court was prepared t o receive from them written statements on the question before January q t h , 1950, the date fixed by an Order of the Court made on December znd, 1949. By the date thus fixed, written statements were received from the following States : Byelonissian Soviet Socialist Republic, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United States of America. A written statement from the Secretary-General of the Lnited Nations was also received within the time-limit. Furthermore, the Registrar received written statements from the Governments of the Republic of Argentina on January 26th, 1950, and of Venezuela on February znd, 1950, i.e., after the expiration of the time-limit fixed by the Order of December znd, 1949. They were accepted by a decision of the President, as the Court was not sitting, in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 4 and 5 of Article 37 of the Rules of Court. The written statements were communicated t o ail Members of the United Nations, who were informed that the President had fixed Eebruary 16th, 1950, a s the opening date of the oral proceedings. I n accordance with Article 65 of the Statute of the Court, the Secretary-General sent t o the Registry the documents which are enumerated in the list annexed t o the present Opinion l. These documents reached the Registry on January 23rd, 1950. The Assistant Secretary-General in charge of the Legal Department also announced by a letter of January q r d , 1950, that he did not intend t o take part in the oral proceedings, unless the Court so desired. The Government of the French Republic and the Government of the Republic of Argentina, by letters of January 14th and February 3rd, 1950, respectively, announced their intention to make oral statements before the Court. On February 14th, 1950, the Argentine delegation in Geneva informed the Registrar that the Government of the Republic of Argentina abandoned its intention to take part in the oral proceedings. I n the course of a public sitting held on February 16th, 1950, the Court heard an oral statement presented on behalf of the Govemment of the French Republic by M. Georges Scelle, Honorarl- Professor in the Faculty of Law of the 'Cniversity of Paris, member of the United Nations International Law Commission.

The Request for an Opinion calls upon the Court to interpret Article 4, paragraph 2, of the Charter. Before examining the merits of the question submitted to it, the Court must first consider the objections that have been made to its doing so, either on the ground that it is not competent to interpret the provisions of the Charter, or on the ground of the alleged political character of the question. So far as concerns its competence, the Court will simply recall that, in a previous Opinion which dealt with the interpretation of Article 4, paragraph 1, it declared that, according to Article 96 of the Charter and Article 65 of the Statute, it may give an Opinion on any legal question and that there is no provision which prohibits it from exercising, in regard to Article 4 of the Charter, a multilateral treaty, an interpretative function falling ivithin the normal exercise of its judicial powers (I.C.J. Reports 1947-1948, p. 61). With regard to the second objection, the Court notes that the General Assembly has requested it to give the legal interpretation of paragraph 2 of Article 4. As the Court stated in the same Opinion, it "cannot attribute a political character to a request

l See p. 35.

6 which, framed in abstract terms, invites it t o undertake a n essentially judicial task, the interpretation of a treaty provision".

Consequently, the Court, in accordance with its previous declarations, considers that it is competent on the basis of Articles 96 of the Charter and 65 of its Statute and that there is no reason why it should not answer the question submitted to it. This question has been framed by the General Assembly in the following terms :

"Can the admission of a State to membership in the United Nations, pursuant to Article 4, paragraph 2, of the Charter, be effected by a decision of the General Assembly when the Security Council has made no recommendation for admission by reason of the candidate fading to obtain the requisite majority or of the negative vote of a permanent Member upon a resolution so to recommend ? " The Request for an Opinion envisages solely the case in which the Security Council, having voted upon a recommendation, has concluded from its vote that the recoinmendation was not adopted because it failed to obtain the requisite majority or because of the negative vote of a permanent Member. Thus the Request refers t o the case in which the General Assembly is confronted with the absence of a recommendation from the Security Council. I t is not the object of the Request to determine how the Security Council should apply the rules governing its voting procedure in regard to admissions or, in particular, that the Court should examine whether the negative vote of a permanent Member is effective to defeat a recommendation which has obtained seven or more votes. The question, as it is formulated, assumes in such a case the non-existence of a recommendation. The Court is, therefore, called upon to determine solely whether the General Assembly can make a decision to admit a State when the Secunty Council has transmitted no recommendation to it.

