co-sponsor. This draft is based on a recognition of the fact that there
is but one China, and that therefore the Government of the People's
Republic of China alone has the lawful right to represent Chim and the
great Chinese people in the United Nations and all related
organizations.
My delegation has no doubt whatsoever that the adoption of draft
resolution A/1.531 would open prospects which have tragically remained
closed all these years- I talk of the prospects of dealing effectively
with the grave and pressing problems which beset Asia and the world.
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(Me, Houanza, Congo (Bressaville})
MOUANZA (Congo (Brazzaville)} (interpretation from French):
For seventeen years now the question of the restoration of the lawful
rights
of the People's Republic of Catos in the United Nations has been on the
agenda of the regular sessions of the General Assembly of the United
Nations. The fact that this question has been the subject of long and
interminable
deliberations is sufficient to demonstrate the presence in spirit of the
People's Republic of China among us, in spite of the physical absence of
its
representatives, whose seat continues to be scandalously occupied by the
dissaries of the so-called régine of Chiang Kai-shek,
Today still, a certain number of States are desperately striving, by
the exercise of all types of pressure and delaying tactics, to postpone
the
Inevitable. In particular by presenting the draft resolution contained
in
document A.L.552, which calla for a vote by a two-thirds majority, the
enemies
of the People's Republic of China want us to treat the satter as one of
the
adaission of a new Masher and, at the same time, ne one of the
recognition
of a Government. That draft hardly does credit to its authors, for it
simply reflects the failure of a now discredited policy and a total
ignorance of the international realities of a world in the process of
irreversible
change. Let us remember that when the Charter was being drafted in San
Francisco the Republic of China vas the subject of a good deal of
solicitude, because it vas quite rightly considered as an element of
world balance. Hence
that great country is not only founding Member of the United Nations,
but also one of the Powers which has, under the teme of Article 24 of
the Charter, primary responsibility for the aaintenance of international
peace and security,
The fundamental political changes which have occurred in that great
country have, to our astonishment, led certain States, headed, of
course, by the United States of America, to deny that country its
inalienable rights.
The United Nations does not have as one of its tasks the seenamment of
the
merits of any given régime. A Herber State, it is hardly necessary to
recall, has the sacred right to change its political system if it
considers that at
a certain stage of its development its system no longer responds to the
deep and legitimata aspirations of its people.
The Government of the Congo (Brazzaville) has had the privilege of
associating itself with Governments of Asia, Europe and Africa in
requesting
to
inclusion in the agenda of the item entitled "Restoration of the lawful
rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations" and ve
continue to think that the state of ostracism in which the United State
of America has been striving to keep the People's Republic of China
until now can no longer be tolerated and that it is time to put an en
this absurd situation. We should like to say to the masters of legal
subtlety who believe that they possess a monopoly of international law
that the Chinese reality is an inexorable fact of world history and that
nothing
can be done to change that fact.
The question which arises here, in our view, is not whether or not to
adsit China to the United Nations. The question which we sunt answer
objectively and clearly is who represents China and the 700 million
people of China. Is it the régime of Chiang Kai-shek, discredited,
forced out and thrown into the sea by the Chinese people, and
artificially kept in
the power by American troops? Is it not, as we are deeply convinced it
ia, Goverment of Peking, which is the emanation of the unequivocal will
of the
great Chinese people?
It is impossible to hide the truth of our time behind a screen of
alander, a process of making false charges sad the pae of sordid
pressure, the truth that the People's Republic of China, through its
decisive contributions, its dynamic and inestimable contributions in the
important fields of science and technology, and its economic progress,
is now one of the greatest Povers
in the world.
A lasting solution to the great problems of our time camot be found by
systematically ignoring the existence of a people which, of itself,
represents a quarter of mankind. The opponents of the restoration of the
lasful rights of the People's Republic of China vant to persuade the
puppet régimes which obey them that the Peking Government is so
aggressive that its
is there admission to the United Nations would forever prejudice vorld
peace.
any need to point out that this argument, which is nothing but one of
those
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(Mr. Mouanza, Congo (Brazzaville))
constant attempts at systification by the reactionary and imperialist
forces,
can only bring a mile from those among us -- and happily they are Bany
--
who still think clearly and maintain their full independence of
judgement. Contrary to the policy followed with such constant cynicism
by the critica of the People's Republic of China, the Goverment of
Peking, to our knowledge,
maintaine no military bases outside ita territory, and no one pan prove
the
contrary.
