life, hiding from ourselves the complex situation which has developed
all these
yakra.
For these reasons, we voted against draft resolution A/1.531 and Add.1,
and we are zora convinced than ever that a new approach is needed, Kay
I, as a point of
clarification, add that this assessment is based on the results of the
two votes
which have taken place on the proposal put forward by five delegations,
including my own, Seen all together, these votes show a more favourable
response, and may I
say that we could also detect this better response in the statements
even of those
delegations which voted against it or were not prepared to accept it.
It may well be, so the representatives of Ghana and Trinidad and Tobago
bava Just pointed out, that the present juncture has not favoured our
proposal. If, thes efore, we have some regrets, they are tempered by the
indication of an incrassing
awareness in this Assembly of the need for a new approach to this
serious problem.
(Mr. Vinci, Italy)
New ideas necessarily need a slow ripening, especially when they are
meant to change a long-hardened pattern of thinking. We were
nevertheless encouraged and
stified by the better understanding shown towards our idees and we are
confident that what has not proved mature at this session may become so
at the next.
We are grateful to our co-spanders and to those who voted in favour of
our draft resolution. We express our appreciation also to those who
wanted to discuss with us this idea even if they were not in a position
to agree with it.
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We are, finally, confident that the next twelve months which, I must
admit with a tinge of regret, might have seen an ad hoc committee
studying this problem in depth -- will be fruitfully used in further
discussions and consultations,
although of an informal nature, so that a basis of agreement might be
reached
before we went again to consider this problem.
In the meantime, we shall keep on with one single inspiration which
comes free. a great figure, well known to our friends of Belgium and the
Netherlands. We are sure they will not mind if we say, with William the
Silent; "It is not necessary
to hope in order to undertake, or to sucesad in order to persevere".
Mr. BUDO (Albania) (interpretation from French); The Albanian delegation
would like to explain that in voting in favour of the point of order of
the delegation of Syria, requiring the application to the Italian draft
resolution (A/L.533) of the provisions of resolution A/L.332, it did so
because it considers
that once a procedural motion is adopted at a given session on a given
subject,
that procedure must be applied thiring that same session to any proposal
relating
to the substance of the sam, issue.
We also wish to stress that our position in regard to the content of
resolution A/L.532 remains unchanged. We believe, na always, that the
application
of the two-thirds majority to the question of Chinese representation in
the United
Nations is contrary to the Charter and inndelssible.
The PRESIDENT (interpretation from Spanish): As there are no other
explanations of vote, we have now concluded our consideration of agenda
item 95.
The peeting rose at 1 p.8-
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President:
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Mr. MANESCU
Mr. EL-FARRA
(Vice-President)
(Romania) (Jordan)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the People's Republic of China in
the United Nations (a), (b) and (c) [937 (continued)
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AGENDA TIEN 93
RESTORATION OF THE LAWFUL RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN
THE
UNITED NATIONS:
(a) DRAFT RESOLUTION SUBMITTED BY ALBANIA, ALGERIA, CAMBODIA, CONGO
(BRAZZAVILLE),
CUBA, GUINEA, MALI, MAURITANIA, PAKISTAN, ROHANIA, the SUDAN and SYKIA,
(A/2.531 and Ad4,1):
(b) DRAFT RESOLUTION SUPMITTED BY AUSTRALIA, BELGIUM, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL,
COLOMBIA,
GABON, ITALY, JAPAN, MADAGASCAR, NEW ZEALAND, NICARAGUA, the
PHILIPPINES, THAILAND, TOGO and THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (A/L.532
and Add.1); (c) DRAFT 8590LUTION SUBMITTED BY BELGIUM, CHILE, MARY,
LUXEMBOURG and the
NETHERLANDS (A/L.533) (continued)
The PRESIDENT" (interpretation from French):
I would remind the
General Assembly that it decided to close the list of speakers on this
subject at noon on Friday, 24 November, Tan delegations are still on the
list to
In addition, several delegations participate in the debate on this
agenda itam, have given notice of their intention to explain their votes
before the vote, Therefore I propose to call this afternoon on the
representatives who have put their nases on the list to participate in
the discussion, those who wish to explain their votes before the vote
and those who desire to exercise their right of reply. Tomorrow morning,
after hearing the last speakers on the list who wish to explain their
votes, the Assembly will vote on the various draft resolutions which
have been submitted in comexion with this agenda item, and vill then
beer representatives who wish to explain their votes
er the vote.
