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DAILY REPORT TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

Wednesday, 24 June 1953

THE GREEK ~TIOl~.

In a cable dated 22 June the Bulgari<1'n lunister for Foreign Affairs replied to the letter dat3d 6 May from the Permanent Rep~esentative of Greeceo Yne Bulgarian Minister for Foreign Affairs stated that, in accordance \dth his Government's eagerness for the peaceful settle­ment of frontier quest.ions outstand:mg between Bulgaria and Greece and for the creation of the necessary conditions for the establish­ment of good-neighbour.:!.y relations between Bulgaria and Greece, it accepted "the Greek Go•rer:1111ent' s propo<Jal, namely: thv etting up of a mixed Comnission, composed of representatives o~he two countries, without the participation of a United Hations re e entative, for the establishment on the spot and the demarcation Q( e frontier line between the People's Republic of Bulgaria an~ ~eece on the river Maritza and for the replc.cement of the fr~t~r pyramids that have been damaged or destroyed .along the rest of t~Mrreek-Bulgarian frontier" o

The Bulgarian Government considered t~t such a Commission should be set up and should begin to function soon as possibleo

Copies of this letter were ttf'il~mitted to the Greek Government and circulated as a document ot'the Balkan Sub-Commission of the Peace Observation Commissi A copy was also forwarded to the United Nations Ylilitary Observ~ in Greece.

~ At a closed meet~ yesterday afternoon the Balkan Sub-Cownission

took note of th~ ~ble from t~1e Bulgarian Minister for Foreign A~faira and the lette~~ted 5 May from the Principal ;{ilitary Observer in Greeceo '?

TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL

In the observations made by the Hembers of the Council, on the annual report of Somaliland under Italian A~ninistration for the year 1952, considerable attention was devoted, inter ~lia, to the following issues:

1. !he Language of Teaching. The Administering Authority was urged to deal with the questinn of a v;ritten Somali lanp,uage in the most expeditious manner.

2. Oil Concessj..2!ll!,.o Opinions diffel'ed on the question whether the signing of agreements ~·rith Qil companies is a purely executive function as stated by the Special Representative. As the 40-year leases p,ranted to the oil companies go far beyond the period of trusteeship and only 12-15% of the production will be received as l'oyalty by the Territory, some representatives felt that the agreement should have been suhnit­ted to the Advisory Council and the Territorial Council for advice before it was concluded.

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3o Local Self-Government~ It was notod that the Aruninistering Authority intends toh;wo me:nbers elected to the municipal councils by direct suffrage in J953o

The Council approved the no:ninaticnn of Ct•ina (10-1-l), El Salvador, New Zealand and the United States (by three separate votes .of 11-0-1) as me11bers of the Drafting Com11ittee on Somaliland under Italian Ad­m1nistratiov~ It may bo noted that the U.S.S.R. voted in favour of the nominations of the two .Ad~inistering ;,!embers, t'lhile it had always abstained on such nominations in ths previous sessions.

The Council began its examination o:f the ar.n\Ul.l report on the Trust Territory of the Pacific IsL.1.nds f.;.>r the year ending 30 June 1952. The U S. representative ·~r-t..coduced 4r. Frank 1'.:., ;£.driffp the Higi. Com­missioner for the Trust Te· ritory and Special Representative of the A.dministP.ring Authority. Ar. >Iidriff introduced to the Council i-1rs. Kabua, a representa.ti V3 of the :-hrshallese Congress, \vho :nad brief state-ment as a member of the U.Sc Delegationo ,~

OPIUM CONFSRENCE ~ ,(.._

On 23 June 1953, 32 Stat'3s signed the FinSIJ.~ct of the United Nations Opium Conference, and 17 States signed t_hV Protocol for Limiting and Regulating the Cult:tvation of the Popf7 )>lant, the Production of, International and r.'holesale Trade ~and Use of Opiumo ,

RhDIO PROGR :r.:F.S QN__!BCHNICAL ASSisetG

The first in a series of . x popular radio progr~illnes produced by the DPI Radio Division ~ featuring U.N. Technical Assistance activi­ties in Latin Americ~was bro~dcast over the NBC coast-to-coast network on Junday ae "'7.30 p.m., wit.h the remaining five programmes to be broadcast o 10llowing ~unday evenings by the NBC at the same time, 7 o30 P• !].o ~ersions in lan~age other t,han En~lish are being prepared fo;:_Thclusion in the Division 1s regular output during the sum.'!ler rnont'IQ for rebroadcast in a. large number of Aember States; the Spanish language programme h~ll be released in the beginning of July.,

INTERNATIONAL ESSAY C:)NTEST

The International Jury for the annual United Nations Essay Contest met Tuesday, 23 June, at 10 a.mu under tre Chairmanship of i1ro Benjamin Cohen, to discuss the reco~mendations submitted by the national juries; entries have this year been made from 48 countries and most of the participants have selected one of the proposed three themes dealing with the importance of U.N. Technical A3siatance activitieso The final results will be made public durin~ the weeko

UN -UNESCO FELLOI'.'S

'l'wo UN -UNESCO Fellows arrl ved on 22 Jun.J !'Or a four \\'eek 1 a stay to study methods ar. .,ll;;c by the DPI Educat .JJ'ill Section for teaching e.bout the United Nat,i ons ar:d Sp .cialized Agt'.n.~ieao They are ,{r. A, Ao Yo Yorke­tadge, County Educationa! Officer: Wa~n~ckshire, U.Ko; and Ar. Muham~ed Sharif, Controller of Examinations, Secondary Educational Board, East Bengal, Pakistana

IN'l'RR-GOVE"N~w.NTI\1 : l.\RITr1!!: CO!,SULTATIVE ORGANIZATION

The Government of the Republic of Haiti on 23 June 1953 deposited an instrument accepting the Convention on the Inter-govern:nental :1aritime Consultative Organiza"'-:.ion. Haiti is the thirteenth party to the Con­vention, which now incllldes seven parties claiming a total tonnag~ of not less than 1.,000)000 gross tons.,

U oN. TELECO:?! 1UNICATIONS v ,t-

The Manila Office of RC:A has advised that "unt :(.(further notice, all traffic for ~orea is accepted at senders ri~~ Korean domestic facilities are ovmed and controlled by R0Ko~his notice is an interesting illustration of the .i.mporta~~ to the United Nations of having its own radio fat:ilitieso ~

U.N.P.A. 0~ '£he results of the first day i~ue of the new U.N. stamp of 12 June honouring the UPU were as~ollows:

231,627 fir~ ~y covers !)recessed; 242' 692 3 e nt stamps' and 231,795 cent stamps sold on the first dayo

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.:1r. Geor~es-Picot left for Europe yeaterday to attend the ECOSOC. :.1r. Rosen borg will be Acting ASG of the Department until 29 June when ,-1r. Leonard returns to Headquarters. Hr. Leonard will be Acting ASG from 29 June until the return of .i!lr. Blough towards the end of Augusto

>~r G. Yates, Act;ing Director, Division of Narcotic Drugs, Department of Social Affairs, left on 24 June for Paris, Geneva and Edinburgh on home leave and to attend ECOSOCo

:.fiss .T)ienderson, Dl.rt:~ctor, Division of Social Welfare, Department of Socia~ Affairs, left on 20 June for London, Cairo, Geneva, Athens and Beirut. .i>U.ss Henderson will attend ECOSOC.

DA ILY REPORT TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

N0.752

Monday, 22 June, 1953

THE KOREAN QUli£.~12!

With a note dated 19 June 1953 the United States r epresentativa transmit t ed, for the information of the Security Council, t hree communiques issued by the Headquarters of the Uni ted Nations Command between 17 and 19 June 1953. Th~s note and ~; enclo-sures are being circulated as a document of the Cot• c:M o .

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The Council continued i.t s ex.-1mir•ation Jf t~ Annual Report of the Trust Territory of Somaliland und"3r i)alian Admini strationo In reply to a questio~ on t he progre~ \ acte i n drafting a labour code, particular~ l egi slation on r~m~le and child labour, t he Special Representative st ated t~~after a joint study by ex­perts of the Italian Administ;a~n and of ILO in September 1952, it was considered better to d~ up ~eparate laws on various branches of labour and, bJl 1960, to assemble all these laws into a labour code . A drart, 9h)~d labour law was drawn up last month and approved by the ~vTsory Council for Somalilando

Y of the 'council ' s examination of educational conditions in land# the representative of Italy made a statement on-ihe Five-Year Educational Plan, which is the first major proj~ finalized by the Italian Administration with the assistance of UNESCO. The representative of UNI.!;SCO explained that this Plan concerns only the population of fixed residence. Two experts will be sent on a new mission to dra~t up a basic educational progr~~e for the nomadic populationo He also called the attention of the Council to the UNl<:SCO comments concerning the Somali language and training of indigenous teachers.

After completinR t he examination of t he educat ional development in the Territory, t he Council heard Hro Ac :.1 . f. den; a r epresenta-tive of s everal political organizat ions of Somaliland, and :1r. Ao I ssa , Secretary of the Somali Youth League, peti t i oners who were granted oral hearings before the Councilo

STANDING CO:.f .J'I'TEE ON PETITIOtlS

The Corn-,ittee dec:Lded, by 4 votes in favour with 2 abstentions, to reconsidPr two resoluti:::ms in J.ts 27th "'eport which contained ref­erence to +,he urr;ency of a satisfactory set tJ.ement of the frontier beti..-een Ethiop~a and the 'i rust 1·3rrit ory of Somalil:l.nd under Italian Administration, in view cf the incidents described in the oeti tions . .

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which ,.:ere .he subjec·t of the re~,o.~.utions in quest .. ion. By 3 Yotes in favour ·-r.l.th 3 ab~tentions, the Coa.:li.ttee votec' to delete the paragraph in each resolution relating to t.he ureency of. the ma.ttero

The Committee further decided to reco!l!mend that the aoplication of '1r. :·lr.zis f'or a hearing be-f'ore the 'l'rusteeahip Council on be­half of l:a-5 brother who is a resident of Ruandi Urundi should not be grantsdo

~~1.QGRAPHIC ACTIVITIE§.

The President of the Central Bureau: International One-:fillionth Hap of the ilorld, accepted the Secretariat's draft Instr..1rnent of Transfer of that Bureau to the United Nations with the exception ot one sentence dealing with financial mat+.ers for 1'ihich he pro­posed a slight amendment~ He also m.lP,gested that the target date for completion of the formal t!'"ansftlr might be 30 Sept~: .. :nber l953o

\\ORLD P02ULATION CONFrt;~F.NCE: v ,~

The offers o.f the i'-iontecatini Group J.nd of the~nternational l.?ank to contribute to the costs of the 1:iorld PoR~ion Conference~ have been officially confirmed: thereby .a~ring the necessary funds for the prep'lra.·:;.ory \"Jork for ~ol~~ the Conference.

Preliminary enquiries have been ~nt out regarding the willing­ness of the persons tentatively~ posed as organizers for the various meetines of the Conf~~e, to serve in that capacity, and assurances have been rec~eo from the msjority of their will­ingness to do soo :.fu.ter~ls are being pr0p·:~.red for the use of the organizers in estabHshitW, programmes a!ld selecting participantso A state~ent of the ~~~ations governing nominations by governments and non-government,aJ. scientific or;:anizations of individuals to participate in t M onfer.ence, has been prep1.red for consideration by the Prepar~ry Co~~tteeo Recom~endations regarding the pro­gra1L'Tle oft~ Confert"Jnce have been received from Rev. W. J~ Gibbons of the Ka~nal Catholic Rural Life Conferanceo

AD IIOC AD\'ISORY C0H>1IT1'EE OF F'~PE:\.'i';) ON TF~ PRBVENTI..Qri OF CRI:F AND THE Tll:.AT'1~N'l' OF' OFl''ENDERS

The Conrnittee met regularly last week., It s!)ent two days on the consideration of the question of the:: t·'orld Quinquennial Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of vffenders, and one day on each of the other specific questions of its ap;enda, na~ely, prison labour and the prevention of types of criminality resulting from social chqnges accompanyin~ economic d~velopment in less-developed countries. It :;.lso discussed some aspects of the work proeramme of the Social Com.i1..1.ssion in the field of tha prevention of crime and the treatment. of offenders.,

To-day the Coounittee will meet for an infor:nation session devoted to some 3.Gpects -:..f' the pla.nned pro~ramne of the liorld .1uin­quennial Congress. 'l'omorro"r the Com:n-i.ttee will begin consideration of its Report to the Secretary-Gen·'ral and to the Social Cornrnissiono

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On instructions of the Ad Hoc ~ommission. the Se-::a:·etariat h:ts compl ~ted th<> COnt[.lilaticn of ina.t•'rLll ,,Q~ be Ufl"':d in 1he Repo':'t. of the Com:nif·siono

The Japanese Observf:r lnformed the S0cret:u·y ;): the M l:!.2£. C-mrniseion on Prifsoners of i..ar that the -epatr·• ation of .Jap3.r>Jse nationals from the mainland o.f China, 1-1hich had been interrupted due to the refusal of the Chinese Nat5.onalist Govern'nent to repa.triate ce.r:'tain Chinese f:rom Ja!Jc.m, has now been resumed. About fifty percent of the 30,000 Japanese nationals involved have already been repatriatedo

INT~:1-GOVE::-1J;s:TAJ. ,·:ttniTLlS CD:·::;ULTATIV!~ ORG•UHZATION -- -·--·---~

The Government. of Argentina, on lS June, deposited ~nstrument accepting the Convention on the Inter-Government; , arit..ime Con­sultative Organiz::rl:.ion The Convention v1ill en~r into force or1 the da.te when 21 Sta.tes have become parUe~~it, of which seven shall each have a total tonnap,e of not les~han 1,000,000 groS$ tons of s'1ipping Jl.rp,entina is the tH 1~ party to the Convention and the seventh such party claiming !( t tal tonnage of not less than 1,000,000 gross tons of shippJ..~.go Acl·ordingly, when nine more States have accepted the Cce;'lYition, it '·•ill enter into forceo

AD HOC CO:'fUTT~E JN IROiJ ')RE U

The preliminary rneetinll.. 9--} the Ad Hoc Committee, which was convened on 15 June 195:3 unde~~~osoc resoiutio!l .345(XII) concluded on 19 J~~eo In the c~se of its work the Co~nittee decided upon the scope of its fin~ report, the divisio:.1 of work amongst the experts and the mech~~ for exchanp,e of infor.nation between each other and Secret}.tilt memberso The date for the final meeting of the Committee ~s tentatively "'et for ;rarch 1954.

CO'{ :uNICATIONS C')NC~R~.ING HUi•!l\~~ 'liGHTS

During the ·.v-aek ending 19 June; trJenty-si....c com·nunications were received alleging violations of human rights in various countrieso

UNI'l''SD ~:<\TIONS P;:)STAL ;\D?.UNI~)THA.TION - ___ ....___;.;;.;;;..::.;.,;;;..;;;.;.;..

The remittance report for the UNPA for the week 6-12 June is as follows:

Total remittances for 195.3 Week·s remittances Net. F.? 1 me, lThJ PA Counter

$192,369 .. 88 19,8llo36

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UNITED NATIONS FIL~

A three-reel film on the UnH,ed Natior.s, made by the DPI Film and Visual Informatior Div~son, was released on te1 evision in con­nection wi t~l the orisoner exchange agree'ilent. It was carried by the nation-wide US television net11ork ABC, by the natinn-wide Canadian television netl·mrk CBC, and \"las supplied to the BBC in Londono As a result of this t lecast the UoS~ Air Force is making two hundred prints for showing to all personnel under its command. The ending of the film is to be revised ac~ording to the final truce agreement, for general release.

:4r. Ro J. Bunche, Principal Director, Department. of Trusteeship., left Ne~1 York on .20 June fol" Geneva to attend the Economic and Social Councilo

Hr. H. Co Andersen, Principal Director, Bureau of ii,Mnce, Admini­strative and Financial Services, left New YorkLo !6 Jw1e for Copenhagen on home leaveo ~ ~

~1r. Georges Palthey, TJirector, Bureau of ~sonnel, Administrative and Financial Services, left Naw York o()21 June for Paris, Cairo:~ Karachi, Djkarta, Banp,kok and Kabul~n,home leave and official business~ ~

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p.<;l(..'-1:.\NF.i~T i.JISSIT,S At~D D.Jtr lt;G·-':'ION·.) TJ -·;rE UNITED NA't'IONS. N0o38o (June 1953) - Englisq V

F.CONO:.rrc BULT.f.'I'IN601 ASIA. AND Tl-m FAR 'EAST. VOL. IV, N0.1 - English

' :.fO~Ti:LY BULJ(~ OF STATISTICS (June 1953) - Bilingual

PROCEr:nn~~ OF U .t\. SCIEf~TIFIC CO!XFS:\.K'lCE OI~ THF. cm,s>:RVATION AND UTILISATION OF ~~ATURAL :lliSJUHCi<.:S., VOLU:·E V. FORE3T RESOURCES (17 August-6 ~3eptembel' 1949) - French

C:)M:·rE!'~TARY ON ':'PE ~UNGLE CONVEi\TION. Soan ish

C0:1 'ISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS -

STATISTICAL ')APE'Fl.So s:.--~ISS :, NO. 10. C8~1 fODITY IND:E;XES FOR THE STANDA'S.D INTI·:HN\'l'I~);vAI. 'lHf\D~ CLASSIF'ICA'l'ION (preliminary issue) - English

G.A o o: FICIAL R-::CORDS. SEVFA'JTH SF.S3ION o SU:.>PLE>ir.NT NO. 16. HEPORT OF THE U.N. HIGH CoM··iiSSION.Eit FOR REF'JGE.CS Al\D ADiiE;mu;1 - Chinese

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DAILY REPORT TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

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r'rance, Lebanon, Monaco, 'I'u!"'key). The later vote on the who}t"~ clause was 26 for, 1 against, 2 abstentions.

On 18 June the protocol was adopted by a vote of 26 for, none against, two abstentions. The abstentions were Belgium and Burmao Belgium explained that the abstention was due to the non-receipt by the Delegation of new instructions regarding the territorial application clauseo The Burmese Delegation also had not received instructions on the transitional measures (i.e. as regards opium smokinr, and opium eatinp,). The vote on the Final Act was 28 for, none against, one abstention (Burma)c

The signinP, ceremony will take plac~ at 11 a.m. on 23 June in Conference Room 3.

SP.::.CIAL C0:1 ITT':;'E o;: AD':I~3SIOK OF t\F.\J .1, :BER.S

On 15 June the Com·nittee ap:Jroved its reoort to the General Assembly, subject to minor chan"'es and to corrections which the delegations mi~ht make in the swn~~ries of their respective positionso

COt\CILIA'I'ION rJ:-HISSION FOR ~ALESTINE

The Com11ission approved the text of a st::ttement on the r.el·;ase o! Arab refugee accounts b~ocKed in Israel. It will be recalled that some weeks ago the Cornrri.ssion sent Ar. Jo~,n Reedman to Jerusalem to observe and report on the orogress of the release sche~eo As a result of misunderstandings arising from (a) a 10% leTy imposed by the Governm0.nt of Israel on all accounts over £50, and (b) the transfer of accounts of over £500 to the Israeli Custodian of Alien Property, the refugees holding accounts were being enjoined by the Govern~ent of Jordan and certain refugee leaders not to submit their application forms to the banks, and the sche:ne was in danger of breaking down. ;.fro Reedman 1s negotiations with the Governments concerned have resulted in the draftinp; of a state·nent 1 which will be attached to the original apnlication formo It is expected that the release scheme ~dll be resumed without delayo

TRUSTE:O:Sl:IP COmlCIL

On a request by the Secretary of the Somali Youth League that he be permitted to participate, without the right to vote, in the Coun­cil's deb~te on Somaliland during the current session, the President ruled that it was out of order because neither the General Assembly nor the Trusteeship Council had recommended indigenous participation in the work of the Counc1l such as requested by the petitioner~ After first ruling against consideration of the request by Lhe Council, which ruling W3S not challenp;ed, the President allowed a discussion to take placeo The Council decided that the letter embodying the request should be circulatedo The representative of Syria proposed that the Secretary of the Somali Youth Leap;ue be allowed to participate in the discussion of tne Council. The motion was rejected by two in favour (Syria and the U.S.S .R.) and ten against. The question of partici­pation of indigenous inhabitants of the Trust TerriLories in the

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government of those territories and in the work of the Council will be discussed later under Item 12 of the agendao

ArtRANGE-~Er-:TS FOR ':"HE DEPART:!ENT OF ECO?W~.UC AFFAIRS

The following Senior Staff members of the Department of Economic Affairs are departing from Headquarters for the purpose of attending the sixteenth session of the Economic and Social Council and in order to carry out ECA mission assignments, on the dates indicated:

~1r. Blough, Principal Director Ir. Caustin, Acting Director, Division of

Economic Stabilit y and Development :.fr. Vakil, Secretary of the Economic and Social

Council Mr . Green, Executive Officer :1r. Bloch, Director, Fiscal Division

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In ~-tr. Blough's absence from Headquarters >tr. Rosenborg will be Actin~ Principal Director of the Department, until .1r. Leonard's return to Headquarters at which time ;{r. Leonard will assu.'Tle the duties of Acting Principal Dir~ctor until :-tr. Blough 1 a return in Augusto

DELl':GATIONS TO • HE UNIT!i:D 7~A.TIONS

Argentina: Dr. Rodolfo :runoz, Permanent Representative to the United t\ations i s leavinR to-day for Europe to attend the ECX>OC. Dr. Enrique Ferrer Vieyra, Counsellor, will be in charge of the Delegation.

Colombia: Dr. Evaristo Sourdis, Permanent Representative, has been appointed ~-{inister for l<~xternal Relations and is in Bogota. The Dele­gation has nothing official as yet 1bout the appoint~ent of a Perman­ent ~epresentativeo

Cuba: Dr. Emilio r,unez-Portuondo, Permanent ftepresentati ve , has left for Spain and Genova t.o attend the ECO.)llC. IJr. C"l.rlos Blanco, Alter­nate Representative, will be in d•aree of tile Deleg:1tj on.

llliiti Rnd Honduras: :~r. Luc Fouche, Perm·ment Representative of !iaiti and Gr. Tiburcio Caria.s, Jr., Pen.1.nent ;(epresentritive of Honduras

have returned to t'ew York.

KO ... .EAN '1F.DAL

Sa.,ples of medals received from the F'rench :·!irt irave been examined and comoared wnll t~ose subnit.ted by oth~>r firms in connection with tt e awardine of 7}le bid for t t1e production of t.he "orr>an medaL The French ~fint is capaole of producin~ rnP.dals of an ac eptable quality. The matter \dll now f70 before the Com aittee on Contractso

Dr. Paul Prebisch, Executive Secreta ·y and .·lr. Louis Swenson, who have been visiting 1-ieadquarters will leave r ew York to-day.,

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MOVE>l..::N'l S OF STI\FF

:1r .. V. J. G. Stavr-i.di, Director, E...vter:r.al Services and Specialized Agencies, Lepartment of Public Infot,nation~ arrived in New York on 17 June from London. .Mro Stavridi attended some meetings in EuJ."'ope and also took home leaveo

t.fr o ~-icCaw, Director, Pr::>r,raran;t: Office: TAB, arrived in New York on 18 June. '1r. >lcCaw has been attending meetings in Rome, Geneva and Pariso

:.lro A. Schreiber, Director, General Legal Division, Legal Department, left New York on 17 June for Brussels and Geneva, on home leave and to attend ECOSOC.

VISITQnS TO ;:.;<;AD~UA~\T1~f;.S

From 8 to 12 June there v1ere 5,200 visitors to lleadquarterso

DAILY REPORT TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

>1onday, 15 June, 1953

TH!:.: KORt;;A·~ QUF.S'rilt.