Article 4, paragraph 2, is as follows

"The admission of any such State to membership in the United Nations will be effected by a decision of the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Secunty Council."

The Court has no doubt as to the meaning of this text. I t requires two things t o effect admission : a "recommendation" of the Security Council and a "decision" of the General Assembly. I t is in the nature of things that the recommendation should come before the decision. The word "recommendation", and the word "upon" preceding it, imply the idea that the recommendation is the foundation of the decision to admit, and that the latter rests upon the recommendation. Both these acts are indispensable to form the judgment of the Organization to which the previous paragraph of Article 4 refers. The text under consideration means that the General Assembly can only decide t o admit upon the recommendation of the Security Council ; it determines the respective roles of the two organs whose combined action is required before admission can be effected : in other words, the recommendation of the Security Council is the condition precedent t o the decision of the Assembly by which the admission is effected. I n one of the written statements placed before the Court, an attempt was made t o attribute to paragraph 2 of Article 4 a different meaning. The Court considers it necessary to Say that the first duty of a tribunal which is called upon t o interpret and apply the provisions of a treaty, is to endeavour to give effect t o them in their natural and ordinary meaning in the context in which they occur. If the relevant words in their natural and ordinary meaning make sense in their context, that is an end of the matter. If, on the other hand, the words in their natural and ordinary meaning are ambiguous or lead t o an unreasonable result, then, and then only, must the Court, by resort to other methods of interpretation, seek to ascertain what the parties really did mean when they used these words. As the Permanent Court said in the case concerning the Polish Postal Service i n Danzig (P.C.I. J., Series B, No. II, P. 39) :

"It is a cardinal principle of interpretation that words must be interpreted in the sense which they would normally have in their context, unless such interpretation would lead to something unreasonable or absurd."

When the Court can give effect t o a provision of a treaty by giving to the words used in it their natural and ordinary meaning, it may not interpret the words by seeking to give them some other meaning. I n the present case the Court finds no difficulty in ascertaining the natural and ordinary meaning of the words in question and no difficulty in giving effect t o them. Some of the written statements submitted t o the Court have invited it t o investigate the travaztx préparatoires of the Charter. Having regard, however, to the considerations above stated, the Court is of the opinion that it is not permissible, in this case, t o resort t o travaux #ré#aratoires.

The conclusions t o which the Court is led by the text of Article 4, paragraph 2, are fully confirmed by the structure of the Charter, and particularly by the relations established by it between the General Assembly and the Security Council.

The General Assembly and the Security Council are both principal organs of the United Nations. The Charter does not place the Security Council in a subordinate position. Article 24 confers upon it "primary responsibility for the maintenance of international 8 the Court t o Say that nowhere has the General Assembly received the power t o change, t o the point of reversing, the meaning of a vote of the Security Council. I n consequence, it is impossible to admit that the General Assembly has the power t o attribute t o a vote of the Security Council the character of a recommendation when the Council itself considers that no such recommendation has been made.

For these reasons,

by twelve votes to two,

is of opinion that the admission of a State to membership in the United Nations, pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 4 of the Charter, cannot be effected by a decision of the General Assembly when the Security Council has made no recommendation for admission, by reason of the candidate failing to obtain the requisite majority or of the negative vote of a permanent Member upon a resolution so to recommend.

Done in French and English, the French text being authoritative, at the Peace Palace, The Hague, this third day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fifty, in two copies, one of vqhich will be placed in the archives of the Court and the other transmitted to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

(Signed) BASDEVANT,

President.

(Signed) E . HAMBRO

Registrar.

Judges ALVAREZ and AZEVEDO, declaring that they are unable t o concur in the Opinion of the Court, have availed themselves of the nght conferred on them by Article 57 of the Statute and appended t o the Opinion statements of their dissenting opinion.

( I n i t i a l b d ) J. B.

(Initialled) E. H.

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ANNEX

LIST O F DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED T O T H E COURT B Y T H E SECRETARY-GENERAL O F T H E UNITED NATIOKS I N APPLICATION O F ARTICLE 65 OF T H E STATUTE

I. Provisional Rules of Procedure of the Security Council (SI961 Rev.

3 January 27th, 1948). 2 . Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly (A/520. December ~ z t h , 1947).

3. Rules governing the admission of new Members (Report of

the Committee of the General Assembly) (A/384, p. 4, September ~ z t h , 1947).