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(Me. Mouanza, Congo (Brazzaville))
Obviously these same critics stop at nothing. For then, the cultural and
proletarian revolution which is under way in China is just one more
argument for oping the restoration of the fundamental rights of that
country. This is, and we repeat this with the utmost vigour, essentially
a problem of internal order which falls exclusively within the
competence of the Chinese Government.
The Government of the Congo (Brazzaville) has a clear conscience and is
legitimately proud of being amongst those States who do not think it is
possible to place any obstacle before the irreversible current of
history, and it supports with the utmost energy the People's Republic of
China in its right to the restoration of its role and place in the
United Nations.
Let our enemies, the imperialists and the reactionaries, who are always
being overtaken by events, find this reprehensible. This does not
surprise us at all. At the risk of constant repetition, we would like to
state once again today that as was solemnly declared by President
Alphonse Maasamba-Débat, the Congo is not a vassal of any bloc, and if
in ita anti-imperialist struggle it can count upon other progressive
forces throughout the world our country intends to do this and to
undertake, according to its own genius and its still modest mans,
construction of a society at once more just, more free and more
peace-loving.
The various manoeuvres which are being used precisely at the time when
our Organization is faced with the question of deciding the Chinese
question will not frighten us. In fact, they caly serve to confirm us in
our conviction in a clear conscience of the justness of our struggle.
Today, more than ever, it is necessary for common sanṣa and reason to
prevail. The restoration to the People's Republic of China of its lawful
rights in B positive act which every single one will be accomplishing
before mankind
and before history.
The refugees of Taivan are not the representatives of China, which is
and which remains an indivisible entity.
In the light of all these considerations, the dalagation of the Congo
(Brazzaville) ventures to appeal to all Members of the Organization to
adopt, by a large majority, draft resolution A/1.531 submitted by
certain Asian and African Governments, and irrevocably to reject the
draft resolution sponsored by the
United States.
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Mr. VRATUSA (Yugoslavia): The question we are considering, the
restoration of the lawful rights of the People's Republic of China in
the United
Nations, has been on the agenda of the General Assembly for years.
Regrettably,
we must observe that no progress has been made in the solution of this
problem
during all this time. It is a fact that, under the pretaxt of
procedural, and other
arguments, one part of the membership of our Organization is attempting
persistently to prevent a just solution, the only possible solution in
conformity with the
legitimate rights of the Chinese people, with the Charter and with the
duties and
responsibilities of the United Nations.
The People's Republic of China could, and should, be represented in the
United
Nations only by its legitimate Government in Paking. The insistence on
fictions
from the past has led to a paradox in practice. Although China was one
of the founders of the United Nations, actually today this great country
is outside our Organization. This is a violation both of the
unquestionable rights of a sovereign
country and of the principle of the universality of the United Nations.
These principles form the basis of the United Nations and represent
essential pre-conditions for its effective performance in the spirit of
equitable
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international co-operation.
The Yugoslav delegation is firmly convinced that the reasons which are
being put forward are indefensible. They do not favour the solutions
proposed by the sponsora of the draft resolution contained in document
A/L.532, and their repetition does not make then more convincing. Under
the Charter, it is the
inaliscable sovereign right of every people to choose its own
government, a
government that would represent it in international relations as well,
irrespective
of relations among individual States and the possible position which
each one of us may have towards the policy of this or that Government.
The question of the
representation of a country in the United Rations cannot be solved by
attempts to have decisions imposed from outside. This can only harm the
prestige and the role
of our Organization in the solution of major international problems
which, mora
than ever before, demand the participation of all States in our work.
Such major problems range from disarmament, security in the world,
overcoming
contradictions energing as a result of the widening gap between the
developed and
the developing countries, up to the ensuring of human rights and the
promotion of
co-operation among peoples and States, irrespective of the differences
in their
social systems.
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(Mr. Vratuna, Yugoslavia)
My country supports the efforts which have as their aim the full
realization of the principle of universality and the admission to
membership of the United
"Ations of every State requesting it. In the present generally
unfavourable
international relations, our Organization is faced with many obstacles
and
difficulties in the discharge of its responsibilities.
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(Mr. Vratusa, Yugoslavia)
That is why we consider that it is even more necessary today to exert
additional efforts in order that all States, without discrimination, may
be
given the possibility of becoming Members of this world Organization and
of becoming active and responsible participants in the efforts aimed at
achieving
a better future for all.
