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CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS.
3. Decisions on other questions, including the determination of additional categories of questions to be decided by a two-thirds majority, shall be made by a majority of the members present and voting.
ARTICLE 19.
A Member of the United Nations which is in arrears in the payment of its financial contributions to the Organisation shall have no vote in the General Assembly if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full years. The General Assembly may, nevertheless, permit such a Member to vote if it is satisfied that the failure to pay is due to conditions beyond the control of the Member.
PROCEDURE.
ARTICLE 20.
The General Assembly shall meet in regular annual sessions and in such special sessions as occasion may require. Special sessions shall be convoked by the Secretary-General at the request of the Security Council or of a majority of the Members of the United Nations.
ARTICLE 21.
The General Assembly shall adopt its own rules of procedure. It shall elect its President for each session.
ARTICLE 22.
The General Assembly may establish such subsidiary organs as it deems necessary for the performance of its functions.
COMPOSITION.
Chapter V. The Security Council.
ARTICLE 23.
1. The Security Council shall consist of eleven Members of the United Nations. The Republic of China, France, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America shall be permanent members of the Security Council. The General Assembly shall elect six other Members of the United Nations to be non-permanent members of the Security Council, due regard being specially paid, in the first instance to the contribution of Members of the United Nations to the maintenance of international peace and security and to the other purposes of the Organisation, and also to equitable geographical distribution.
2. The non-permanent members of the Security Council shall be elected for a term of two years. In the first election of the non-permanent members, however, three shall be chosen for a term of one year. retiring member shall not be eligible for immediate re-election.
3. Each member of the Security Council shall have one representative,
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DUMBARTON OAKS PROPOSALS.
On other questions, including the determination of additional categories of questions to be decided by a two-thirds majority, the decisions of the General Assembly should be made by a simple majority vote (V (C) (2) ).
The General Assembly should meet in regular annual sessions and in such special sessions as occasion may require (V (D) (1)).
The General Assembly should adopt its own rules of procedure and elect its president for each session (V (D) (2) ).
The General Assembly should be empowered to set up such bodies and agencies as it may deem necessary for the performance of its functions (V (D) (3)).
The Security Council should consist of one representative of each of eleven members of the Organisation. Representatives of the United States of America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the Republic of China, and in due course France, should have permanent seats. The General Assembly should elect six States to fill the non-permanent seats (VI (A)).
These six States should be elected for a term of two years, three retiring each year. They should not be immediately eligible for re-election. In the first election of the non-permanent members three should be chosen by the General Assembly for one-year terms and three for two-year terms (VI (A)).
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