4 Report by the Executive Committee to the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations (PCIEXIII~IR~V. I. November ~ z t h , 1945).

5 Report of the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations (PC/zo. December q r d , 1945).

6 Records of the Security Council Committee of Experts Meetings concerning the Rules on the admission of neu- Members :

1946. SIProcedure 91. ,, 91, Corr. I. > 7 92. > 7 93. ,, 93, Corr. I. 9 > 94- > > 99. ,, 99, Corr. I.

1947. S / C . I / S R . ~ ~ . ,, 96, Corr. 1. ,, 101. ,, 102. ,, 103. ,, 104.

1 These documents had already been transmitted to the Court in accordance with the Resolution of the General Assembly of Sovember 17th, 1947.

7 Records of the meetings of the Joint Committees appointed by the General Assembly and the Security Council on Rules governing the admission of new 3Iembers:

A/AC.II/SR.I. ,, SR.1, Corr. 1. ,, SR.2. ,, SR.2, Rev. 1. ,, SR.3. ,, SR.3, Rev. I. ,, SR.4. ,, 93.5. ,, SR.6.

,, SR.8, Corr. ,, SR.9. ,, SR.10. ,, sR.11.

8 Report of the Security Council Committee on the admission of new Members, 1946 (Security Council Oficial Records, First Year, Second Senes, Supplement No. 4, p. 53).

9 Report of the Security Council to the General Assembly on the admission of new Ptlembers, 1946 (A/1o8, October 15th, 1946).

IO. Records of the Security Council Meetings concerning the admission of new7 Members, 1946. Security Coztncil Oficinl Records, First Year, Second Series :

No. 1. ,, 2.

Security Cozlncil Jozcrnal, First Year, No. 35.

II. Records of the First Committee Meetings of the Second Part of the First Session of the General Assembly concerning the admission of new Ilembers, 1946 :

Journal 22, Suppl. 9 , 24, ,, 8 25, ,, ,, 26, ,, 3 , 27, >, > , 28, ,,

12 Records of the Plenary Meetings of the Second Part of the First Session of the General Assembly concerning the admission of new Members, 1946. (Journal No. 66, Supplement A-A1P.V. 67.)

13 Report of the Security Council Committee on the admission of new Members, 1947- Secukty Council Oficial Records, Second Year, Special Supplement No. 3, Lake Success, New York, 1947.

14 Reports of the Secunty Council to the General Assembly on the admission of new Members, 1947 (A1406. October gth, 1g47.-A/515. November 22nd, 1947).

15 Records of the Secunty Council Meetings concerning the admission of new Members, 1947. Security Council Oficial Records, Second Year, No. 38 :

16 Records of the First Committee Meetings of the Second Regular Session of the General Assembly concerning the admission of new Members, 1947 :

A/C.r/SR. 59. ,, 59, con. 1. ,, 59, Corr. 2. > 7 97- ,, 98. > > 99. ,, 100. ,, 101.

A/C.I/SR. 102. ,, 102, Corr. 1. ,, 102, Corr. 2. ,, 103.

17 Records of the meetings of the Second Regular Session of the General Assembly concerning the admission of new hlembers, '947 :

Inclusion of item i n agenda. Records of firoceedings.

Records of the General Committee, 4znd meeting. Records of the General Assembly, 131st plenary meeting.

Inclusion of item i n agenda. Documents.

Application of the Union of Burma for membership in the United Nations- Letter dated IO April, 1948, from the President of the Secunty Council to the Secretary-General of the United Nations A1533

Supplementary list of items for the agenda of the second special session : item proposed by China-Note by the Secretary-Genefal A1535

Supplementary list of items for the agenda of the second special session : item proposed by India-Note by the Secretary-General Al536

Agenda for the second special session : Report of the General Committee A1537

Resolution.

Resolutions adopted without reference to a committee-188 (S-2). Admission of the Union of Burma to membership in the United Nations.

