[United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 (XXVI) was adopted on October 25, 1971, by a vote of 76 to 35, with 17 abstentions. The text of the resolution and the recorded vote are reproduced from the UN Monthly Chronicle, Vol. VIII, No. 10 (November 1971).

[On October 26, 1971, the Secretary-General transmitted by cable the text of General Assembly Resolution 2758 (XXVI) to the executive heads of all the organizations of the system and requested them to keep him informed of any relevant action taken within their respective organizations. In the same cable, the Secretary-General drew the attention of the organizations of the system to General Assembly Resolution 396 (V) on recognition by the United Nations of the representation of a Member State, in which the Assembly reaffirmed its role in the consideration of issues involving representation and recommended “that the attitude adopted by the General Assembly ... concerning any such question should be taken into account in other organs of the United Nations and in the Specialized Agencies”.

[The organizations of the UN system are the specialized agencies (ILO, FAO, UNESCO, WHO, IBRD, IMF, ICAO, UPU, ITU, WMO, IMCO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency. GATT is considered to be part of the system for purposes of internal coordination, as it is the only remnant of the International Trade Organization which was established at Havana but never came into being. The action taken by these organizations, as of April 25, 1971, with regard to the representation of China is summarized at I.L.M. pages 561–570. Other UN bodies - such as UNCTAD, UNICEF, and UNDP - which are integral parts of the Organization, but function as semi-autonomous entities, automatically applied General Assembly Resolution 2758 (XXVI) from the date on which it was adopted.]