Having in mind these principles, my delegation will vote in favour of
the draft resolution contained in document A/L.531, which provides for
the
restoration, without delay, of the lawful rights of the People's
Republic
of China in the United Nations.
The PRESIDENT (interpretation from French): Before adjourning the
meeting, I should like to remind Members of the Assembly of the
announcement I made yesterday concerning the deadline for the tabling of
proposals and amendments relating to this question. Since there is no
objection, the
deadline for the tabling of proposals and amendments is noon on Monday,
27 November.
The meeting rose at 4.40 p.m.
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(Mr. Khanal, Nepal)
RESTORATION OF THE LAWFUL RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN
THE UNITED NATIONS (continued);
(4) DRAFT RESOLUTION SUIN ITERD BY ALBANIA, ALGERIA, CAMBODIA, CONGO
(BRAZZAVILLE),
CUBA, GUINEA, MALI, MAURITANIA, PAKISTAN, RCHANIA AND SYRIA (A/L.531);
(b) DRAFT RESOLUTION SUBMITTED BY AUSTRALIA, BELGTIM, 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 RESOLUTION SUBMITED BY BELGIUM, CHILE, ITALY,
LUXEMBOURG AND THE
RETHERLANDS (A/L.533)
Mr. KHANAL (Nepal): Although the views of His Majesty's Goverment of
Nepal on the question of the restoration of the rights of the People's
Republic of China in the United Nations are vell-known, this
question is so important politically that we feel it would be worthwhile
to state those views again. This question is one whose proper solution
is vital to the health of this Organization. Whether or not this world
body will be able to achieve the goal set forth in Its Charter depends,
in our vier, to large extent, on our success or failure to solve this
question,
sbsence of the People's Republic of China from the United Nations has
weakened the Organization morally, structurally and politically. The
United Nations Charter has given very special responsibility to the
permanent members of the Security Council in matters related to the
preservation of international pance and security. The founding fathers
of the Organization decided, and decided visely, that by virtue of its
size, its population, its potentialities and resources and its
contribution to peace, China ves entitled to be one of such permanent
members, But since 1949, China's
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rights in the Security Council and in other organs and related agencies
of the United Nations have remained unexercised and, worse still, have
been
allowed to be usurped by a rump régiae claiming to be the representative
of the
Chinese people.
!
That this rup régise
the Government of the so-called Republic of China -- heut been decidedly
rejected by the Chinese people and has remained in power with "the sid
and mupport of foreign Powers has never been in doubt. As long ngo as
1950, Me, Brygve Ele, the then Secretary-General of the United Nations,
recognized, in a sesorandum, that the Government of the People's
Republic of Chim was in effective control of the mainland of China and
that it enjoyed the obedience of the overwhelming bulk of the Chinese
people.
There has been no change in the situation since then. The same
Government that rulad China in 1950 rules that country today. une régina
is more stable and the country is stronger. But ironically, so far as
the United Nations concerned, that Government does not exist, and its
place is taken illegally by a rump régine which is neither entitled to
represent nor capable of representing the Chinese people in this
Organization and its related agencies.
History has seldom witnessed a state of affairs such as this. The
refusal to accept the Government of the People's Republic of China as
the spokesman of the Chinese people in the United Nations, far back in
1950, was an act of grave injustice and injury committed against that
people. The recognition of the Taiwan régime as the Government of China
vas, to say the least, like adding insult to injury. This has naturally
irritated the Chinese people, who, like all other self-respecting and
proud people, faal aggrieved at the banda of the United Nations.
The People's Republic of China was never given a chance to co-operate
with, and to contribute to the work of, the United Nations, despite the
rights it had had under the Charter. We have no doubt that the People's
Republic of China
is able to fulfil the obligations of the Charter and we believe, on the
beds of previous published statements of Chinese and other world
leaders, that it is willing to fulfil those obligations. We cannot say
that the attitude of the Governant of the People's Republic of China is
responsible for its absence from the Organization. It is certain
countries in this Organization
that are responsible for isolating China from our sidet, and ve are
therefore not justified at all in assuming or saying that the attitude
and actions of the People's Republic of China do not conform to the
standard of conduct set by the Charter of the United Nations.