If I hear no objection, I shall consider that the Assmbly approves that
procedure.
It was so decided.
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Mr. MWEMBA (Zambia): The item now under consideration is not a
new one in the history of the United Nations. The question of the
restoration of the lawful rights of the People's Republic of China has
been debated each
It is the year in this Assembly with no positive or fruitful results.
sincere hope of my delegation that this year's debate will result in
positive steps being taken.
The Republic of Zambis, believing in and upholding its high principles,
has been and continues to be in favour of the restoration of the rights
of the People's Rephailic of China in the United Nations and all its
organs. We believe and are convinced that the exclusion of the People's
Republic of China, a founding Member, a nuclear super-Tower, the State
with the largest population in the world and a peace-loving State, is
contrary to the principles embodied in the Charter of this Organization.
Since the victory of the Chinese Revolution in 1949, the People's
Republic of China has made tremendous progress in technology, industry
and the general, welfare of its people. Despite the changing political
trends and patterns in the world, despite the progress which the
super-Powers, including China, have made in the field of nuclear
capability, Chine ressing shut out of the United Nations. History, it
appears, has taught us very little through the experience of the League
of Nations and Nazi Germany,
All the delegations to this Assembly know that from the political as
vell as the legal point of view the argument that China is represented
by Talvan is nothing but mere fiction. The State of China is the
People's Republic of China and the Government of China is the People's
Goverment in
Peking.
It has been said that to expel Taivan from the United Nations in favour
of the People's Republic of China would be to depart from the principle
of universality in the Charter of the United Nations, but it seems that
it does not occur to the protaganiste of that theory that by the same
token that same principle is being violated,
Those who oppose the admission of China argue further that the
acceptance of China, would not make China automatically a respected
member of the international Community, because the great problm of
cassiatenes would still Hy delegation cannot accept that argument as it
is pot in accordance
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with reality,
(Mr. Mwembe, Zambia)
the so-called problems of coexistence will not be solved by barring
Chine. This Assembly should be reminded of the serious activities
Thousands and thousands of innocent of certain major Povers in East
Asia. people, women and children, are dying daily as a result of the
aggression
Asia and Africa of those who claim to abide by the principle of
coexistence. wish to be left alone to enjoy peace and stability. Chine
is a great and respectable nation. China is so powerful that my
delegation does not see why it should be expected to come on its knees
begging to have its
It is the duty of legitimate place in the United Nations restored to it.
this community, in its wisdom, to restore to Chim its lawful rights.
known, is the maintenance main objective in this Organization, an
everyone of peace and security in the world. This high principle cannot
be sacrificed on the altar of expediency,
Our
My delegation fails to appreciate the attitude of those Western Powers
which oppose the admission of thing at all costs, and do so on an
ideological
It is to be basis -- a basis which is unacceptable in this Organization.
observed, sadly enough, that those same Fovera which support their
puppet, Taivan, are the major supporters and trading partners of the
illegal and racist régimes in southern Africa.
(Mr. Mremba, Zambia)
How can we believe that those States mean well and believe in the
principle
of majority rule and human rights? They believe in materialiem. They are
Prepared, to the suprise of no one, to sacrifice all in the name of
materializm, Western hostility towards China has all the trappings of
racism and the
African peoples must see it in that way for what it is worth. Indeed, we
have
all suffered at the hands of the racists. We see it in their many
references to the Chinese as "wards" or "teaming hordes", or to "the ant
heap" and "the yellow menace". We know that those teres, liberally used
in the pages of
Western literature and history, are meant to project the laage of an
inferior
or a sub-human race, Africans also have been given their share of nemer,
and
we all know them too well. Those of us who give our votes to this racist
scheme of isolating China are in fact supporting racism, which is the
scourge
of Africa.
