ever-increasing numbers and with increasing resolve are supporting
socialist China, and the influence of the Chinese proletarian cultural
revolution, in daily growing greater in the world.
The anomous difficulties which American imperialis - and Soviet
revlaloniem clique come up against, both internally and internationally,
are inextricable and fatal, American imperialias has not only bogged
down in the war of aggression in Viet-Nem where it is suffering defeat
upon defeat, but it is aubmerged on all sides by the freedom-loving and
peace-loving peoples of the whole world, including the movement of the
American people against the Viet-Nam A united anti-American and
international front on a huge scale is growing from day to day. The
military blocs, such as NATO, CENTO and SEATO, which the American ruling
circles have set up with so much care, are in the process of
disintegration and paralysis, The time has passed for ever when the
United States could impose its will on its allies. Never has the United
States been so isolated on the international scene as at present,
surrounded as it is by difficulties and deprived of world support,
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(Mr. Bado, Albania)
On the other hand, the struggle conducted by the revolutiomries of
various countries throughout the world against the betrayal of the
Soviet revisionists, against their collusion with American imperialism,
their increasingly open support of the aggressive policy of the United
States, and, in particular, their current betrayal of the people of
Viet-Nam and the Arab people, has completely unmasked before the world
their true faas as renegades and number one accomplices of American
imperialism.
Soviet revisionism and United States imperialism today are living
through very difficult times, as was stated by Chairman Mao Tse-tung in
his talegres of congratulations addressed to the Fifth Congress of the
Labour Party of Albania,
He said:
"American imperialism and all the other vermin have dug their own greve,
and the day is not far off when they will be buried in it.
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In the course of eighteen years of struggle and constructive labour, the
great Chinese people, guided by the Marxist-Leninist thought of comrade
Mao Tse-tung, has achieved mrvellous successes in all aspects of the
socialist construction of the country. China has today beccas a powerful
socialist State, possessing a modern and powerful industry, a
collectivized socialist agriculture, a proletarian culture, and advanced
science, with a high standard of living. The great proletarian cultural
revolution has achieved results dismetrically opposed to those expected
by the mesles of the People's Republic of China, this ia demonstrated,
in
particular, by he great successes achieved by the great people of China
in industrial production, as well as in the excellent barvests of this
year.
The explosion of the first hydrogen boab in Chim marks a new summit in
the
development of Chinese science and technology. In the statement made on
29 September, on the occasion of the eighteeth anniversary of the
foundation of the
People's Republic of Chine, the leader of the Albanian people, comrade
Enver Hoxhe, speaking of these recent successes of the Chinese people,
stated the following:
be considerable successos achieved by China on all the fronte of
production, its order and discipline in work, the optimise and the
revolutionary enthusiasm of the masses, reflect the correct line of the
proletarian cultural revolution, the correctness and the strength of
the Marxist-Leninist thought of courede Mão Tae-tung, on the basis of
which
A new generation, the forthy continuator of the cause of socialism and
revolution, 18 prevally growing and strengthening."
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(Mr. Budo. Albania)
The People's Republic of China is conducting a policy of peace and
friendship song peoples. Loyal to its policy of peace, good
neighbourliness, international co-operation on the basis of the
principles of sovereign equality of States, non- interference and
reciprocal respect, it is maintaining and developing normal relations
-diplomatic, sconcate and cultural -- with a large muber of countries,
It bas concluded a series of agreements with neighbouring countries for
the settlement of border problems, treaties of friendship and agreements
on econcate and technical co-operation with numerous countries of Asia
and Africs, with strict respect and scrupulous application of the
principles contained therein. Great socialist China has become an
important factor for the maintenance of international peace and
security, resolutely combating the policy of war and aggression of
American imperialism and its partners, and is supporting unreservedly
the anti- Imperialist and anti-colonialist struggle of peoples, and the
revolutionary world movement for independence, freedon and social
progress. Great Chim today represents the impregnable fortress of all
the revolutionary and progressive
forces in the world.
