to echo the false and malicious statements made by his mentor.
The policy of the Thai Government on the question of Vist-Nam is no
secret to
anybody. The part that Thailand plays at the request of the Government
of the
Republic of Viet-New is also public knowledge. When my Government
decided to send
troops to assist in the defence of the Republic of Viet-Nam against
North
Viet-Nanese aggression, the Thai Government took steps to inform the
Secretary- General of the United Nations accordingly.
In sharp contrast to this openness of our position, Cambodia on the
other hand has for several years been making dasperata and futile
attempts to cover up its
nefarious activities in giving direct and active support to the North
Viet-Napese
aggressora. But truth cannot be hidden for long and truth speaks loudly.
As für back na 1964 an Aæsociated Presa dispatch dated 23 Hay said the
following:
"South Viet Nam produced a Communist Viet Cong prisoner Saturday who
said his unit had flad into Cambodia twice in the past six months, and
had
received political and military training inside the Cambodian border.
"Two other prisoners told a news conference they bad frequently traded
with 'friendly Cambodian soldiers! for supplier.
"The three said that Viet Cong units were under standing instructions to
fles into Cambodia whenever a superior Vistasuese government force
approached their area,"
In 1965, the leading article of the New York Herald Tribune of 11
December unid
the following:
"A spokesman for the Cambodian government, in a letter published
elsebere on this page, denies that its territory is being used for
supplying
Chinese Commist arms to the Viet Cong in South Viet Nam. He insists that
Cambodia is 'neutral.
"We would like to believe that it is, but the evidence points to the
contrary. Lt. Lai Van Cu, who recently deserted from the Worth
Vietnamese
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(Mr. Pazyarachun, Thailand)
army, disclosed that the 121at Reginent to which he belonged reached
South
Viet Nam by marching through Laos and Cambodia. It is common knowledge
that
the Ho Chi Minh trail crosses Cambodia. Unless the Cambodian government
can
uphold its sovereignty and its declared neutrality, its territory
unfortunately becomes a legitimate military target.
*The Cambodian spokesman clearly is aware of this danger, but it will
take more than a letter to the editor to remove it."
The noted columist C.L. Sulzberger said the following in The New York
Times of Sunday, 1 May 1966;
"On the basis of this investigation I have reversed my previous
impression and concluded that Cambodia is indeed a sanctuary and supply
source
for the Viet Cong on such a scale that the Pnom Penh Government must
know it.
From the extreme south to Laos in the north, Cambodia is violating its
proclaimed neutrality."
He then went on to say:
"Cambodia isn't acting in the least bit neutral, no matter what it
pretends."
In the last few days we have all seen newspaper reports which give
secounts of the same fact. I should like to quote a few excerpts from
those reports.
On 20 November 1967 there was this dispatch from Fnom Penh by William
Tuohy
published in the New York Post as follows:
"They say they have discovered what appears to be hard evidence of
Viet Cong base cop well inside the Cambodian border, shout 100 miles
northeast of here.
"The discovery was made by Ray Herndon... of United Press International,
and Horst Faar... and George McArthur.
... of the Associated Press."
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TL:/op
(Mr. Panyarachun, Thailand)
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the following day, 21 November 1967, The New York Tines had this
report in a dispatch by George KeArthur and Horst Fass of The Associated
Press:
"We found the Vietcong comp, recently used, on the border opposite
War Zone C, about 70 miles northwest of Saigon. It had been used for
several souths and was probably a staging area for the Loeninh battle,
only nine wiles away, earlier this month."
It went on to say:
H
"Evidence of Vietcong occupancy in the crap included military records
written in Vietnamese and North Vietnamese medical supplies,"
All these reports, which vere again confirmed this morning in
The New York Times, testify to the fact that Cambodia has been actively
engaged in helping the Viet Cong, in helping the North Viet-Nam régine
in committing their aggression against their brothers in South
Viet-Nam,*
The PRESIDENT (interpretation from French): The Assembly has nov
concluded ita debate on agenda item 93, having now heard all those
representatives
who wished to explain their votes before the voting.