There has been a lot of talk about Feking's "aggression" and Peking's
"expansionism". We are told that China is not peace-loving, that it
wents
var and that it has violated times without number the Charter of the
United Nationa
in its dealings with other States in east Asia. What makes that whole
purely
negative lobbying mampaign so ludicrous is that those who are most vocal
in that
judgement against China are themselves guilty of even more serious
crimes,
Of course, as everyone known, Viet-Nam is but one example of China's
showing
super-human restraint even when subjected to incessant provocation by
foreign
imperialist forces operating dangerously close to its borders.
As the records of history shov, it is china which has been the victim of
colonialist aggression and expansion and foreign violence. To mention
only a few, the United Kingdom's opium war of 1839-42 initiated a long
series of
asssults in order to gain exploitative tresties and China succumbed to
an era of
torture, humiliation and oppression. Happily, all that came to an end in
1949,
when the aggressors vere finally liquidated. It is the rescents of that
frustrated element which are new whipping up fear and hysteris on an
international
zenle against the new China.
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Mwembe, Zambia)
But what are the manifestations of the much discussed Chinese
"aggression and expansioni"? Even though China is the largest nation on
earth, one heers of no Chinese soldiers being outside its borders. One
knows of no foreign bases owned by China. One does not hear of its
destroyers and submarines
What is more, one does not patrolling the teritorial waters of other
States. hear China announce, with impunity, that its bombers are
unleashing thousands of tons of explosives on the territory of a weak,
independent sovereign State. That Chinese "aggression" is a complete
systery, and a complete fiction to my
delegation,
The problem of the restoration of the lawful rights of the People's
Republic of China, cannot be solved by continually shelving the probles
each year.
The United Nations must face its responsibilities and restore to the
people of China their legitimate place in this Organization. That is an
obligation which this Assembly owes to the people of China.
All delegations in this Assembly know perfectly well the tragedy which
could be sparked off by the continued exclusion of China from this
Organization, yet one still finda mary delegations which support that
short-sighted policy. All delegations know, and realiza very well, that
the permanent and lasting peace of east Asia and the world depends on
this issue. By keeping the People's Republic of China outside this
Organization we are doing harm to the Organization and to the
development of peace and security, particularly in
Asia and Africa.
The Zambino delegation has examined the draft resolution contained in
document A/L.552, submitted by a number of Western Powers, asking that
the Assembly confirm that any proposal to change the représentation of
China in the United Nations is an important question requiring a two
thirds majority, in accordance with Article 18 of the Charter, That
manomvre has been used time and again, and my delegation does feel that
this is a mère time whating and delaying tactic. This is a procedural
matter and not a substantive one. Therefore my delegation will vote
against that draft resolution.
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The Zambian delegation supports the replacement of the representatives
of
the Republic of Chins by representatives of the People's Republic of
China
And will, for the reasons indicated above, vote in favour of the draft
resolution contained in document A/L.531, sponsored by Albania and other
Fowers.
Mr. DAOUDY (Syria): Once sore the General Assembly convenes to consider
the restoration of the lawful rights of the People's Republic of China
in the United Nations. The delegation of Syria, which is one of the
co-sponsors of the draft resolution in document A/L,531, firmly believes
that
the time has come to put an end to the anomalous situation and that the
People's Republic of China should at long last occupy its legitimate and
rightful
place in this Organization.
Through the opposition and pressure of the liited States Government, our
Organization has been deprived of the presence among us of the
Government which
represents a quarter of the human race. Any further attempt by the
Whited States Government, either directly or through the subterfuge of
delaying
tactics used by other delegations, to continue that state of affairs
will
constitute a persistent mockery of the United Nations.
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Mr. Daoudy, Syria)
I do not have to repeat the various valid and very pertinant arguments
advanced by many speakers who have preceded me to this rostrum, Let me
refer, however, among other things, to the benefits which could be
derived by the international comunity from the termination of this
arbitrary attitude towards the legitimate rights of the people of China
in our Organization. Needless to say, it is in the interest of the
United Nations as a whole that that great country, with its immense
potentialities, should regain its place in the
forefront of this international body.