Through its firm Leninist-Marxist position and its tireless struggle in
favour of the cause of freedom and peace, it has gained the sympathy and
the faith of all progressive mankind. The possession by Chins of atomic
bombs, missiles and, most recently, the hydrogen bomb, which has even
further broken the nuclear
monopoly of imperialism and revisionism, and bas struck a severe blow at
their nuclear blackmail, constitutes a great encouragement for all the
peoples and all.
the peace-loving countries of the world. I should point out that the
Chinese Press relesss of 17 June last, which announced the recent
sucesss of the explosion of the hydrogen bomb, the Chinese Government
stressing the purely defensive purposes of its nuclear armament,
declared in particular that:
"At no time and under no eiraumstances
hatsoever will China be the first to
use these vespons. We have but one word. As in the past, the people and
the Government of Chine, with all the pauce-loving countries and peoples
of the world, will continue their efforts and will persevere in their
fight to achieve the noble objectives, of the total prohibition and the
total destruction of nuclear weapons.
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Mr. Budo, Albania)
The great victories, both internal and internationally, achieved by the
People's Republic of China, comprising 700 million inhabitants, despite
all the
hostile efforts of its enemies, are evidence of the colossal force of
this
powerful socialist state, of its irresistible and gigantic strides and
its
incrassing role in the world arena,
The peoples of the whole world are urgently falling for an end to be put
to
the abnormal and scandalous situation prevailing within this
Organization as a
result of the usurpation of the seat of the great country of China by
the band of Chiang Kai-shek renegades expelled long ago by the Chinese
people. They
consider that this grave injustice done to the 700 million Chinese
people is not
only unprecedented, contrary to the Charter and intolerable, but is also
extremely
harmful to this Organization, to its authority, and to its capacity to
contribute
to the settlement of problems of our times in accordance with its
fundamental principles.
Many heads of delegations from all the regions of the world who have
taken
part in the general debate of the General Assembly have forcefully laid
bare the
character of the legitimate rights of the People's Republic of China in
the
Organization, and the bar done to the United Nations as the result of
the absence
of China. They have stressed that not only is it not possible to solve,
without
China - which represents e quarter of mankind the great problems of our
times,
but that it is not even possible to examine any problem whatsoever, of
any international scope whatsoever, vithout realizing that it is
indispensable to have
the People's Republic of China participate therein.
We all know far too well, whether it is stated openly or not, how the
United Nations has declined as a result of the pernicious hold the
United States of America has had upon it for some time, and also on
account of the fact that this hold has been facilitated in recent years
through the collusion of American
imperialism and Soviet revisionism.
As a result of this hold on the Organization, and this collusion, the
United
Nations has been today transformed into an instrument in the service of
the
imperialist policy of aggression and oppression against peoples, and
into a
centre for shady deals at the expense of the case of peace and
freedon-loving countries and peoples.
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In order not to go too far afield, suffice it to recall here the very
recent
And highly topical case of the imperialist Israeli aggression against
the Arab Svuntries. What has been the role of this Organization in the
face of this set of piracy of the imperialista and their instrument in
Tel Aviv, which constitutes
a crime against husenity and bas elicited a wave of indignation and
profound
revolt from all the peoples of the world? The United Nations has turned
out to
be not only incapable of taking say positive action against this
flagrant
aggression which flouts, in the most brutal way, the elementary
principles of
international relations, but, by the decisions that were adopted in the
Security
Council, by the manoeuvres and the sorüld plots concocted in the course
of the emergency session of the General Assembly, both within the
General Assembly and
outside it, by all the shady dealing at the expense of the Arab
countries now
going on in the corridors of the United Nations under the direction of
the two great Powers which bear heavy responsibility for all the events
in the Near East
and all their consequences, by all these facts, the United Nations has
played into
the bands of the aggressors, and has played into the hands of the
enemies of the
people, and, in the first instance, into the hands of their principal
enemies:
the American imperialists and the Soviet revisionists.
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(Mr. Budo, Albania)
It is quite natural that the peoples of the world have been greatly
disappointed in this Organization because of its position concerning
imperialist and Zionist aggression against the Arab peoples and
countries and that they are wondering to what extent the United Nations
justifies its existence against the background of the purposes and the
role laid down for it in Charter.