II. RECORDS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY, FIRST PART OF THIRD SESSION

Inclusion of items in agenda. Records of firoceedings.

Records of the General Committee, 43rd, 49th and 50th meetings. Records of the General Assembly, 14znd and 158th plenary meetings.

Inclusion of items in agenda. Documents.

Provisional agenda for the third session of the General Assembly Al585 Letter dated 21 July from the Argentine representative to the Secretary-General requesting the inclusion of items in the provisional agenda of the third session of the General Assembly Al586

Adoption of the agenda for the third session and allocation of agenda items to committees-Report of the General Committee Al653

Establishment of an Ad hoc Political

Committee-Report of the General Committee Al715 Provisional agenda for the third regular session of the General Assembly- Note by the Secretary-General A/BUR/97

OPIN. OF 3 III 50 (ADMISSION TO THE UNITED KATIOSS) 40 Allocation of items on the agenda of the third seçsion-Letter dated 15 November, 1948, from the President of the General Assembly to the Chairman of the A d hoc Political Committee AlAC.2411

Note by the Secretary-General A1597 Reconsideration of the applications of Albanie, Auçtria, Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Mongolian People's Republic, Portugal, Romania and Transjordan-Special report of the Security Council to the General Assembly

Special report of the Security Council to the General Assembly Al618

Ad hoc Political Committee. Records of proceedings.

6th meeting. 7th meeting. 8th meeting. 9th meeting. 10th meeting. 11th meeting. 12th meeting. 13th meeting. 14th meeting. 15th meeting. 16th meeting. zznd meeting. 23rd meeting.

Ad hoc Political Committee. Documents.

Australia : draft resolution AIAC.2416 (= A/761, resolution A under paragraph 19) Australia : draft resolution A/AC.z4/7 Australia : draft resolution A/XC.z4/8 40

OPIN. OF 3 III 50 (ADMISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS) 41 Australia : draft resolution Australia : draft resolution Australia : draft resolution Belgium : draft resolution United States of America : draft resolution Australia : draft resolution Argentina : draft resolution Sweden : draft resolution Bolivia : amendments to the draft resolution proposed by Sweden (AIAC.24117) India : amendment to the draft resolution proposed by Sweden (AIAc.24117) Burma : amendment to the draft resolution proposed by Belgium (A/Ac.z4/12) Burma : amendment to the Australian draft resolution concerning Ceylon (AIAC.24114) Draft resolution submitted by the Sub- Committee appointed at the 22nd

meeting of the A d hoc Political Committee

Report of the A d hoc Political Committee

Plenary meetings of the General Assembly.

Records of proceedings.

175th meeting. 176th meeting. 177th meeting.

Plenary meetings of the General Assembly.

Australia, Burma, India, Pakistan, Philippines : amendments to draft resolution J proposed by the A d hoc Political Committee (A/761) A1771

Plenary meetings of the General Assembly.

Resolution.

Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Ad hoc Political Committee-197 (III). Admission of new Members.

I I I . RECORDS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY, SECOND PART OF THIRD SESSION

Inclztsion of items in agenda.

Records of firoceedings.

Records of the General Committee, 6oth, 61st, 62nd and 63rd meetings. Records of the General Assembly, 191st, ~ g z n d , 204th and 205th plenary meetings.

Inclusion of items in agenda.

,Agenda of the third regular session of the General Assembly-Report of the General Committee Al829 Report of the General Committee concerning the completion of the work of the General Assembly Al845 Completion of the work of the General Assembly, including the date for final adjournment-Kote by the President A/BUR/IIG Allocation of items OR the agenda of the second part of the third session : Letter dated 13 April, 1949, from the President of the General Assembly to the Chairman of the First Committee AIC.11437

Allocation of items on the agenda of the second part of the third session : Letter dated 2 May, 1949, from the President of the General Assembly to the Chairman of the First Committee A/C.1/444 and Corr. I

Allocation of items on the agenda of the second part of the third session : Letter dated 2 May, 1949, from the President of the General Assembly to the

Chairman of the Ad hoc Political Committee AiAC.24;jg and Corr. I

Letter dated 7 March, 1949, irom the President of the Security Council to the President of the General Assembly concerning the application of Israel for membership in the United Nations A,'818

Letter dated 17 March, 1949, from the President of the Security Council t o the President of the General Assembly concerning the application of Ceylon for admission to membership in the United Nations A1823

_4d hoc Political Committee. Records of meetings.