Permit me to quote, as I did in my speech of last year, from the October
1966 lasue of the American Journal of International Law, Messrs. Myers
MacDonald and Richard Goodman, under the title "Chinese Participation in
the United Nations".
hat the following to say:
"A participation decision vill determine whether and how one-quarter of
the world population will share in world community processes of
authority, and it will "ffect the resource-base-material, institutional
and strategic, of international organizations. A transfer of Chinese
V.X. santa could affect the advancement of human rights, the development
of international law, the distribution of wealth by international
agencies, and the dissemination of knowledge bearing on health,
meteorology, food production and peaceful uses of atomic margy. This
transfer would have an impact on U.A. space programmes " "
.
Let us review the reasons China's opponents have always invoked in order
to justify their persistent negative attitude towards the restoration of
the rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations.
First of all, the United States delegation, together with a number of
other delegations, is raising a procedural matter regarding what it
calls "the important question" in its draft resolution A/L.532 and
Add.1. The pretext advanced by the United States representative is that:
"...any proposal to change the representation of China is an important
question within the meaning of Article 18 of the Charter." (1602nd
meeting, Page 11)
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(Mr. Daoudy, Syria)
We do not share the views of the United States representative, which are
clearly meant to confuse the issue. In our opinion, the restoration of
the rights of the People's Republic of China is not a matter of
admission of a new
Member. Article 18 does not apply in this instance, because China is a
founding
Member of the United Nations and a permanent Lember of the Security
Council.
No better description of the reasons which motivated the United States
delegation
to resort to the so-called important question could be given than that
supplied by the delegation of Somalia. In a speech delivered on 25
November 1966 the
representative of Somalia had this to say about this very question:
"The 'important question' tactic, for example, was only introduced
five years ago when it became clear that it might not be possible for
a simple majority to be obtained on the proposal to keep the question
of China's representation off the agends. That question certainly is an
important one, not in the sense of Article 18 but in the souse that
for seventeen years the lawful rights of the People's Republic of China
in this Organization have been denied to it." (1477th meeting,
page 47)
The United States delegation, in order to justify its persistent
attitude
against the restoration of the lawful rights of the People's Republic of
China
in the United Nations, considered our draft resolution unacceptable, as
we
heard from the United States representative, for the following reasons:
First, what draft resolution A/1.531 proposes, in his words:
.......ia a direct affront to the idea of universality, namely, the
summary expulsion of a Member of the United Nations." (1602nd meeting,
pago 16)
Secondly, that the Taiwan Government:
H
..göverbs some 13 million people, a population exceeding that of most of
the Members represented in this body," (Ibid.)
and that that Government;
"...is recognized diplomatically by a majority of the membership of the
United Nations." (Ibid.)
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(Mr. Daoudy, Byria)
Thirdly, that the other step our draft resolution contemplates, and
I quote the United States representative again: "...is the seating of
the representatives of Peking in the United Nations." (Tbid., page 17)
In view of that proposal, the United States representative thought it
proper, as ha said, to consider what he called the conduct of the
People's Republic of China in the light of the purposes and principles
of the Charter and, second, its declared attitude towards the United
Nations itself.
And, to conclude, the thited States representative sums up hila
Government's analysis of the international situation and the conduct of
the
various States and authorities as follows:
"If there is a political authority in the world ... more hostile to
international peace and security, more diametrically opposed to the
purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter by Government does
not know of it." (Ibid.)
Let us analyse those argments and see whether they can stand up to an
objective scrutiny.
First, how can our draft resolution, which calls for the restitution to
the legitimate Government of China of its seat at the United Bations be
considered as contrary to the universality of membership of the United
Nations.
Hes the so-called Government of Taivan ever pretended that Taiwan does
not belong to China? Therefore, the logical conclusion is that the
recognition of the People's Republic of China's rights in the United
Nations would automatically exclude the presence of the representatives
of the so-called Government of
Taiwan.