The Assembly has before it three draft resolutions: draft resolution
A/L.531 and Add,1, submitted by Albania, Algeria, Cambodia, Congo
(Brazzaville), Cuba, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Pakistan, Romania, the
Sudan and Syria; draft
resolution A/L.532 and Add.1, submitted by Australia, Belgium, Bolivia,
Brazil,
Colombia, Gabon, Italy, Japan, Hadagascar, New Zealand, Nicaragua,
the Philippines, Thailand, Togo and the United States of America; and
draft resolution A/1,533, submitted by Belgium, Chile, Italy,
Lanterbourg and the
Netherlanda,
At the 1603rd meeting of the Assembly the representative of Australia
formally requested that priority be given to the draft resolution
contained in
document A/1.532 and Add.1. The Amstmbly must first decide whether to
accede to
this request. I shall therefore put to the vote the proposal that
priority be given to draft resolution A/1.532 and Add, 1.
first.
A vote was taken by roll call,
Nigar, having been drawn by lot by the President, vas called upon to
vote
In favour:
Against:
Niger, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Sierra
Leone, South Africa, Spain, Thailand,
Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Upper
Volta, Uruguay, Venezuele, Argentine, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia,
Botswana, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad,
Chile, China, Colombia, Congo (Democratic Republic of), Costa Rica,
Dehoney, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Gabon, Gambia,
Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland,
Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast,
Jamaica, Japan, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Luxembourg,
Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldive Islands, Malta,
Hexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua
Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Senegal, Singapore, Somalia,
Sudan, Syria, Uganda, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic,
Union of Soviet Socialist Republias, United Arab Republic,
United Republic of Tanzania, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia,
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Bursa, Burundi,
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Cambodia, Ceylon, Congo
(Brazzaville), Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Ethiopia,
France, Ghana, Guinea, Hungary, India, Iraq, Kenya, Kuvait,
Mali, Mauritania, Mongolia, Nepal
Abstaining: Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Tunisia, Austria, Barbados,
Cyprus, Demerk, Ecuador, Finland, Lebanon, Morocco
The proposal vns adopted by 67 votes to 43, with 12 abstenti
The President took the Chair.
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The PRESIDENT (interpretation from French): The General Assembly has
decided to great priority to the draft resolution contained in document
A/L.532 and Add.1. I shall therefore now put that draft resolution to
the vote. A roll-call vote has been requested.
A vote was taken by roll call,
Jamaica, having been drawn by lot by the President, was called upon
to vote first.
In favour:
Against:
Abstaining:
Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya,
Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Halaysia, Maldive Islanda, Malta,
Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Panama, Paraguay,
Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Spain, Thailand,
Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland, United States of America, Upper Volta, Uruguay,
Venezuela, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Botsvana, Brazil,
Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China,
Colombia, Congo (Democratic Republic of), Costa Rica, Cyprus, Dahomey,
Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Gabon, Gambia, Greece, Guatemala,
Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel,
Italy, Ivory Coast Kenya, Kuwait, Mali, Mauretania, Mongolia, Morocco,
Nepal, Nigeria, Norvey, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Senegal, Singapore,
Somalia, Sudan, Sweden, Syria, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukrainian Eoviet
Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Arab
Republic, United Republic of Tanzania, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia,
Afɛnanistan, Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Burma, Burundi, Byelorussian
Soviet Socialist Republic, Cambodia, Ceylon, Congo (Brazzaville), Cuba,
Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Ethiopia, Finald, France, Ghana, Guines,
Hungary, India, Iraq
Portugal, Austria, Barbados, Ecuador
The draft resolution was adopted by 69 votes to 48, with à abatentions.
י
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The PRESIDENT (interpretation from French): The General Assembly will
now vote on the draft resolution contained in document A/L.531 and
Add.1.
A roll-call vote has been requested.