·:ith a note dated 11 June 1953 the United States repr:.sentative tr"l.ns­mitted, for the infor:nation of the Security Conncil, a com r~uniqu~ issued by the Headquarters of the United ~:ations Co11.11and on 10 June 1953o 'l'he note and its enclosure ·\re ~;:;ain~ circul'lted as a docu11ent of the Councilo

v 'l'H ~ GRE:!:K '}U..£STI:JN 't-

In a letter dat.ed 11 June the ?eManent ~epre e~ati ve of Greece denied the char~es in a letter dated 17 ~ar~h fro~ ~ Albanian Deouty .~nister for Foreir;n A.ffairs concerninv, incidentsAtl'1.he Albanian-Gr~ek frontier during the months of January and Febru~r)'l953o Copies of this letter are being trans:nittect to the Al.l:x:l.nia~ Foreign ,·,inistry, all .i1ember Governr.~.ents, and the United f·1atio~.ulitary Observers in Greece,

2Pf\CB.L CO ·i'UTTE!!: ON AD'~!SSION OF :·. -t, 9 -BERS

At its r:1eeting t!:is afte oon the Com ittee will consider its draft report to the J.eneral ~embly o

~ T:.:8 TU.l-ll3Ii\:. i•.hLl . moe A!~ ' USSTIOi.S

In a letter .2a~ 29 cay; addressed to the .3ecretary-General1 the reoresenta,;t;..J"V8 of the Tun."i.sian Nationalist .love:nen'l' .. (rJeo-Destour) and the Secretafy-General of the Istiqlal Party (Independence of 1-torocco) stated that the oppressive :::1easures taken by the Frenc·-1 authorities showed that they were dete~nined to <:rush the rnov ewents which were defen~.ing t.he 'l'unisian and ·rorocc:an peoples against oporessiono The sovereigns of the two countries v1ere under the constant threat of being deposed because they r-efused to comply with the denands of t;he French aut~1orities. The lett-er appealed to the Jrganization and . to the Jecretary­General to 9ut an end to the crimes against humanity ,...-hich were bein~ perpetrated in Tunisia and ::or0cco, and tQ ~>romote the liberation of their peopleso

In a letter dated 5 June, the permanent. representatives of Afghanistan, Burma, E:zypt, India, Indonesi-a, Iran, Iraq, Lebal'lon, Liberia, Pakistan, the Philippi~es, Saudi Arabia, SJTia, Thailand and Yemen requested the Secretary-General to circulate copies of the above letter to all Member Gover ments~ In accordance with this request,. copies of the two letters are being circuhtedo

The meetinp, of the Ad Hoc Actvisory Com .ittee on the Fr vent.ion of Cri:ne and the Treatment of Offenders was opened this morning at Headquarters by the \.'-;G, De1.-artments of t.;~onom· c Aff· ii."s and bocial Affairso The Committee elected .·lr. Thorsten Sellin as Chair'nan and Mr. Paul Co:·nil as R.:l.p'Jor1~euro The orovisi..Jnal 117,enda \'{as !l.dopted and the Co~nittee then considered the question of the organization of the world quinquennial congress in the fieJ.d of the orevent.ion of crime and the treatment of offenderso

C0:4 :UJHCA'l'IJNS Cot~Ct:!J!!. G ::u j.M~ :n~; 'TS

Durinp, tne week ending 12 .Jm10 1953, 23 com;nunica.tions l>rere received allegin?, violations of human ri17,hts in varioue coW1tries.

v co:.vm,Tror.; ON Trro n~m:ti'1:\1 T);'l;\L ,...ll~J!T JF \.JRHEC'riOl\ , t-

on 11 June 1953, the Representative of Argen · ~siened, on behalf of his Government, the ConventLm on the I~ national Right of Correctiono <)

' INTF.R:' ~l TJ:)~JAL CON'.''Sl TJ·)h TO l"ACIT.JTA 'T'E I'":E l~"POHTATJON OF COi•l rr.:r:.CIA.L SA:'4PL~S .".:'l.) All'.TBR'l'I3I :a , ·. AL

On 12 June 1953 the Permanent ~presentative of Greece and the German Observer to the United Ka~ons signed, on behalf of their Govern~cnts, the International Convent~n to facilitate the :i.mportation of com .ercial sa~plee and adve ·tisi~~aterialo

U .. No DELOO .TI ·.~!S 'V ~

In the absen~ of Ar., Hans F.n~en, Per.nanent Representative of !\orway to the Uni~ Nations on vacn.ti n, .·ir. Tt:rik Dons, Deputy Permanent Representative will be in chargeo .. r. Engen plano to return at the beginnin~ of ')epte•r:bero

.. ,lro Bo Lukac, Director, Division C!Jf Transport and Communications, Department of Economic Affairs, left :-;en" York on 13 June for Geneva where he will attend the Bcono~ic and Social CounciL,

DAILY REPORT TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

tJO. 756

1hursday, 11 June, 1953

;'lith notes dated B, 9 and 19 June 1953 the United States representative transrilitted, for the information oZ the Secur:ity Council, f'ive commun­iques issued by the Headquarters of the tlni ted Hat:ions Co~and bet•:.rcen 5 and 9 June 1953.. These notes and their e:~closures are being ci.rcu­lated as documents of the CounciL

v CHA!~G-=:S OF D 1Tr.RT"'TJON nr THE 'Ji'·t''-:S'"I~~ A/i'7:'AI::S f'F GUArr-·!\

-· -- ' In a letter dated 1 Ap:::-il, addressed to the Sec!~6ry-General, the Binister for Foreign Af~airs of Guatemala de~r~ed a SP-ries of develon­ments in recent years t.mich, he charp:ed, rl~dfr§trated the intention of certain international political circles t(>'tntervene in the domestic affairs of Guatei:Jala. In a letter dut4 i 3 Anril, addressed to the Secretary-General the Head of the C ~ican delegat~on deni~d the charges, insofar as they related (g) Costa Rieaa v

:•''ith a note doted 29 ~~ay the ;.~inistry of Fm"e; gn Affairs of Costa Rica transmitted, for the ~ormation of the Secretariat, n copy of a memorandum which it ha~ ¥nt, on 13 April, to the r.:tnister of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala(J The memorandum exoressed regret that Guatemala had given notice~t-rlthdrat::'-~1 from t.he Organization of 8entral American States, ''nd r~~red the Government of 'iuatemala that Costa Rica had not signed any ~itical or military agrePment concerning Central American affairs. No suggestion along those 1 ine·· had been received, and if nny vrere received in the future, it ·,..rould be summarily re.1ectP-d. 'T'he Gover~~ent of Costa Rica urged the Government of Guatemala to reconsidP.r its attitude and to rejoin the Orp.;anization.

The Special Colll!Tlittee held ten meetings at Ile1dquarters, during vrhich it completed the considernt:i.on of the nemorandum by the Secretnry-General and the observations uhich h~d been subt!titted by Lembers. In addit:i.on to a number of suggestions concerning the nracticcs of the Gene!"al ·\ssembly, it decided to recorr:nend the adopt5 on of an anend•·nent to limit the numbP.r of speakers under rule 73 (113) and of An r~·,.endrnent to tr rant the Chairman of theM J.i<?s. Political C:ommittee, Nhen it is established, the rjght to vote under rule 38 ..

The Committee \rn • l, meet a gain bef'or·e 22 June, on +.he C'lll of the Chairrr'an, to discuss tne draf't. report,.

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OPIID!. CONF:Jtl~:CE

The .V.ain Comm..i.ttee rust during the afternoons of 9 and 10 June. A final text 1·.ra.s .:tdopted of the f ollo~dng nrtic1 s~: 2 (n~.tiona.l a~enci es in producing countl"ies); 3 (limitation or opitun stocks); 4 (international trnde, under '-~ich seven. countries ~ Bt.U.garla, Grecco, India, Iran, Turkey USSR, and Yugoslav'....a ~ alone may ex-port opium); 5 (use of onimn

' , d . 1 under which the narties ieclar•e that its nse sha1 1 be lindte exclusJ.ve Y' to medical and scientific needs); 6 (disuosal of seized ooium), together \'lith a number of terminal articles,.

The Drafting Cormnitt~e is ~·eeting continuously mo1•ning and afternoon,.

It sermts probable that the :·~a~_n Cow..mittce \d.ll finish its work either on Friday of this v:eek or r:onday of next we"k and that~M Conference \dll , tennina.te tm..rards the end of the vreeko ~' f ·

CARTOGRAPHIC ACTI'[ITI.l§. ~ ~

A letter has been received from the r~hiliv~e JeleP:Rtion transmitting three· progress reports by the Coast and.Re etic Survey of the "h:ilipnines

·on cartogranhic activities, dated 29 ~~1, ~ and 13 ray 1953 respectivelyQ

Ti\USTI::ESiiiP COU!!CIL V 0 The Council ~r.ill begin its elfth session on 16 June 1953. The session is expected to last six w~s. The main task of the Council will be the eXamination of tile ant}l.l6 reports on the four Trust Tel. .. ritories in the Pacific, i.e.: Naul"'1\. &i6 t~ew Guinea (a0rninistered by i~.ustralia), 'Iestern Samoa (administer~ By l!ev1 7ealand) and the Trust Territory of the ?aci fie Islands (admini~e}ed by the U.S.A.); and that on Sor.1aliland (ad.,tlinistered by Italy). T~cther ~dth these four reports the Gouncil ~-rill also considP.r the reports of the 1953 Visiting I·': is sion on these f' our Trust Ter,..i tories. In connection \·dth the 1952 report on Somaliland under !talian AdMinis­tr'.!tion, the Council vli.ll take into consi·~eration t.l-te rcoort of the Advise~ Council for Somaliland and the views of its thrPe ~eMbP.rs (Colombia, Egypt and the ·-hili puines) t-.!ho ·:Jill be present ·iurinP-: the C:'<~mination. The Council will also consider negrly 400 petitions ~~ic~ have been recP.ived from all Trust Territories eiCcept 'restern Samoa., The reports of the 1952 Visiting Nission to the fou- Trust Territories in ~·Jest .!\fricn :Jre also on the provisional agenda of thn CounciL :Jetailed study of these reports, however, may be defe1•:red until the next sGsdon of the Council when t.he annual reports are due for exc.mnation., The Council i..rill consir!E?r resol­utions of the General Asser:ltlJ.y ·On tho follo'ldnp: cuestions: (1) the F.we and Togoland Unification Problem; (2) the ual"ticipation o~ indigenous inhabitants in the work of the Council; {'3) matters concerning nral henrings of pctition·rs ~rom the 8a~eroons unrtAr French Administration an1 SomalilAnd held by the Fourth Committee of U ~~ f}eneral Assembly; and (4) Adm:inistrotiw Unions affecting Trust Territor:ie ,

A reuort of the Commit tea on Rural r:conomic ')evelo-pmen c. in Trust '!'er"'i tories, a report of the Secretary-General on offers of ·aucational 'tssi ~t.:·nce hy ~(anher States 'oo "'tudents fro-:n Trust Territories an·l a.noth<'"r conc~rning the

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prov1.s~on of information on the United liations in '"i'rust Terri tm .. i P.s -.,fill also be consideredo

Nl:."GOTIATU:G CCP 'ITTlili F'C1 T':·~Tl.A.-BU'JGET.iliJ ..... E!.TJ2£

The Committee met to-da:cr to rr;ceive n1edges for U~'i~fu.\ <md T:~'R'.lf\ froot countries iv'ho had not yet made any olecke to these two programM.es. The deleg<lte of Belgium nnnounced that 10 million RelRian f'rancs (~~2ro,ooo) had been pledr;ed to U~TR.A bv the BeJgian Gove'"l1.mP.nt, two

_million francs of ~mich should be used by the Belr:ian Red Cross :in Korea. The delegate of T':ew :;.:ealand ann01.mced a nl edp.:e of a further 50,000 oounds (~140,000) to U?rHA. for the fiscal year 1953-54 and a sum of 200,000 nounds snlit eoun.lly bet1·1een the f"iscaJ yenTs 1952-"3 and 1953-54 for Ul'J1C~A.

Emr:"!.f 'NTS CF ·~T FF

}:ro Hussein !-~. Asfahany, at the exoiration or his cont X as "rincipal Director of the Department of Social Affairs, \'1as ¥ r by the F.:eyntia.n Government to take up the oost of UndP-r Secreta~ Th the ~·'in:J stry of .:.)ocial Affairs and left Hee.doun.rters to-day f~ ~pt.

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vo

DAILY REPORT TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

On r'riday last the Coi" .. mittfJa conclu-:cd consi:ior~tion of t,he individual proposJ.ls and suc:estions submitLed and referred to ito \\ith the exception of the r.epresont·1tivos of ~rom tina, Egrpt, and the Philip­pines, all s pe1.kcrs opposed the propos:tls and sug~cs t~o_!l s · embodied, or implicit, in the worl{.ing documont,s subtlitt.ed by AreW4t"!ria, Eg;.rpt and t he Philippines. ·rhe represent<ltive or LelJanon ~feated his SUpr>ort for a solution P..long the lines 'if the Central A" rican and Peruvhn proposals •<~ithout prejudice to t.t1e rin:tl p~ n of his delegntiono

The next me-::ting 'rTill pro~ably take p~e at the end or this week or the be8.inninr- cr next \\~eko ~'

rRU'} i' :3SIIII:..2Quri(!IL Q ~

rhe Standlnr, Com;:sittee on Pet~.ons h:ts concluded its discussion of 118 putitio:1s from Somalll{' n-:i und<}r Italhn Administr~tiono rwo of t.h~se petitions iealt ~,.rit~ the Chisimaio incident of 1 August 1952 in which sever~l unarme<)( N lian !md Som~ili soldiers \"'ere ~dlled., Con­sequently. 296 perff>p~ ~,..ere :'lrre::>tcd, or whom 3.3 arc still in orisono ·rhe Gom.liUee \'Ia ' M.d th'lt t)w tension 'o Jt·.-n·.m th•3 police :md r.1emb3rs of the Son'lli ~t.h L~·'~,":llC, ·:;hose le'llon~;Lr" Lion causei tl1c riot, had relaxed. 1'h~~.ew Zealand represent.~.tive oropose:i !;j resolution to· t.he effect tha~the Com.ili.ttee e-xpress offici.!ll rogret. at t.he incident, take note or the recent il:1prov-ement in thd sit,u~tion, ur:;e that the accused be broucht to r.rial quickly and t.he hope t.hat no ef'f'ort will 1)e spared to promote co=oper::J.tion ~,et·,Jeen the Adr.dnistrat.ion ~nd the Somali Youth Leas•ueo ·rhis draft resolution, toget:1er N·ith vic\i~ stA.ted by Com:::il:.t.Ge Hembers on other issues which are beine put for= ward as fonnal resolutions by the !.)ecret"rin.t, \'lill be taken up shortlyo other issues·raisod by the petitlon::s :tnd discussed by the Co.trunittee include l.&nd, •.:ate , pasture, !"'ouning, <~gricultural aid, religious court.s ~ •"ltc ~

The Comrnittoe h".s 110vr b~G'··.m the .:H::a::J.inat.ion of /~9 petitions from Togoland un-ler French \d;.unistr;ltiono

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In a canle iated $ June the Chicf~of-:Jt.l!.'l' o ... t,1e Tr·uce Supervision Oreaniz.'1tion rcc!!.lled. t.hRt, in his report of 8 .·~'!.Y he rta i comM·~nted on relations botl..,ucn Isrncl and J rd:m an(3 ha:i Gxpress~1 the 'lope t:l-'lt tne Government. of Jorian \.,..ould nccept. the sug.sestion :tlreA.i~r 1ccepted by the Governm:mt or Israel th1.t .;,he sit.u.1tion ;)C I"cvie~ved in hi~h level talkso On 25 1-'L:.,.r, in reply to th-"l.t sn13·:cstlon 1 the "'tOvernm:mt of Jordan hll.d st1t""':d tl ,t it h;td no objecr ions to a meetine bet\veen senior mil:i.tll.r;v cornr.t1.nricrs"

The Chief-of'-St,'lf::' also t.ransmit.ted·the t.e'\.i:. or ~n IsrA.el-Jorrian L-ocal :!omrnnrlersf i\l;rec}:nt.!nt nlgnel on B .rune, providin;:, int.£!: qJ.ia, that ':>ot.h parties shoul i i::-osuo st.rict orrlcr:; to th!~ lccal .'\uthorit..ics ~nrt l'lilitqry corn:aand:H'S to suprress ill-::;::1.1 •1ros3in1; of tl'l~ ler',rv tion lineo

'fhis cA.'Jlc is bcin:: circul'ltci :ts ::t tiocu.mant ~~-1c Councilo - ·~ ~

OPIUM CONFEHS.\'~E ~ ~

The Dr.,fting Comwit:.t.ee h:1s hcl·i lon; ':ln()tl·•,ost continuous ~;.~etings since 4 June. ·It now 8~'-'H:Js 1ikel~,- Lh!:it. t~ ~in Gom:-.ittee 1-dll be 1.'1le to comr1ence, on Tues:l.l~" a.rternoon or ~men :lay norninr,, a. second rea1ing Of t:1e protocol. 00 the bA.sis Oh~le text "t/Orkcd rJUt in the Jr~ft.ing Committee. At this rate, th q.. !~nnry Conference couli proba?]y onter the final sta~e on honda;,· an<Yruesday of ne:{\. :te(;}k (1)-16 June) with the signing of the Final Act.._en Friday, 19 June or Tuesday, :::!3 J1meo

CONVELi'!Oi\ ON POLil'L>\L lU(ildTY U? .. O~·~!J

On ~ June~ ~he·· ~~ent H.epresentAtive or China siened, on behalf of his Govemm;,e~thc Convention on the Political Rights of ,·:omen.,

UNiriU i·iA.LIO.,:J 1> 1''1.1, :.mrG:Ll.:.:£.. ;:toN

fhe remittance report t'or t-he U~.PA for ::.he vteek 23-29 Lay is a:.; follows:

rrotal remittances for 1953 · •. ceki s remit.ta.n.;es Net Revenue - Ut;p\ Counter

'i161:,991,79 7;767,46 2,065,63

l:.Z.. Ho Leonllri, Director, Stntisti.cal OC;'ice, DepRrtment of iconotrl.c Af~Pirs, left New Yorlc on 7 June to atLenrt t.he :::conomic and )ocial Council in Genevac

!·lr. P<> L-oftus, Deputy Dlrectol', :.~tatistica1 or:··tce, Departnent of Economic Af :air's, left. .:Jew York on 7 Ju.-1e roc Lo.'!don on Hor:1e Leave and vr.ill lr!ter r-:o to /}eneva. for L.~e .;conornic 'lnd Soci;1.l Council.,

I\E.·. :--usLI~ uro::''

EUROP:~\~. 1'1.. k:;t l':t~; l'~ \;J.> P(iOSPS.:;i"·). A stu::iy p.·cp~rcd joilt':.ly ~~, t11e Secret.,rht of' c.hn ~· '0 :'l.nd the United f!ations Economic Com:1is·lion for ~urope r:rcJlch

SHAPING A PEOPU;•:> o:; ·riNYo Trill [';rot-~Y OF' ERirHEA 1\ND I'HB UNl'l'im N·\riONS -English

iilAI .~PO.ttr ~:.J ~0.:.\U. I~HlUNS lt .. ;\r:r-:.;·,.;~ VOL. VI. N0.1. ( J!inuar-y-l· .. "l.rch 1953) =­Sn=!lish

£H..;~ I'Y s;.; .• I.·::.i. Treat-ie•· and in term. Lional agrocnen ts registered or riled and r(Jcorried t·:ith the Secr3t.="rl'l-t ot: t.i1o United !Ja.ti • Vo1u:ne 83 .... 3iling_U'1.4_ '~

l!:80fl0!,IC :.JU.t\1/.c.;Y OF t::Ut.:~.!Pl:: ) n;:.;~~ t'iL~ . · ... -t. A '1 ~praisal of Proble:ns anrl

.Prospects - Frencl'!, ~

~c:m;u .... rc SUil.V~:: O? A ;n ~r. 'J r:-r.., ? · h i~ '' '-·P., 1951 - French ~ ' -- --

G. A. 077 JGI~L tGCUI{D~j: 6th Sessi :jEC0t:D COl:!;I.i'l'.~S. ~conomic and Financial ('uestions Sum;.,ary F.@ords of !-1oee.u.cs 145-19.2 (7 I~ovember 1951-24 J·:l.Tluary 195.2) - Russian v EC:X)O~ OF:•'I::;I:\1 R.i~~l)i()S. ~6th Session.. ~UPPLl.:.J·l:;::-r i-!0.10. If'li' .. ::Jlll-1 R&POH.f OF f:f..:: BCOr.:o, '~N'Ji·L I .:~ION POd ElHOPS GoV:;itLG fil~ PJIUOO 15 July-31 December 1947 le;~sian

E:!OSOC OF:.-·r~I \i'l..~8UR·1S. 16t.h Session. .JUP0U.:1·:..:;~:1' 1:0.12.. FRESOOi·i Oft' Ihr'O:-t... \1'~;; 1953. iUPOR'l' ';~u;:.rr~r;D !3Y i·lrl. :V.LV,.'OH P. LOP.:~, R\PPO.:lr~U~fJ Ff~Z ,DJ1, o~ r:rt'O{t.\:'ION - ~1ish,

VI:JifOn'·~ ro !LVY'lil\iUSll~

From 2 to 5 June there were 4,61+6 visitor:; to Hea.dqu~rters ..

DAIL Y REPOR T TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

~'iednesday, 3 Junlt 1953

THE KCllliAI. QUEST~

With a noto <!ated 29 May and t\'lO notes dated 2 June 1953, the United States representative transmitted, for tho information of the Security Council, eeve1. COI'1111unioues issued by the Headquarters of the United Nations Command on 28 Hay and between 17 I-iay and 1 June 1953 respec ... tively. These notes and their enclosures are bein·· circulated as documents of the Councilo

v On 29 11ay the Special Committ~e continued its conside a on of' the individual pi'oposals and suggestions refe~rrt~Sd and s 'tted to ito The representatives of Cl.lba and El Salvador ree~ d the admission of new Member!~ as not subject to the veto. Host he other speakers said they ioi-ould be una.bl" to m:pport ttw Lat~~ nerican proposalo The representative of tbs Philippines, ex .}t{ing the position of th~ -> Security Council in relation to the Asse ly, used the analogy of tttq, };. olection of the Secretar,y-General to effect that the Assembly had' ~ to wait for weeks for a solution to found in the CouncjJ o The representative of Cuba rep~ied toc;rus argument by t.oo a.t"'1alogy of !-fro Lie 1 s extension of tenno

4. Pt:TITIOl~S CCNCIDU~IhG THE TRUST -.. t 'u'l'ORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLAN OS -

In accordance with ar,raph 3 of the Decurity Council resolution of 7 lwch 1949 (S/. , the Secretaey....General, in a note dated 26 May 195.31 transmit-, d to the President of tho Security Council a list of petitions rec eel concernine the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and advised the President that these petitions had been cir­culated as documents of ths Trusteeship Council.. The Secrota.ry­General1s note has been issued as a document of the Security Councilo

THUST~~HIP COID~CIL

The Standing Committee on Potitions has continued its consideration or petitions from Somaliland, but at an increasinp,ly slo\t rate. Petitions under consideration at the present time deal with serious outbreaks of inter-tribal fighting which occurred as a result of droughts in l952o l4embers of the Committee, while ex.amini.ng with concern these disputes, have not considered that th~ Council should address any particular recommendations to the Admi·,istering Authority, except to say it should intensify its efforts to st t.t.le the differences between the tribes to the satisfaction of all co1 ccmedo

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OPIUH. t;OhFl!;H.l!lJ Ct~

On Tuesday, the )rafting Comrd.ttee held two meetings. On :/ednesday the f'.ain Committee,. the Drafting C:omr.1ittee and the Business Comnittee held one meeting each~

The only substantive decision of importance taken was to confirm the inclusion of a "mandatory embargo" to be exercised by the Permanent Central Opium Board as a sanction (19 for, J against, 3 abstentions, on a roll-caL\ vote)o

The slov progress of the conference, particularly the work of the Drafting Co~\ttee~ is eiving some concern and the Business Committee reviewed ~~arious means of Laproving matters., 'fhe present forecast, however, -~'Ould be nearer the originul t~rminal date of 1 U..l'l than the target date of 12 June set in the first week of tpa Business Committeeo ~

INTl:.HNATIO.ll\1 LA~"/ COElUSSIQb. «, ~ The Gonunission met on Honday, l June 195.3 (i( Geneva, for its flfth session, and elected the folloHinp, off" c s: Chairman, l·fro J .P.A .. Francois (Netherlands); Vice..Chairm l-1ro Gilberto Amado (Brazil); Second Vice-Chairman, 2~. Folo Kozh ikov (USSR); Rapporteur, Mro Ho Lauterpacht (United Kingdom). (;

Mro KozhevnUcov (USSR) propo i that t-~. Hsu, the Chinese IJember, be excluded from the Commis ·~on the ground that he did not represent Chinese civili~a.tion e1•a.l system.. The Chainnan o.f the Conmission ruled the proposal o o Kozhevnikov out of ordero The ruling of the Chairman was uphel~y the Comr.1ission.