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(Mr. Khanal, Nepal)
So far as Nepal is concerned, such allegations appear to be groundless
and unsupported by the facts of history. Our relations with thina, which
shares a common boundary with us, are traditional and based on the
principles of peaceful coexistence and co-operation emmersted in the
Charter, in the Pancha Shila and in the Banding Declaration. I say also
say that the Bandung
Conference, in which the People's Republic of China played a significant
role, vas a conference of peace-loving nations. My country worked with
Chine at Bandung and recalls with appreciation the contribution made by
it to the success of that Conference. Ching's role as a peace-loving
country at Geneva in 1954 on the question of Indo-China and later in
1962 is equally significant. Our Organization has become the poorer in
that the People's Republic of China is not with us,
The reality of the international situation today is that Chine in the
most populous country in the world, comprising about one fourth of the
world's population. And this country has been consolidated under strong
and effective central government and has achieved rapid development
economically, technologically and militarily, even to the extent of
being a thermonuclear Power.
China has been through a great revolution affecting the life of the
Chinese people profoundly, The references to the current internal
cultural revolution as an obstacle to the restoration of China's lawful
rights are certainly less relevant to our purpose then a reference to
the growing daily volume of effective public opinion favouring the
restoration of China's rights that is heard in those very countries
which oppose such restoration, What is more relevant is that no lasting
solution to the vexing problems of the world, particularly those of
Asia, South-East Asia and the Far East, is possible without the
co-operation of this Government, It is equally understandable that its
co-operation and participation would be vital to the success of any
disarmament talks. The success of the Geneva Conference on Indo-China in
1954 and the Bandung Conference in 1955 of which were benefited by the
counsel and participation of the People'e Republic of China-points to
the inevitable conclusion that, where questions
both
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(Mr. Khanal, Nepal
of international co-operation and of war end peace in the world,
particularly în Asie, are involved, the participation and co-operation
of the People's Republic of China is essential, indeed vital, and that
in these matters such co-operation and participation must be sought and
obtained.
It is because of this political weight which the People's Republic of
China, because of its size, population and resources, is able to bring
to bear on the course of international affairs, that even those
countries which are opposed to the restoration of its lawful rights to
China have felt It necessary to keep open a line of regular
communication, in different ways, with its Government. Surely, the
communication that has been found necessary could be better used and
increasingly developed in the form of open dialogue if the rights of the
People's Republic of China were restored in the United Nations,
Apologists of the so-called Republic of China see fit to find
insurmountable difficulties in the way of this simple act of justice.
What
ham, thay sak, has Formosa done? Why should Formosa be driven way from
our Organization, whose cause it has so faithfully served over these
eighteen years? My delegation wishes to state simply that the United
Nations is an organization of independent and sovereign Governmenta
representing their peoples, whose habitual obedience they command. The
violation of the Charter and of international law started on the day
when the Chiang Kai-shek régize, having forfaited the confidence of the
Chinese people, continued illegally to claim to speak for that people.
It is high time that we rectified this violation. Since Taiwan's clada
to speak on behalf of the Chinese people can be neither established nor
entertained, it would be highly unprofitable on our part
to occupy ourselves with the fate of this rump régime. We are concerned
here with the question of the restoration of the rights of Chios in the
United Nations; let us address ourselves seriously to that task.
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BR18/jam
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(Mr.Kḥacal, Neval)
This question is an important question to the extent that on the
solution
But however of this problem vill depend the future of the United
Nations, important the question may be politically and for the future of
the United Nations, our attempts should be aimed at finding as simple a
solution to thia question as possible. We accept and recognize one China
and the fact of the international situation is that the Government of
the People's Republic of Chics is the only Government entitled to
represent Chins in the United Nations,
In the last analysis, the whole question sinners down to one of
accreditation. For this reason, my delegation feels obliged to vote
against the draft resolution contained in document A/L.932 and Add.1.
Moreover, that draft resolution very thinly disguises the consistantly
negative political approach of its sponsors to the question of China's
lawful repensantation.
These considerations would guide our vote also on the "study comitte
draft resolution submitted by Belgien, Chile, Italy, Luxembourg and the
"lands. We voted against the proposal which von submitted in exactly the
same for last year. While believing in the sincerity of the authors of
that proposal, my delegation will vote against it again because we feel
that, sa the facts of the chas clearly indicate, immediate action rather
than study, which is bound to delay action, is needed.
Proceeding from this theory and looking at reality, no fùr as my
delegation is concerned there is only one way to solve the question of
Chiness representation. That can be done by restoring all the rights of
China in the ikited Nations and ita related agencies to the Government
of the People's Republic of China, which is the only Government
commanding the confidence and obadiance of the Chinese people.