A vote was taken by roll call,
Quines, having been dram by lot by the Presideșt, as called upon to
vote first,
In favour:
Against:
Abstaining:
Guines, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kenya, Hali, Mauretania,
Hongolia, Nepal, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Senegal,
Somalia, Sudan, Sweden, Syria, Uganda, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist
Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Arab Republic,
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Republic of
Tanzania, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria,
Bulgaria, Bures, Burundi, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic,
Cambodia, Ceylon, Congo (Brazzaville), Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark,
Ethiopia, Finland, Frence Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, Ireland,
Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jordan, Lesotho, Liberia, Luxembourg,
Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua,
Niger, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South
Africa, Spain, Thailand, Togo, Turkey, United States of America, Upper
Volta, Uruguay, Venezuela, Argentina, Australia,
Barbados, Belgium, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Cameroon, Central African
Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo (Democratic Republic of),
Costa Rica, Dahomey, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Gabon, Gambia,
Greece,
Guatemala
Iran, Jamaica, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Maldive Islands,
Horocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Singapore, Trinidad and
Tobago, Tunisia, Austria, Canada, Cyprus, Equador, Ghana The draft
resolution was rejected by 58 votes to 45, vịth 17 abstentions.
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The PRESIDENT (interpretation from French): I now call upon the
resentative of Syria, who wishes to raise a point of order.
The
My, DAOUDY (Syria): I should like to speak on a point of order, General
Assembly has just adopted draft resolution A/L.532 and Add.1, despite
the opposition of all countrisa who are asking, and rightly so, for the
restoration of the lauful rights of the People's Republic of China, in
the thited Nations. If the General Assembly, on the other hand,
unfortunately hea not accepted our draft resolution A/1.531 and Add.1,
this fact is due to very obvious ressona, We still believe, however,
that elementary common sense would call for the scceptance of the right
course which we proposed in our draft resolution, but in view of the
fact that the General Assembly has accepted the United States proposal,
asking for a two-thirds majority vote on this question, I wish formally
to ask that the same procedure be applied to draft resolution A/L.533
subeitted by Italy and four other delegations.
In doing so, ve do not depart from our position that the restoration of
all the rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations
does not fall under Article 18 of the Charter and therefore does not
require a two-thirds majority vote.
The PRESIDENT (interpretation from French): The last draft resolution on
which the General Assembly has to vote is A/L.533. The representative of
Syria has requested that this draft resolution be regarded as one
relating to an important question and, therefore, requiring a two-thirds
majority. for the Assembly to decide this.
Mr. VINCI (Italy): I have asked to be permitted to speak in order
to oppose, on behalf of the delegations of Belgium, Chile, Luxembourg,
the Netherlands and Italy, the motion which has just been put forward by
the representative of Syria for the second time, since he put the same
motion forvard last year.
This motion, if I understand it correctly, aims at defining draft
resolution A/2.533 as an important resolution in the meaning of Article
18, paragraph 2 of the Charter and therefore requiring the application
of the two-thirða ajority rule.
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(Mr. Vinci, Italy)
May I, in this respect, draw the attention of the General Assembly to
what I said on 21 November in introducing draft resolution A/1.533. I
pointed out
on that occasion that the five Powers' draft resolution was clearly of a
cedural nature in so far as a vote cast in its favour should not in any
vay prejudice the attitude of any Member on the substance of the
problem. My I
reaffirm, therefore, that the objectives of our draft resolution do not
come under any of the points listed in Article 18, paragraph 2 of the
Charter.
It is not, in fact, the purpose of this draft resolution to put forward
any
proposal to change the representation of China, The purpose of our draft
resolution, and I emphasize this, is to establish a committee with the
mandate of exploring and studying in all its aspects the question of the
representation
of China and then to report to the Generd Assembly at its twenty-third
regular
session,
This is a decision that in our opinion clearly falla under Article 22 of
the Charter, which states that:
"The General Asambly may establish such subsidiary organs as it deems
necessary for the performance of its functions."