~ LliAL AGIUl::E.i:l T TARIFF AND TRAUE

The ~cutive ~ecretary of GATT hae circulated the documentation sent to him., in accordance with C:CO~OG resolution 468 II (XV), on the subject of discrimination in transport insurance., and has proposed to the Con­tracting Parties that th(. matter be placed on the agenda of the forth­coming eighth session to be held in Sept~ber next ..

HOVEI-w-; 'l'S OF STAFF

Mr .. G. Georges-Picot, ASG, Depart1:1ents of l::conomic and Social Matters, arrived in New York on 2 June from Geneva \mere he has been attending meetings of the ACC and TABo

Hro Ho Hill, Director, Office of the Director of Co-ordination for Specialized Agencies and ~onomic and Social Natter-s, arrived in 1,ow York on .31 l.fay from Ger ..,~ra v-;hcre he has been attendinp, meetings of the ACCo

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f·'ir. G. 1-:artinez-Cabanas, De· ty Director-G-eneral, Technical Assistance Adroiuistro.tion, arrived in r~m.,. York on JO i!ay from Geneva where he has been attending meetings of tha TAB.,

Brigp RcH.R. Pannintcr, Chi~f, Division of General :3ervices, Ul.KH.A, left i~O\i York on ) June for home lca.va in l.ondon.

Dr. !!:" Raneho.fen-~iTertheimer, Chio.f, freedom of Information, freedom of Association, Forced Label~, Plight of Survivors of Concentration Camps Section, Department of Social A.ffairs, left 1\ew York on .3 June for Geneva to attend meetinp;s of the Economic and Social Councilo

Narcotic Jrugs. Summary of Illicit Tran~~.ctions and Sei~eso Vol.,VIII, Nool (1 January-28 February 1953) - English ~

' Reviata de las ?\aciones Unidas, 15 11ay 1953, 7th~ - 11 Noo.201 "" Spanish

ECO.SOC Official Records: 16th session: Sup , nt t~oo3.. ECLA Annual Report (15 February 1952 - .2S A • 1953) "" English

Supplement Noo4o Commission on N, i ic Drugs.. Report of the 8th session (30 l'~h to 24 ApMO 953) "" Engl1.sh

Supplement Noo5o Fiscal Co~si~n. Report of the 4th session 27 April-S l1a.y l95J) - E sh

Supplement Noo9o ECB\~ual Report (19 March ... lS Harch 1953) - Russian (j

Supplement Noo Governmental ,(1 melish ~

Restrictive Business Practices. Analysis of ures relating to Restrictive Business Pract ices -

SECURITY COUNCIL or l''ICIAL RECORDS: 5th yearo 467 meeting, 24o2o50 - Bilineual 7th II 6o5 II 10ol0.52 It

II " 575 II 10. 4.52 Chinese ,, It 577 II 18. 6o52 II n " 579 " 20. 6o52 II II II 580 " 23. 6o52 11 II II 581 If 25o 6o52 11

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Rules ot Procedure of the Trusteeship Cour.~~ ~ Spanish

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DAILY REPORT TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

THE KOREAN_gUESTION

t.Vith t~.ro notes dated 25 and 26 May 1953 the United St-.ates representative transmitted., for the information of the Security Coux1ci.l, three commun~ iques issued by the Headquar~4flr-s of. th~ United Na.tio~ Command, between 22 and 24 Nay 1953o These notes and their enclosures are being ci:rctF­lated .a.s a d.ocum~nt of the Gound.l.

At yestcx•da~ af'tan1lXm1B meeti~.g the :::lp:;ci.a.l Commi·:;,t~ conUnued ita discussion of the proposals an::l r;uggestione ,..e.f.'er- and submit.ted to it, dea.llng 1dth the Peruvian p:.copc)tal: tn<':' joint.. ral American proposal, the Argentine amendru.:nt u, the Cent.::·a} Ameri · roposal and the Cuban rremorandum as a g!'C'tlpo Statements Here m e • y the representatives or the Union of Sout.h .Jtfrlca, Egypt; and the t~d Stateq of America, generally to the effect that the a.dm"\..: • of nsw Msmbere must be regarded as subject to the veto and that th3 ission of an awlle&.L&t State could be effected by the General Aaaemb1 orUy upon favourable recomm3ndat1on by th~ Security Council~ Tho rFJr sentative of the Philippines expressed his agreement l'rlth the vie1>.'S ff~ha ot.her three speakersc An explanatory memorandum "H"as submitted as a working document by the delegations of Egypt and the Philippinee, se ng fcrt.h arguments in favour or re-examination of the proposal for t imultaneoue admission or applicant Stateso The next meeting or t.~ ~ cial Comm.i ttee ia to bs bald on Frid~, 29 May 1 at

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SoN ~ _PALESTIN_1t.Q,

J.n a lett;? dated 16 Decembar 1952 the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affai.r-.3 of Jordan requested that. the United Nations \ltiich "ie responsible for the goner~\ management and peacef.ul running of the Mount Scopus demilitari :eed zone l"&.rries out a t,horough sear\'.h of the area" o

(Mount Scopus· is mthJ.n t.he Jord.9n occupied area of Jerusalem)c

In a letter dated 14 May the Cb:i.ef-o.f~...Staff of the 'l'ruoe Supervision Organization submitted1 for the info~ation ~r the Security Council, a report on the results of this inspeetiono The Report of the Chief-of= Staff is being circulated as a document of the Securitq Councilo

In a note dated 1$ l:iay the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry chargecl that.~~ since January 1953! aircraft coming .from Greece had repeatedly violated ~arian airspace and .:Teek soJ diers and armed ctrrllians hB.d bem responsible .for

, nunerou.s frontier incidents The 110te gav.3 a number of examples of these incidents" The Bulgarian Foreign Min.;stcy also protested against the anti­Bulgan- n p.c'OpagarJC"u in th. Greek ..,r •ss o.nd derd ea f' me ·ecant cha.r"ea which had been made against the Bulge.!'l.an authorities.. It drew the attention of the Greek C.overnmmt, to the necessity of' taking u:cg~nt measures to ensure the cessation of these host:He actioz,..so Copies of thls letter .-are being trans­mitted to the 1.hiei Military Observor in Greece. th3 rembars of the Balkan Sub=Commission, and all States Merr..bers of the Un..i..ted. Nationso

UoNo OPIUM CONF~RmCE

On 25 May the Main Co:.nmittefi continued consideration of tha Draft Protocolo The Con:mitta"" then considered t't.:O t'nited States amendments (E/CONF .14/Lal4 and E/CONFu14/Lol8)o The first part of: the United States amendment, con= cerning prohibi tim1 of the expoi't of opinm. to a State which is not a party, was rejected by 9 votes in favour 1 10 against, ~1.th 6 abstentions; the second part, concerning ~he prohibition o; the i~port of opium from a State which ia not a party, was adopted by 22 votea in favour~ one against, with 4 abstentions

The Drafti~ Conunit.teEl met yesterday in the morning~ the Main Conn,:ittee and the Busime5 Committee in the afternoono At th ting of the Business Committee some apprehension ras expressed t"1at .ght be difficult to maintai the targE-t closing date c! 12 Ju .... "l.e which the C ttee had earlier adopted in place of 19 June as in the Calendar, Hm1ev , ·arious measures were discu6Sed to enable the former to be hold, and so f can at present be ju:iged the prospect is that it can be, except poss· H for terminal formalitieso

STANDING COMMITTEE ON PETU'IONS ~ ~ The Standing Committee on Peti~~s of' the Trusteeship Council opened its series of meetings on 26 Hay 1'1!>3 and took up 17 petitions relating t o Sonal.iland, of which thre~emanated from the Somali Youth League, During the first tl«> :rreetings · e Comm:i.ttee exhibited reluctance to give guidance to the Secretariat aa:(o the action which should be taken on petitions, During the third meeti.ng (j, watS pointed out that no guidance to the Secretariat \<irOuld result in havin solutions containing no reeorrunendatione; after this the Committee pro~ ed actively with its \':O!'ko

The re~esentatives of the States Members of the Advisory Council for the Trust Territory of Somali.land under It8..l..ian Administration were preeento The representatives of Colombia and Egypt ma.de brief' statements, the latter request ing that the Advisory Council should be given greater poli.~r to deal with petitionso

AD HOC COMMISSION ON PRISOiiEF.S OF WAR ,_..,.._ . • .... w-=-

Mrc Ushiroku, the Assistant Japanese Observer, intormed the Secretary ot the Conmd.ssion that the repatriation of 30,000 Japanese na.tionala on the mainland of China had been halted due to the refueal of the Nationalist Chinese Govem­ment to guarantee safe transit to approximately 400 or 500 Chineae nationals in Japan 11.bo wish to return to the ma.inlando He reported that up to this date ) some 15,000 Japanese have been repatria.tedo The Japanese Observer also stated that his Govel"!lliOnt '1 e .Ambassador at the Hague had recent]Jr spoken to the Chairman of tha Ad Ht."'e Cummission: lira J oDo Guerrero, regarding the continua• tion of the Commissionas wrko

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CONVENTIOl! ON m...POLITICAL Rf:r.HITS OF \·OMEN

On 27 LdY· 953~ the Pur~n"'n R<:!Jresant.::lt.:' ve of U!"'.;.guay signed, on behalf of his Government, the ConvGrt.io:."I on the -oJ.itical Rights or T·Jomsn ..

HUUAN RIGHTS DAY

Mrso Jean Schaffner of UNESCO reported that as a result of consultations in Rome between Mr~ Douglas SchneiderD Diractcr of the Department of Mass Communication of UNESCO, ani Mr .. Stavridi: plans had been agreed upon for t he celebration of Human Rights Day, 1953o UNESCO would devote the October issue of the Courier to the question of human rightsa Special features ""uld be prepared and special radio progranmes ~or world-wide useo It was agreed that a UN~UNESCO Human Rights Day leaflet along the ~tnes of that of last year should be p.repared as soon as possible o

UNICEF

Nine tons of cod liver oil .,.._ e 1ough f()r nearly t·.,;o ·on teaspoon'ithl. = will soon be shipped from Reykjavik to Beirut for P s ne refugee children, the United Nations International Children's Emerge Fund announced yesterdayn Valued at $3,100.: the cod liver oil is a noli c · bution to UNICEP from the Goverrumnt of Iceland.. In the Palestine ref~e settlements, UNICEF aid to children is carried out through the UnitE.d N~ons Relief and Works Agency, The Goverrmm1t of Iceland has previously tributed cod liver oil and fish to UNICEF to the value of $1.37,000o T3 -o ~private appeals, the people of Iceland have given an additional ~ abo. The sale of a contribution in gree coffee from the Government of Colamb't a to the United Nations Internationa(/Childrengs Emergency Fund has realised $25,264 for UNICEF. The s e was transacted on the Ne\'1 York market 1 and the proc:eeds will be added to CEF' s resources for aid to childrEil o Thi s i s Colombia's second con;:R: ·on to UNICEFo Another gift of cottee, in 1951, realised $16,752 for~~zCEFo

~ UAKE RELIEF FO A."'ID TUP.KEY ~

Contributio~of United Nations staff members for the relief of victims or the recent earthquakes in Iran and Turkey totalling $5,200 were presented yesterdl\)' to represe;;. tatives of the t'WCI countries by Dr .. Dragoslav Protitch, Principal Director of the Department of Political and Security Council Affairs~ The brief ceremony took place in Dr., Protitch 9s officeo Ambassador Ali Gholi Ardalan, Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations, accepted his countr,y0s share and Ambassador Selim Sarper, Permanent Representative ot Turkey, received the cheque for his countzy.

VISI'IDRS 'ro HEAPQUARrERS

From 18 to 22 May there were 5 ,1.44 visitors to Headquartenso

MOVEMENTS OF STAFF

Mro R. Blough, Principal Dire-:tor, Department of Economic Atfairs, lett for Nashington ye te:n:1ay whert. h 'Kill con'3ult with officials of the Bank, the Fund and the U.,S" Goverrmnnt." Mr"' Blough is expected to return to Head­quarters on TI1ursdqy, ~a~~~ In his absence Mro Branko Lukac is in charge of the department,.

DAILY REPORT TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

J!!§. KOF;EAN Q~

Under two notes dateJ 22 May 1()53 the Um.taci. State? Representat.i ve tra.nst!li.tted, for the ir.:·':.n·rnation ·' f the '3ecur:U.y Council: a c:oMinunique issv.ed by the Headqu;;"rters of the Uni •;,ed Nation~ Comnand on 21 May 1953:; and the Si.x-ty~third. Report of th>7 Ur'1 ted Nationr, Command covering operations du:dng the perlocl 1 l~'ebruacy through 16 February 1953 Both communications are being circulated as a docume.>.t of the Cou.nr,:il

At. Fdday afternoon"·~ Jlioating the Leneral deb1lte ~ concluded ult.h stat~rrumt::- by the repret:ie!'ltati·vG of f:'r&-1'J.ee am , the Chairman, 13pea.king as represGntst.i va o.f' E1 Salvador~ :rhc repr tatl vs of Cuba introduced a liOrking p':lp·ur (A/AC,,6t/L~3), regard:ng ~~llg in t.ll.e Security Council on this question.. The Cozmd.ttee t.hen d. i. cted to take up the individual proposals and suggestic:ms that had b~e referred and submitt4!:d t" ito

TREAT!.WT OF PEOPLE OF INDIAN ORIGIN ·,1 -IE UNION OF SOUTH AF'RICA -=-~:t..._ .... • 0 ----~,.,.,._.. -~

In a letter dated 1.3 May.~~ adck.taeed to the Secreta.ey-Genara.l, the Permanent Representative of the Ufl!pn of South Africa stated that his Governl'Dant had consistently held that t~ Indian problem in South Africa was a domestic question,. AccordingJu't!is Gove~nt regarded the General Assembl38s resolution of 5 De~l>er 1952 as unconstitutional and regretted that they could grant no r~~gnition to the Commission appointed under that resolution" Copies of this~tter are being transmitted to all Member Governmentey .

~ QUESTION OF I~TIAL INVESTIGATION qF" CHARG~t.QF Bf!.9'f!.:IUOI.OOIC,!L WARFARE

In a telegram dated lS May the Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs acknow= ledged tha receipt ot the telegt."'M.l from the President ot the General Assembly on 2.3 April 195.3.. He s t ated that the Japanese Goverment was prepared to render eve17 practicable assistance to th0 Commission contemP plated in the Aasemblyr' e resolution!) in 1 ts free travel throughout eucb areaa ot Japan as it might deem necessar.y i n the performance ot its taak8

its froe aeceei:> to such pereone, pla~~s and "~"3leva.nt doC\UiiEilts a~ it considered tMH.;~seary for the fulfil.w.ent of its task, and its examination of any witnesso

CONC111U.I.QN. COMMl_S§J.Q!_~l.&?_'f-1~

(e.) went deve.l~~!1L~"ill.-2Em1~\2.n., l!:it!;l...i_l!:_~.±2a.<;~ ~2:~~ Arab aecO'U!.l.Y!

The Cormnission consider·ed col'I'JYitmicDtions from its repre8entative in the area, Mr. Reedman: a.nd decided that. ·c.he latter should remain in the Middla East for the time being, since it seemed reasonable to allow the new Jordan Government more time to .::Ollle to a decision on the proposed formula concerning release o:f blocked Arc.b accounts, It a.lso agreed (i•1 o.rder to strengthran h1s hand l>Jith the Go!ernment of Jordan) that the Principal Secretary should send a cablegram .:..:> Mro Reecimtm expre sing the Co:mmission.as concern about the delay of ,Jordan~ s reply. The Unitad States representative urrlert.ook to refer to the State Department the possibility of raising the matter with the Jordan Minister in H.~shington,

(b) The guest:L<m_of the dJ.sEosi~ion of E!"iY!M,e ,ft.Xab proiC?rtY by '4te ~~.~D-~.9J_isras}.

The Commis:!ion decided that the appro-sc.'lef> to tha ~ egatj on of Israel on thie quesM.on shoul.C. be followed by a teleph e call by the Principal Secretary to emphasize the Commission~s inter in obtairdllg a statement of Israel~a position. ~

Q (c) 26 April fro _.§. Secretary_::Qeneral of the

t he Ccmmis sion to provide a COI?X e stration Cer~ificates of Arab

'The Co.:mnission agreed thab apart fro::n the legal issues that might be involved:- it would be e(.C.t_.r~maly diffirult to have another copy made of the photostats of the~~ters of Arab immovable property in Israel, and that the expen¥.~involved would make it prohibitiveo It was agreed that the Princ:i.pa . ~cretary should make further &"lquiries into the tech= nical aspect~- draft a reply accordingly,.

No date liar:t;jix ed for the nw..t meet1ngo

On 21 May the Main CoiiJllit.tee held t~,'O sessions" It decided to limit the export of opium to seven countries which exported in 19508 vizo India, Iran, Turkey and Yugoslavia {the first f'our big exporters in large quan­tities), Belgium, Greec:oe and USSR {'tlho exported small quantities in 1950)o

SPECIALIZED AGENCIES

l!Y: Dro Marcl) Aurelio Andrada, Secretary-Gsleral of Poots and Tele­cormnunicat!. ons in Argentina; has bean named Secretary...Qeneral of ITU by t.he ITU Administrative Counc.i.l now meeting in Geneva, to succeed Mr. Mulatier, whoaa term is expiring, and 'ttilo has reached retirement ageo

A total of Lt6 in'i:.erN~s of 3.3 differ flt mt tiomJ.it.i~s ;.-;as ee.l'3""ted cr approvsd far- the forthcoming ~tudent progranme which will commence in the New York Heudquai t.ers on 10 July and continue 'mtil 4 September, This is the fifteenth internal irltt!;''l"!1e :t'rogramrne and the sixth programme for students~ Normally three prograune$ are given each year,

A total of 9.3 w&$ presE:nted by 27 countries for the 25 poe;ts announced for thi3 programmeo It was possible to add 4 more posts due ~ cancel­lations in the first programne (Civil Servant) and lack of candidates for pests originally asstgnad to offini ~~s of' Non Governmental Organ~, j zationso The Board se)_ect ed 29 ce.ndidate•ts from 26 countrieso

Requests t,.rero received. from three non-Heruber Goverrumnts ani one MembeJ.o Government to admil:. seven candidates a.s "Auditeur Libre" n Eight univer=­sities and or.te organization offered scholarships on behalf of the indi­\ddual students selecteO by themo AJl these requasts were approved by the Bo-l"d" ?'-V

. ' There are 31 men and 15 women in 'the total pro i11D.S 1 and their selection has been made \dth a view to • prec.d~.ng their · :terne appointments through all departments of tm Seeretaria to ~

Q ~qSSION ON HUMAN_RIQ:HTS {GENEVA) ~ '

The Colr/JI1UI6ion adopt.ed an Indi d~t reaolution on the question or new electior~ to the Sub=Commdssi Pr.evontion of Discrimination and Protection of Minoritieso The Commissio decided by a vote of 12 in favour, none against with three abate ons, to elect new members or the Sub=Commission during its current nin"tc.h _ s ssiono It further decided that the term ot of !ice of the nsw mmbell"B · 11f extend to Jl December 1956o It invited the Economic and Social CeuncilCf. conver e a three=week sees:. on or the Sub-Commission at least once a yea am to schedule the Sub-Coiiiiliaaion·· 6 next. aeasian in 1954 at a date whi_.,p~ould allcw the Sub-Comniseion ~ s report to be examined at the Ccmmis ates tenth sessione The Commission decided to set the deadline for nomina ons at 27 !>f..ay and the date of the election at 30 Mayo

COMMUNICATIONS CONCERNING HUMAN RI~

During the week ending 22 May" eightean communications conceming the principles involved in the promotion of respect far human rights were received, Of these • seventeen suggested changes in the wording or Article 6 of the draf.t Covenant on Civil and Political Rights so aa to JrBke it applicable to "all living crea.tures"o During the same periods twenty-five communicat.i.ons 1\"Gre received alleging violations or human rights in variOL\8 countrieso

AD HOC COMMISSION ON PRISO~~~ OF WAR

Mro Thomas Cory, United States Mi.ssion8 stated confidentially that the delega~ions which originally sponsored the prisoners of war resolution: AustraJ .. ia, the United Kingdom and the United States, had reached an agreement

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to mal{e separate derrl8.rches urging on the Secretary-General the desi.:.ability of thG continuance o ... the Commission.. Mro Cory also reported that a number cr delegations waz·e intere~ted in having the queation plz\ced on the age11.dc or the eighth aession of the General Assembly The repre;;;cntati ve of Pakistan also repor-ted the desire of his Gover:r.ment that the Comission continue in existenceo

MrQ Rieeeer~ Consul General of the Ckwe~nt C'ff the Federal Republic of Germany, telephoned to report that he had beSl informed by the Italian Observer that the SecretarJ=General had approached the Chairman of the Commission asking h1m to continue his ~rork~

• STUDI.ES ON RTLL EMPLOY!>!E.NT_~ BALANCE Of...:P-.:.A:.-:TI.;;.:1EN;:.;.::T-.S.-AN=D....:E;:.;:C-.O;.;,;NO-MI;;:;C;::;....;:T;,;;REN=D=S

The first batch of replies to the annual questionnaire on full employment, balance of payments and economic trends, objectives and policies in 1952 and 19531 has been reproduced in document E/2409 and circulated to govern-.. ments in cor.nection \ro'ith ite;n 2 (b) and .3 of the a~n_iia or the sixteenth session of the EconOP'...ie and Social Coun--.ilo This 111..cllnent contains the full or partial replier:1 of seventeen govemmen~~

fJ!ODUCTIVI!I....IrL~+.PULTtl~ ~ ~ In accordance ld.th e.rrar..genents :::na.de '~~{;} the Food and Agriculture Organization, a workine paper (E/2436) on the problems of productivity in agricultureb fisheriea and for ~r,y has been submitted by the FAO to the Council under Council reso . i n 416 E (XIV) and will be considered at its si xteenth session unl~ enda item 3 (c) o

APPOINTII.ENT OF JAPANESE OBS TO THE UNITED NATIONS

A letter has been ~ed from the Japanese ~tinister for Foreign Affaire informing the SecQtary-General. that the Japanese Government has appointed Mro Renzo Sa } Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan, as i.ts repr e ative stationed permanently at the U.No Headquarters:. Mr., Sawad~ 1 succeed Mre Ryuji Takeuchi as Permanent Ol:server ot Japan to ~he Unft'ed Nationsa

