This conference of representatives of the Governments of Afghanistan, Australia, Burma, Ceylon, Etypt ‘sic], Ethiopia, India, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Yemen, affirming their support of the purposes and principles of the United Nations and the- obligation of all member states to accept and carry out the decisions of the Security Council in accordance with the Charter;

HAVING CONSIDERED the situation in Indonesia in the light of all available data and, in particular, the reports submitted by the Good Offices Committee of the Security Council;

BEING OF the opinion that the Dutch Military action launched on the 18th December 1948, constitutes a flagrant breach of the Charter of United Nations and defiance of the efforts of the Security Council and its Good Offices Committee to bring about a peaceful settlement;

NOTING that the Netherlands authorities have failed to give full effect to the resolutions of the Security Council adopted after that date;

FINDING that this action is directed against the very existence of the Republican Government which the Security Council and several member Governments of the United Nations, including the Netherlands Government itself, have recognized;

CONSCIOUS of the danger to the peace of South East Asia and of the world through the continuance of hostilities in Indonesia;

RECOGNIZING that the people of Indonesia are entitled, according to the principles of the Charter, to independence and the exercise of full sovereign rights;