Personally, I have not the slightest doubt that my learned
colleagues are fully aware of the General Assembly practice, as reported
in
the United Nations Repertory, which indicates clearly that all decisions
under
Article 22 of the Charter consistently have been taken by a simple
majority
of the Members present and voting. The reasons for this rule are
obvious,
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(Mr. Vinci, Italy)
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(Mr. Shahi, Pakistan)
Ketablishing a committee, whatever the implications, is not a major or
an irrevocable decision. Hence it is only fair that, if a simple
majority of Members is in favour of establishing a committee, they
should be allowed
to get a decision of the Assembly to that effect. The rights of the
minority,
which the delegation of Italy has always firmly defended, will be fully
guaranteed when, at the twenty-third session, the Assembly is called
upon
to set upon the report of the ad hoc committee should that report
contain
recommandations of a substantive nature. Therefore, in opposing the
notion
submitted by the representative of Syria, I appeal earnestly to my
colleagues
to vote against it in accordance with the letter and the spirit of the
United
Rations Charter,
Mr. SHAHI (Pakistan): The Pakistan delegation supports the motion
of the representative of Syria. Our reason for doing so is simple. If
the Assembly had not adopted resolution A/L.532 and Add.1, which my
delegation voted
against, there would have been no question but that a simple majority
would have been sufficient for the adoption of the draft resolution
contained in document A/L.531 and Add.1 and also of draft resolution
A/L.533. However, the Assembly
has resolved that any proposal to change the representation of China is
an
important question which should be decided by a qualified majority.
Consequently
that applies se much to the Italian draft resolution as to that
sponsored by
Pakistan.
As my delegation submitted last year, a proposal for the solution of a
problem is not of a different character from a proposal concerning the
modalities
of arriving at a solution. That is a simple principle which has never
bam
disregarded either in this Ansambly or in the Security Council. Wera it
to be
rejected we should find ourselves in the illogical position of arguing
that the appointment of subsidiary organs under Article 22 for the
settlement of
questions which are important and substantive is merely a procedural
matter. That would be contrary to the established practice of the
General Assembly
end to the precedent it set last year on this very question.
I hope that the Assembly will apply the same standard to the two draft
resolutions now before it. According to the decision already taken by
the
Assembly. both would require a two-thirds majority for their adoption.
The PRESIDENT (interpretation from French); I shall now put to the
vote the proposal of the representative of Syria that the Assembly
decide that draft resolution A/L.533 deals with an important question
and, as a result, a two-thirds majority is required for its adoption. A
roll-call vote has
been requested.
A vote was taken by roll call.
New Zealand, having been drawn by lot by the President, was called upon
to vote first.
In favour:
Against:
New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Romania,
Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Syria, Thailand,
Uganda, United Arab Republic, United Republic of
Tanzania, Upper Volta, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan,
Albania, Algeria, Australia, Burma, Burundi,
Cambodia, Ceylon, China, Congo (Brazzaville), Cuba,
Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Iraq, Kuwait, Mali,
Mauritania
Niger, Sierra Leone, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago,
Turkey, United Kingdon of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela,
Argentina, Barbados, Belgium, Botswana, Brazil, Canada,
Chile, Costa Rica, Gambia, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti,
Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Lesotho,
Luxembourg, Maxdeo, Netherlands
Br/id/jpm
Abstaining:
A/PV.1610 48-50
Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Singapore,
Somalia, Sweden, Togo, Tunisia, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic,
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Austria, Bolivia, Bulgaria,
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Cameroon,
Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Congo (Democratic Republic
of), Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Dahomey, Denmark, Dominican Republic,
Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, France, Gabon, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary,
Indonesia, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia,
Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldive Islanda, Malta, Mongolia,
Morocco, Repal
The PROSTORT (interpretation from French): The result of the vote
18 36 in favour, 31 against and 53 abstentions.
The proposal to consider that draft resolution A/L.533 deals with an
important question, and consequently requires a two-thirds majority for
adoption, is therefore adopted.
*Subsequently the delegation of the Central African Republic informed
the
Secretariat that it visbed its country to be included among those which
had voted in favour of the Syrian proposal.
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The President)
The General Assembly will now vote on the draft resolution contained in
document A/L-533. A roll call vote has been requested.
A vote vas taken by roll call.
first,
Suden, having been drawn by lot by the President, was called upon to
vote
In favour:
Against:
Tunisia, Turkey, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Barbados,
Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Gambia,
Guatemala, Iceland,
Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Laos, Lebanon,
Libya, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands,
New Zealand, Sierra Leone, Spain.
Budan, Sveden, Syria, Thailand, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist
Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United
Arab Republic, United Republic of Tanzania, Upper Volta,
Yemen, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Australia, Bulgaria,
Bursa, Burundi, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Cambodia,
Central African Republic, Ceylon, Chad, China, Congo (Brazzaville),
Congo (Democratic Republic of), Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dahomey, Denmark,
Ethiopia, Finland, France, Guinea, Honduras, Hungary,
India, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali,
Mauritania, Mongolia, Nepal, Niger, Norvey, Pakistan,
Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Singapore,
South Africa.