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

The Norwegian Parliament has unanimously voted ten million kroner (lo4 million dolla.re) for technical assistance foundation in the now budget yearo

UoNo POOTAL ADMINISTRATION

The remittance report for the United Nations Postal Administration for the week 16--22 May is as follows:

Total remittances for 1953 ~«ee · u s remit tanceF Net Revenue ~ UNPA Counter

$144,8J4o62 7~1J9o60 2,564ol2

" c ... • Mro Bra!'l.kcLukae, Director of the Division of Transport and Communications, spent Thursday and Friday (21.-22 May) in Hashington" disC'l'l.3aing eer-c.ein matters arising from thn resolutions adopted by the EOOSOC at its reeent session in connection l':i th tra.nspo'P';.; and oommunicattons problems 11 ldth the United Sta·\~es cor':retrrnt authorities 81 d with officials of the International Monetary Fundo

Dro Yuen-Ll. Lia11g: Director~ Division for the De".t-elopment and Codification of International Law, left for Geneva on 22 May, tc attend the fifth session of the Inter·national Law Commission which '.dll open at the Palais de= Nations on 1 June, Dr<, Liang will return to Headquarters at ~"le end of Augu,:sto Duril'lg the absence of Dr U.ang, Mr .. H. To Liu \oJi.ll be in charge of the Div13ion for the Development an1 Codification of International Lawo

The Honourable Tamasese, one of the two Fautu.a of \¥es .. n Samoa: and his wife; Mrso Co'Van, an Ariki of the Cook Islands an husband; and Mro and ll..rs o t~al ter Nash of New Zealand visited the Uni ki Nations on 22 Mayo They were accompanied by Mro Scott of the t-row Zea eleg&tiono Dr .. Hoo and senior officers of the DepartmBnt of Trust p and Information from Non~ Self-Governing Territories received th001 d later took them on a tour of the buildings~ The Hon. Ta.masese reeo a message in Samoan to the people of Western Samca.o After that~ Dro ~o. gave the party a luncheon at which Dr. Bu.'lche and other officers of 6 DeJA1:i.rtment were present.,

!tiro Yim Thecr-·pra.dith, from thOepartment of the Secretary-General to "t:.he Council Ministers of the R9yal Government of Thailand visited Headquarters on 22 Mayo He lll!lt soma Se&retaria t officials a

v Mrso Ma..-rtha. CandanoA~Roxrero, Secretary-General of Mexioo University for \vomen, who i. in Vunited States on a tJ.,S .. Government grantt:~ visited. Headquartf'lrs on~ Mal'"

~ There were 1;;1644 visitors to Headqua'rters from ll to 15 Mayo

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DAILY REPORT TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

Wednesday, 20 Yay 1953

J!ir; KORf&.N. QV~TIO.fi

With notes dated 1:~ and 18 ~ 1953 the Unit.~d States representative tl."flJ.lSmitted~ for the 1nfo1·~tion of the 5-ectu-ity Council, six C<li1'P mu..'liqUGS hrsued by the Headquarters of the Urd:f.ed 1'-Ja-c.iO:nt.• c~ ~­tl'feG ll and 16 l&1y 1953· The notes t.md 'Ghcir enclosures are being circt\l.at.ed a3 documents of ";,he COlJ.f1eiJ .•

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At yeste~ afternoon~s meeting the l~presentati of Greece, the Philippines 1 Argentir!a, Belsium, the TJ.o..ited K e.nd the United States of America made statell¥)nts in thE~ gcaGr. debate., The repre­sentative of Argentina su~mitted as a wrkhQ doc~nt the first draft. of a resolution (A/.4.C .. 64/£.2) whiqs,~ter .!J.!!., would recoumend. the Security Council to re-examine th~~plications foi" admission sub­mitted by Albania, the People'a Re~'1c of U:ongolia, Bulgaria, Roum:uda, Hungaey, F"_nland, Italy, Portuga~~~land., Jordan: Austria, Ceylon, Nepal and Libya and to ~ire reco~ndat'i6I.s on each of them to t he General As-sembly. 4

The representative ot G ... ~ said that to link the concept of universalit7 with a "package deal 11 d U!l(lenn.ine the principles of the Charter and 'tiOuld open the way endless abuse. Some..Jhat similar rlevts were expressed by the represen~ .. ~e of Belgi\111.. Tha prepresentati Vil of the Philippines suggested the p_o'S"sibility of an enlarged 11 pa.ckage deal11 and held that. the policy of reje~ng all comprauise constituted a dissez~ce to the principle cf universality.

The next meeting vd.ll be held at 3 p.m. on Friday, 22 May ..

CHARG~ OF INTERtEN'riON IN THE DOMESTIC AFFAIRS 01<' GUATclJALA ........ lllhiM ___ ...... -~ ...

In a letter dated 1 Apr.U 11 addressed to the Secretary-General, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Guatemala described a series of developments in recent years, which,, he charged, del!K)nstrated the intention or certain international political circles to intervene openly i.u the do.mest:lc affairs o.f Guatem.ila. In a letter dated 15 Aprll the Permanent Rapresentatiw ot Guatemala requested that the letter of 1 April be placed before the Security Council at its next meeting 11 so that the Council might take note of the facta set out therein.

In a letter dated J t M~· the Pennanent. Representative of Nicaragua tren3-. mitted to the Sacrdt.&l"j-General the text of a note dated 20 AprD. fra the Ministry of 1-~orsign Affairs of Nicaragua to the Minister of Foreign

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Affairs of Gv.P.,tems.l&h The not·3 stated t.hat the Nicarugua.n GO'l.""ernuent had not signed and did not propose to ~ign a pact for t,he purpose of constituting an aggressive coalition against Guatem&lao The Nicaraguan Gove~nt regrett.ed that t..h.e Gaatemal.a.n Government should have given credence to "".alse ?"op:H:f-s end that it shol.Ud have ds.nounced the Charter of Son 5&.1.V,~!.d~·r and lodged a complaint with the United Nations ..

In a letter <k.t·3d 15 May the Permanent Represe.ntatj.ve o! El. Salvador informed t.hCJ President of the Security Council that the tlinister for Foreign Affairo of .fSl &J.v~.d.or had rejected t.he Guatemalan charges s.nd demonst1-ated their falsehood. and i..11consist~-wy. If the Security Council ~ho<U.ci accede to tho Guata:Jtalan Government's request 11 he !'@quested that

. /the Councll should likense take note or the communication dated 4 April from the Gua.temalan Ministry for Fore~l Affairs to the Ministry of Foreign Af'!'airs of El Salwdor1 and. of t.":te latter's reply of 9 Aprilo

The letters ot 11 and 15 May are being cireulsteci to JYMember Govern­mM.ts and will be releasG.:l to the Press. In his to the Permanent. Representative or El Salvac.or the President ot . Seem t:r CouncU stated that if the Council oealt with the Guc.temal~ tnication 11 the El Salvador COIWlmieation would AJ.so be placed before itJV ·

0 OPIUM ~ONFERENCE ~ '

On 15 May there v~el."e ~he colllldttee of the llhole of the OpiUiU Conf'erG.".\Ce. At the end of. aftemoon, there was an unexpected vote. By 1.?- tc ;~ with 6 absten ons • the Coamittse voted to acld to the protocol pl"''V'isions relati to the control of popRf straw and ot morphine pro::l.uced from poppy stra • s would involve not only recasting of the p~otoeol ~~ ~ ~ole, s c the provisions alreaG1 contained in it relatiqg to the lL~ita~ion of~he production of epium could not be applied as the.y stand to pop:v st , but it also means that there would be little chance of ratificati~ the protocol if eventually adopted in this form.

On 18 Jla.y th~faj.n Ccnmitte ~eld two meetings.. It atfirmed the inclusion of the principle of mrud.rlilm stocks in the protocol , but with indications of so many qualifications and exceptions at the drafting stage that these are li.;(Dly to be morely fonal provisions. In the aftcmoon, an important. decision was taken, the effect of which would be to ruqu1re producin& countries to p~de for the licensing of specific acreages to be cultivated by each l:teensed cu.ltivat.or.

The Main Committee held two maetings on 19 ~ and continued its considera­tion of ·the draft protocol~:~ 11'1 the evening the Business Coiiilli ttee met end considered the situation arising out of the decision last Friday of the Main Committee regarding the inclusion of the control of poppy straw in the proto­col. It was decidad to hold a plenar-y sesaion or the Conference in a few days time in order that this decision might be reviewedo

SOCIAL COMU!SSION ~ ............. - Mtt"'IL"';'rN

On 15 .May the Co;zn:tssion co·lsider(;. ·.! the United Nations International Children's Emergency F'u."ldo Attet• d:l.scussion of thia item the Commission turned to the consideration of the joiut draft resolution submitted by Brazil, France and.

the Philippines and the QJl'i.Sndment thereto submitt.:Jd by the United Kingdom. The joint draft resolution was adopted with soma modii'icath>n by" 16 in favour 6 none against and one abstention. The Commission then resum:!lci discussion or the development and concentration of the efforts in the social field of the United Nations and the specialized agencies: work progra.mme of the Social Commission.

On 18 May the Commission discus:3ed tr.e a.nnax to the jcint draft resolu­tion submitted by Argentina" Belgi~r·\~ Chi.ne.c. France 0 Grseca 9 Israel and the United State~a of ·Aia:!rica (E/Ctl.5/Lol85)., The resolu"-J•sn as a whole was pa.t to the vote and adopted by 11~ votes L"l favour, ~.e aga.inl!t with 4 abstentions.. The Ca:nruiaaicn then adopted the worlt prcgze.m;ae (.E/CN.S/292) as amended during previous discussioos with some ;·.dditiooal minor madii'ica­ticns {14 votes in favour, nonG against with 3 abstentions).

On 19 May the Cou:aission began consideration ot the draft Report of the Rapporteur (E/CN.5/LolS'7., and Add .. l). On 20 V&y tho report was adopted. b;y 15 votes in favonr~ none agatnst with 3 abstentions, am the C~ssion thus concluded the -work of its ninth session. t'-V

INT iRNA TIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE ~' ~

The Court on 19 May decided Ambatielos easfl ~avour of Greece by tsn '\"'taa to tour holding that the United Kingdoa wa del" obligation to arbitrate elaim in accordance with 1926 Treaty be n Greece and the United Kingdom. The ease involves a claim of a Greek onal arising out of a 1919 contract to purchaao ships fl'"Om the United om. The Greek Government had espoused thE> claim on ground of denial of , t.ice and requested arbitration under treaty provisions. G Italy filed application an May instituting proceedings against France, Great Br:l.tai.n s.nd the ~~ • States of America concerning monetaey gold re­moved from Rome in 19)tJ.~ Since Italy is not a party to the statute ~ the Court it filed an ~~e day a declaration accepting the jurisdiction or the Court and ~\ing other conditions laid down in the Securitr CoWlcil ResolutioA of ~ October 1946&

~ VISITIKZ MISSION TO mr; TRUST T~RRI'IDRI~ IN THi!; PACIFIC

The 1953 Visiting :tlissio:1, which visited the Trust Territories in the Pacific Area., i.eo, the Trust Territories o! the Pacific Islands• Nauru, New Guinea and ::estern samoa. has successful.JJ" compL:~ted its visit .ana retumed to Headquarters. It has a~roved. the first drafts o:: its reports on the fl.rst two of the four Trust Territories. It is planned that the remain1ng two reports will be ap;Jl"'Ved prior to 7 Junao The Visiting Mission will hold its first. me~ting aftor its retum at 3 p.m .. on Thursday, 2l !lay.

KOREAN w;nALS

Low bidders for the Korean Medal were requested to submit samples and were adv:i.sed that the sward would be made oo. the quality of their work. These have b~en raceived and arra:·.gement- are being made for an inspection.

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' TAA and Conterancs·a~d '1eneral Servicea discussea procurement probl~ in the light of substalltial non-convertible contributions which mast ba expanded in the do.aor' s cctmtl"y. hhile full international competition will not be possible, some cOl.ilpetition can be introduced"' and H. is hoped t1at these funda can be expended in an economical tanue.-

SPECIAUZED AGJ£NC!E:S -- . ....,. .... The Conmunications and Rec•:J>rds Di\•ision has recently recehred several requests i"rom Specialized A '""encies to share in some of the existin& services such as eable ope~ations and dipl~tic p~~ch services. ThG trend 1n this r-:·spect is on the increase ..

U .. N. POSTAL ADMINISTRATION

The remittance l"'6port. fc:-:;a the UNPA for ths tlC!!k 2-8 !Jay " as follows:

Totlll remit.tences for 195) - $1~ ~.02 Week's remittances - · ~ .. 11.,3.16 Net f~evenue - UNPA Coanter ~ ~ 2;lll .. 49

OOV~l.~NTS OF STAFF ......... === ·-·-- .....-

Ur .. A. w. Col·dier~ E.'Cecut1ve Assist, for Atlantic City today. During Mr. "nill ~ Acting nxecutive Assistruc

PUBLICATIONS

,o ~ the Secretary-General, left rdier' s absence, Ur. A. G., Katzin

the Secretary-Gene raJ. ..

"The i'AJ.ropean Steel Tnd, t)y c:.nd thtJ llide-Strip llill" - a Study of Produ~;tion and Consumption T~ in Flat Products - twis.l!.

' Bulletin on Narc~~s. Vol.V, No.1. Jawa:ey-March 1953- ~ish

Check list of'#nited Nntions Documents. Part 81 No.,. 1.. UIUCEF and UNAC) 1946-1949 - !PIJ.ish

Permanent Missions and Delegations to the United Nationso No .. 36, April 195.3 - !:Mi.li!E

Biennial Report on Co.tiiJ1Illlity 1 Fandly and Child T:elfare, 1949 and 1950.. gli:£

Revue des Nations Unies 2nd year, Noo4o April 1953 - French -.::valuation of the Programe of Advisory Social ·,;elfare Sei"!Jice, 1947-1951 -

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Sconomic SU.l"v..:y o.f Asia Md the r'ar Mst 1 1950 - f.fS.Ilcb

~cosoc - Traffic in \iomen and Children.. Sunmary of annual rep\)rts ror the period 1948-1950 - French --

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Sp$cia.1. study on .;~conondc CooditiorJs arhl '·'"!o.."lomic Dt::~""'h'lP:·t· .lt ~.;;l Non­Self-Governing Ter~ttorias - French -.... ...

Application of lntemu.tiona~ Stund,).rds to Cdnsus Ilnta on t.he ~cono'llically Active Population - §E!ni~

Trusteeship Council Official Racords~ Second Sessian: First. Part (20.11.47 to 16.12.1.'7) Supplement

Trusteesh:tp Covnc::.l Official Records of the :.i"'cond Special S"lssion (New York, 8.12.49 to 20.12#4.9) Supplerl!.ent Uo~l 1eso1ltions -~.ish

Security Cou.."lcil Jfficial Hscoras, 7th Year:

Eco~oc Official qecord~4 on the Status of Homen .. ~lish and French

16th session. rleport of tht ' '7

583rd Meeting~ 586th ll

58Gt.h "V 600tb 604t~' II

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$!ement No.,2., Conmission session \16.3.53 t? JQ4.53) -

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and Cultural Questioruso S~ Records of Meetings, 14.10.52 to 19.12 • .52 -S'.-.an1sh

b - 4 G.A. Official Records. ~7~ session. Supplement. No.l9A. Addenda to the

Report of the Ag\)nt ,~-elteral of the United Nations Korean l'teconstruction Agency - Russian 'v

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DAILY REPORT TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

t.HE KOREAN SJJESJ.'lON

l'lith a nota df.!.tod 12 May 195.3 the United statee repr~senta.tivG trans­mitted, for the info4!'mation of tha Security Council~ five communiques issued by the Heedqua ... -te:ro of the United. Nations Command between l and 9 Ma;r 195.3. '!'his note and its enclosureo are bei."lg circul.ated as a documsnt of the Council.

A letter has ba0n !'Dceivod f:ro'Jl the rap:;:oeeentative;a of the United Kingdom transmitting i.nfCJrmaticm aP.. two turt.her ways in ch the United Kingdom GoYel'11L'1&nt has dacidcd to etrsngthen t~e.Jd.sting m3aaures designed to prevent the ohipmont or etrat~ goods to areas under tha control of China and the Nor-th Korean ~"t'borities. These measures relate to Voyage Controls and Bunker ...,CB role.a Under the tirat or these h$l\dingsti no BritiBh ah:l.p ~t ~ erose tons or more may, atter th~ .31st ot March, set out on a vay to s:n:y port or place in China o~ North Koroo. trom 1J1DY port in t~ orld without an 1nd1 vidual licen~e granted. 'a:! o:r oo behalf ot t tatlh1ted Kingdom Government .. Theae licons~a are granted onl3 on ,ep~dit:l.cm that no et.rat.egic good a consi.gn.lid to Ch:i..na 0.1' North Kora;r:. Y aJ listoo in the licen ~.e, are carri.edo A ll15t o£ etrategic gobde is att. ched. to the communication trom the Un1tea Kingdom rep Hntat1ve.. Umer th0 second h~ading~ arrangements arc baing mac:t.s ~by the Govermoont ot the United Kingdom to prevent. ahips engas~ 3n the carriz,ge of ~Strategic cargoes to the Central People I a (Bo'yt;~ent or the People' 8 Republic ot China and NOS"th Ko:"ee. trom o iJling bunkera from British controlled sources o

This lett~r baa circulat0d to Membe:~rs ot the UnitGd Nations as document A/ ' dd~6r; in a.ccords.nca with previou prac·t.ice.

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ADMISSION OF NEW MEY.BERS

At the meeting of 13 ~~ the S~gi.al Committee began consideration ot its progrruli500 of work., It decided to hold a brief general. debate prior to stud.ying thrJ varj.ous propoaa.J.e on the question or the admission of nGw Member:s., Tha rapresantative of Egypt atat~ his intention or sub­mitting a propoBal similar tc the ussa proposal tor the admission of l4 et&tea, as amended by Argentino. and approved by the First Camllittee on 25 Jartua,cy- l~52 (a/2100),. (~·ihen ·o~•e resolution of the First, ~c~·ti:C.tee was put to th ... vct.o in a ?.lenar;r Meeting on 1 Febr1.uu-y l95:C. :i.t did not receive the required t~thirds major1ty)o

On l4 i.fay the gon~ral d~bete continuedo Th~ representatives of Cuba and Peru statGd. that they wuld m:.pport a recCliiJruljndation to the General Aes~~blT which ~d p51~t ao1ution ot the qusation. The representatives o£ th0 N$therlands~ Csnada and C!dna omphaaized that the provisions of Article 4 could not be disregarded and suggested.~ in sf tact, that only

tima and a lessming of tension could le11.d to an agrood aolutiono The repi'35f.mtative of L~boanan cr.m~S.dercd ~:.hat the cur1oo.ent evid.onoo ot such a red!.lction nf 'i:.enaion watTanted hope and declared auppo~.; for any p:ropoer.U for a p!:"a.ct,ical solution.

FOURTH HEETIW OF THE BA:LK.Az~ SUB-CONlUSSION OF MPEACE OBSERVATION CON.N!SSION =- . . ...... ... ........... ..:.;&.

On l.2 l-1ay the Be~ Sub-Coomission took note of the thirdt~ fourth and !ifth situation rero~t$ of the Unitsd Wationa ~tllitar,y Ob5ervars in GreGce, tra..Flamitted by l@tters o! 6 October 1952l- 6 January 1953 and 8 April 1953 (A/CU., 7/SC.,.'JS, 39 and 41) o The Sub-Commission adopted t.ho Oboarvat!on .Manuv,l. fer Obsorvsrs whtcb had bean dr ~ by the Sec-1~tariat. 't-

Atter the mea't,:2.n.g tile Cha:!..Tinrul o! tha Sub- asicn received a letter dated 5 Ma.;r from th12 Principal ltlli~ta eerver in Greece, con-c•m1ng the frontier incid~t which occm"Ta 4 l>1areh on the island ot Gamrlw. in the river. Evroeo Tha Prine! b!'..ervar stated that a final solution of the que~tion of the anda in the Evroa river might cnJ.:' be achiev®d by a mooting ot a Greek-:&lgari£1n Comd.t tee in oi'der to age<~ on a ree.uonable worlcOg &rra,ngemont and mutual under­etanding tor the peacetul and e! tive ~pervision ot thes~ island&o Such a. propocl had already bGen made cy the former Un1ta4 Nations Special cama1tt(to on the &1.! ns in 1950~ and more recently by the Observer Group 1n August. ., It lr<1Ul auggezted.~ therefore, that to avoid tha possibility p l oro eoriouo incidents occurring 1n this area, and at the same time .,take &dva.ntage of ths recent change 1n the general political spho.re, ~'le Balkan Sub-Commission might wish to conBidor the po 1 Uity of a.ddreeeing communications to both the Greek a.nd BuJ.8arian vernrn~Snts asld.ng for th"ir co-operation in the establish-ment ot a Mb Comm.ittoo t.o :mset at an early date in order to explore methcxis of reaching agl'e<.illment on this quest!ono 'this letter is being reproduced aD a documen~ or the Sub-Commission.

OPIUM CONFERENCE

The plenary Conterenc~ completed the initial general debate on the draft opium protocol on l4 Mlq' and uet up a Main Coillfd.ttee of the 'h'hole to examine the v--~ricro.e E<3&SU1~es contain~ in the drai't protocol together with a Dra.ttirlg Comm.tt t~ to redraft ito

In organizational meetings ;y0sterdq aft~moon" M. Vaille (France) was elected Chairman ot: the Main Canmittoe and Dr. Or (Turkey) al¥i Dr" Haia (China.) Viee-cl:>.airmen; l-1 .. Nikolic (Yu,goelaVi.a) was elected Chairman ot the Dl"a.fting CoomlittAe ani Mr. Curran, QoCo (Canada) Vice-Chairman.

Arter the firet int®r-vcntion 'b-.f the representative or Spain in the ConfarenceD Yugoalavia protestod ag&inst tho participation or the Franco Govornm8nts The Pres1dsnt referred to rgsolution 478 (11r) of 7 April 1953 of ih® Economic and Social Council Lnviting Spail~, by '~~s, and the point ~~s not purauedo

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The President of the Gon.farenc~ had approached 1n vain all the (few) Latin-American deleg;'."'·icn!3 at the Conference to serve on th~J Dl ... C~.fting Ccmnitte~, but all had dGcl:lned on account of f.ll1o1-taget of personnel; the only Spanish-opoald..'lg re~pre~ntative includ.&d il., the President 1 s nomina­tions was acco~ the reprsswta.tive or tha Philippinet~~" However, when the Canmittse ~-as e.nnouncOO., 1-!e:xico ( wo had be&n approached to· serve and declinoo) and Greoce propoi!Gd that a Spanish-speaking representative bo add.Gdo The Prel!ident having ooq>l.nine<i as above" the addition of Spa5..n 11.'3& proiX)Ged (by th\!l USA) a."ld acceptedo

In th6 cour~~ ot his rspeech in the general diac."Useion, the represent&­ti ve o! Egypt. Mid that tho Br3.tiah occupation or the Sue~ Canal Zone hin­dered the control of narcotics :tn Egypt., The=; .British reprew-entat1ve re­sponded to the contraryo

The diocusoion on the d!SveJ.opment and. conccntrat social !ield of the United Nations and the sp~J chapter by chapter o Q ~

.-v ' o~of the efforts in the

izod agencies continued,

A motion, sub.inittsd l:>y th@ r~preee~ 1ve of tho USSR and seconded by the reprosentative ot Czeohoolovakia, o the effect that section 2 ot chapter lO dealing -:dth rs!ugQeD ~ apl&ced poreone should not be con-sidered by th0 Gammisad.on, waa d. c cad by a vote ot ;l in favour, 10 ogaL~ut and 2 abstentions.

