United |Yations
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[Yations Unies
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ASSEMBLEE GENERALE
ASSEMBI,Y
Decenber
19115
CBIGINAL; TNGIISE F
f'I8Sf C$\4,frmESl SII3-C0MMITTEE
3
TR$ryNVG GROI'P $lIM}4ARY N3CORD OF
EeId.
FIAST }MTNIC
at lako
Succoes, Nerr York on Monday 9 Deco;.)oy 1946 at 7:t5 p,w.
Pregent:
Cha'lrnanl l4r. ftnak
(terglu&)
l4r. Eecott Relcl l4r. Welllngton Koo
(Car,rad.a)
(cirrna) (CzechoeJ.ovakla)
I\,!n. C1ementle
l4r. !'awzl l4r. DeJean $1r llart1ey $hawcroas $enator Comally
l4r, Vyshlneky
(ueypt) (trrance)
(unrted Klngd.oa) (unttea $tates) (ussn)
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?arra$Laels
]
qpd. 2. gg A9.opts.d.,
--- -tt$$B.,Unl.te.{ S+edo$. 4r.enph
and..
1l
sub-Colql.tt€g "J; t
lanegla-n,qe1ggqt1ons.;
Paraeraph l+. on the Baeis_gf_ all. flrd.lan T-ext Ard.opted. $ i"4;cgru$tgg-,3 _e,.pd. .*npgdarcqtg. sub!0i,t!.99._bv .the Er'.lrpl{g.n .ag* Unlted. Statos Delenattonsl
4tff't,Pnragalh of tlre trnlteg, KgSd.op. S4,r!*ortJ,g. pBlagrpp,h 3 Str EartlBJ, SEAWCEoSS (u1VITED KnVCD0M) rocalled. that i\&r, lrySEI]{SKy (USSR) bad" rrlehod.
to retaln the phraee rtwlthln the franevork of
Seourlty Councll"
a;nd. had,
obJocted.
of ltrt wblcb bad. appoarod ln
a.
to the phraee I'operatlng
tho
lnd.ependont3.y
forser Unlted. Klngd.on toxt. AccoritlngJ-y,
the Unlted. Klngd.on propooed tha followtng text;
"a Byeteta of lnternatlona]. contf,o3", lnspectlon and. problbltlon operattng through opoclal organs, uhleh organs ehall d.orlvo thelr povers and, statue from the Conventlon or Conventlone under vhlch they aro ogtabllehsd." /i^rhateve:r
a/c. r/sul .3ltt,9 I'e8e c
their
Whatover these oygans were,
.
convention,
and"
ln
powers would be d'eflned"
ho coulfl seo no objectlon to stating this fact.
tho
concernlng
in the securlty council, as regard; the appllcatlon of the veto, he woul(l rely on the statgments that had. beon made. Ee feLt that careful otuc.y l^Ias n€cessary before determlntng tho nunber of conmlssions. AccorCingl;r, he suggested" for the DrnftLng Grouprs
pr-oceedlngs
that lt nl3ht bo.p:'eferable to leavo the n'rnber ol to the discrei;ioh of tl:e Sircullty Council' The Fronch
consld.eration cougnlsslons
amendment raet
this poirrt, bui vrould" have to be redrafted.
Mr. VySEIItSKy (USSI) con+,ested. Sir Hartiey
SFA1^ICnOSS
|
(In\TITED K:|NGD0M)
proposal that the General /.c:re.rnirly shoulcl not i:eccnmend. the establ"lshment
nf
truo
r'l
istinct
Ccnrrniss
jons, Fe argued that the Security Council
would'
the natura)-ly be free.to expon,i the Assc'nblyls recoltrmend.attons. Ilowevcr, goneral questlon Of d.i-sarninent an.rl the el|n|natlon of a'boinic and" other
uaJor weapons e.daptable to mass dosfluc',,i.on wo:re two d"j"st.:-nct tasks requlring d,lffe:'ent lineg of control, personnel and nebhods' For that roason, tho Assembl), shouicl
re,corurerrd.
the
est-ab.l-lsiuoent
of two dlstinct
ol'8ens.
i,!r. Escot!
'a,g{qq,l:.that there. vrcro two REIp .(Cn]'mln)
d"lstinct f lelde
'' ;' "vioukl 'solrtiutr bo to inr;lude ln paragraph 2 the thougtrt fle control. of all provl-slons tho CorieLttee ivis'hO.a: to m.tlo ".oncernlng a comnission to carry out the conl.ention in reSarct to the p::ohibitlon of the use of Atomlc Energy for warl.il:r-r purpocee and its control and- oupcrvision for '
peaceful purposos and. i'n yegerA [o tire piohlbitl'on of other maJor weapons rlcst,ruction- The. thi::rl,parag1'd.lh might relr-ite to tho ad.aptable to 1a1e
genera1 reductlon of,.""*u*^rrio orro mjgi,t fol-lr;t'r the general l1nos canad-ian thlrd-
paragraph. The fj.i'st sentences of the u's'A'
of
the
and-
i,
crnadian texts were sinllar, and he could accept cither'' He emphaslzecl that the last tlno sentenoes of thc Ca.naclian tex+" appeared to meot
Iilr. YY$HI]\SKIi$ (msn) Point. Ir.-I 'Y!f' .
hfrfttAti ,liq/ llM!
