General Assembly

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General Assembly

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The first emergency special session of the General Assembly, summoned by the Secretary-General in the light of the resolution adopted by the Security Council at its 751st meeting on October 31, 1956, was held from November 1 through 10, 1956 (56Ist–563d, 565th, 566th–567th and 572d plenary meetings), under the presidency of His Excellency Ambassador Rudecindo Ortega (Chile). At the opening of the session the representative of France (de Guiringaud) criticized the principal substantive item of the provisional agenda of the session, which was the “question considered by the Security Council at its 749th and 750th meetings held on October 30, 1956”. Mr. de Guiringaud stated that in his view it was impossible for the letter of the representative of Egypt to the Security Council to be dealt with by the Assembly, since in the Security Council debate on the Egyptian complaint, no draft resolution had been presented, and consequently no vote had been taken; therefore, no lack of unanimity on the part of the permanent members of the Council had been demonstrated. As to the United States draft resolution considered by the Security Council, Mr. de Guiringaud held that it was within the framework of Chapter VI of the Charter, rather than Chapter VII. Therefore, he concluded, the conditions of the “Uniting for Peace” resolution had not been fulfilled, and he made a complete reservation on behalf of his government as to the convening of the special session of the Assembly and as to the validity of any resolution that might be adopted.

Type: International Organizations: Summary of Activities: I. United Nations
Information: International Organization , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , Winter 1957 , pp. 73 - 102

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020818300008134 [Opens in a new window]
Copyright: Copyright © The IO Foundation 1957

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^{page 73 note 1} Document A/3213.

^{page 73 note 2} See this issue, p. 113–114.

^{page 73 note 3} Document A/3214.

^{page 73 note 4} For a summary of the 749th and 750th meetings of the Council, at which action by Israel, France and the United Kingdom in the Suez Canal area was discussed, see this issue, p. 110–114.

^{page 73 note 5} Document S/3712.

^{page 73 note 6} Document S/3710.

^{page 74 note 7} Document A/3256.

^{page 76 note 8} Hereafter referred to as the resolution November 2.

^{page 76 note 9} Document A/3270.

^{page 76 note 10} Document A/3269.

^{page 76 note 11} Document A/3268.

^{page 76 note 12} Document A/3266.

^{page 76 note 13} Document A/3272.

^{page 77 note 14} Document A/3273.

^{page 77 note 15} See this issue, p. 107–109.

^{page 77 note 16} Document S/3728.

^{page 77 note 17} Document A/3275.

^{page 77 note 18} Document A/3276.

^{page 78 note 19} Hereafter referred to as the Canadian resolution of November 4.

^{page 78 note 20} Hereafter referred to as the cease-fire resolution of November 4.

^{page 78 note 21} Document A/3287.

^{page 78 note 22} Document A/3289.

^{page 78 note 23} Document A/3290.

^{page 79 note 24} Hereafter referred to as the resolution of November 5.

^{page 79 note 25} Document A/3302.

^{page 79 note 26} Document A/3308.

^{page 80 note 27} Document A/3309.

^{page 80 note 28} Document A/3293.

^{page 81 note 29} Document A/3329.

^{page 82 note 1} Document A/3280; for further information on Council consideration of the Hungarian situation, see this issue, p. 114–120.

^{page 82 note 2} Hungary was represented at subsequent meetings of the second emergency special session.

^{page 82 note 3} Document A/3281.

^{page 83 note 4} Document A/3286.

^{page 83 note 5} See this issue, p. 120.

^{page 83 note 6} Hereafter referred to as the resolution of November 4.

^{page 84 note 7} Document A/3316.

^{page 84 note 8} Document A/3319.

^{page 85 note 9} Document A/3324.

^{page 85 note 10} Document A/3325.

^{page 86 note 11} Document A/3330.

^{page 86 note 1} Document A/3350.

^{page 86 note 2} Document A/L.210.

^{page 87 note 3} The remainder of the eleventh session will be summarized in the Spring issue of International Organization.

^{page 87 note 4} Document A/3343.

^{page 87 note 5} Document A/3375.

^{page 87 note 6} Document A/3376.

^{page 87 note 7} Document A/3384.

^{page 88 note 8} Document A/3383 and Annex 1.

^{page 88 note 9} Document A/3385.

^{page 88 note 10} Document A/3386.

^{page 89 note 11} Document A/3385/Rev.1.

^{page 89 note 12} Document A/L.215.

^{page 90 note 13} Document A/3389.

^{page 91 note 14} Document A/3383(Annex)/Rev.1; see above, p. 88.

^{page 92 note 15} Document A/3343.

^{page 93 note 16} Document A/3357/Rev.2.

^{page 93 note 17} Document A/L.211.

^{page 93 note 18} Document A/L.212.

^{page 93 note 19} Document A/3368.

^{page 94 note 20} Document A/L.213.

^{page 94 note 21} Document A/3368/Rev.3.

^{page 94 note 22} Document A/3374.

^{page 94 note 23} Document A/3371.

^{page 95 note 24} Document A/L.214.

^{page 95 note 25} Document A/3403.

^{page 95 note 26} Document A/3414.

^{page 95 note 27} Document A/3413.

^{page 97 note 28} Document A/3435 and Adds. 1–6.

^{page 97 note 29} Document A/3436; Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Sweden and Turkey were subsequently added to the list of sponsors.

^{page 97 note 30} Document A/3437.

^{page 98 note 31} Document A/3441.

^{page 98 note 32} Document A/L.216.

^{page 99 note 33} Document A/3436/Rev.2.

^{page 99 note 1} See International Organization, X, p. 54–58.

^{page 99 note 2} Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, India, Portugal, the Union of South Africa, the United Kingdom, Soviet Union and the United States; UN Press Release AC/281, February 23, 1956.

^{page 99 note 3} Document IAEA/CS/3.

^{page 100 note 4} Document A/3122.

^{page 102 note 5} Documents IAEA/CS/OR/1–40. For the text of the final statute, see Document IAEA/CS/13; New York Times, October 24, 1956.

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