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General Assembly

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The fifth session of the General Assembly was officially adjourned at Paris on November 5, 1951 after a Soviet draft resolution to refer the question of Chinese representation to the sixth session had been rejected by a vote of 11 in favor to 20 opposed with 11 abstentions. On November 6, 1951 the sixth regular session of the Assembly opened and, following remarks by the President of France (Auriol), elected as its President Padillo Nervo of Mexico. Representatives of China, France, Iraq, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, United States and Yugoslavia were elected vice-presidents of the session and Prince Wan Waithay-akon (Thailand), Mrs. Ana Figueroa (Chile), Max Henríquez Ureña (Dominican Republic), T. A. Stone (Canada), Manfred Lachs (Poland) were elected chairmen of the Political and Security Committee, the Economic and Financial Committee, the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee, the Trusteeship Committee, the Administrative and Budgetary Committee and the Legal Committee respectively. In addition, the session established an Ad Hoc Political Committee, to which it elected Selim Sarper (Turkey) as chairman, and a joint second and third committee.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities: I. United Nations
Information
International Organization , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , February 1952 , pp. 55 - 75
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1952

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1 The summary of the sixth session will be continued in the May 1952 issue of International Organization.

2 For text of President Auriol's address, see United Nations, Bulletin, XI, p. 396Google Scholar.

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12 New York Times, November 9, 1951.

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14 Document A/C.l/667; for text, see New York Times, November 19, 1951.

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16 For a charted comparison of the two arms plans, see New Republic, December 3, 1951, P. 6.

17 United Nations Press Release GA/791, November 27, 1951.

18 New York Times, November 17, 1951.

19 Ibid., December 2, 1951.

20 Ibid., November 17, 1951; Ibid., December 2, 1951.

21 United Nations Press Release GA/798, December 5, 1951.

22 New York Times, December 11, 1951.

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38 For text of the Yugoslav memorandum, see document A/1946, November 9, 1951.

39 Document A/PV.355, December 14, 1951.

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43 Document A/AC.53/L.12.

44 New York Times, December 5, 1951.

45 For text of the east German declaration, see ibid., December 9, 1951.

46 Document A/AC.53/L.19.

47 Document A/AC.53/L.17.

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60 Document A/PV.352, December 7, 1951; for text, see document A/L.2, December 8 1951.

61 See International Organization, V, p. 155–161.

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63 Document A/1901, October 8, 1951.

64 Document A/C.4/L.135.

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68 General Assembly, Official Records (6th session), Supplement No. 10. For summary, see International Organization, V, P. 735.

69 The Committee on Contributions recommended a percentage contribution by the United States of 36. 90 percent.

70 Document A/2019, December 20, 1951. On October 22, 1951 the Congress of the United State had approved appropriations of the Department of the State and other departments. Section 602 of the act stated: “No representative of the United States Government in any international organization hereafter shall make any commitment requiring the appropriation of funds for a contribution by the United States in excess of 33 1/3 per centum of the budget of any international organization for which the appropriation for the United States contribution is contained in this Act: Provided, That in exceptional circumstances necessitating a contribution by the United States in excess of 33 1/3 per Centum of the budget, a commitment requiring a United States appropriation of a larger proportion may be made after consultation by United States representatives in the organization or other appropriate officials of the Department of States with the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representative.”(Public Law 188, 82d Congress, 1st session) Unofficial sources explained Congressional action as due to the feeling that “the United States had too long been ‘santa Claus’” and to the fact that 1952 was an election year.

71 Document A/C.5/L.130.

72 Document A/C.5/L.131.

73 Document A/C.5/L.132.

74 Document A/C.5/L.126.

75 Document A/C.5/L.128.

76 Document A/C.5/L.127.

77 For rapporteur's report, see document A/2019, December 20, 1951.

78 United Nations Press Release GA/817, December 27, 1951.

79 For rapporteur's report, see document A/2022, December 20, 1951.

80 For summary of the general debate on the budget estimates for 1952, see United Nations, Bulletin, XI, p. 531Google Scholar; and document A/2022, December 20, 1951.

81 United Nations Press Release GA/817, December 27, 1951.

82 lbid.,

83 Document A/C.5/466.

84 Document A/2006.

85 For rapporteur's report, see document A/2018, December 19, 1951.

86 United Nations Press Release GA/817, December 27, 1951.

87 See documents A/2012-A/2017; United Nations Press Release GA/817, December 27, 1951.

88 United Nations Press Release GA/817, December 27, 1951.

89 Document A/1929, October 22, 1951.

90 Documents A/C.6/L.175 and A/C.6/L.176.

91 Document A/C.6/L.179.

92 Document A/C.6/L.184.

93 Document A/C.6/L.186.

94 Document A/C.6/L.187.

95 Document A/2004, December 13, 1951.

96 For rapporteur's report, see document A/ 1982, November 29, 1951.

97 Document A/PV.352.December 7, 1951.For text of the resolution, see document A/L.8, December 8, 1951.

98 Document A/PV.350, December 6, 1951.