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l4r.
D3"t3p"tq
(fmnfCg) proposed- the ad.d.ltlon
of the words
l
"and. lncLud.ing"
after the word "established" ln the Engllsh text. Sir Eartley SHA'rJOROSS (UNIrED
i(INGDOM) accepted.
Senator COllllAllY (U,S,A.') agreed
that the fleld
thls proposal. was so
large that
the Securlty Councll tnight wish to set up more than two organs. For lnstance, separate organs miglrt be required for nanufacturing lnspectlon
and"
and"
for
control,
IIa +hnrrcht
lt essentlal tO fetain the follOrrinrr nanqaoe of gb.J
vr
lfog
U.S.A. text: "which orgeins shal-:l. d-orive ihelr powers and status from the Coaventlon cr Conr,'entions under whlch they aro estrrbllshecl,, "
After discrrssion, it United" Klngdon
wi.
r :rgreed to accept the fellowlng
amend-ed-
text as a basls for discussion:
"To ensure the iid.optlon of nea"suros for the rc.JucNj-on of armanents a,tC- tr.:i';r:l-bit,ioti of ti..s risc of at,c.n:ic energy for:rri.lltary pilrposes and" o1,her majclr \Ieei)onJ rrtairtab.le for mr:s,s d.estruct,ion the::e shaLl be establishod" w:"th''in the friuiewor']t of tlie Security Coui:'ci.l., lrho beeir the main responsib.rllitv for pei:ce ancl security, a systen of inberr:aitro:ral cor:t:ol, i.ns1;eciicn ancl p:'ohibition opo::at1ng th:'oui-;h sycecial o:r'alans, tvliJ-r;]. ol:Sans chalr-l derive their powers anC. st:"tur: l-::o;n tire Cc.,nverrtion o:: Conventions uncl-er whlch
they are establisheci, inclirding in plrr';icular:
(u) A Comuissj-on fcr canyi.ng oui the Convention or Convetrtj.ons in rc3:,r'rL to thc rcd"uc';i-on of ar'llulents., including tLro o1.rer'afion of .[ir)y necesuary sJ"suen of conci'of ancl lnspcction.
(b) A Comris:sion for ca.Try-rng out tire Oonvention 1n regard tr the prohil-.rtion ofl the use of A.Lomic L;ncrgy for warliko
purposes eintl i"cs coni:-::ol- und supei'vision fo.: peaceful purposes arr.c1 in rel]ari 'Lo tlre p::ol. lbltion of oth*:r ruajor weailons aoairtable to mess def:truct,1on" "
Mr,
VYSTITNSIiI (USSR)
thor;Eht the wcrd. "prohibition"
llne of the Unitecl Kingdorrr tcxt n]r lonf
rrn-i-
n mr:l'r,rrd u- Uu,
Sjr Hart,ley USSR
to
nf
Siu{1'CROSS
text, theccrrul.ssion
ad,d-
nnz.f vurl!
vras
in the
seventh
not apt, srnce prohlbition was tho
-.n-l v;j
(iti;iTID }iT]'lc}Oj,I) poirrtcd- out that, ln the
en',.Jsa6ecl
ln
peragrs.irh
to the lis+" cf prohibitt:d. vreapons.
Thus
(h)
would. be
prchibition
entitled.
rilas one
the functions of thet connissicn, /"r.Y'r" enaTRI\/IAnr -*-'-'+-*"'."
/
of
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The
CBAIRIVTAN
agreed wfth I4r, \rySEfNSKy (USSR) that'the systom
be one of control which
wouLd.
superviee prohlbltlon'
After discuesion, 5Lr Hartley
SEAifCn0SS
(fnVffru I{INCDoM) a$reed to
tho del-etlon of the worC "prohibltlon" ln fine DECISIOII:
woul-d.
geven'
was agrecci to irrse:'t the ph:'ase "and shoul-d lncl-ude" ("notcJr--,e:l-," ln the lirench text") aftor the i.,'or.'d. " estab.Lishecl. "
It
The
first
ltLra5;rsph
of
paragraph l.was provisionally
-i,'-:.r'in,' -l-,hr., i'n'l varv I vlf,Vll:ilu
;raconi".ad in qvvvir v /LL rrl
f6*5' I vru.
"'Io en$i.rre tlre ad"option of measures for the red.uction of ar.rnanients i:nd- prohlbition af the use of atcmic encr':y fcr uilitary puL'poses enC other maJor r,/e&!cn$ ad.a;iti:bie for rnase destructlon there shal-} bc est:iblished- withln the frametrorlt of the Security OounciJ-, vrlio bea:r tirc main reoponslbiljty for pclaco and. ge . ' :1t1", a s;'s-Lelt of inter"natlona-l control and inspec''- . c i: opcra-'-i-n; Li:ror".:ii spec-iul ori5atls, wlt-i