One cannot emphasize too strongly the gravity of the situation at
present prevailing in this Organization. mat lamentable situation is
bound to cause the Member States which value peace and freedom to think
seriously. It affects their own vital interests, the safeguarding of
their security and independence and the cause of world freedom and
peace, as well as the very destiny of this Organization. Time is short.
Either we set without delay or it will be too late.
Undoubtedly, the principal task of Member States at the present juncture
is to deliver the Organization from the harmful stranglehold of the
United States and not to peralt it
to be used as a centre for bargaining and conspiracy between the two
great Powers to the detriment of the peoples' cause. It goes without
saying that this calls for a firm and sustained struggle and
increasingly closer co-operation in defence of the principles and
purposes of the Organization, us well as the transformation of this
Organization from an instrument in the bande of the imperialists into an
instrument which really serves the legitimate aspirations and the vital
interests of the peoples. That possibility exists because we, the mall
freedom, peace and justice-loving countries constitute the overwhelming
majority here. Naturally, everything depends upon the firmness with
which and the extent to which each of these countries realizes that that
is the only way out of the impasse in which the Organization finds
itself, as well as the only way that socords with their own vital
intereste and the cause of mankind
as a whole.
A very important step in that direction would be, unquestionably, the
restoration of the lawful rights of the People's Republic of China in
the United Nations and all its organs. The presence of great China in
this Crganization would undoubtedly contribute a great deal to improving
the oppressive atmosphere which weighs on this Organization and to
modifying further, and substantially at that, the balance of forces in
favour of the countries which are attached to the principles of the
Charter and to the aspirations of the peoples, thereby creating
favourable conditions for opposing effectively the predominance of the
United States in the Organization and all the plots batched by it and
its collaboratora.
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There is no doubt that the absence of China from the United Nations is
harmful only to the Organization and to the cause which it should serve
under the Verms of the Charter. The People's Republic of China prospers
and grows in strength from day to day. It has become a powerful,
socialist State, enjoying great and well-deserved international
prestige. It does not need this Organization and does not seek its
protection or assistance. On the contrary, it is the United Nations
which has an imperative need to see the People's Republic of China take
its place within the Organization and make its precious contribution to
promote the improvement of the United Nations and to lead the
Organization along
the path of the legitimate aspirations of the peoples and the countries
that are fighting for freedom, peace and the consolidation of national
independence and
sovereignty.
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Is it necessary to reject and refute once again bare the subterfuges and
manoeuvres, as well as all the totally disproved arguments, to which the
United States has reported in order to prevent the restoration of the
rights of China in the United Nations? All the pretexts and all the
absurd manoeuvres adopted by the United States so far have been unasked
and rejected in the course of the years by numerous Hember States and
have been condemned by world public opinion.
Everyone knÓWE == and no one can challenge this that there is only one
China in the world. That is the People's Republic of China, born in
October 1949 out of the triumph of the socialist revolution of the
Chinese people. Its Government, and only its Government, has the
requisite authority and attributes to represent Chine and the Chinese
people as a whole in international relations and in all international
conferences, institutions and organizations, including the United
Nations. The remnants of the Chiang Kai-shek clique, rejected for ever
by the Chinese people and sheltering on the Chinese island of Taiven
under the protection of American bayonate represents nothing and nobody.
Taivan, as all the world knows and this has been confirmed in
International
documents which even bear the signatures of Presidents of the United
States
-- 1. a Chinese province and forms an integral part of the territory of
the People's Republic of China. All the fallacious theories, all the
sanoeuvres and all the
efforts of the United States and its partners to sustain the existence
of "two
Chinas" ere vain and doosed to complete failure. The Chinese people will
liberate that part of its national territory which is occupied by Yankee
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imperialista, and it is not for any country or for the United Nations to
put its
nose into this affate.