42nd meeting. 43rd meeting. 44th meeting. 45th meeting. 46th meeting. 47th meeting. 50th meeting. 51st meeting.

Ad hoc Political Committee. Docztnzznts.

E l Salvador : draft resolution XiAC.24/60 E l Salvador : revised draft reçolution A/AC.z4/6o/Rev. I Argentina : draft resolution AIAc.24161 Lebanon : draft resolution AiAC.24/62 Lebanon : revised draft resolution A/AC.24/6zlRe\-. I Lebanon : revised draft resolution A/AC.24,6z~'Rev. 2 Greece : amendment to the Argentine draft resolution (A/AC.zq16x) A/AC 24 53

Iraq : draft resc?!üiicl~l A/XC 24 64

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Application of Israel for admission to membership in the United Nations- Australia : amendment to El Salvador draft resolution (A/AC.z4/60) A/AC.z4/65

Application of Israel for admission to membership in the United Nations- Denmark : amendment to El Salvador draft resolution (A/AC.z4/60) A/AC.z4/66

Application of Israel for admission to membership in the United Nations- Saudi Arabia: amendment to the Greek amendment (AlAC.24163) to the Argentine draft resolution (A/Ac.z4/61) A/AC.z4/67

Application of Israel for admission to membership in the United Nations- Saudi Arabia : revised amendment to the Greek amendment (A/AC.z4/63) to the Argentine draft resolution (AlAC.24161) A/AC.z4/67/Rev. I

Australia, Canada, Guatemala, Haiti, Panama, United States of America and Uruguay : draft resolution A/AC.z4/68

Application of Israel for admission to membership in the United Nations - Chile: amendment to the joint draft resolution of Australia, Canada, Guatemala, Haiti, Panama, United States of America and Uruguay (A/AC.z4/68) h/AC.z4/6g

Application of Israel for admission to membership in the United Nations- Peru : amendment to the Chilean amendment (A/AC.z4/6g) to the joint draft resolution of Australia, Canada, Guatemala, Haiti, Panama, United States of America a d Uruguay (A/AC.z4/68) A/AC.z4/7z

Report of the Ad hoc Political Committee A1855

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Plenary meetings of the General Assembly. Records of proceedings.

207th meeting.

Plenary meetings of the General Assembly. Resolution.

273 (III). Admission of Israel to membership in the United Nations.

IV. RECORDS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY, FOURTH SESSION

Inclusion of item in agenda. Records of proceedings.

Records of the General Committee, 65th meeting. Records of the General Assembly, 224th plenary meeting.

Inclusion of item in agenda. Documents.

Adoption of the agenda of the fourth regular session and allocation of items to Committees-Records of the General Committee Al989 Adoption of the agenda and allocation of items to Committees-Memorandum by the Secretary-General A / B U R / I I ~

Admission of new Members-Application of the Republic of Korea for membership in the United Nations-Special report of the Security Council A1968

Application of Nepal for membership in the United Nations-Special report of the Security Council A1974 Reconsideration of the applications of i\lbania, Austria, Bulgaria, Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, ^ciIongolian People's Republic, Portugal, Romania and Transjordan for membership in the United Nations- SpeciaJ. report of the Security Council Al982

Ad hoc Political Committee. Records of proceedings.

25th meeting. 26th meeting. 27th meeting. 28th meeting. 29th meeting.

Ad hoc Political Committee. Documents.