Abstaining: Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Argentina, Austria, Bolivia,
Botswana, Cameroon, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,
M. Salvador, Gabon, Ghana, Greece, Guyana, Haití,
Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, Kuwait, Liberia, Madagascar,
Malaysia, Maldive Islands, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pareos,
Peru, Portugal.
The draft resolution vas rejected by 57 votes to 32. with 30
sbetentions.
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The PRESIDENT (interpretation from French): I shall now cell ca
representatives who have indicated their desire to explain their votes
after
the voting.
Mr. Akis (Ghana): We owe it to ourselves, as well as to the world,
explain to this Assembly why the delegation of Chans voted in the way it
did on the question of China's representation in the United Nations.
As was stated by the Chairman of the delegation of Chana, Mr. Harlley,
in
his address from this rostrum during the general debate:
"The fundamental basis of the foreign policy of the Republic of Ghana is
non-alignment and balanced neutrality... this implies that we7 examine
every international issue on its merits and... take what in [our] view
constitutes a just and equitable stand." (1565th meeting, pp. 27 and
20-30)
It is within the context of that princi) le of objectivity and realism
that ve have again this year formulated our position with regard to the
question of China's representation. *
Concerning the resolution submitted by the delegation of Australia and
others, just adopted by the Assembly, asserting that the question is an
important one requiring, therefore, the two-thirds mejority voting
principle, the delegation of Ghana voted against, as it has always done,
in the firm and honest belief that there is nothing in the rules of
procedure of the General Assembly, nor in its practice, to support the
view of the co-sponsors of that resolution. To us the matter is a
simple, straightforward question of the credentials of the delegation of
the successor Government of a founding Member State, the Republic of
China. On that question of whether China's representation is important
or simple our position is similar to that of the delegation of
Pakistan.
-
Article 18, paragrapha 2 and 3, of the Charter is specific and exclusive
on the matter. We are not dealing here with the adsission of a new He
State
-- nor with an additional category of questions to paragraph 2
decided by a two-thirds majority --
of vhich this is a specific paragraph 3 example, for the simple reason
that the General Asembly has not determined such categories in terms of
paragraph 3 of Article 28.
Mr. Seville Sacasa (Nicaragua), Vice-President, took the Chair.
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(Mr. Alrei, Ghana)
We are dealing here, not with a Government, but with a State which vas a
founding
Member of the United Nations, Logle, law and the Charter would therefore
seen to
Indicate only one answer to the question of the procedure which should
govern the
consideration of the Chinese question, It is a simple matter requiring
only a
simple majority vota, We therefore voted against the Australian draft
resolution,
It is when we come to the substantive resolution, the Albanian draft
resolution, that the difficulties begin. We have consistently held the
view
ever since the question of Chinese representation came before the
General Assembly,
and we still do in spite of provocations we have suffered from that
Government,
that the legitimate, effective successor Government of the Republic of
China which Joined the United Nations in 1945, at least na far as he
mainland is concerned, is the Government of the People's Republic of
China, Whether that Government de communist or capitalist, whether it is
plagued by red guards or pink ones whether it is aggressive or not,
whether it vill be a good United Nations Member or not, these are
irrelevant to the issue. By whose definition of aggression anyway are we
invited to judge Peking? There are a few Member States of this
Organization which on the basis of such an argument vould not qualify to
be here
one minute. The issue la: this Organization has no right to deny the
seating of any successor Government of a Member State; indeed it has the
duty to facilitate such a process in the interests of world peace,
security and e operation. Resson and realim demand the application of
the principle of universal admissibility, The problems of the world
today demand the presence here
of the representatives of the 700 million people of China,
It is precisely for this and other reasons that we feel unable to vote
for the Albanian draft resolution because it seeks #xpel *** in addition
to the
seating of Peking the expulsion of the representatives of the Republic
of China
based on Taluan. We do not think it wise that the seating of the
People's Republic
of Chins should preclude us from any other options with respect to
Trivan, Some of
un may have very strong objections to the circumstances which have led
to the
establishment of the Chiang Kai-shek Government on Talvan, but we cannot
be blind
to the objective fact of the existence of that State, just as we cannot
ignore the existence of Peking. It is an objective fact that the
Government of Taivan odstą
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(Mr. Alvei, Ghana)
and has participated and still participates in this Organization even if
under contested constitutional premises, That is why the Vice-Chairman
of the National Liberation Cormeil of Ghana, Mr. Barlley, in his address
to this Assembly said:
"...the restoration of the lawful rights of the People's Republic of
China. in the United Nations should" -- pot m "prejudice the claim of
Taivan es a member of the international community," (1565th meeting,
page 43}
Our understanding of the law of State succession convinces us that
Peking
1s the successor State in this dispute, Of course, the law of State
succession may not preclude the emergence of more than one State from
the parent State but in the present confrontation of claims and
counter-claims by both Peking and Talven this may not be a fruitful
field for guidance. That is why we are at present unimpressed by the
so-called two Chinas policy. But ve do not rule out the possibility of
an eventual political solution outside the framework of the so-called
two-China policy. Unfortunately we have found nothing new in the debates
here to indicate that such a political solution is possible now, We have
therefore
abstained on the Albanian draft resolution.