The absence of the People's Republic of political affectiveness of the
United Nations.
ink has weakened the moral and
We believe that the United Nations For most of us, particularly the mall
should be universal in ita neebership, developing countries, who look
upon the United Nations as the santipal of our sovereign existence, this
lack of universality cuts at the root of our faith in the system of
collective peace and security established under the Charter.
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If this system is to be workable, it is necessary, indeed imperative,
that the Fights of the People's Republic of China should be restored in
the United
stione. As His Majeaty King Mahendrs stated in his recent address to the
General Assembly, this restoration is necessary as much to correct an
injustice as to make our Organization more effectiva.
For the resona which I bave outlined, my delegation will vote in favour
of the eleven-Power draft resolution contained in document A/L.531.
Mr. RAKOTOMALALA (Madagascar) (interpretation from French): It is hardly
necessary to stress the importance of the question now under
consideratim by the General Assembly, the eloquent and often impassioned
statements that we have heard in favour of or against the expulsion of
the Republic of Chin for in the final amlysts that is vist this debate
is really about mike
it quite clear that we are facing a turning point fraught with
conséquences for the future of the Organization, and perhaps for the
peace of the world.
Our Organization has decided each year that any vote on this subject, in
view of its importance, should be taken only by a two thirda mjority.
Bowing to that verdict, my delegation vill continue to abide by that
decision, unless serious new developments lend the General Assembly to
change it. One cannot contemplate voting hastily, with an ambiguous
asjarity, on the draft resolutions submitted for our approval, which no
rhetorical exercise could possibly persuade us to regard as simply
matters of procedure. The two thirda jority rule is not, noreover, a
provision that was created for a special purpose. It is enshrined and
spalled out explicitly in Article 18 of the Charter,
which is binding on us all.
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Having stated thật vlow, my delegation would like, as briefly as
possible,
to analyse the proposals before us.
First, there is at the base of it all a false problem, because the
People's Republic of China bàs at no time show its desire to sit suong
us and to take its place as a regular Member of our Organization, ready
not only
to accept the privileges of membership but also to assume the
responsibilities. Those responsibilities are set forth in Articles 1 to
4 of the Charter. Article 2 lays down as essential conditions and mutes
of
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(Mr. Rakotomaiala, Madagascar)
conduct: the commitment to safeguard international peace and security,
the
renunciation of the threat or use of force, respect for the integrity of
all States, and so forth. It is necessary for a State, from the moment
that it sits daong us, solemnly to undertake to conform to those
conditions. Such An undertaking has never been given to us either by the
People's Republic of China or by those who request that it should be
seated among us, And the events of the last six years and are not such
as to assure us that those provisions of the
Charter will be the rule of conduct of that State.
We have said that it is a false probles, at least in the form in which
it has been presented, For what is also requested in the draft
resolution contained in document A/L.531 is the immediate expulsion of
the representatives of the Republic of China, which, since the founding
of our Organization, has represented
the Chinese people here.
Now how could auch an expulsion be justified in law and in justice? The
Republic of China, after years of struggle which in fact has not yet
come an end, has of course lost control of the continent, but it is
still on Chinese territory. It administers the Chinese province of
Taiwan with competence, and there is no need for me to recount again
here the spectacular successes it ina schieved in that province, which
in the course of eighteen years has become rich and prosperous. Many of
the previous speakere tave given very impressive details on that matter
and have been able to my, without fear of contradiction, that the living
standard there is very high and that Taiwan is, after Japan, one of the
most advanced and prosperous Asian countries.
Anyone who has visited Taiwan con bear witness to the order which exists
there, Look elected assemblies run the effeirs of the province. The
excesses
of a fanatic youth which, in certain parts of continental Chim, has
suppressed all lav, freedom and order, are unknown there.
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(Mr. Rakotomalala, Madagascar}
So here are two Governments, both installed in Chinese territory and oth
claiming that the struggle is still going on. Bow can the United Nations
throw the weight of its authority on one side or the other of the
balance and decree that one of these Governments will be the only
representative of the Chinese people, while expelling that Goverment
which for eighteen years has carried out its representation with
dignity? Can such a gesture, which would remind us of the "woe to the
vanquished" of Brennus, be carried out by our Organization which is
devoted to justice when the Chinese people, who alone can determine who
is to represent them, ie not
in a position freely and openly to express their vill? Have elections
ever taken place under the Peking régime which might have permitted the
great Chinese people to exercise their right to self-determination? This
alone would provide valid grounds for those who call for the expulsion
of the Republic of China and would give them a juridical basis for their
thesis.