Australia : draft resolution concerning the application of Austria for admission to membership in the Cnited Nations A / A C . ~ I / L . ~ (= A 1066, resolution A) Australia : draft resolution concerning the application of Ceylon for admission to membership in the cnited Nations A/-\C.~I/L.IO (= Ai1066, resolution B) Australia : draft resolution concerning the application of Finland for atlmission to membership in the United Nations A/AC.~I/L.II (= A/1066, resolution C) Australia : draft resolution concerning the application of Ireland for admission to membership in the Cnited Nations A/AC.~I/L.IZ (= A/1066, resolution

G )

Australia : draft resolution concerning the application of Italy for admission to membership in the Cnited Nations AI.kc.31 jL.13 ( = .\11066, resolution E ) 46

Australia : draft resolution concerning the application of Jordan for admission to membership in the United Xations A / A C . ~ I / L . I ~ (= A/1066, resolution

F)

Australia : draft resolution concerning the application of the Republic of Korea for admission to membership in the United Nations A / A C . ~ I / L . I ~ (= A/1066, resolution

G )

Australia : draft resolution concerning the application of Portugal for admission to membership in the United Xations A / A C . ~ I / L . I ~ (= A/1066, resolution

H)

Australia : draft resolution concerning the application of Nepal for admission t o membership in the Cnited Nations A / A C . ~ I / L . I ~ (= A/1066, resolution

1)

Argentina : draft resolution A / A C . ~ I / L . I ~ Cnion of Soviet Socialist Republics : draft resolution Note by the Rapporteur (revised draft resolution by Argentina) Iraq : draft resolution Netherlands : amendment to the draft resolution proposed by Argentina (A/AC.~I/L.ZO) United States of America, Saudi Arabia and Iraq : amendment to the draft resolution proposed by Iraq (AjAc.31IL.21) Admission of new >lembers-Report of

the .Ad hoc Political Committee

P l e n a r y meetings of the General d ssembly.

Records o j proceedings. 2 j ~ meeting. ~ t 2 j ~ n d meeting.

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Plenary meetings of the Getzeral Assetnbly.

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics : draft resolution Al1079

Plenary meetings oj the General Assembly. Resolzitiotz.

296 (IV). Admission of new RIembers.

Records of firoceedings. 261st meeting (excerpt). 279th meeting. 280th meeting. 318th meeting. 351st meeting. 383rd meeting. 384th meeting. 385th meeting. 386th meeting. 409th meeting. 410th meeting. 413th meeting. 414th meeting. 423rd meeting. 427th meeting. 428th meeting. 429th meeting. 430th meeting. 431st meeting. 439th meeting. 440th meeting. ~ 1 s t meeting. ++and meeting. 443rd meeting. 444th meeting. 445th meeting.

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Documents.

Letter dated 27 February, 1948, from the Ambassador of Burma addressed to the Secretary-General concerning the application of Burma for membership in the United Nations SI687 Report of the Committee on the admission of new Members concerning the membership application of the Union of Burma S/7of5

Letter dated 3 April, 1948, from the

representatives of France, the Cnited Kingdom and the United States to the President of the Security Council concerning the membership applications of Italy and Transjordan SI709

Letter dated 5 April, 1948, from the deputy representative of the Ckrainian Soviet Socialist Republic to the Secretary-General concerning the membership applications of Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Italy, the Mongolian People's Republic and Romania SI712

Letter dated 7 April, 1948, from the representatives of France, the 'C'nited Kingdom and the United States to the President of the Secunty Council concerning membership applications of Austria, Ireland and Portugal SI715

China : draft resolution submitted at the 279th meeting of the Security Council, IO April, 1948, concerning the application of the Union of Burma for admission to membership in the L-nited Xations (adopted at the same meeting) SI717 Cablegram dated 17 May, 1948, from the Foreign Secretary of the Provisional Government of Israel to the Secretary-General SI747 and Corr. I

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Letter dated 25 May, 1948, from the Prime Minister and Minister for External Affairs of Ceylon to the Secretary-General transmitting the application from the Govemment of Ceylon for admission to the United Nations under Article 4 of the Charter SI820

Report of the Committee on the admission of new Members to the Secunty Council concerning the application of Ceylon for membership in the Cnited Nations SI859 Letter dated 2 August, 1948, from the Ceylon Govemment representative to the President of the Security Council transmitting information concerning Ce ylon SI951 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics : draft resolution submitted at the 351st meeting of the Security Council, 18 August, 1948, concerning the application of Ceylon for admission to membership in the United Nations SI974 Telegram dated 22 September, 1948, from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of Bulgaria to the Secretary-General regarding Bulgaria's request for admission to membership in the United Nations S/1012