As for the ancient, so-called procedural manoeuvre to which the United
States has resorted once again at this session in the form of draft
resolution A/L.532,
on numerous occasions in the past we have given ample proof, as have
many other
delegations, of the fallacious character of such an attempt. We do not
consider it necessary, therefore, to return to that question again in
order to demonstrate in detail the illegality of the American claim. The
question of the restoration
of the rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations is
actually a simple question of representation and credentials. There is
no question of the admission of a nev Heuber; it is simply a matter of
recognizing the representatives
of a State which is already a Member, a founding Member of the United
Nations and * permanent member of the Security Council. In 1949, at the
time of the triuch
of the socialist revolution in China and the proclamation of the
People's Republic of China, the United Nations should have taken note of
that historic event and gåven the representatives of the Government of
the People's Republic of China the seat of China in the United Nations
and in all its organs, after having expelled the pempante of the former
régime overcone by the Chinese people. Indeed, that was the position
adopted by the United Nations in a series of cases concerning countries
in which changes of government or régime had occurred. To act otherwise
is to interfere, in violation of the Charter and the principles of
international law, in matters falling within the domestic competence of
States. Therefore it is evident that in the case with which we are
concerned the question le quite simple
and mounts only to ma exemination of credentials a question of
procedure, the settlement of which requires only the approval of a
simple majority of the Members
of the General Assembly.
We consider that the States Heshers which are seriously in favour of the
restoration of the rights of the People's Republic of China in the
United Nations cannot agree to support the groundless ekaina of the
United States as regarán
a two-thirds majority. This is nothing but a subterfuge invented by the
United
States in an attempt to get out of the difficulty it finds in gathering
the votes
needed directly to prevent the restoration of the rights of the People's
Republic of China.
(Hr. Budu, Albania)
We feel compelled to point out that such subterfuges on the part of the
United States remind us of the double-faced tactics of the Soviet
revisionista
who, at our previous session, while appearing to support the restoration
of the rights of China, had widely circulated here, on the very eve of
the vote on this question, an article in Pravde which contained every
possible calumny against the
People's Republic of China. That is one example, among many which shows
clearly
how the two great Powers co-ordinate their sati-Chinese activities.
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(Mr. Budo, Albania)
With respect to the intention of Italy to renew its proposal of last
year to create a so-called ad học committee which would be instructed to
ambark upon a thorough study of the question of the representation of
China, ve categorically reject auch attempts, for the very same reasons
as those we gave at the previous session.
The question of the restitution to the People's Republic of China of its
legitimate rights in the United Nations is crystal clear and does not
call for any study or enquiry of any kind, especially since it has been
discussed in all its aspects for any years, If up to now it has not been
solved, as it should have been, that is solely on account of the
arbitrary and intolerable position adopted by the United States, for the
reasons that we have adduced earlier. It should be pointed out that the
Italian proposal is only designed to support the United States in trying
to get out of the difficult position in which the United States finds
itself in the eyes of world public opinion, which condens it
anergetically for its obstinacy in maintaining such an obstructionist
and arbitrary attitude, contrary to the principles of the United Nations
Charter and international law, as well as international practice. The
Italian proposal is therefore only a subterfuge, designed to save the
face of the United States for its brutal and absurd attitude vis-à-vis
much a clear and evident question. That proposal is also designed to
sustain the plot of the United States Goverment of "evo Bidons" and
serves its aggressive policy,
The struggle conducted by Member States for the restoration of the
lawful rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations
not only concerns the reparation of an injustics and a flagrant
violation of the Charter but also is in accordance with the vital
interests of this Organization and is an integral part of the struggle
of the peaceful countries and peoples against the aggressive and
enslaving policies of the United States, against the collusion between
United States imperialien and Soviet revisionism, to the detriment of
the cause of treadon, pesce and
international security,
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(Mr. Budo, Albania)
As we see It, no realistic Goverment conscious of the present
international situation and desirous of safeguarding the United Nations
and seeing the Organization carry out its role in accordance with the
principles and purposes of the Charter and the legitimate aspirations of
the peoples can permit this Organization to be deprived any longer of
the assistance and the very valuable contribution of the People's
Republic of China, that powerful socialist State, that great world Pover
which has such prestige and authority and which has today become a
decisive factor for the defence of the vital interests of freedom-loving
and peace-loving countries and peoples.