Secondly, if the United States Government considers the fact that the
so-called rulaz of Taiwan goven 15 million people as a valid reason to
warrant its presence at the United Nations, one wonders whether that
argument militates in favour or against the United States position
regarding the whole issue under consideration. Bow can ona defend a
thesis whereby Taiwan, though part and parcel of Chine, should have the
right to be at the United Nations, and then adopt a diametrically
opposite stand vhen it concerns the rightful Government of China, which
governs 750 million people?
Furthermore, to our knowledge Taiwan is not recognized diplomatically by
a majority of the United Nations membership. What we know from American
published sources is that the number is less than that.
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(Mr. Daoudy, Syria)
Third, it is almost unbelievable to read the statement of the United
States
representative concerning the so-called conduct and attitude of the
People's
jublic of China in the light of the purposes and principles of the
Charter of the United Nations. It is indeed beyond our understanding how
anyone could
hazard such a statement. The United States representative wonders about
the
matter and says:
"If there is a political authority in the world today more hostile to
International peace and security, more diasetrically opposed to the
purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter"
his Government does not know of it.
(Ibid.).
Does the United States representative consider the aggression committed
by Israel on 5 June 1967 against Syria, the United Arab Republic and
Jordan in harmony
with the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter? Surely,
such e
statement does not stand the test, when the whole world knows of the
occupation
by the Israeli forces of Arab territories three times the size of
Israel. I
there any doubt that Israeli aggression is contrary to the principles
and purposes of the United Nations Chartar? Can anyone pretend that
Israel! repeated acts of aggression against the Arab countries, for
which Iarnel was
severely condemned many times by the Security Council, are not hostile
to
International peace and security?
One wonders how such statements can be made, and especially at a time
when
the Security Council was considering the grave situation in the Middle
East
resulting from the Israeli aggression on the Arab countries. We fail to
understand how the intelligence of the other delegations could be so
tragically
underestimated. Furthermore, the United States representative in his
commente
on the memorandum (A/6831) submitted by the co-sponsors of draft
resolution A/1.531, Invokes what he calls the attitude of the People's
Republic
of China in Viet-Nan,
To our knowledge, there are no Chinese troops in Viet-Nam, In this
respect,
suffice it to remember here what the bands of delegations, and soong
thee a large
mumber of allies and friends of the United States Government, had to say
of the
United States policy tovarda Viet-Nam in the course of the general
debate of the
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present session of the General Assembly.
Hardly a day passes without international public opinion condeaning the
ruthless, cruel and unjust war waged by the tnited States Government
against the heroic people of Viet-Nam. Witness especially the fierce
opposition being demonstrated by American public opinion.
For all of these reasons, the draft resolution submitted by the United
States and thirteen other delegations (A/L.532 and Corr.) cannot be
accepted by my delegation, because it invokes an irrelevant Article of
the Charter with a view to preventing the restoration of the lawful
rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations,
The now come to the draft resolution submitted this year again by the
delegation of Italy and four other delegations (A/L.535). We shall vote
against it for the same reasons which compelled us to do so during the
twenty-first
session of the General Assembly. Our main reason for this vote is the
unrealistic approach of the draft resolution to the whole problem, We
call on the Assembly to reject it because it represents a step backward,
and not a step forward, in the right direction.
No better description of the Italian draft resolution (A/L.533) could be
given than that contained in a report called Chira, the United Nations
and United States Policy, published in September 1967 by the United
Nations
Association of the United States of Amerion. Here is what the authors of
that
report say:
"There is a widespread view mong United Nations delegations that the
time is part for a procedural resolution, such as that on which the
Italians took the initiative at the twenty-first Assembly." Pinally, we
trust that any objective amlysis of the present international, situation
points to a very simple conclusion: namely, the longer the People's
Bepublic of China is deprived of its lawful rights in the United
Nations, the ware this Organisation is being wirepresentative of the
world reality.