Declaration of acceptance of the obligations contained in the Charter, submitted by the Govemment of the People's Republic of Bulgana on g October, 1948, in connexion with its application for membership in the United Nations S/1012/Add. I Letter dated 27 September, 1948, from the Hungarian Minister to the Secretary-General concerning Hungary's application for membership in the United Sations SI1017

Declaration of acceptance of the obligagations contained in the Charter, submitted by the Government of Hungary on 8 October, 1948, in connexion with its application for membership in the United Nations S/ro17/Add. I Telegram dated 13 October, 1948, from the Government of the People's Republic of Albania to the Secretary- General concerning Albania's application for membership in the United Nations SI1033

Cablegram dated 12 October, 1948, from the Government of the Mongolian People's Republic to the Secretary- General concerning the application of the Mongolian People's Republic for membership in the United Nations SI1035

Declaration of acceptance of the obligations contained in the Charter, submitted t o the Secretary-General on 25 October, 1948, by the Government of the Mongolian People's Republic in connexion with its application for membershig in the United Nations S/rog5/Add. I Letter dated 12 October, 1948, from the Government of the People's Republic of Romania to the Secretary-General concerning Romania's application for membership in the United Nations S / I O ~ I

Declaration of acceptance of the obligations contained in the Charter, submitted to the Secretary-General on 9 November, 1948, by the People's Republic of Romania in connexion with its application for membership in the United Nations S/ I 05 ~ / A d d . I

Letter dated 29 November, 1948, from the Xsraeli Minister for Foreign Affairs to the Secretary-General concerning

Israel's application for membership in the United Nations and declaration accepting the obligaticns contained in the Charter s / 1 9 3 Declaration of acceptance of the obligations contained in the Charter, submitted on 2 December, 1948, by the Governrnent of the People's Republic of Albania in connexion with its application for membership in the United Nations S / I I O ~ Letter dated 7 December, 1948, from the Chairman of the Committee on the admission of new Members to the President of the Security Council concerning Israel's application for membership in the United Nations S/IIIO and Corr. I

Letter dated g December, 1948, from the President of the General Assembly to the President of the Security Council concerning the application of Ceylon for membership in the United Nations SI1113

United Kingdom : draft resolution submitted at the 384th meeting of the Security Council, 15 December, 1948, concerning the application of Israel for admission to membership in the United Nations S / I I ~ I Syria : draft reçolution submitted at the 385th meeting of the Secunty Council, 17 December, 1948, concerning the application of Israel for admission to membership in the United Nations s/1125 France : draft resolution submitted at the 385th meeting of the Securi? Council, 17 December, 1948, conî,e~iiin$ the application of Israel for admis<ion to membership in the United Nàtions S / I I Z ~ Letter dated II December, 1948, from the Secretary-General to the President of the Security Council transmitting the text of the resolutions concerning the admission of new Members adopted b y the General Assembly a t its 177th meeting, 8 December, 1948 S/11.70

Text of resolution 197 (III) A concerning the admission of new Members, adopted by the General Assembly a t its 177th plenary meeting, 8 December, 1948 S/117o/Add. I Letter dated 19 January, 1949, from the Acting Foreign Minister of t h e Republic of Korea t o the Secretary- General concerning the application of the Republic of Korea for admission to membership in the United Kations, and a declaratioil accepting obligations under the Charter SI1238

Telegram dated 9 February, 1949, from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea t o the Secretary-General concerning the application of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea for admission t o membership in the United Nations and note by the Secretary- General s/1247 Letter dated I I February, 1949, from the represe~tative of the tTnion of Soviet Socialist Repuhlics t o the President of the Sccurity Council concerning the appiication of t h e Ilemocratic People's Mepiiblic of Korea for adniissiori t a i~lembership in the United Nations SI12 56

Union of Soviet Sociaiist Republics : drait resollition subniirteci ar the 41otIi mcetirig of the St.cur:ty Courici,, 16 February, 1949, conccrriixig the .ipl)lication of the Democracic PI OI>!C'Z Republic of Korr.,~ for a t l m i ~ s i o n ru nierilbersiiip i i i tfic l'iiiteci 1 dt ivri-, S,'IZS~~ Letter dated 13 F c t ~ r u x r ~ ~ , ri)+). <ictcli k 5seii t o the Sccri~rar\.-(rt~iir~r,il fro:n rfic Director-General VI the JIil:~si ry of Foreign .\fiairs of tiic G u \ ( i i i r i i c i i c of