~ On l4 May a proposal e subdtted by the representative of the UssR,

seconded by the represc t;ivea of the Eyeloruesian SSR and Czechoslavakia, to the effect that an Qt-em relating to the greater acceseibUity of educa-tion fer the b sea or tha population, and introduction in the states Members of th~ d Nations of tna compulsory primary education for all citiz~ns with discrimination, should be included in the work p~ogramme ot the Social amniesiono Amendments were submitted by the representatives ot France and Iraqo Thie proposal and the amendments were rejectedo The representative or the USSR then proposed the inclusion ot items in the work programme relating to (1) the extension ot social ineurance (ii) ereater accesaibility o! medical aervicee for the ~opulation and (iii) improvement ot the position with regard to public health, education and social weltare in non-self-governing and Trust Territoricso The voting \laS as follows: Item (i) 3 1n !'avour; :3 against and 6 abstentions; Itom (ii) :3 in favour; ll aga.in&t with 4 abatootiOllSJ Itom (iii) 4 1n favour; 8 against and 5 abstentions, A motion to the eftoct that the section on social defence except r-sr C relating to the traf'f'ic in persons, should not be included in the t.-crk program.m3, also eu'tJ'r!.ittmi by the representative ot the USSR, ~·as rejecteda

FRF..EDOM OF INFOR.YJJ\TION --.. _... -Mr. Salvador P. Lopezf' Economic and Social Colmcil Rapporteur on Freedc::~n of lntormationg has completed the report which he will suomit to the 16th aeasion of the Eccmomio end Social CounciL Approximately 70,000 words in length; and ccver~.~ a wida l"a!~e of developments in freedom of infor­mation, it will b6 printed am t~hocld appear in approxiruately two weekso

CO~wru~UCATIONS CONCERNING HUY~ RIGHTS ' ~~ ~···~

During the week endi.ng 15 M!ey ~ 50 c<mmmnications dealing ldth the principles involvad in the prcmotion of reapect fer hu!'M.n l"igb:t.S Wl!re recei~lede Of these, 49 suggo6ted that Articlct 6 of the Draft Coven.a.r!.t. on Civil and Poli­tical Right~ b3 r·e-lio:r·dc..>d. so c. a ·t;o ~pply to 11all living creatures" o During the :Jamo poriodt< 22 CQlrJ.iltrlicatio:a.~ ~'J:zt~ received alleillnYviolations ot human right a in variG'l~ col.mtzoiea. ,~ ...

~ AD HOC OO.M·l!Sm. ON PR15pWffiS pF li.~ ~

The delegations ot Pa.kililtf.mz, C!mad.& and the(f)aiherlanda havqr expressed interest in the .futuro of the Camzdseion ~ is also understood that the United ~tea d0legatian ~as teps~ along with tba delegations or the United Ki.ngdom and Australia t e direct npresentations to the Secretacy...C~nar£1 'A"l tha continuancE:>o.r ti'e CcmnitH~iono v

AD HOC COMM!l'.TEE 0~~

'!'be Ad Hoc Ccc.'iiitt"~ baa~ dod to prolong its eeacion tJ.J one weeko

UsN s HIGH COMNISSIONER FO ~GEES

~r will be coming to tho Unit6d Statea tor a visit of e.ppro.ximateJ.:' lfe3ks on 8 Junao During the time he is here, he is hoping to see he Preaddont o£ the United States and va~ious other govern­mont leadere. In addition, he 'Will appeal to the Ford Founda.tioo ror a second grant to retugeeBo

The Council of Europ~.c- in a resolution taken in strasbourg on 7 May' 195.3~ decided to appoint for a period of ono year an eminent European per­sonality ~O$e .opecial int.5r~st shall bs European refugees and overpopulation. problems. The Canmit tee or Ministers tu.Tther requoatod the governments con­corn~ to .fu...'~"'td.ah the Council o£ Europe and member governments With full information on the problem &nd to ouggest practical measures ot assistance which might b@ taken to deal with ito This decision CClWJS aa a great sur= priM since several I.!lu.""'peun goverr.:.mlb&ts havti recontly indicated that they were complete~ opposed to ouch e projocto

In a meeting of the Social Ccm:nission, the work of the High Commissioner W£S discussed saparat.el;r eine8 it !a a aeparate chapter in the Report on ConcGrted Social AcM.ono During t.~s do bate, the Chinese delegate spoke of the neceseity for gh"illC ~ssista.nce to refugees without. regard to race,

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colour or national.it;r, but aoloq on the ba®is of need.. He indicated th~ hope that positive a.c:t.io.n ~uld result from a BWif*Y wnie.h the Hig.ll Commisslonsr lms b~n m1thorizoo to i.:mden~.ke and for whieh he is nw eseking tur.da~~ from ths Ford Fcn.mdat:ton.. The d®lsgate !rom Nor'Wa.y hoped that appropriate action would ~ ta.kan by member goverments to ratif7 the Convention, and to furnish migration opport1mitietlJ for refugees.. In the opinion ot his Governmmt. the United Nation~ should be the central body for co~ord1~ting and dealing with the probl~ of refugee&~

~~J!!I-!Y.,51RATI9]i

The remittanc® ;report for the UNPA for the W~'ak 2-8 ~lay is as follows%

Total remitt~l~OG for 1953 - $130g58lo86 \'ife8k~ s Nmittanoas 9,3l8!176 y Net Revenue ~ U1r.PA C~~t~r - 31 135,~

The totE.L\ number of the Refugee ~~~first ~~~r~ given cancellation on 24 April wa.e 234,082 o · ~'

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From 4 to S !:W.y there were 51 291 vis~re to Headqua.rlerso

"0 Mr. Go Georges-Picot, ASG~ ~a.rtme:r!tB of Economic .Atf'aira and Social Atf'a1ra lett for Europe ~o During his abtsence J.Ir., Huasein Aatruwv will be Act s•s, .. ot.ant &cretary-Gen5ral in charge ot Socie.l Aft airs and Mr. Ro ~ will be Acting Asoutant Seerctacy-General in chargs of Economi~~ta.ire.,

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N0.749 CONFIDENTIAL

DAILY REPORT TO THE SECRETARY -GENERAL

Monday, 11 May 1953

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ADMISSION OF NEW MEMBERS

The second meeting of the Special Committee will be held at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, 12 May 1953.

THE PALESTINE QUESTION

In a cable dated 8 May (document S/3007) the Chief of Staff of the Truce Supervision Organization submitted a report, for the information of the Security Council, concerning incidents in Jerusalem on 22 and 23 April. The two parties had accepted suggestions made by the Chief of Staff at a special meeting of the Mixed Armistice Commission on 23 April. An investi­gation had been carried out on each side by two United Nations Observers, accompanied in Israel-controlled territory by Israeli representatives and in Jordan-controlled territory by Jordan representatives. The situation in Jerusalem was again quiet.

In conclusion the Chief of Staff stated that, if the machinery of the Mixed Armistice Commission were to be effective, the two Governments should review the problem of infiltration and perhaps other problems the solution of which would relieve tension along the demarcation line. He had approached the two parties and suggested that they should review the situation in high level talks. A favourable reply had been received from the Israel Government and he hoped that the Government of Jordan would also accept his suggestion.

SOCIAL COMMISSION

On 8 May the Commission continued the discussion, chapter by chapter, of the "Developnent and concentration of the efforts in the social field of the United Nations and Specialized Agencies".

On 11 May, as requested by the representative of Czechoslovakia at a previous meeting, the Chairman informed the Commission that negotiations were being continued with regard to the question of the access to Headquarters of Mr. Jan Dessau, a representative of the World Federation of Trade Unions, and it was hoped that a practical solution would result. The representative of Czechoslovakia requested the Chairman to inform the Secretary-General and the President of the Economic and Social Council, on behalf of the Commission, that no concrete solution had yet been reached. With the approval of the Commission the Chairman agreed.

FISCAL COMMISSION

The Fourth Session of the Commission closed on 8 May with the adoption of its final report by a vote of 12 in favour, none against, with two

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abstentions (the Representative of Cuba had left the previous day).

The Representativ~of the USSR and Czechoslovakia abstained on this vote. They voted against the report of the Fiscal Commission in 1951.

The adoption of the report did not give rise to any substantive discussion. There were, however, extensive procedural arguments about the demand of the Soviet and Czechoslovak Representatives to expand the sections of the report setting forth their views. All their proposals were accepted for inclusion in the body of the report.

In his closing review, the Chairman, Mr. Certeux of France, stressed the Commission's work on the subject of tax incentives to private investments in under-developed countries, public finance information surveys, and tech­nical assistance.

AD HOC COMMISSION ON PRISONERS OF WAR

A letter has been received from Judge J. G. Guerrero, Chairman of the A£li2£ Commission, informing the Secretary that he was planning to meet the Secretary­General during his forthcoming trip to Geneva, and that he had received word from Countess Bernadette saying that she would attend the next meeting of the Commission in August.

TRANSPORT OF DANGEROUS GOODS

Thirteen organizations, both international and national, interested in the subject, including four specialized agencies, have had transmitted to them the texts of ECOSOC resolution 468 G (XV) and certain related material men­tioned therein, concerning the transport of dangerous goods. By this reso­lution the Secretary-General is requested to appoint a committee of not more than nine qualified experts from countries having a substantial interest in the subject whose task is to study and report to the Commission on such sub­jects a~ classification, listing, marking, labelling, and shipping paper require~ents with respect to transport of dangerous goods. These organizations were also informed that they would receive further communications concerning future developments.

DISCRIMINATION IN TRANSPORT INSURANCE

In accordance with the terms of ECOSOC resolution 468 H (XV), the study of the Secretary-General on the subject of discrimination in transport insurance has been transmitted to Member Governments.

In accordance with the same resolution the Executive Secretary of GATT has been sent the texts of the resolution, the applicable part of the report of the Transport and Communications Commission, and the stuqy by the Secretary-General, with a request that they be brought to the notice of the Contracting Parties for possible action. It was also requested that the Secretary~General of the United Nations be informed of any action taken.

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A similar letter has been sent to the Managing Director, International Monetary Fund, requesting that agency to examine the possibility of achieving relaxation of exchange controls as applied to transport insurance.

POPULATION QUESTIONS

Mr. P. K. Whelpton, Director of the Population Division left Headquarters today for Venice. Mr. Whelpton will attend the Pax Romana Conference which will be held in Venice from 14-18 May on population problems and their economic aspects. He will also visit Rome to confer with FAO and Italian Government officials regarding questions connected with the 1954 World Population Conference, and will spend three days in Paris at a meeting, "Journees d'etudes europeennes sur 1a population", to be held under the auspices of the French Institut national d'etudes demographiques. He will also attend a meeting of the OEEC at which the preparation by Member Governments of estimates of future population will be discussed.

MOVEMENTS OF STAFF

Mr. A. D. K. Owen, Executive Chairman, TAB, left on 10 May for Geneva where he will attend meetings of the TAB and ECOSOC.

Mr. M. Perez-Guerrero, Executive Secretary, TAB, left on 8 May for Geneva to attend the TAB meetings.

Mr. H. Busfield, Chief, Accounts Division, Bureau of Finance, A and FS left on 8 May for Geneva to attend the TAB meetings. Later he will go to Rome to perform advisory services at the request of FAO.

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DAILY REPORT TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

F'i'iaay, 8 ltay 1953

THE KOREAN gUESTION

Uith a note dated 6 May 195.3 the United States Representative transmitted, tor the information or the Security Council, a communique issued by the Headquarters of the United Nat.ion:s Command on 5 May 1953o

This note and its enclosures are being ci;:oculated as dc-;Cu.ment of the Councilo

SOCIAL COMMISSION --•r -­~ On 7 April, the Commission continued the general discussion on "Development and concentration of' the efforts in the social field of the United Nations and the specialized agencies 11 o On conclusion or -the ~eral debate, the Cornm.tssion turned to consideration of the report, \~ter by chaptero On 8 April, discussion or the report was continued~

FISCAL C0Hl•U3SION ~ ~ 1~e Commission adopted a resolution int ~ed by the Representative or Chile endorsing the work programme jJl~rporating the list of priorities as proposed by the Secretary-Generalo ~he only change in the programme was introduced by Pakistan so as to ~haaize, in the continuation of the study on the effects of taxation on (9reign investment, that it should be especially directed toward the problem of under-developed countrieso In making this change the Commission als~uggested that this study be undertaken in the light of a resolution ad~pte ~rlier by the Commission calling for s~pathetic con­sideration by the h. • y developed countries of total or partial tax exemption or income from int e ent abroado This was a compromise with the"original Pakistan propo=~hat no studies along thie line were called for,' since the Commission s only be concerned with the action or Governments in response to this re~u iono

RA'l'IFICATION OF THE CONVENTION 0~ T"rlE INTER-GOVERNJ.ENTAL MARITIME CONSULTATIVE ORGANIZATIO~

The Government or forty Member States, ~mo have not replied to a previous enquiry of 6 April 1951 concerning•their steps to ratify the Convention on IMCO, have had t.ransmittnd to them, in aecol'dance with the terms of Economic nnd Social Council l:'esolution 468 C (XV) s letters enquiring as to what action they ha.ve t.aken or intend to take with s. view to ratifying the Conventione

The Governments or the twelve States which have accepted the Convention have had transmitted to them in accordance with the terms or the same resolution~ letters inviting them +:-o consider what measures might be taken with a ·view to hastening the bringing into being of IMCOo

•• • CONMIT'l'EE ON SfFpi~f._hP!:!I,!gSTRATilJE '3JESTIONS . Mr o Khalidy (Iraq), who w~3 not. present at the previous meeting, raised various objectionn to the spcJdy termination o£ the Committee's work which had then been agreed on, nnd expressed the desire that the Commit ee should mset again at a later dateo Upon beinr questioned by a nember of the Committee, the represen­tative or the Secreta1•y .C·meral pointed ~ J~. +..hat no proposals were likely to be made to the Committee .md that conseqt . .'ent ly another meeting would only mean needless eJqJOnGeo After a long and rather confused discussion in whi~h · Mr o Salazar (Dominican Republic ) and- Mr., H~·ia (China) agreed with Mr () Khalid;r that the Committee should meet again, the Rapporteur to meet their views proposed an amendment to the resolution in the aratt report, requiring that the Committee recoovene a Mra Kyrou (Greece) then propooed a sub=amendmant which would require a meeting only L~ proposals were made to the Committee by the Secretary-General• or by Gover.nmentso The Greek amendment was defeated by an equally divided vote, with three abstentions; those abstaining included the Rapporteur., The CoJIIDi.ttee then adopted the amendment requiring it to reconvene before the eighth se"sion of the General Assemblyo

INTERNATIONAL CO.-OPERATION ON CARTOGRAPHY v The French Delegation has transmitted a ~rom the "Institut Geographique National", Franco, on the eubject o ternational co-operation " on cartog:r•aphyo It contains the viewe of the itute on the Central Bureau, International One-1-:illicnth Map of the iiorld ~d on the calling of Regional Conferences on Cartography envisaged byE o It also outlines the part that the Institute is ready to play in the ~ ical assistance programme or the United Nations in the field or carto ~~Y~>

COMMUNICATIONS CONCERNING HUMAN RfGH'JE, 0 During the week ending 8 May 27 cammuni~ations dealing with the principles ~ involved in the promotion ortrespect for human rights were received., or these, 25 communications sugge ~ changing the wording or Article 6 or the Draft Covenant on Civil and~o itical Rights so that it would apply to "all living cr~atures"o 28 co~cations were receivsd concerning alleged violations or human rights in v oua countries<,

~ POLLUTION OF SEA v R

The Governments of thirteen Menber States interested in the mntter have had transmitted to them, in accordance with the terms of Economic and ·social Council resolution 468 B (XV), letters enquiring whether they would make available at their e.xpenae exper"c.s in the field ot pollution or sea water to correlate studies and communications submitt.ed by interested governments and draw appropria.t.e con­clusions tor transmittal to the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organ­ization ~"hen and if it becomes operative. They have alao been informed that it at least three governments made such experts available a meeting will be convenec after reports on studies presently undertaken by gove~ents have been receivedo

VISITORS TO HEADQUARTERS

On 27 April there were 1221 visitors to meetings " 28 " " " 1363 " " rt 29 n II 1'1 462 If n

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DAILY REPORT TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

'l'L.trsday_, 7 Us.y 1.95:3

OBSERVANCE J..N)ltJl.Q.JliUA, HUNGPu~Y AND .fiQ1JMANI.4. Ot: HUMAlt RIGHTS AND F'l!NDAHENTAL FREEDOMS ..... _______ .. -- . ----

General Assembly resolution 385(V) invi-i:.es Members of the United Nations to subm:t.t to the Secretary~.Ccn~:.-:-al evidGnce which may become available i.n relation to this quest.icni and invites the Secretacy­General to notify the MC!!ibera of the United Nations or any inforUI&tion he may receive 1n COll!:"lection with this questiono

In a note dated 30 April the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom transmitted to the Secretary-General a transW,1on of the text of a deCl"ee promulgated in Bulearia en ll Febru.ary~9;:3 o This decree amended the Bulgarian Penal Code in such a way ~to render Bulgarian refugees abroad liable to the death penalty a o impose heavy penalties upon their relati vas ani friendrJc The Un~o;;; ingdom Government con­sidex~d that the deer;~ violated Article ~f the Bulgarian Peace Treaty and the uni ve:rsa.l!y acceptoo principl~ t people should not be punished for acts which -the·y ha~ not commit~ or to which they are not. accessorisso

In accordance with resolut,ibp1~85(V) copies of this note and of its enclosures will be circulat.~<r" the Members of the United Nationso

BAl.KA}! SUB-COMl.USSION OF 'l'HE ~ OBSERVATION COMMISSION

~e Balkan Sub-Cont!lission of the Peace Observation ®ld on Tuesday 12 Mayo

In a lett~ dated 6 Ms.y tl,El Permanent Representative of Greece charged that on 4 March tive to six Bulgarian soldiers had landed on the Gr eek isl.a.r!d or C'iUDnll in the River Evros, in viol ation of Greek teiTitorial integrity. Greek torees had opened fireo '.l'he Bulgarians had not. replied, although:~ according to all indiea.tione., they- ren&ined on the islando The observers« team had baen notified and wuld make the necessacy verificationso The Permanent Representa·:.iw of Greece referred to previous communications between the Greek and Bulgarian Govei'nl.nant& am tha Secretaey-General eono cerning the d~~rcation ot the boundar,y line in the region of the Evros islands., He stated that any action taken by the Greek armed torces in answer to the Bulgarian violation should be regarded as dire eted to pre serving G8DIM island as nno man ° a lar1d", until a bounda:cy deuarcation could be et fected.o

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Copiea of this :tetter m:e baing tranmttod tc1 -:-,h Mbister for Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria and t10 the United Nations Milit,a~y Oba·srv·et·s in Greecee The letter is also bejng circulated as n docurilent of the Balkan Sub-Cor.mission ..

SOCIAL C0!4iUSSION ----- <ll.t'il'7'

On 6 }iay tha Chairman read a statement conc6rning the negotiations entered into batween the United States Go ernment and the Secretary-General on the qu.estion. of t.he access to Headquarters cf M. Jan Dessau, representative of the World Faderation of Trade Unions. The Chairman agreed, at the request ot the representativ3 of ('zecho:Jlavcltia, to Worm the Commission on 11 May of any further developments in the negotiations., n-,e Comnisaion then turned to consideration of 11Developncnt. and Concentration of the Eft'orts in the Social Field of the United Nations ani t.he Specialized Agencies" (Item 5) .. Statements '!..rare h0ard trom the representatives of India., Iraq, Byelorussia, Czechoslovakia, United Kingdol. Belgi;,un .. Greece, USSR, FrMce, United States, Israel and Norwayo At its meeting on 7 J.iay the Commission continued ita discussion of Item 5o y

WORKING PARTY Ol'i INTER!JATIONAL TAX PROBLEMS FISCAL CQ , ts:mN) --On 5 Ma;r the Working P&'ty unanimous~· adopt ~ draft resolution recOEJr.> mendizlg that Ct\pital-expcrting count.ries ~"l sympathetic urdarstanding" to the feasibility of exempting, wholly ~~rtlys income derived from undel'e>developsd ccuntries. 'nlis was ~cmpromise prepared by Pald.stan al'li India after the Cuban proposal rec ding tax exemption outright had been rejectedo 0

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~ On 6 May the United St Represent&tive introduced a draft ~eeolution com..iending the Secre t and the International Monetary Fund tor their work on flr.t1ncial s iatica; ca·lling tor acceleration of this work insofar as possibl6j e the proposed publication "Public Fi.nance Stat1st1ca8

1938-1952° ~" ual on ClassU'ication of Goverll!llllmt Accounts"; and calling tor the dra.f;Si, of a public finance queotionnaireo Discussion ot the substance or the resoiiltion was postponed until the following maatingo

Also postponed unt.1l the no.xt meting was the diacussion of the report ot the Working Group on L"lternational Taz Probl..ems; 8 which proposed a draft rGsolution reoomnending that capital ... -eJq>arting countries giTe "sympathetic u.'¥ierstanding" to the feasibility or exempting. 'Wholly or primarily, income derived !ram under-developsd countr1eso

Tha SGcretary explained the work prograume as eet forth in Document E/CNoS/75.. The Sov1et Representative rejected the major part of it a.a interfering with matters within the aole jurisdiction of Heber Governments and as conflicting "With t.ha pol1c.7 of the Economic and Soc:1al Council (aa expressed in its resolutiot'! l;J.4 (XIII) on Organization and Operation ot tbu Counril and i:t. s Co.missions) whi<il he characterized as calling for de­emphasis of work in the economic end social tieldu Further discussion will. take pla.cs at the next meetinga

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FREEDOM OF INFOHMATION a.•a • ., ••

The Report on Freedom of Information, which tr.a Rapporteur 1od.ll submit t.o the Sixteenth Sessicr.o of t.he Economic and Socl.sl Counr.ilJJ has been completedo

On 5 llllly 195.3 Mro von Balh1seck (Netherlands) am Sir Gladwyn Jebb (U.K.) signed the Second Protocol of Rectifications to GATT, the latter on behal.t~ of Southern Rhcdosiao

To-clay an informal mc.1ating of certain representatives on the Sugar CoW'lcU is being held at the frraks Hotel 1n the morning and at U .No Headquartera in the afternoon, u:o.dex· the ChairiD.PJ.'lship of Baron Krona.cker (Belgium) to discuss certain aspsct,a of t.he draft agreement being submitted by the Sugar Council tor consideration at the U.N. Sugar Conference in London on 13 Jul¥c

KOREAN l<UIDALS V

After the opening of international bids !'or the ~an Medals and Service Ribbons. the United St~.tes company which sup e the ribbon on the previoue order entered a prot 3st thrcugh the Unite tes Missiorlo It contends that the acceptance of a bid !'rom France and · entry of material into this country with;:,ut peyment of duty is e 4 to American manutactu:rerso The United States Mia sion has been sup d with all the pertinent data and iFJ explaining the situe.tion to the

VISITORS TO HEA~ARTERS 60 of the World Federation of United Nations

Asaociations, visitc + e Division ot Human Rights to diecusa the work . ums.."l Rights" She also ex;sressed the appreciation

ot her Organiza fol' the participation of the members or the Division 1n Geneva, i~ e Human Rights Sem.ina.r arranged b;r the Organizationo

MOVEMENTS OF 'r~ Mr~ Go Mart-inez-Cabanas., Deput;r Director-General, TAA: lett New York yesterday tor Paris., Rome tmd 06nova, t.ibere he will hold discussions with speciali~ed agencies and attend conterenceso

• N0.746 CONFIDENTIAL

DAILY REPORT TO THE SECRTARY-GENERAL

Monday, 4 May 1953

COMMISSION ON RACE CONFLICT IN SOUTH AFRICA

The Commission will meet as scheduled on 7 May. Mr. Santa-Cruz, one of the three members, will be unable to attend.