In the light of our position on the Albanian draft resolution we felt
bound to abstain on the Italian draft resolution. That draft resolution
hna sone merit but we believe that it suffers from the contingencies of
the present international
situation.
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(Mr. Solomon,
Trinidad and Tobago)
It
Whatever may be the legal aspects of the situation it must be clear to
all of us that the international fate of about one-quarter of the
world's population
ust be important, if not to us, at least to them. It is not a staple
issue. in not, as the Albanian draft resolution would have us believe,
the question of
It is the restoration of the lawful rights of the People's Republic of
China. more than that. It is in fact a decision which of two rival
claimanta represente the Chinese people; and having decided which one
represents the Chinese people, what is to be our attitude towards the
other one?
-
The principle of universality in the Charter requires that we make
possible or at least that ve do not close the door to the admission to
this Organization of upwards of 700 million people. Therefore, this
Organization should take no decision which affectively tans from the
Organization the people of mainland China. But this very principle of
universality requires that we do not marily dismiss from our counsela
the 12 million people who reside on the island of Taiwan and who have an
fective Government which is able to represent them,
Mr. SOLOMON (Trinidad and Tobago): Every year this Assembly has been
asked to decide the very important matter with respect to the
representation of the people of China in this Assembly and in its
concomitant organizations. Every year there has been a certain amount of
best generated on this issue, but my delegation feels that a matter as
important as this should not be decided by invective or by name-calling
or by accusations of bad faith which can after all only aggravate
existing tensions and not allow people to form their opinions and arrive
at conclusions on the basis of cale and rational thinking. We do regard
it a very important question indeed, and we have voted to have it so
regarded by
the Astrably.
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(Mr. Salomon, Trinidad and Tobago)
Now we come to the third alternative proposed by Italy and some other
delegations. last year, the delegation of Trinidad and Tobago not only
supported but co-sponsored a similar draft resolution. We did so in the
hope that it would receive wide-based support which would make its
implementation possible. Unfortunately, it was ignominiously defeated.
There were nearly twice as many votes
against it as there were in favour of it. And we am no indication this
year that
it would receive support of a more substantial nature. We considered the
time inopportune to revive this approach to the Chinese question.
Accordingly, my delegation abstained on the vote, while recognizing the
merits of the Italian proposal (A/L.533).
My. VILCI (Italy); I wish to state very briefly the reasons why the
Italian delegation voted against draft resolution A/L.531 and Add.1
containing the
proposal which the General Assembly has once again rejected. As I stated
in my intervention before this Assembly at its 1602nd meeting, • vote
against the draft
resolution co-sponsored by Albania and ten other countries implies,
rather than a
judgement on its herits, the refusal of the method which, year after
year, has been
proposed to us with a view to solving the problem of the representation
of China at
the United Nations.
The question of securing the representation in the world Organization of
the
people of China, the largest national entity in the world, cannot be
solved by a
mere vote. It is like hiding from ourselves the real hard facts of
international
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