Nepal concerning Nepal's application for admission t o membership in the United Nations SI1266 Declaration submitted on IO March, 1949, by the Government of Nepal relating t o the acceptance of the obligations contained in the Charter in connexion with its application for membership in the United Nations S/1266/Add. I Letter dated 24 February, 1949, from the representative of Israel to the Secretary-General concerning the application of Israel for membership in the United Nations. SI1267 United States of America: draft resolution submitted a t the 414th meeting of the Security Council, 4 March, 1949, concerning the application of Israel for admission to membership in the United Nations (adopted a t the same meeting) SI1276 Report to the Security Council by the Committee on the admission of new Members concerning the application of the Republic of Korea for membership in the United Nations S/IZSI

China : draft resolution submitted a t the 423rd meeting of the Security Council, 8 April, 1949, concerning the application of the Republic of Korea for admission to membership in the United Nations s11305 Argentina : draft resolution submitted a t the 427th meeting of the Security Council, 16 June, 1949, concerning the admission of Portugal to membership in the United Nations s/1331

Argentina : draft resolution submitted a t the 427th meeting of the Security Council, 16 June, 1949, concerning the admission of Jordan to membership in the United Nations s/1333

Argentina : draft resolution submitted a t the 427th meeting of the. Security Council, 16 June, 1949, concerning the admission of Italy t o membership in the United Nations SI1333 Argentina : draft resolution submitted a t the 427th meeting of the Security Council, 16 June, 1949, concerning the admission of Finland to membership in the United Nations. SI1334

Argentina : draft resolution submitted a t the 427th meeting of the Security Council, 16 June, 1949, concerning the admission of Ireland t o membership in the United Nations SI1335

Argentina : draft resolution submitted a t the 427th meeting of the Security Council, 16 June, 1949, concerning the admission of Austria t o membership in the United Nations SI1336

Argentina : draft resolution submitted a t the 427th meeting of the Security Council, 16 June, 1949, concerning the admission of Ceylon to membership in the United Nations SI1337 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics : draft resolution submitted a t the 428th meeting of the Security Council, 21 June, 1949, concerning the applications of Albania, the Mongolian People's Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Finland, Italy, Portugal, Ireland, Transjordan (Jordan), Austria and Ceylon for admission to membership in the United Nations SI1340

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics : draft resolution submitted a t the 440th meeting of the Security Council, 9 September, 1949, concerning the applications of Albania, the Mongolian

People's Republic, Transjordan (Jordan), Portugal, Ireland, Hungary, Italy, Austria, Romania, Bulgaria, Finland, Ceylon and Nepal for admission to membership in the United Nations S/134o/Rev. I

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics : draft resolution submitted a t the 442nd meeting of the Security Council, 13 September, 1949, concerning the applications of Albania, the Mongolian People's Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Finland, Italy, Portugal, Ireland, Transj ordan (Jordan), Austria, Ceylon and Nepal for admission to membership in the United Nations S/134o/Rev. 2

Letter dated 16 August, 1949, from the Chairman of the Committee on the admission of new Members to the President of the Security Council SI1378 Report to the Security Council by the Committee on the admission of new Members concerning the application of Nepal for membership in the United Nations SI1382 China : draft reçolution submitted at the 439th meeting of the Security Council, 7 September, 1949, concerning the application of Nepal for admission to membership in the United Nations SI1385

Committee o n the admission of new Mentbers. Records of proceedings.

24th meeting. 25th meeting. 26th meeting. 27th meeting. 28th meeting. 29th meeting.

30th meeting. 31st meeting. 32nd meeting. 33rd meeting. 34th meeting.

Committee on the admission of new Members. Document. Letter dated 22 July, 1949, from the Director-General, Foreign Affairs, Kathmandu, Nepal, t o the Chairman of the Committee on the admission of new Members SIC.2116