U.N. TRIBUNAL IN LIBYA

Information has been received that on 25 February 1953 the Government of Italy requested the United Nations Tribunal in LiQ1a to determine whether the Agreement concluded in London on 28 June 1951, between the Government of Italy and the Government of the United Kingdom, relating to the restitution of property to certain Italian institutions in Libya was consistent with the provisions of Resolution 388 (V) of the General Assembly.

COMMITTEE ON SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONS

The Committee unanimously agreed that as there were no proposals sub­mitted to it by the Secretary-General or by delegations, it should take no action at present but should reconvene if any proposals are made later.

During the discussion, the representative of China referred to the question of increasing to ten the membership of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, and of eliminating the references to financial experts in Rules 154 and 155 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly (concerning the Advisory Committee). The representative of Chile made certain criticisms of the procedures of the Joint Appeals Board and the Administrative Tribunal which he had previously made in the General Assembly debate on personnel policy. He favoured making the Board into a tribunal, and making the Administrative Tribunal's decisions more binding on the Secretary-General.

SOCIAL COMMISSION

The ninth session of the Social Commission opened this morning at Headquarters. Mr. Georges-Picot made the opening address. The following officers were elected: Mr. R. B. Curry (Canada) - Chai~an; Mrs. Ashedevi Arayanayakam (India) - First Vice-Chairman; Mr. Jiri Nosek (Czechoslovakia) - Second Vice-Chairman; Mr. Kaare Salvesen (Norway) -Rapporteur.

The agenda as presented in document E/CN .5/288/Rev.l was adopted.

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FISCAL COMMISSION

At the plenary meeting of the Commission on 30 April Secretariat studies received expressions of approval. In the case of the studies on taxa­tion of corporate profits and dividends and taxation of foreign t$Xpayers and foreign income the Delegates of Chile and the United States expressed an interest in seeing a broadening in the direction of economic implica­tions of business taxes and an examination of such troublesome problems as the determination of income and its source.

In the discussion with regard to public finance and economic development, the United States delegate wanted to see more emphasis placed on the need for incorporating incentives to private initiative in tax systems.

Interest in the agricultural tax studies was expressed by delegates of Cuba and Chile with a request that further studies consider methods of assessing agricultural income generally and the special problems of commercial plantations and rural co-operatives.

WORKING GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL TAX PROBLEMS (FISCAL COMMISSION)

At its first meeting the Working Group had before it a draft resolution introduced by the Cuban delegate calling for ·tax exemption of income from investment abroad in the capital-exporting countries. The draft resolution was strongly supported by the delegates of Pakistan and Chile. It was opposed by the delegates of the United States, United Kingdom and Belgium. The delegates of the Union of South Africa and India objected to imposing a single, rigid standard on all countries and situations.

At the second meeting, a desire developed on the part of both groups to arrive at an acceptable compromise once the Cuban resolution had been voted on in its original form as requested by the Cuban representative. An informal drafting committee convened over the week-end to prepare an acceptable substitute resolution.

AD HOC COMMISSION ON PRISONERS OF WAR

Mr. Oshiroku, the Japanese Observer, met with the Secretary of the Commission and informed him of latest developments in the repatriation of Japanese nationals from the Chinese mainland. Mr. Oshiroku also indicated that his Government intended to make a request to be heard at the next session of the Commission.

COMMUNICATIONS CONCERNING HUMAN RIGHTS

During the week ending 1 May, thirty communications were received dealing with the principles involved in the promotion of respect for human rights. Of these, twenty-eight communications suggest that the woraing of Article 6 of the Dr.3.ft Covenant on Civil and Political Rights be changed so as to make it applicable to "all living creatures". During the week ending 1 May, thirty communications were received alleging violations of human rights in various countries.

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TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS

In accordance with the terms of a resolution adopted at the sixth session of the Transport and Communications Commission, the text of the recommendations of ICAO on t he standard entrance visa format has been communicated to Member Governments of the United Nations with the request that they communicate their views concerning application of this visa to international travel by all means of travel.

UNICEF

It has been agreed that during a period of six or seven weeks leave projected by Mr. Maurice Pate of UNICEF, the services of Colonel A. G. Katzin will be made available on loan to UNICEF, on a part time basis, from the Executive Office of the Secretary-General.

PRODUCTION OF U.N. DOCUMENTS

Four new French translator trainees reported for duty today.

U.N.P.A.

The remittance report for the United Nations Postal Administration for the week 25 April to 1 May 1953 is as follows:

Total remittances for 1953 Week's remittances Net revenue - UNPA counter

VISITORS TO HR~DQUARTERS

$121,26).10 20,454.69

6,216.33

During the period from 20 October 1952 to 30 April 1953, a total of 209,044 persons have taken a guided tour. In another two weeks the quarter million mark of visitors will have been passed.

On 29 April Mr. T. Tsukasa, Vice-President of the Chamber of Commerce of Tokyo and President of the Tokyo Branch of the Japanese Association for the United Nations, visited Headquarters.

NEW PUBLICATIONS

United Nations Bulletin, 1 May 1953, Vol.XIV, No.9 - (English)

U.N. Documents Index. U.N. and Specialized Agencies Documents and Publications - March 1953, Vol.4, No.) - (English)

Coal and Iron Ore Resources of Asia and the Far East - (English)

Treaty Series~ Treaties and International Agreements Registered or Filed and Recorded with the Secretariat of the United Nations. Vol.82, 1951. I. Nos. 1079-1099. II. No.251 - (Bilingual)

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NEW PUBLICATIONS (CONTINUED)

Revista de las Naciones Unidas, 15 April 1953. 7th Year, No.l99 - (Spanish~

U.N. Income Taxat:i.on of Private u.s. I nvestment i-n Latin America (Taxation in Capital-Exporting and Capital-Importing Countries of Foreign Private I nvestment in Latin America) - (Spanish)

ECOSOC Official Records - 16th session. Supplement 6A - -UNICEF -A special report of the Executive Board (25 March 1953) - (English) ·

DAILY REPORT TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

N0"745

Thursday, .30 April 1953

With two notas dated 27 and 28 April 1953 the United stateB Repre= sentative transmitted: for the infor:matJ..o:1 of thet Secmcity Council, seven communiques iasuad by the Headquari:.e:t~~ of tha United Nat:S.ona Command between 22 and 28 April 1953o These notes and t heir snclo= sures a.re baing circulatad as a docunent of the Councilo v

INTER.I.IATI ONAL PRCYI'ECTION OF HUHAN RIGH'rS .,..._.. . , & • .... .... &'?O"qf;a. ~~- ... .,._ ....

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The Unitad Statee Deloeation to tho Commission o~uman Right s has unofficially circula·~sd three draft workine; pa. .. s embodying U~ nent Unitod Sta·tea approach to the problem o!Q he int.erna.tional pro=· tection of human rlehts., These rrorking ~~rs provide for: 1) a

·rsporting system; 2) aurY"eys, and J~!Eivisory sern.cee.,

!Y!.Ji9C _cq,miSQJ£i..fltLrn;i§q_J,~S Or:Ji~ V 0 Mr., Thoma~ J ., Cory, Advisor o~ the United states 1-iiseion, has com= municated orally the very strang wish or his Government that the Ad Hoc Commission continue. ,(..lW pointed out that his Government felt-that a termination of ~e Commission°s work would be interpreted as a loss ot interest by ~~United Nations in a solution to this tragic problemo A repr ee. ative or tho del esation of Argentina also ex}reBsed hia Govemment• r<continued interest in the Commission's worlco

0 Countess Bernadotts has notified the. t the date o! 24 August~ for the Fourth Ssssi on of the Ad Hoc Commission on Prisoners o! 1"/ar, i e ac= ccptable to hsz•o The othert-vro mambers of the Commission had already agreed to t his dateo

CONVR-iTION ON POLITICAL RIGHI'S Of 1~01-!E."J ---=uw • b£&&4 ,.. .. ,.. ••• .,._._... .,. •

On 29 April, India bece~e the twsnty=first M~bar State to sign the Convention on th8 Political Rights ot \1~JI!mlo

FISCAL COHl.USSION ~-· 1:1 • -~

The first meeting on 27 April was purely formal, resulting i n t he election of Ths Bureau a.nd the adoption ot the Agenda o 1-ir o Certeux (France) tia.s elected Cha.irm&nj) Meaere., Rybar (Czeehor.slovakia) and Qadir (Paldetan) Vico=Chairm<m, w&d Mro Eaton (Canada) Rapport auro

At the aeeond meeting th~ Col!llll.ission initiated tl~ discussion of Inten-ational Tax Probl0ms en the basis of the study "Taxation in

Capital-Exporting A.nd Capital-Importing Cow"1'(,:r-ic s of Foreign P1'1. \.'!!. te Investm.Emt in latin 1tvr..e1•ica - United Stat:ea In cone Taxation of Pri va:t.e United States Imrestment in Latin America.O o:dginully r.squested by ths Economic Comn1.ssion for Latin i\.rrerica.,

A Working Party on lnternationL'.l Tax Problems t-.;as [;e'i; up by the CoTIF mission to produce a report to the Eoonomic and Social Council in· response to its reque>st that the Co.mmisaion advise it on the value of exemption and other t,ax in:::entivew to foreign invsst:roont tb.a t may be granted by capital ... exporting countries., r,fr., Lindahl (Swadoo) l"'as elected Chail"ld9.n of t.he Wor!dng Partyo

The third meeting dealt with tha public finance information fl~rvics sup.= plied by tha Sserotariato The sub-items at'c: (a) Regi.o~ country studios; (b) Quantitativa data on govomment fina.nc tU ~d (c) Review of fiscal d~velopments" 1?51-1952o JUl the rapres~iliives commended too s~cretsriat for its work and ~rasssd appreciat~ of tha cooperation betwesn the Intexnat:lonal Nonetary Ftmd and tr~tlhl.ted Nationso

§TU,DI~..!-'!~~~-GOJ!!!.'lNII~TORIES .

The Div.ision of Inforrllaticn from Non=~f-Gov~rning Territories is currentJ.y negotiating on a divisionO basia with t.he 3p".Jcia.lized agencie~ concerned on the ~ubjeet6/of studies to ba prepared by them for submission to the forthco~g Committee on Information from Non­Sel!=Govaming Territories .. '"iccordingly, subject to the decil!dons to be reachad., UNESCO is..).~ly to cont.rlbute pa.pers dealing with eome aspects of eomp~~ education, problems of literacy and vernacular languages !'on-Selr...Govaming Territorieso ILO is likely to underte.k~ e treatment of certain aspects of technical training, and F~tnc question of extension services in agricultural educationp m~co., FAO and \'iHO are also likely to preparflJ for the Committee an account of activities in their respective fields af= !acting ~ on .... Self=C-ovarning Territories.

!§C~ICA# ASSIST&~~

Hr. Halter A. ifeldon~ TAA expert in the manulactura of high tension inaul.a.tor.a in India, has bean awaroed the Chu.rles Ferg-us BinnB Hed.al as the cera1:1itrt who has contributsd most to the ceramic arts in 1952o l'.r.. \ieldon :i.s advising the Government. of India on the eBt,a.bllshment and operaJc-ion of a plant and ·~.raining loce.l pereon."lelo The medal will be forwarded t.o !-I:r o Stair.igr. Teehnica.l Aasi~tance R<:Jpresentati ve in Ne\'1 DellD-:1 \vho i·lill present it to Nro iisldon in the presence of Indian of'.f'ida.l& with "''hom he is wori6:ingo

U.N. POSTAL A1lHINISTRATIOO

Arrang0mtmts are now p:rog~;.;esing for the printing of 200 11 000 stamp po3ters ·'-o oo mailed out mth too Departent of Public L"l.f'ormatic.m United Nat."\.c:-ru:~ Day mailineo It is a..nM.cipatad that. these posters edll stim!..WJ.t~ a ~at deal o.f int«;raBt in United Na:ticms stampeo

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On Sunday •r.ol""r.ing, 10 lfmy, 100 United St.a·~o~ CongresSTI'<}n are to be shown over th~ Hea.dqm.:rtcrt:~ by tlK1 United Si•a.tas l~ssi•m, headed by tunbassador L?dge., Aft,er the vislt (approrlmately l0o30 a.,ma) the Congressmen will hold a pross conference h~th radio and television coverage.. All arro.ngeJmnts hav~S bean made e.t the request of the Department of Public Information :ill cooperat:ton with Conference and General Servlcesu

Ml•., Louis DeL.·:mney~ Cb.ief of the Aviation~ Shippi..7l.g and. Communications Saction of the Division of Transi~ort a.nd Co:rilllunica'c:.ions, ~-'s le.ft f.o'l': Europe on home l@a'ife during w:1ich t:lma he Y.Jill rsprese~ 'lme Unitoo Nations at the Internntional Teleco~£unic~ciona Union~~lminiatrative Council opening on 2 ~Y in Geneva; at the Univsrs& Postal Union Executiv·a &l..d. Liai.aon Ccnr •. J:ttea, opening J~ !/f£.y ~rn.9; a.nd at the so"~renth aesoicn of the AssambJ..y of the ICAO o~g en 16 .June in Brighton~ Engls.nd., Q ·

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DAILY REPORT • TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

N0o744

Hednasday~ 29 April 1953

FCOlWRIC AND SOCIAL COt.lNCIL

The Council concluded its fifteenth :!l;iSirl.on yeftuerday, after completing action on its provisional agenda for the sixteenth aeesion, which is scheduled to op~i on JO June in Gonevao Several items were added to the list of items prepared by the Secretariat. Among them the follow­ing are of a controversial nature:

1. Report of the Secratary=Ganaral on the re~'6r nego­tiations \t.i..th the United Statof.l Government \d~ regard to accasl'.l to Unitoo Nations Headquarters or: representatives of non-governmental organizations with~ ltat1ve statue.

2o Questi.on ot' a.dmieeion to members0p of the ragional COIIl-=>

missions of States not Mambers o~~ United Nationso

Too Council aleo decided to unde?t+ ... ~ at its seventeenth session a gmer,<Jl reviell of non.,.gover:n~U~;ganizst.ions in Category Bo

!!,~~. HIGii_COMMISSI~,ER F.,QlL.tl§.~E~

The third session ot illtl~oN o High Commissionsr• s Advisory Committee on Rofugaes opened pj <lemva on 27 April.., :t-fr o Patrick Shaw, Permanent Delegate of Auatr&US. to the EuropGan O.tfiee ot the United Na·t.ions, was unanimously el,e(t:ad as Chairmano l-1ro !U.ddlelil8lln of Garmany was elected Rapporteuro 1ns High Comm.i!Ssioner m.Jl.de a statfimOnt out.linine the pre.-. sent. ecope ~ t.he problG!ll of refugees a.nd reporting on his activitieao He conclud~d by drawing &ttention to the problem of Chinese refugees in Hongkong which \rould be t.he &ru.bject of separate di.scussionso

PAI,i:;S'l'Il~E REFUG&!S _,.., .. - ..

l~·o Reedman, representative of the Palestine Conciliation Commission in Jeruoalf:m, ms reported on his conversations with Israeli authorities and th~ rGpreesntatiV08 ot Arab refugees in the course of which some measUN of apra~nt \ias Nached with regard to ths \o'Ording of the &pplication to bo f1lmi by Arab refugees requesting refunds of monies ~.n blocked accoth'"lta in !eraeli ba.nt'Bo Further consultations are to take place wl th repreS(."'t1tativoa ot Jordan and or the Israeli bankso The new draft of tho letter of application omits all features objec= tionabls to Arabe exc9pt for ret'oronce to naovem:mmt of Israel11 ~:~ Mro R.&adm.an beliGves that the f'zf.)W ca:npromiee may be a.cc0ptablo to the Jordan authoritieso

UNCURl\ -Ths Netherlands Delegation informally notified the Secretary-General that Hro BoJ o Sl:tngenberg,. at present Counsellor of Le[:;ation, U.a.nila, has been appointed Acting Representative on UNCURK effective 20 Aprilo l.{ro Sllneenberg replaces H~o Ketel uho, after consultation~ with hie government ldll take up the post of Charge d w Affaires of the Legation to be opened by t.ha Netherlande Govern.me:.1t. in Peking ..

MILITAUY OBSERVATION GROl!f .. l:,N L71JDIA AND PAKISTAN

Colonel tv. J,, Bryd'3 (UoSo Army), Acting Chief Nilitary Observer in the absenc0 of Ganeral Nimmo, has requested to be relieved from hie assignment on account of illness which requires early h~sgitalizationo Colonel Brydo r.a s deaign&.tsd Colonel Ao l-!o l1acDonald . Mistralia as Acting Chief Mill tary Observer on hie departure~ ear ~ ext month., An official note of appreciation of Colonel Bryde 1 s ~vicas with UNHOGIP ia being aant to ths United States His3ion., ~

~ ~4U4~S OF .sT_m '<:)

Mro 1-ia.rc Schreiber, Senior I.egal Ccu~~or~ has returned from Rome where ha a tt~nded th<e fourth eessi~ 1t1" the U oN., Joint Staff Pension Boe.rdo V . ~~o Benjamin Cohsn~ ASG, DeEJr+~t of Public Information returned from Rome yesterday where~~ttendsd a meeting of the Consultative Committee on Public Int~~~ion and also a meeting of Directors of U .. N. Information Canto s·

' NEW PUBLICATIONS ~ ~

European

Bulletin on Narcotics, Volo V, No.,2., April-=June 1953 - English

Catalogue of r;conomc e.nd Social Projeets, 1952, Noo.3 = French

Transport and Commul'rl.ca.tions Revie~v.l' VoloV, Noo21 Jano=lmch 1952 = French

2nd session ... Third Connnit'tsa ~ Summary Records of }~eatings 50-82 (16 Septsmbar=ll November 1947) - SpBJ1ish

7th Session~ ~]2£ Political Committee- Summary Records o! 1-!eeting& 14 Octobel" to 19 DecGillber 1952 .., English and French

7th Session - ·.rnird Commit. tee = Sl.J.tlilnar,y Records ot l-feetings 14 October to 19 TJecembar 1952 - English

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J. - -.~9_y;rrJ.tx C.Q!;1Aq1J,_9.ff:i.ci.aJ.....&ls.gr..£!a:

Sixth Yaa.T: 566th meet.inz, 10 Notromber 1952 "" Spani(!}!

Seventh year:: 579th m:eati:ng, 20 June 1952 - Spanish

Special Supplem.e.."lt No.,l - Second r·eport of ·!:;he Disarmament Commission - Spanish

DAILY REPORT TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

NOo743

Tuesday, 28 April 1953

Under nota dated 27 AprLl 1953 the United States Representative transmitted, for the information of the Security Council, the S:f · second Report of the Unit.ed Nations Comu.am'. Operations covering t. period 16 through 31 January 195.:3., ThiB note and the Report are boine circulated us a doc~ent of the Com1c1lQ

_q~A'l'RIATION OF l~HBillS OF THE. (i~,AR1·.1I)J'2 .. RC~ V

Replying to the letter of ·;:.ha P.renident of the Genera~ 2iaembly re­questing information on this subject. the Roumanian~ster tor Fore· , Affairs, in a cable dated 22 i\pril, stated that or the persons referred to in the Assombly~a resolution were ~Roum.a.nia ..

Q THE PALESTINE ,QUESTIOO ~ '

In letters dated 24 April, the Pe,..,.nn.# Reprosantative of c;gypt d rs·

to the attention of the President.~h; Security Council and the Secretar,r=Gener~1, the incidents ~ Jerusalem on 22 and 23 Aprile ·

In letters dAted 27 April t~~~ctinr, Permanent Representative of I· drew attention to the s m cidents. It t-1as chareed that Israeli forces had opened fj.re tcJl civilians in Arab Jerusalem, killine seve. persons and woundi~ ~r·teene

Copies of t"' se ttoro have been tran.St'l.itted to the Chief or Staf.r the United Nat~s Truce Supervision Organization in Palestine o

.b;COhOMIC AI·m ~.IAL COUN GIL

In reply to a request by the Polish Delegate, the President informed the Council yesterday afternoon that the ~resentatives of the SecretarycoGenera.l and of the United States Delegation had held thr 1. meetings with e. vie 1 to settling the question raised by the refuaa.! United StateD authorities, on grounds of securit.y, to grant entry v.' to two representatives or non-govemroontal ore;anizations for parti · tion in the work of t,he Councilo The President added that it was n possible to foresee the number of further meetings necessar,y to br· the negotiations to a conclusiono The ~presentative& ot Poland and India expressed treir regret that no positive result had corro c· of these negot,iations and indicated that the matter might be broug' again before the Counc:U adjourns its present sessionc

ECONONIC AhD SOOIAL C001WIL (continued)

The Co~~cil also

lo Adopted a resolution reoomruendine, intex- ~~ that the United Nations take over certai.n functions formerly carried out by the League of Nations in the fi.eld of slaveryo

2o Adopted a set of resolutions ~·oposod by the Economic Committee on procedures for the convening of study gTOups and international commodity conferenceso

.3o Approved a set of resolutions dealing n'ith the repo f tho Statistical Commission, 't'-4o Elected seven mmbers to serve on the Commitj..()~on Non-Governmental Orea.nizationso ~ ~

5o Debated on a proposal by which the Co Q l would hold at its 17th session a general review ot the status o~ 1 non-governmental organi= zations admitted to consultative stat Category B during the first 13th aeesion of the Councilo ()

At its morning meeting today the ~uncil decided to poetpone the item on "Nationality of lmried \iomer4_ and the it.em on "Statelessness" from the 16th to the 17th session~ V

~ ECONOMIC COl·1lUSSION FCR IA T AMERICA

The fifth eessi~ ~ ECLA closed on 25 April with the adoption of the annual report ~d of the prograrmne of work and priorities. The studies submitted by t n6 ECLA Secretariat received universal approval and propo~s were made for a considerable bl'Qadening of future activitieso The resolutions adopted related, inter !!!!,, to: the explorat.i.on of possibilities of latin AI:oorica entering a multi=lateral balance of payments arrang6ment with Europe; studies looking towards more equitable terrae o! trade; inc:.·eaaed processing by Latin American countries of their own raw materials and the initiation of discussions with indus­trialized nations regarding the removal of obstacles in the way of Latin American exports; continuation of the Central American economic integration project and examination of the possibilities of expanding economic integration to the whole ot Latin America; continuation of studies on paper, pulp, iron and steel,· and initiation of studies ot the heavy chemic?J. industry and of non=agricultural natural resources · in the region; collective efforts to stimulate intra=regional trade; study of the trade of landlocked Latin american countries; and study of the possibilities o.f adapting the "characteristics" of the Central Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to Latin American tradeo

ECQ\JOHIC CQ!.ft-USSIOO FOR EUROPE

The East-·l~eet Trade Comulta.tion, convened by the .-!Jcecuti ve Secretary of BCE, closed o 1 25 Apl'ilo Hr., I·Jyrdal wh.o acted as chairman of the consultation, said that tht~ talkB had opened up new pol.lsibilities for a change in the trend of the East/West trade relations and constituted a good start towards a progressive normalization of such relationso Uore than 100 bi..,lateral discussions were held, preparatory to eventual trade negotiations, These included con.::.ac·ts bettieen certain countrLs 't!hich had not such contacts since the lvar.. f·L- .. rzy-.c-dal said that certain extremely important trading poaitt ons had been put forward which, if eventually realized as a result of subsequent negotiations, 'W:'uld place East,f\>/est trade bet\'ieen certain countries on a ner..r hieh levelo Various experts from bot.h eastern and u·estern European co"t:rrcries ressed agreemtnt with l·:r, )~rdaJ. R s appraisal of the result.s. of consultation, and it was gene rally agreed that a similar meeting mJ. • use .fully be held in about one yearas timeo . ~ "\