The adoption by the General Assembly of the draft resolution in document
A/L. 531, which Albania bas co-sponsored and which provides for the
imediate restoration to the People's Republic of China of all its rights
in the United Nations and its organs and the simultaneous expulsion of
the elements of the Chiang Kai-shek clique, will mark an important step
which will be evidence of the determination of the majority of Member
States to make their voices heard and of their vill to give new impetus
to this Organization and to tapal it towards the fundamental purposes
and principles of the Charter,
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Mr. VINCI (Italy): The chairman of the Italian delegation, speaking
before this Assembly at its twenty-first session on the item
"Restoration of the lawful rights of the People's Republic of China in
the United Nations", stated, inter alia, the following:
"The debate in the General Assembly of the United Nations on the
question of the seating of China has been going on for fully sixteen
years. After so long a time, and after so much has been said in support
or refutation of the recurring arguments which we all know so well, we
cannot help but feel that we are likely to continue for many years yet
along a path that leads nowhere.
"At this juncture the question arises whether some change is not called
for in the angle from which the debate on this problem is viewed."
(1470th meeting, page 22)
"We have been vasting our efforts far too long on a sterile debate which
makes for wide differences of opinion, We must now extricate ourselves
from the present impasse and approach the entire problem on a new basis.
that ve vant is to avoid starting the coming year at the same point
vhere we began this year." (1480th mesting, page 36)
Those were the words spoken by the chairman of the Italian dalagation at
the twenty-first session to indicate the basic reasons which at that
time moved * number of delegations, including my own, to put forward a
new draft resolution. The main purpose of our proposal vna to advocate a
new approach to the problem of the Chinese representation at the United
Nations, an approach which would enable the General Assembly to break
the deadlock which had lasted so long, to put an end, if possible, to a
fruitless confrontation of votes dividing the house and to make one step
forward towards the achievement of universality.
We consider that those words and the philosophy which inspired them are
still valid. We feel that the necessity for searching for new ways of
dealing with the problem with which we are confronted is more urgent
than aver. Nothing has happened sines last year to make our conviction
less forceful. On the contrary, we are rather inclined to believe that
there is an ever increasing number of delegations in this Assembly which
share our
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feeling of dissatisfaction with the methods followed so far, I hope that
I
an not going too far when I say that the merit of our approach should
not c. Zape those who are, so to speak, in favour of the status que or
those who advocate the recognition of the right of the People's Republic
of Chine as the only conceivable solution to this problem,
What encourages us most is the feeling that our views are gaining
acceptance among the delegations and they are the majority in our
Assembly · whose first and foremost objective is the strengthening of
the authority, the prestige and the effectiveness of our Organization,
and which yet, year
after year, are dragged into this sterile debate, It is a debate which
only touches the surface of the problem and gives no promise of a
constructive and reasonable solution but which, on the contrary, might
lead us to greater division in this house: in short, a debate which does
not serve the cause of the United Nations, since it does not help to
harmonize the positions of the Member States and keeps us far away from
the goal of universality instead of bringing us closer to it.
The general problem of universality was raised by the Secretary-General
in the Introduction to his Anmas) Report to the Twentieth Session of the
General Assembly. The Chairman of the Italian delegation, Sanator Bosco,
referred to it when he mentioned for the first time the iden which uns
to be embodied in the draft resolution introduced a year later on the
subject now under discusison, The Italian Government has on several
occasions
emphasized the connacion existing between the action which the United
Nations
is called upon to take suthoritatively and effectively to consolidate
peace and to promote general progress throughout the world and the
practical realization of the principle of universality of our
Organization,
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Our Prime Minister, addressing the Italian Parliament on 3 March 1966,
stated:
"Italy will continue to give its support, with the undertaking to
engthen it even more, to the authority of the United Nations as the
Organization where all problems inherent to relations between the
countries of the world can find their just solution, Bearing this in
wind, we believe that the Organization's ideal of universality should be
furthered with the aim of conferring the utmost effectiveness to ita
setion, in the field of peace and security, in full respect for the
obligations contained in the Charter and the principles on which
international coexistence is founded, The United Nations can only be
further strengthened if the ethical valuss upon which it stands are
upheld and
If necessary enforced by an Organization drawing its
moral strength from universal authority."