In fact, it is an astonishing phevosenon that such an occurrence could
happen.
ter how obstinate and short-sighted the present United States policy can
be, the People's Republic of China does occupy its legitimate place in
the world, Purthamore, the sooner the United States policy-makers admit
this glaringly axiomatic fact, the better for the United States, for the
United Nations, and, ultimately, for the world at large,
Mr. EL KONY (United Arab Republic): It is not my intention, at this late
stage, either to restate the position of my delegation with regard to
storation of the lawful rights of the People's Republic of China in the
Uited Nations, or to repeat the arguments which have been adduced in
support
of our views, as the United Arab Republic has repeatedly, in the United
Nations or in other international gatherings, made its position clear on
this matter. Its position is not only based on facts of law, practice
and justice, but is also
based on its deep conviction that every effort should be made to
strengthen this Organization and enable it to perform its
responsibilities fully and effectively.
To achieve this purpose, the realities of international, life should be
honestly
reflected in this Organisation. We must not attempt to ignore the facts
or to deceive ourselves in this respect.
It is widely and rightly recognized that the People's Republic of China,
& great Power and a founding Member of the United Nations, has an
effective
role in shaping the international policies -- a fact which has been
particularly
recognized even by those who have opposed its participation in our
Organization
for the last eighteen years, through procedural manoeuvres. It is
inconceivable that this Organization could effectively cope with the
present and future international problems of peace without the full
participation of the People's
Republic of China,
Many delegations have already referred to what the Secretary-General
stated in the introduction to his annual report (A/6701/Add.) and
Corr.2) to this session of the General. Assembly. He has expressed the
view that no organization
with the comprehensive aims of the Charter can be successful unless it
had
represented in it all the diverse peoples, cultures and civilizations of
modern
life, and that outstanding international problems, such as the crisis in
South East Asia and disarnement, would sees to stand a better chance for
settlement through the attainment of universality of membership of the
United
Nations.
We consider it, therefore, laperative that all Member States which
believe
in the United Nations and its Charter, which wish to see the United
Nations as
an effective instrument in maintaining international peace and security,
should
correct the abnormal situation in this Organization concerning the
non-participation of the People's Republic of China in the work of the
United
Nations,
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(Mr. El Kony, United Arab Republic)
All arguments which so far have been adduced repeatedly by the opponents
of the restoration of the lawful rights of the People's Republic of
China in the United Nations in order to substantiate their position,
have no support in lav or practics, How can one expect us to believe
that the mere change of a government of a founding Member of the United
Nations requires an application for admission to membership of the
Organization? How can one expect us to believe that the mere change of
representatives, following the change of a government, means the
expulsion of a Member State?
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United Arab Republic)
Never in the history of the United Nations has this world Organization
estioned the right of a new goverment of a Member State, in effective
control
ita territory, to represent ite country in the United Nations. Nor has
it
considered credentials, except in this case, as a subject which requires
a
qualified majority - unless, of course, we wish to set in contradiction
of the
Charter of the United Nations by discriminating against the People's
Republic of
In the final analysis, one cannot but conclude that the position of some
Governments, as reflected in the draft resolution of the United States,
is
guided by their own policy toward the People's Republic of China,
without taking
into account the interest of the world community or the future of our
world
Organization.
In this connexion, let us join the Secretary-General in his hope that:
"Political difficulties that appear to stand in the path of this
objective
will, I hope, be measured against the long-term advantages that
universality entails." (A/6701/Add.1. para, 161)
It is difficult to understand that the great Chinese people of over 700
million, a quarter of the whole world population, should not be allowed
representation in the United Nations through wrong procedures and
unjustifiable
pressures.
We are deeply convinced that the Government of the People's Republic of
China is the only one which can and should represent China in this
Organisation,
It is not in the Interest either of the United Nations or the
international
community to prevent the People's Republic of China from assuming its
responsibilities as a great Power and as a permanent member of the
Security Council. Unjustifiable political considerations must not be
allowed to affect
the vital interests of mankind-
All Member States of this Organization have a special responsibility to
correct the abnormal situation in the Organization concerning the non-
participation of the People's Republic of China in the work of the
United Nations,
DR/nl-J
A/PV.1609