The excessive language of the People's Republic of China, its clear
contempt for the United Nations, its clearly expressed reluctance to sit
in this Organization unless it does so on conditions which it will
itself impose, its threat to create a rival organization, its conduct
toweda other Asian countries, even those who have shown friendship
towards it, its interference in the internal affairs of other States, is
all this, I ask you in good faith, compatible with the ideals of our
Organization?
Would we not be tolling the knell of this Organization if, by weakness,
by apathy, we did not remain firm in our determination to apply all the
provisions of the Charter to all States, great or small?
The pressble of the Charter of San Francisco contains stipulations which
must be, for all Members of the United Nations, an inflexible rule of
conduct, particularly:
"To establish conditions under which justice
can be maintained,
"To promote better standards of life in larger freedom, "To practice
tolerance and live together in peace with one another
as good neighbours."
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(Mr. Berard, France)
My country, which geographically is very distant from China, i
interested in the problem of its representation because this is a matter
of the exercise one of the fundessental rights of all Members of this
Organization and one which affects International peace and security,
Moreover, several thousands of Chinese live in Madagascar in peace, and
work in very close fraternity with the people of Madagascar in building
a better life. Most of thes have put down roots there, I can assure you
that these Chinese will never agree to giving their allegiance to a
régine where no freedom is possible, where most of the conventions of
the civilized world are no longer respected, where diplomats are
insulted and ignominiously beaten, and where the excernen of
the Red Guards replace law and order.
How can we contemplate voting for a resolution which, like that proposed
in document A/L.531, would have the legal consequence of placing under
the control of such a régine afllions of Chinese who have fled from the
mainland, those who live in the province of Taivan and other countries
and who, having once tasted
liberty, would risk being condeaned to despair,
This would be auch a grave violation of the principle of
self-determination that it would be the very negation of all the moral
values for which my country and so many others wished to struggle in
joining this Organization.
For all these reasona, my delegation will vote for draft resolution
A/1.532 and against draft resolution A/L. 531.
Mr. BERARD (France) (Interpretation from French): The position of France
in regard to the problem of the representation of the People's Republic
of China in the United Nations ressins unchanged, This position vas
stated on 10 and 17 November 1965, as well as on 22 November 1966, in
the course of the twentieth and twenty-first sessions of this Assembly.
In the circumstances, my delegation dems it superfluqus to give a
further account of the ressone which justify our position. It will
suffice to recall the essential argumente.
We consider that the People's Republic of China must have its lawful
rights restored in the United Nations. It is a founding Maber of this
Organization and a permanent member of the Security Council, and thus it
sharen with others the major responsibility for the maintenance of
international peace
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and security, This responsibility devolves not on a Government but on
a State, whatever may be ita political régime. Evidence and reason
indicate
that this Chine is the one which is represented by the Government of the
People's Republic.
From this evidence it follows that what the Assembly has to do is not to
adult a new State and far less to recognize a Government, but to make
sure that
properly accredited representatives, in law and in fact, represent a
State
which is a Neuber of the United Nations, the People's Republic of China,
In addition, the question which is the subject of the present debate is
not an important question within the meaning of Article 18 of the
Charter,
and should be decided by a simple majority and not by a two-thirds
sajority.
For these reasons, my delegation will vote against draft resolution
A/L.532.
which would decide the question by a qualified majority, and will vote
in
favour of draft resolution A/L.531 which, despite certain reservations
arising out of its operative part, is in accord with our position of
principle. Furthermore, my delegation, for the same reasons, will be
compelled to vote egainst draft resolution A/L.533, which would set up a
committee to study a question which in our opinion has but one solution,
namely, the restoration of China to its rightful place.
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HY, MALECELA (United Republic of Tanzania): Before I begin my statement
on the question of the restoration of the lawful rights of the People's
Republic of China in the United Nations, I should like to point out that
this Assembly for the leat eighteen years has heard a number of
arguments, some of which are not really arguments that should be raised
in
this Assembly. For instance, we have been told that Talven has been a
Hember of the United Nations since the signing of the Charter. But it
was not Taivan that signed the Charter, it was the People's Republic of
China, with 700 million people, which signed the Charter, We have been
told that Taivan is highly developed, I wonder whether development
really should be a qualification for membership in the United Nations.