A few kontan ego the concept of universality in the United Nations was
once again affirmed by the Italian Foreign Minister in his statement of
31 March in the Chamber of Deputies:
through
This action is fulfilled by Italy's active participation - its
representatives, its contributions and its presence in the various
argens -- in the policy and actira of the United Katirne. I en glad to
underline that this participation does not aim to consolidate colonial
or neo-colonial positions, but is directed, within the
free of an Organization becoming ever more universally representative,
to strengthen the action to be promoted by the various organs in the
fields of disarmament, of development of newly independent countries and
the strengthening of peace."
Similar statements vere sade by the Italian delegation during the
twenty-first session of the General Assembly, For the sake of time I
shall not cite them as they are available ■ll delegations in the
relevant documentation of last year's session. We cannot help noting
that, during these three years, the concept of universality has not
advanced one inch.
Is it not time to ask most earnestly whether the kind of discussion
which takes place every year on the question of the representation of
think 19 not one of the main reasons, if not the main reason, for the
stalmate? We feel that this is so.
It is for these reasons that the Italian delegation has been encouraged
to submit once more, to the twenty-second session of the General
Assembly, the proposal aimed at conferring upon an ad họg committee a
mandate to study and explore the situation in all its aspects and to
make appropriate recommendations to the next session of the Assembly for
an equitable and practical solution to the question of the
representation of China in the United Nations, in keeping with the
purposes and principles of the Charter,
I have therefore the honour to introduce formally, on behalf of the
delegations of Belgium, Chile, Lanxembourg, the Netherlands and Italy,
the draft resolution contained in document A/L.533. We are confident
that the text of the draft resolution - which incidentally reproduces
literally the wording of the previous one on the same subject submitted
by a number of delegations at the twenty-first session -- is
self-explanatory and will raiss no doubt as to its meaning and
objectives and as to the motivations of its co-sponsors.
Our reasoning stems from two premises which, we believe, are undeniable,
and leads to a conclusion that, we hope, vill be accepted by this
Aserably.
The first premise is that few problems have remained so long with us
as the question of Chinese representation. It has been with us for too
many yearE, The very fact that, for reasons which I shall not attempt to
discuss at this date, the people of mainland China are not directly
represented in this world Organization, the very fact that the position
of the Government of the Republic of China was challenged last year by
forty-six delegations, show us the order of its magnitude.
The second premise is that the method of tackling this problem an
proposed by a number of delegations which have asked the General
Assembly sic et simpliciter to vote in favour of the restoration of the
rights of
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the People's Republic of China and to expel forthwith from the
Organization
the representatives of the Government of the Republic of China, is not
accepted by the majority, I venture to submit in this regard that, for
many delegations here represented, the vote passed against the draft
resolution traditionally submitted by Albania and ten other countries,
implies something different from what a negative vota usually meENA, It
means, rather than a judgement on the merit of the question, a direct
zefusal of the method which such a draft resolution embodies,
The conclusion that flows from these two premises is the new approach
Which the delegations of Belgium, Chile, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and
Italy propose to the General Assembly.
It will not be denied, we hope, that the setting up of an ad hoc
ommittee is one of the legitimate and traditional methods to which the
United Nations resorts in order to lay the groundwork for the solution
of the most intriests and difficult problems. It is a fully tested
method to
which we owe most of the progress that has been sade by the Organization
in
various fields, political, economic, social, legal and so on.
The committee which ve have in mind will have to gather and list
all the essential data of this problem that, in our view, cannot be
reduced to
mere rival claims to the same sent by two different Governments. The
committee
should be empowered to sound opinions, to make all necessary contacte,
and
then place before us in a clear, rational and incontrovertible manner
all
data and -lesents gathered, so that the problem of the seating of China
has so far been of an abstract nature -- can be tackled afresh on a
sound
and constructive basis,
which
We do not believe, however, that the terms of reference of this
committee
should be spelled out by the Assembly in great detail. We feel, on the
contrary, that the committee should be entrusted with a mandate sa vide
se
possible, so as not to curtail its freedom of action. Briefly, what we
propose is a new method which, in the words of Minister Fanfani uhen he
spoke at the Chamber of Deputies on 19 October 1966, points "to another
road
at the end of which the Assembly debates and the final vote shall no
longer
open the way to further long-lasting dissent, to breaches or even to
disdainful rebukes",
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We hope and trust that
our draft resolution
(Mr. Vinci, Italy)
if the General Assembly gives its consent the members of the ad hoc
committee who, we
reel, should reflect all the various tendencies existing in this body,
vill be able to carry out the work having in mind mainly the common
objective which binds us all, namely, the strenthening of the prestige
and effectiveness of the United Nations, bringing us closer to the ideal
of universality of the United Nations and closing this gap which
undeniably exists in our Organization.