AD HOC COl·1fUSSION 00 PHISOit~RS OF i'!AR ~ - .-w~ .. -... ----- Q

Hro Paulig1 the German Consul: pNsented~'the Secretary of the Com-mission, a memorandl.tll. containing a n of additional requests which tha Bonn Government wJ.shed the Co n to forwc:..rd to a number of the 11i"lestemn nationeo Most of thesEi · est.s had been brought to the at-tention of t.he Commission at its lrd sessiono However, 1'1ro Paulig was Wormed that the memor U'll of his Government would be brought to the attention of the Chair and the other two members of the Commissiono

FREE0011 Or' INFOHNa TION A\ ,v

The first Pan=Ara <Press Conference, called by the ~tian Press Asso~ation anq, ld under the auspices of the ~tian Government at Cairo i."l April '2953, adopted several re!!JOlutions which include: 1) tho mdor.,t'mSnt cf t.he International Code or Ethic tor Information Personnel, and; 2) the approval of holding a professional conference to complete work on the Draft Code of Ethics for Information Personnelo

POPULA '1'I ON PR.OBLEHS

l{ro Douglas Ralston, Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Canada, visited the Population Division to discuss que &tiona relating to populationo Mro Ralston ia proceeding to Pakistan in response to a l'jequest from the Government of Pakistan tor technical assistance in connection with the publication of reports on the cansus of populationo

N.b:GOTL\TIW COl~·~ITTEE FOR EXTRA=BUDGETARY FUNDS

The Committee ms held t'l«< meetings in the past ten days; one to r:onsult with Mro Kingaley, the ilgmt=C-eneral. for Korea, on the raising

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of funds for JNKHA; and the other to cor"&llli.:. with Hr() Ruffner, too Comptroller of UNH.:IA, on the ouestlon of &."1 nppaal for funds for UNR\iAo As a. reeult of the first of the6e meetingst a. letter ha.e been addressed to tm JJ Merr.ber Governments who have not ao yet pledged a contrirut5.on to UNKRA, a.skinr; them to consider naking a pledge., Too second meeting has resulted in a. lett>lr b'-'inv sent to .33 r·1~mb!lr Go·~rsrnments and 8 non­Member Govarn!OO'l'ri.i a who have not as yet m:;d•:z a C~-•:ltr.ibution to WRWA for the .fiacaJ. year 1952-5.31 asking tlzm to p.l~~dge a contr.:tbutiono

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Tho CCAQ (coneiating of Unltcd Nations and Agency senior administrative officials) h3ld its .fo urtG>enth session in Rome on 8-~U. Aprilo Con~ cerning General AsBembly resolution 672 (Vll) B, (r:;xteme.l Audit Arrange.mmts), the Committee recorrr..:nended that ACC m1pport ths existing principle of placing .riMl raspons!.bility upon governme~M auditorso In view of ruviaed. A:rticl~ 27 of thrJ Pension Fund reAlXtions, a formUla was agreed !or ~""'rat~ reimbursemsnt by partic1pa«.ng organizations to the United NationG, as from 1954, of the adminis~tive expenses of the Pension FurL!. which "" paid initially trom the ~~ted Nations bli.deet"'

Q The Committee continued ita work on a co~)ily financed compensation scheme .for eol"'Vica ... ineurred death and d~ll'bility, taking into account viewe received !rom tM Actuary of t(jV ens·lon Boardo

A recoomemation was mde to ACC il:mt the ICSAB be asked to o.r.amine the broad problem of adequacy of _qehool facilities in various parts of the world for children of staff m~ers, on the basis or documentation to be prepared by CCAQo ~ V

The Conmittee wiJ~ ~~.e at its next meeting~ to the question of a revision in the cozq.u.Isor;y retirement aee from 60 to 65 yearsa

~ In its anrraal .S,view ot standard travel par d"tem rates for staff members, CCAQ transferrod Switzerland tx~ Group A ($l0o00 - $12o50 = $15o00) to Group B ($8o00 = $10o00 ~ ~l2n50); effective 1 Junea

Among other mnttere considered by the Co~nittoe was the formulation of recoJIIll<.'llldations to the Pe:neicn Board md to the Technical Assistance Board as Nqtutsted by these bodies,,

Time of the next saesion will be decided through correspondence, having regard to the relative urgalC1 of items Wld the preparatory work entailado

l.fi!J.J'l'INGS OF SPECIAIJ4ED AGJ1WI~

.J:TU: •. A<J!1n~~~Y.!..,~g1.!,_f3thu,!!!.!Si,qn, Genfi!.!l!J 2 Hay

MessrtJc Pelt.: Delanney am Lethhl""ldge have been designated to represent tha Unit.od Natia.'l5 at. thie meetingo

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Hl~t.."'TllJG OF SPEC~.P. AGBNCIBS (Continuecj)

llfU: Executive and Liais~n Commission, Beme, 4 Ha.x

Mr, Delanney will attend this meeting for a brief period to cover points of interest to the United Nationso 1-h-o Pelt will represent ths Secratary~1ene~al at the inauguration of the new UPU buildings in Berne during the course of the sessiono

~..essrso Pelt, Sze and Barkh\..'UI3 will represent the United Nations at this cession" Dro Borcic of tmiCEF w:i.J~ represent ttUCEF o

INTER.,.PARLIJI.MENTARY illJIOI~ V ,~

A report hae been received fran Hro Benjamin Cohen, .(seistant Secretary­General for Public Information, on the commission etines of the Inter­Parliamentary Union which took pla.ce in l1onaco w 8 to 12 Aprilo The principal subjects discussed were the role o~arliaments in international collaboration and technical assistance fo~ onomic developmento

Ul:IITED IJA TIONS JOII-IT STAFF PENSION OOARD O ~

The Board root in Rome from 15 to ~April 195Jo United Nations repre­sentatives were: l~~ssrso Fort za, Cristobal and Irons (representatives of the General Aasanbly); 1-!ea so Andersen, HcDiarmid and Vaughan (representatives of the S ary=Genera.l); Hossrso Schreiber, Trachtenberg and Obez p esenting participants):.

' I1ro CoSo Booth (re entative of ICAO Aasembl;r) \QB elected Chairman, with l';l'o HoCo An ~sen as V'ice-Chairman for the coming yearo

'? Main deciaiona taken included a recommendation to tho Secretar.y-General that Miss Mildred Riddlosdale, Under-Secretary,. United Kingdom 11inistey­of ~ational Insurance, be appointed Board Secretary in succession to Mro Bannerman Clark who is due to retire this year., It was further agreed that the appointment of a Deputy Secretary to succeed ltlss Eadie6

who is tendering l:er resignation, should be made after consultation with the new Sscretaryo

New criteria for employment and pension classitication proposed by the medical consultant were 5ent for~ to the Standing Committee for further examination in consultation with the Actuary, and for later submission to CCAQ with a favourable recommendationo

Agreement \\'aS t•each8d on recommendations to be made to the General Assembly regarding Articles 11, 16 and 17 of the Pension Fund reeu].a­tions o Specifically, it \'{as decided to recommend that any official dismissed for aar·cus misconduct should receive hia normal pension rights in ·t.he absence of an expresu recommendation to the contrary, and that it was prs.-nature to decide on the question of whether the Fund should i.tseH' bear coats of its udm.i.niotrat.iono Agreement was also reached on revised administrative rules for the Pen~ion Boardo

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UNITED WtTIO!~S JOINT S'B~.ELJ:El..l§.I_~ OOAH.D (C,cntinuedJ

It was decided tha. t the Fifth Session of the Board should be held at Headquarters.

VISITORS TO HbARQUARTBRS

From 20 to 24 April thare were 10,464 visitors to meetings.

DAILY REPORT TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

Monds.y~ 27 April 1953

Under note dated 24 April 1953 the United States Representative tranmd.tted, for the information of the Security Council, a COJnoo.

munioue issuftd by the Head0uartera of the United Nations Command on 23 April l953o This note and its enclosure are being circulated a.s a document of the Councilo

v REPATR.tA TION OF 11EMBERS OF THE GREEK ARMia>.!.Q..~ '~

In letters dated 20 l•lareh the President of the GW~a.l Assembly drew the attention of the Hini.sters for Foreign Affjt}.._?9 of Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Roumania to the provisioilB of t~ M'aolution adopted by the General Assembly on 17 March 1953o The re o~ution appealed to the Governments concerned to comply with Ge~a Assembly resolution .382 A (V) rscolllllending too Npatria.ti of all thoee members of the Greek Armed Forces detaimd out side(!)reece who express tha wish to be repatriated" The President a.skect"J or repllee so that he might report to the Ge.11eral Assembly as request ed by the resolution of 17 March 195Jo ~

v In a cable dated 23 Aprl the Albanian Deputy Hinistsr for Foreign Affairs etated ths.t tl e were no persons in Albanian territory falling within the catego ntioned in tha Gsneral AesEmbly 0 a reaolutionso The persons fro~t. Groek Armed Fo1•ceJB could not be considered a s prisoners o£ l'Mo 'l'hay we,re pol:ttical rt."f.'ugees andg as such, the Albanian Govar-6n);ll.t hld given tham asyl'timo

In a cable dated 2A April t.ha H1.1ngarian tlinister for Foreign Affairs informed tm President tr.at t,ere \fero no persons residine in Hungary falling within ths category rwntionad in t•he G«teral Assembly's resolutions.,

ECOSOO . ,_...

This morning Council decided to postpone a decision to ~rant seven States not members of the United Nations (Cambodia~ Ceylon, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Laos, Nepal and Viet=Nam) full membership in the ECAFEo The discussion on this subject which took place Frida7 and this morning temporarily disrupted the atmosphere of serenity which pnvailed throughout the sessiono The representative of India who pro­posed adjournment of the dstwta expressed doubts whether the Council was competent to decida that a non-United Nations member state should became a full fledged member of a commission, and sugRested that the Secretariat atudy the matter from the legal and constttutional point of viewo The Council on Friday als..> decidt.'<i b,- 17 votes to none, with one abstention (China) 1 to include Afghanistan as a member of ECAFEo

COliJUSSION Cli NARCOTIC DRUG~

Ct1 24 April the Comuission concluded its die cussion of the 11Drart Report on the Eighth Session of the Collliiliesion11 o After remarks from the Chairman, !L1al s~~taments by a number of representatives and the Preeidmt of tha Permanent Central Opium Board, the aip;hth session was closedo

FISCAL COMMISSION

The Fourth Session of the Fiscal Comwiesion opened at Headquarter3 this morningo

A letter was receivad from the Chairman of the Ad o~~mission, containing copy of an !1.4.!. memotr!, from the rep- ati ve of the Italian Govenunent at the Hague. The !!4.! mem urged that the Commission continue its ~ rk on the grounds it would be enabled to (a) continue the task of collecting o-ordinating information on p1-ieonera of \-er; (b) that its very. stence constituted a poll= tical and moral pressure on those coun es which etill detained prisoners of ·~r and (c) that the f that the United Nations continues to be intereatacl in the tragic q ion~ brines comfort to the families o.f those who have not yet ret medo 'l'ha Italian Governmmt urged that tho Commission°s work should pursued in order to reach a solution of the pro blemo ~ V

Colonel Ro Ameman o e 1;/orld Ff.>deration of Veterans today visited the Secretary of t ...,S, !!2.2. CoiJD.ission on Pri sonera of War and informed him t.hdt the Co t ae on Peace of his Organization was planning to give special c~oideration to this problem at its meeting in Paris on 15 Juneo

IlUCEF -The Republic of Korea h.a.s plsdged $1..,000 to the Unlt.cd Nations Inter­l'iational Children 1e brgency Fum. for 195Jo This .first contribution ot Korea to the worldwide work of UNICEF has been pledged to the General Assembly9 s Negotiating Committee for ~ra Budgetary Fundso

Be!ore the outbreak of hostilities in Korea in June 1950:~ aid t.o several long range p1-op,rammes tor children in that countr,y had been approved by UUCEFVs Executive Boarcl" Plane ha.d to be abandoned for these prograJ~~Daa, however, and emsrgonc;r relief supplies were made available instead in respona~ to requests from the Unified Command and the R~pu.blic of Koreao Blanketsv clothing, milk, fish=liver oil, medical aupp~i3 g md othe~ essentials to t.he value of $1~' 5001 000 have been distr:\.but~d"

Tho addition of the RepubU.c fff Korea brings to sixty-two the number of eovern~nts 5Upporting UNICF.: since it began opsrations six yearB aeoo

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The remittance report for the United Natlvns Postal Administration for the week 18=21~ Ap~ll is as foll.c..;~:

Total remittances for 1953 Week's ~mittances Hat Rcven'U() .. UNPA Counter

$110,808o41 l2.990oJ9

2,578o1.3

An office of too UNPA will be opened in Ruaeell Square Houae, Russell Square. London, on 26 l1a.y 1953 for the acceptance and filling of orders for the 9tamps in sterlingo

U .N a CONT•u\CTS ~ -- .. v.

Although purchase orders and contracts atill perr·,:tt~ ertisors to mention tbeh• ser!lces to the United l~ationfl-) st 1 1\r-ve be6l'l taken to diacouraee and ul.tirna.tely prohl b:U this pub c ty At present it is limited principally to those companie m~ icipatod in the construction ozo furnishing of the buildin " "t(ll of the advertisers have been cooperative in clearing or in iting their copy so that it is factually correct and is in accord with DPI requiremantso

MOV»1EN1' S OF STAFF

l.fro DoBo Vaughan, Principal returned trom Rom5 on 25 A Pensions Board meeting o ~ v

vo ector, Conference and General Services,

lo He attended the UoNo Joint Stat!

Mro HoCo AIXlersen, cipal Director, Bureau of Finance. arrived in New Yoxit on 25 A r ., He has been attending meetings of the CCAQ and of the UoNo Jo~t Staff Pensions Boardo

Ml•o J" MeDiaL. tid, Chief, Policy, 'l'rainine and Examination Division, BureJau of Peraonnel, veturned from Rome on 25 April. He attended the meeting of the UoNo Joint Staff Pensions P.oar.d,

DAILY REPORT TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

l•li·~h a note dated 23 Apr:tl 1953 tha United S~:.utes Heproaen:tative transmitted, for the information ~f the Socurity Council, two co~ muniques issued by tho Veadqt'a!'t "rs of the United Nations Command on 21 and 22 April 1953o v

CRED:aJT!ALS OF WE ftJ/ffi .. 'RlJATE REPft.ESEl~~·'t"TIVE OF FRANCE 't-ON THltsEcoo'fi~cooircn.--- ~------... ~

. h,.~ In a letter datad 20 Ap:&"il 1953 "t~10 Ministry of v reign Affairs of France informad t..~e See:~'etary-General. that ~ha.rlas Lucet had bse..."l. appointed a~tarnata rep1•osentativ~ o~Fr e' on the Security Council" Puratm.nt to rule 15 oi' ths provia:io;.1al s of p:r·occdura~ the Secretary.,Qsners.l ha:!. :ropo!"ted to ·i:.I1a Sid.ant of the Security Comtcil that~' in hia op:i.nion, this)~ "er consti·l#utes e.dequa.te ere= dentialao V

ECONQHIC Aim SOCIAL COUNCIL ...........,.:..,..··~ ..._IQ-D--" :t ~01• t aft y

Yesterday the Council c~eted two additional items on the agenda: integrated economic cl Mop.'llent and tro t .. 'Orld aconomic situationo On integrated econo~ cevelopm3nt~ ths Council ur~~imously adopted a resolution ~~ting th~ Secrotary~~eral ·to submit a study on problems of in~tr•io.lization l-.rhich rc::.y ase::tst t..~e under-developed COUi&trias in preparing r:."actiea.l p! .. Ot>;l'alfilliSE Of rapid lndustrializationo It turtbsr su.thoriZ9d tho Sec1•st.ary-G~.q.eral~ 11i.f nacessaey", to con­sult with e:xperta fer the purposes of ~hie etudy. On world economic situation, it adopted a rasolution req~eating the Secretary-General to include in .future ooo:.1omic and statistical reports index numbers on marine freight ra:tas. A Urugu.eyan draft >.•esolution~ suggesting that ceiling prices of p:cl.m.ary commodities should be base~d on values f.oebe f-Ort of ohipm~mt, \<laS ~'ithdre.wn.. C.ouncil D.gTeed to Auztralia's suggestion to have it re~l'ez-red. ·l.;o the Commit. tee of Expsrts establish6d ~mder G~cral Aesembly resolution 623 (VII)b (This Committee of fu.."}l9:rta is to report on problems of fina...11cing economic development through tha establishment of fair and 0quitablc int.emational prlcas for prima~~ cornmoditieso)

COHM.ISSIGi 00 I~ARCOTIC DRUGS ... (!~- S: • ___..

At ita 220th LW3ting <h"'l 23 .:\pril tho Commission heard the ropresenta­tive of tha International CI'iminal Police Cow..mi~aicn. ThG repre= sentati ve ID8.d~ a state·metri:, in coruaoction vsi:ioh thG report of that

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organization tvhich hu.d been transmitted for the members of the Com­m1asiono uconsiderat.ion o.t' the D:r'aft Report on the Eighth Sessi.on of the Commissiv"l:a (Item. 19) 'tfas then dis~ussedo A request by the representative of the USSR to the effect that his draft resolution on the representation of China should be reproduced in the report was rejected by a vottJ of J in favour; 8 against with 3 abete:r tions., The Colmllirssion &J..f'~ re.jeetod by a. vote of 5 i."l. fe.vour; 6 aeainst with 3 abatention:s, another }roposal to amond t.he text 1mder considerationo At its 22lst meet:t;,g, the ,.,ommission contjnued discussion of Item 19o

The fourth sessi n of the ;\d Hoc CorJmitttJS on Forced Labou ned in Geneva on 23 Aprj 1 o Aft.er a Wloomin.!! address by the Ass ta.nt Director....General of ILO, the Chairman, Sir Raroaswami iar reviewed t~ pr~t.tous wo.~ of th~ Co.Jdtt · ~.c iY,icated t · he main task to be accomplished during · 'Jt; session wae tne. dl .. aft of the Committee~ e final report, including conclusiona concerning l allegations and documentary material at lt s dieposale The a , was adopt. ado The Chairman then amlounced that subsequent ma~ings would be hold in cloeed seseiono ~

ii<lUD POPUJ.ATIOO CONFERENC.!l: (j O

Mro So Andsraon, Assistant Sec ary of Contn.erce, UoS~Ao 1 and Dro Louis Io D!lblln of the Prop ox y r.ommittee for the World Population Conference, mat with the ctor of the Population Division to discuss the question of &e.curi ds for usa by ths International Union tor the Scientific Study Population to support activities connected with the World Populati onferenceo

DRAFT PROTOCOL ON THE ~T . ._l\...,.TU.._.s ..... QE.. STATl<J:ESS ~ Comments on the draft pl"otocol have becm received from .,he French Goverrunent o The Govomment has also prepared an altcrnati ve draft" This reply 1e in reupom:1e w & latter add..1">8ssed tQ Government~ by the Secretacy=General in accorctu.nce r.d.th r':erera.l Assembly r·asolution o29 (VII) ot 6 November l952o

COMMUNICATIONS CONCERNING HL11AN RIGHTS ....... ~----

During the week ending 24 April, 58 ci'JtlWlunicatione dealing with the principles involved 1n tre promotion of human rights were receivedo All conmunica.tions suggested t.hat the draft COV'enant on Civil and Political Rights shot1ld contain an article ensuring that "no living creature shall be t:Jtbject to cruel, inhumo.n or degrading treatment or punishment11 ., During th~ same week 17 coumtmications wera received alleging v.tola.tions of humen i:-ight.s in various countriaao

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CONV:Eli 'fi ON 00 THE INTl'llN.,£\ r.r:.IQ!~~&_ RIGH'r OF' CORREGTIOfi

en 22 April 1953 the Permanent Representative of Chile to the United . Nations signed the Convention on the International l~ht of Correetiono

HIGH COMlUSSIONER FOR REFUGEi.S ---- •• ' 'I

Advance notice has bean rec~ived of a message which the High Commissioner tor ti.e.f~ees, 11ro van Heuven C'.oodhart;! td.ll issue for publication on Saturday a.!'ternoon., .25 April. Tho etat~nt praia8B tho action of President Ebenho\'ler in asking Congres:s for nelt ilmnieration legialature 1n favour of refugoes of EUl opean orl gin, not only in Europe but resi­dent in the Middle East and Chinao

UNITED ~ATIONS POSTAL ADl'Jl~ISTRt~TIOH

Tod~ the UNPA issued tho stmnp honouring the work the Office of the High Conmiosioner for Refugeeso l.fro La.ll is pre · ng first day covers to the High Commiosioner through his 1-epreaent ve in the United Stateso

' M<NEI"iliNTS OF STAFF ~ ~ Mro Ho Keenleyside,, Wrector-Oener ~~ lett today for Hamilton, Ontario, to fulfil three speaking o gemente and a television ap-pearanceo --l

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'rhursday, 23 April 1953

THE KOREAN QUESTION ..,._'Ill" ~-..

l'llth notes da.kd 17 a.'1d 22 April 1953 t!1e Unitzd. Sta.t.es Represemtati•Je t.:ransmitt.ad; for the informatioo of the Security Coll..Ueil> three CO!ImU..l'liqu~ru issued by the He~.qt'l.al~·;..crs of f.he Unitei Na.t:i.on$ COJ"i!!l.and. bst~-een 16 and lS April 1953o

The Council yesterday did not raach a final vote on any of the resolutions proposed for the two iteho under discussion!. namely~ integra.too economic devel opment and world econcmie reviewu On the queetion ot i~~egrated economic development :~ \d'lile ther-'9 'ilr.lS a unanimol!s opinion on tb! need to speed up industrialization in order to arri~~ at a more diversified economw in· under=develo!'E::d count:ries and on requesting the Se~ta:cy-General. t.o eont.inue the studies c-.r:-d to submit periodic reports ,~ome members "'-rere not convi.need tr!.d.t. a new expc!'t body wouJ.d b-3 nacess · !'or this purpose.. On the proposal of Argen-tina, the Council adjourn he debate on this subje~t in order that a compr·omlse solution my b;; ~

ECONOMIC COMNISSI,ill:[J<QlLl·[u.JJi ~J'.JQA '()

The meetings of the Vlll"ious G.d hcc ~·'"~'1:/cees have eontinuado TOO Commit.t.ee which has baen considering the q---~~ of co-ordination w.i.th the Inter=· American Economic and Social C~!=-- 1 (rA .... ECOSOC) has accepted a dra.~ resolution submitted by Arge"lt.~, B:raz:l.l ani Chile which (i) comnends the Executive Sec;:•etru.--y of ECIJJ and t.he SeerGt&ey-.....Q.aneral of IA-ECOSOC for the co-ordination of the a.etJ,:v,:Thica of the t11.-o org&P.izationa so far achieved, (ii) suggests that th'K.aM'ivit.ies of the Inter-secx-etarlat CCPordim.\t.ion . Comnittee zhould be tcpnl.im."ad, {iii) recomnsnde t..hat the Executive Secretary ot ECLA, in his fo~tlrcoming corr1ersations with the Sacreta.eye-GenGral of IA-ECOOOC on th~ubjeet or co""'ordinatiol'l at the gov~rnmc::ntal. level, ta..lte into account t&, des:irabili ty of ECLA sessions and the extraordinary nwatings of IA-ECOSO~ing so scheduled as to allo'\IJ a.dsquate intervals bet ween najor conferences of a.11 econoraic c.loJara.ctar in Latin Am::l"iCao This dratt resolution together tdth those proposed by the dt:.her ~ }ls.~ eommitteesD will be considered in the plene.ry mse~ir~s ~-rhich are e:~,pectecl to end on 25 Ap:r"llo

CONVENTION O!J THE lllTER...001!ERNMEI~TAL 1-WUTDlE CONSULTATIVE ORGANI~~TION "'"" - ......, ----~

The Swiss Observer r..aid a. ~ . .-isi t yeste:rday to t.~e Director of the Division of Transport and Conmu:.1ications ir1 order to obtai.."l, on the instructiorm of hie Government, information concerning the sii:.t1a.tion -~th respect to ratification of L~e Convention on the Inter-govervJnental Maritime Consultative