This is the method which the delegations of Belgius, Chile, Luxembourg,
the Netherlands and Italy commend to the judgement of the General
Assembly. I would define it as an alternative or, better, as a
supplementary method to the one which we have followed all these years.
We believe, in fact and I should like to make this point quite clear
that a vote in favour of our draft resolution would not prejudice the
attitude, the positions of principle, of any Member State with regard to
the substance of the problem. A vote in favour of the draft resolution
would have no relation whatsoever to the vote which any delegation
chooses to cast on other draft resolutions before the Asambly. Finally,
a vote in favour of the draft resolution would not commit anyone to
accept the findings and recomendations which the ad hoc comittee would
be requested to submit to the twenty-third session of the Assembly.
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kr. Vinci, Italy)
(Mr. Vinci, Italy)
It goes without saying that the General Assembly will, then, remain
master of its own will and may endorse, reject, or amend the
recommendations of the Committee as it wishes, in accordance with its
well established democratic rules and procedures.
Allow me also to say that the co-sponsors of this resolution do not
claim that this is the ideal method; we would in fact be grateful for
any suggestion aiming at improving our ideas and enabling them to secure
the widest possible support. We cannot, however, conceal the feeling
that, should the Aasembly have adopted last year our resolution in its
present form, we would have by now most probably (although we feel it is
fair to stress the word "probably") a clearer picture of the situation
and more elements of judgement to chart our future course. In any case
we would not have lost time.
I vill refrain from commenting in detail on the draft resolution which I
have the honour to introduce; I should like, however, to say that the
five co-sponsors will be happy, either in private consultations or in
public
catements, Turther to explain our views if we are so requested or if
statements by other speskers so desand. I will may only a word on the
size, composition and procedure to designate the members of the ad hoc
committee.
Our fealing is that this body should be formed by ten to fourteen
Membere so as to secure an adequate representation of the various
schools of thought present in the Assembly on the problem of Chinese
representation. Its actual composition should be decided upon through
customary consultations with as many Members na possible. On these two
points, however, the co-sponsors have ideas which are necessarily
flexible and hope that they will have the benefit of constructive
suggestions coming from all sections of the Assembly. We will welcome
therefore the widest possible consultations in order to complete our
resolution before we come to the vote. My delegation as well as the
other co-sponsors to whom we feul indebted for their staunch support and
co-operation remain available for this purpose.
We have set for ourselves the rule of brevity; not because the subject
under consideration would not lend itself to further alaboration, but
because we are conscious that our work is behind schedule and we wish to
co-operate with your, Sir, in moving our deliberationa towards a
satisfactory and speedy
conclusion.
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The suggestion that the delegation of Italy, joining forces with four
ther delegations, is submitting to the attention of the General Assembly
is
het a ne ona. We are confident that the motives which have prompted our
action last year and this year, are clear and beyond discussion. We
respect the opinion of other delegations on this subject; we do not
question their motivations. My delegation expects the same understanding
attitude. May 1, in concluding, reaffirm that we are not inspired by any
partisan views or special interests but rather by a deep-felt sense of
rasponsibility and a sincere desire to offer a positive contribution of
ideas to the solution of an outstanding problem of our Organization.
We are likevise confident that our proposal will meet with a positive
response of the Assembly and that we may this year harmonize our viewa
as the Charter commends us to do and conclude our work with a step
forward, limited perhaps, but certainly, in our view, in the right
direction.
the meeting rose at 12.45 p.m.
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