• • ~ganization: in view of the Swiss GoveiT..m.ent~s intent.ion to submit to its pa:dia.:m..::;:.t a pro;:-vrnu. f or !'r ~· i.fi c:.::'·ior o?. ·i+:;:: Ccmrent.~.ono

Switzerlw...d has its 01.-m zmrchant fleet which fiioss the Slrli.~s .flR..g in accordance t-rl.. th the 1921 League of Nations "Daclarat .. ion recognizing the right to a flag, of states having no 3ca coast 11 o

AD HOC COMNISSI ON ON PRISOlj_Il£1...§.., OF vU..t'];

A note &ddreseed to the Chairman of the M. !L~ Commission, ha.e be~m received from the Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan tra~emitting a detailed report of the negotiation.'3 batl6een representa.ti ves ci' the Japanese Red Cro3s and other associations and the Chinese (Communist) Red Cross regarding repatriation of the i'ir-at 5,000 Japanese civilians formerly r~siding in China. The negotiations covered the period January 31 to Ma.reh 6 when the Japanese delegation lef·t Pekinga Four repatriation ships reached ~Tape.n on 23:: 24 and 26 Z.!ar.~h carrying a total or 4,937 Jap~"'1ese r.stioHalsc

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~ A nat.e haG been receive-d from the Porma.nen ~er~,"er of the Federal Republic. of Germany r.elc:.tive to excerpt:a, tioiO lettt1rs .from victims of so-ealled seientifie a."q)eriments in ~~ . ~oncentration camps, which had been transmitttY.i to the authorities Af he Federal. Republic by the Secretary-General.. The note stat .,. that the materla,l transmitted has been referred to the Federal 1-D.nister f ·r Finance fol .. appropriate atte.'ltion.,

NON GOVER~~'I'AL Q~UTION l-1 rS .A!J!~.t\QQ.Y!IJ!...ERS

On 21 April~ the ·m.rec ror the Division of Social Welfare, Miss Julia Henderson, spoke a~ Chaptel" lfl.eeting o! the lunarlcan Association of Social Workers a~ ~adquarters.. Miss Henderson spoke on the different llisues before ··lf:,ol>ninth session of the Social Comnission., 'ibis meeting was followed 22 and 23 April by two meetings of the Associe.tionos "Intermt o. 1 Sceial \'lel.f'a:re i~orkshop" e;t. which Miss Hender5en and Miss Dorothy~ :, Chief::~ Social Services S$ctionti partic.tpatedt and d.i5wused quet"S~ns relating to davelopzoonts \d.thin . the Ur.it.e.d Nations. Particular attention Mas devoted to 1tom.s CAl th$ agenda. of t.he tort.hcoming uession of the Social Comniosion, i .. eo (a) a conc~rtsd. progrwnm.a of practical action in the social field; (b) the wcn"k programme of the Commission:o and (c) the future or UNICgF. Va.rim.!l'J aspects or recmt development~ in the United Statea programmes in international social welf~ were also discusscdo

M.lNUAL REPORTS ON TRUST TERRITOP..IES . .. ~~

Annual Reports on the administration of Naurv., Ne"£~ Guinea and the Pacific Islands ha~s been receiv~d from Australia~ for Nauru and Mew Guinea and the U .. S ,, A, , for the Paclfic Islands, the authorities responsible for their administration. All three repozots cover the period fran 1 Ju.zy 1951 to 30 June 1952.. These reports \dll be examined by the Truste~aship Council during its ne~t s-aasion :tn JuMcoJttly 195.3 ..

•,, • • COMJ'{(TTEE ON INFORMATION FROl-1 NON-SELF.v.GO\i'ER!'\liNG TE.'RRITORIES ~--_ _.._. ..... ~~- ......... ~ .--.ws::.-----.__~,__-"-· ... .....--~·-... ---

In accordance hd:th the plan t.hat each yea.r the Co:rr.m:tttee ~hould empha~i3e its lrork on one of the three fields: economic~ Eoci.al and educational, The Committee ~11 devote its p~t~~ consideration ·~o edueational con­ditiontl in Non-Self-Gotrerning ~rerrit.orles during i:'s neJ~.t seamion, Studies regarding var·lous aspects of education are Ui"lder prept;).ra.tiol'l. The follow= ifi.e, two papers are being finalized for submission to the Committee: {1) "Financing of Education in Non-self...Governing Territories" and (2) "Participation of the In..hab:i.tants in Educational PoJ: cies and Programmes" o

MOVEMENTS OF STAFF

Mr. M. Perez...Querrero~ Executive Secr·et..'lr,r, TAB, returned from Brazil on 22 April!! 'Where he attended the rr.ecting of ECLA ..

Dr. Yuen-ti Liang, Dire~tors DiviBil•n for the D~velopment and Codification of Interr.l.tional Law; Legal Department ls:ft for Washington ye~Stsrday to attend a !OOating of the Amarican Society of Interna~MaJ. Lawn .

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DAILY REPORT TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

ECOSOC

Before th-e ··onc.lu.ston t!f the general debate on the uorld economic si tuz.+,io"1, Gerer11l Romulo declared that a substential now of outside i n ilestmeni;, cal ital wa.s t · .e main key t.o th·• sol .tiOLl of "",he proO,lama of the under-developed countries . Representatives of Poland, Venezuela. Egypt and the observer of Denmark (Denmark is not a member of the Council this yea1• ) als o spoke o The Council began consideration of the i tem

. "Integrated Economic Development " o ~here is a ?~power draft r esolution aimed at promoting r apid industrialization of the under-developed countries .

QQM!fiSSION ON NARCOTIC DiiUGS

At its 219th meeting on 21 April,~~ t he Commission di,a,~sed the "Problem of' the Coca Leaf" (Item 16) ., .'(' r The Chairman read a communication addressed ~the Secretary-General from the Permanent Representative of Peru which~ated that "due to insuperable difficulties~ the Peruvlan represe.ntati~would be unable to attend the preBent session of the Commisaion11 o ~'

This ae~;,i<-''1 r·J.is~e a difficult aic.o t.w Lor the Economic and Social Council i n t he summer ~1r:etiot'lS fo•~ tlJP (Qbnmission,, Normally. action or t.~ i.CJ. kind would result in the failure otlthe country concerned to secure re-election On the other hand~ Peru ~If the key country in the coca l eaf problem, Wl.ich is again acquiring increa!ed international import.a.n.;e because of the rising export.s of coce leru1'o the manu.f11ct.ure of cocaine" The Commission decided by 12 votes :i.n f avpoqr, none agai net am 2 a.bs tent ions to defer ~onsiderati on of the zratter un\tY'its next session~

~ On the moti or ""ral'l'"S ani Turi~~ ~ too Comnission de~ided. to l"'e(~Omm.end t o the Counci~ t at its sessions in 1954 a.11d 1956 should be held in Geneva ( 9 votes in f"avour, ron.s a.ga.i.m t fJ 5 abstentions) v

POPULATION STUDIES

Mr LoCo DbVimev Jl,f!l';.. t'l•e Dl'~"·~cto"" tor Social Scienf"e~ Rocke.f'eller Foumation, met with Mr~ T;Jhelpton, Dl.rect<X!' of the Population Division, Social Affaire Department, to discuss queotions or research relating to population and the training of people to carr.r out such research ..

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

On 20 April 1953 the Delegat.i. on of Liberia deposited tdth the Secretary­General, on behalf of i t s government Jt the instrument or adherence to the compuls ory jurisdict-ion of t he International Court of Justiceo

On l4 April 1953 the Gove:c~nt of Li erl gave m1tice oi t:J.e wi..,hJrawal of its provisional e-pplicati on of the Ge.."lera.'t Agre'3ment on Tariffs and Tre.deo

ADMINISTRATIVE 'l'RIBUNAL

The Administrative TribPnal completed on 21 Apdl 1953 the preliminary proceedings in the eases of twenty applicants c These proceedings have consisted of the replies to questions put to the parties by the President of the Tribunal and comnents on the :;~epl5.eao At the last meeting the oral test.imony of t"'" applicants was heard. Tho oral proceedings will begin early in July in Genevao

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On Frid~·~ 24 ApriL, the first conrmen1ara.t:i.ve U~N~ stamp of the year will be issued in a special ceremoey o The purpose of the stamp ie to call attention to the contL'1uing problem cf refugees. Mr.. 11 will make the presentation in hi.z offir.e to Hr., Ugo Caru.si, th resenta.tive of the High Co:mnissioner in the United States~ &"ld ohn, the Comnissioner9s Liaison Of.f'icer at Rea.dqua.rt0r-s -, In his rep Mr. Carusi will call attention to the problem of refugees requiring urgen~ aistance through the United Nationso Q

' The Italia.YJ. Government has decided t~ make a girt of two housing units to the value of approxitrately $10, 0 in reaponse to the High Comnissioner•s appeal for international actionGil behalf of the Berlin refugees., v The Commissioner has mad~1 the following allocations to the Ford Foundation grant of $2, 900,000o Th~allocatiorw follow the suggestions of the Ford FoUB1ation; ~ V

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Cultural activities

$ 141,890 962,363 678,256 100,000

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The balance of the grant with the exception of $58,000, l'ihich has been retained for the administration of the fund, is at present unallocatecio

DAILY REPORT TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

Undt::r hot(~ dat. ... a. c) April 1953 ~~he r;. ·.~ted St.atos P.ep'.".;sentatn-e transmitt.ec:, for the ·lx~·-:-n r.;t1 c.1 of .,h0 Security CuUi''Cj.l, a col!lT'1UI1ique iss ued. by the Heaei.qv.&rt.:-:r'".! of t1e Umt ~~\ Nations ~Ol'l'"flltnd on 15 Apr.U 195Jd

In a no'~. c. iated 18 1.::-· ·:U 19}3 f:!J.rlres~~r.i. i,o ';J:l{- ?r•esi.dent of the Sccurl ty Council. the Pe1~.n;:;r·t. Uep:~esf',nt,at-t•re vf Is ~£1.;;1 st&ted the read:tness of his Gover!l.:ner't to :role,:.''><.il the E.r,rpt~,_a.n boat 11SdJ!Ilr r• en .... he basis of recripro~.al ar-range-JC'-r;tr t-.'l l.te ente:n:-d :i.nto b~t;~0er. t Government or Egypt and If'Jra.e' _ "'h<:. '1eP.l'Gflentati ·:e o; Isra01 t.rr.o,. .rl 'i:.tld a cop,y of thls note trJ the S~lCl'•.· · .1 .. ~'1- -GenerW. r~ J):ter.: \. L ~e,cor.municetion ara being tr&~.am:l, .... ced -to e U ~t.ate;~ M<dml}l.,..c s of t."l~U~ted Na.tiom~ and to tl e Chief cf .~t.c ···r of the TI"'J.ca St:.~··<'·\;i.sior~t-garl~zat.iono

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The ~ouncil Jester·day .;onthit.ed ·,.;\;. ebate on vhe v-roi.·ld 13Conom.ic situation and heard stf.'.:.emen';,·$ bJ sL'{ n·~ ' s e11.a t ...... -c ob:Nl"'\~e:.:·e from NG0 1ao

v !liT. Le.nzl!. (Urugv.ny) urged ·:.ha Counc-1.1 t;.o take ~:rh;.ps to check the gro\ld.ng disequilibriun 1)·~+~·--·"'D '!:,'t· 5ro.1p3 c·f cou.n'.:.ries~ the iroustrlal am the economi ca..lly ~.nck r-:\7 e , - l He-: ... dvo cat.cti ·~m.w.1odi ty agreements, multi= lateral tradf' an~.: t}~ co.avertibi.Uty of cu.l·e.1cies

Mr. Ozgue. ~ ( ~C.f) :-e.ferred t.c . ie . lcli. or uniformi t:y and equil:tbrlmn in the evaLu~i n of world economy 1·-rit~g 1951 ~52 am attributed it to defence C".A~nd:-.tu res~ the slO'\<! rate of develo~ent cf the urder-developed cou.ntrief' the g·:cu: r o.: p:tpt'i a.tior.,. t,he c'AOllar shortage and tariff' rest.ricti,ns.

Mr. Aruti'..mla.:~. (US.3R) desrr·1 oed thE; ac":1ievements of i..he centrally-planned countrles 9 ~i_·ljf!~ th3 t\rcb1.etns created. by the m-t l..:i;l:.ar;. ze.Hon cf the western econom:l.ee; anll <lec<ta:r~ that t.he Ut.{;;lt P·.l.t'S1J.ed a po:Uc.y o1 econonu.c co­operation 11tit.h t.he "mole H>rldo H~ regr.~t.ted !:.hat the United Nations Survey did not bring out. the fact that production in the· USA and Westem Europe h.,.d actually d1·opped in 19.5 2 ~

Mro Matos (Yug;.}slo.via) d'k'elt Jn ·th~ :1eed for r.;stor·.r.tion of: triangular tr.!lde tn ~"i.eh v·,.;, u .. .11rler-- develo~d countries w:.nt.ld produce more ~aw material..'! for• sa:.:- ~rlmi~ 1y to the Unit.oo Statc,3 a.'1d Europe, while the .fC!l."~tlr in retl.o' .rn would ptA' ci1ase it:dus trial comncdi t;i. es, including capital equ1.pmentn

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Mrv !I'.LUnoz (Argerrtim) mn.de a. point -~hat e. fair solution o.f the current world economic prob:!.cm r(.,quired & eq1 it.able rel.ationship bet~'"eon the prices of Pl.'"imary comnodities snd the pricea of manufactured articlesG

Mro Hsia (China) deocribed the ceconOJDic progress :1n Formosao

The Council concluded its debate on !:.his item today and baga."'1 consideration or item 4 of its agenda ..... "Economic develop:nenr. of under-developed countries: integrated economic development n"

ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE .11><----·-· " The East,Afest T!'ade Consultation convened by the Executive Secretary of ECE on 13 April had, by 17 April» heard raports on bi-lateral agreemen·~ already concluded or under negotiation for trade in 1953 and statements by experts on specitl~ kinds and quantities or goods, supplementary to thoee already included in e.xi.sti.11.g agreezmnts or under negotiation, liW.ch their count.ries htluld be prepa.red to trad~.. Th:ta com leted the .first plenary phase of th~ consultation. Di. ·lateral coov .., · om opened on 18 April and, in or(~er to allo·,, ample ~.j.me !or th s conversations, no date has yet been set for resumption of the plenary: e ingso According to a pr~ss report ... thi!l bi ... J.!.tGral meetings have i uded a meatJ.ng between the experts frorr1 the Sov:tet Union and those f the \'lestern Zone of Germany o

0 Almost 80 exparts, de~i(§lated by 25 ~r pean gwernmsnts (including the Eastern and ~!estern Zones of Gertt~an and the United States, are taking part in the consultat.iono The ID5<5 r:5 are private with a strict press embargo ..

l11hen the plenary metings res" e, they will raceive reports on the results of the bi-late!'al ~cuss ns and it is hoped that recollJTlendations will emerge for fUrther pra~cal action by ECEo

~ ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR IA AND THE FAR EAST

The ECAFE Re · . Mineral ReBOu.rces Conference o~ned in Tokyo on 20 Apri lo It is the ~ m~eting of its kind ever held in the ECAFE regiono TAA is usisting 51 providing four e.xperts. About 100 experts from 20 countries are atterxiingo '!'he main purpose of the Conference is to examine the pos­sibi~tties of more effective and rapid development of the mineral resources oJ the regionc Special attention will be given to problema of geologi.cal surveys and of the development of lignite productiono Some 50 technical ps.pers have bee11 prep~.red, or b'h:! ch the ECAFE secretariat has prepared 15, the rest being submitted by gov~n~ruoonto 1 T .. I.A and individual expertsa

ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR LA'riN }MERICA

The fifth session oi' the ECLA, which opaned on 9 April, is expected to !3i1d on 25 April,. For the paat week, ~ 1:.2£ coJJIDittees have been meeting on the following subje~ta: Economic Tzends; Economic Development. and Technical As.sistance; Industries; Agrieultu"; Intra-regional trade; Co-ordination with Inter-American Economic and Social Council (IA-ECOSOC), Reports aubmi.tted by the ECLA ser;:,r,..,tar1at have been well received and propo-sals have been !M'.de !or brcadening their scopee The Committee on

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Co-ordination with IA-ECOSOC has accepted in p1·inciple a proposal for an agreed 11 ca.lendar11 of :rrr: ~nf!s o"' ECLA ard IA-ECOSOCo Brazilus Minister of Agriculture hae addredsed th Committee on Agriculture. Proposals for a number of new projects ara e~cted to emerge from this and the other ~ h2£ committees. ·

COMMISSION ON NARCO'riC DRUGS

On 20 April, the Commission completed its discussion of the report of the Drafting Committee on the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.

Mr. Herbert May, Chairman of the Pernrulent Central Opium Board, on consi­deration of articles on the Board replacing the PCOB and Supervisory Boqy,. complained that in the past the provision that the Secretar,r-General should "assure the administrative services of the Board" had not been fully' imple­mentedQ Mr. May expressly ateted that. he was nC"t blaming the Department fer the situation which, however, he urged should be remediedo It was unanimoUBly decided to include a reference to the matter in the CammissionBs reporto

SOCIAL COMMI rM v ,t-

At its meeting on 20 April: the Ctn"llnlitt.ee had it a joint draft resolution on the problem o+" "Slavery" by Be • • Egypt 11 France, S-weden, United Kingdom, Uruguay am Yugoslavia, reP!,a all draf't resolutions before the Committee with the e.~eption of a Pol proposal to establish a pecial committee of !'1 ve Government represe.t1ta.gt So The Polish proposal was rejected and the seven power Joint draft reso t,~n4 with minor a1:1endmentsJI was adopted; 16 votes in favour, 0 against, 2 at;t ntions,

ltD HOC COMr-UTTEE ON FORCED LABOUR V Information has been rece~ from Geneva that the Chairman ot the Committee, Sj r Ramarnmmi Hudaliar ,~as urepe.red the draft o.f the Conmi ttee ~ s report to the Economic ari1 Scci Council and the Govarn:J.ng Body of the ILOo

' AD HOC 90MMI'J.'T.EE ON ~ OF WAR

Mr. Reichelg il.sistant Observer· of the F~eral Republic of Germany called on the Secretary or the Commission to diecu~s certain rec~nt developments 1n connexion with the work of the Conmission Dr.. Garcia, Sacretar,y-Genera1 o:r the Delegation of E1 Solvador, also called to erquire about the future plans of the Commission and to express his Governmentas wish that the Commis sion continue ..

ADMINISTRATIVE CO~JTTEE ON CO-oRDINATION

Formdl notices and the ptovisional agenda for the 16th session of the Ad­ministrative Cor.mdttee on Co-ordination, which will open on 25 May at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, have baen mailed to the executi.ve heads of the specialized agencies and emergen~y agencieso

~SITORS TO HEADQUARTERS

Frorn 13 to 18 April there: \1.-ere 9,16(, visitors to meetings..,

• NOa 737 DAILY REPORT TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

Monday, 20 April 1953

PALESTINE CONCILIATION CO~~USSI~

Mro John Reedman, representing the P r uC .. in Jerusalem, has reported on his pre Uminacy negoi:.iations to cleat· lJ"P the mistmderstanding which has arisen over 1·estora.tion of a 10% deduction from bank accounts of Arab refugees in Israeli banks.. Nr. Reedman will next proceed to Amman and Beirut.. The total sum cclid.ng under definition of absentee accounts is about 3.~500,000 pom'rls~

ECONONIC COMMISSION FOR_1b:fiN, /u"!ERIGA ~v

' 'l'he United Nations Pr{~.ss Officer covering the 1tngs of the Commission reported that in the opinion of mos"i:. of tt e ~s rver~ in Rio de Jan&iro, officials, news correspondent~ and oth~rs~He et\rrent session of ECLA may have bToken all records in the rc~p ns e of the Brazilian pressQ Interest in meetings was shown not oi -~ by news coverage but by many thoughtful editorials end by the pr ce of a large number of newspaper correspondents () v

COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS ~ v At its 216th meet:i.nl?(-<?~ 17 April the Commiasion discussed Revision of tho fo~ill of Annual ~orts; Co-operation between the United Nations and the Universal P Union in respect. of control of narcotic drugs; and Programme pri~tles in the field of narcotic drugso /

'? The priorities :id.opted for the t~rk of the Narcotics Division are e.1:1 follows: 1) Ferf~m2nce of functions direetly related to the implementation of the international treaties on narcotic drugs; 2) The proposed Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs; 3) Drug addictj.on; 4) The study of the problem of synthetir- drugs; 3) !'he problem of Inti. an hemp; 6) The assay, characteristics; composition a."ld origin of oph:un.; 7) The problem of the coca lear; and 8) Abolition of opium smokir-&,

On 20 April the Commission resumed the diacusa1 on ot itetn 4 "Proposed Single ConvGntion on Narcotic Drugs" and studi~d the report of ·the Drafting Committee stablished to formulate decisiom previous}¥ taken by t.he Comnission.

90MMUNITY ORG@gz;ATION AND Q:~_y£:LOPM£fl't

Arrangeme~ts have b.~~Il .u1~cte by t~ De!Xirtroent of Social Affairs to provide mteria.l for t: . ..J ~raining of coiDIUUnity workors and leaders

and for international SG'mil"..al"S and train:'.ng courseso The first publica n in th.;.a ca.tegocy entiUe-.1 ''e. -ud. • t Nc;.,l - Social Progress through Local. Action" has been iseuedo It compr:i.s"!s pamphlet..J and articles reprinted wlth parmission of the authors or institutions concerned, on various Cl3pacts of the question, e~g" ncomnon ground in community develo~:nnent axperlments", "Self-help and Point Four". "An Africa11 11illage undertakes Community Develop.oonts", "Social Services in the Belgian Congo", etco

KOREAN MEDALS .

Bids were opened for 5.000 Korean Medals and Service Ribbonso Preliminary analysis indicates that approximately the same concerns bid as on the previous order and that prices have gore up somet<hat" Analysis of the bids has been sta.rtet1. and further informa'r.ion has been requer;ted from a number of the companies" It is expcct.ed that an award will be re~ cormnended in approxi.mat.~ly three weeks time o

U.No POSTAL ADMINISTRATION t-v

' The remit-tance repo:;."t for the Admini&tration r~Atho week is as follows: ~

Total remittances for 1953 ..- ~,BlB.02 Weekqs remittances - ' B,948~46 Net revenue - UNPA Counter ~~ 2~505Q43

vo VISITORS TO UNITED NATIONS

11-17 April

A group of prominent jo ists from the NATO countries, now in the United States as gues~s~f the State Department, paid a visit to Head­quarters and atten ci"- meeting ot the Fii"st Committee after having toured the buil · They wGre briefed by Mr~ Tor Gjesdal, Acting Assistant Seer ry-General of the Department of Public Infonnation.

~ Mr., Erikss'it, an official of the l.finistry of Justice of Sweden and national eorresp>ndent of that country with the Social A.f'fairs Depart= ment, called to discuss quflstiona relating to the prevention of crime and the treatment of offenders mth the Director of the Division of' Social Welfare, Miss Julia Hendereon.,

MOVDrn:NTS OF STAFF

Mr. V o Sta ... ~ridi, Director, E.xtemal Services and Specialized Agencies 6

Department ot Public Information, left on 17 April for Rome where he will attend a meting of the Public Infcrnation Committee of the ACCo After completion of the ~meting:~ Mr. Stavridi. is taking leave in Greece and later in London~

Mr~ Po Loftus. Dep'tty Dil>e'tor_, Stutistie:;..:;. Office~ Cspartm~t o:t .EC'Ol4 ..... .!. :.tfcL .;;, lE>ft o,! l_Q f .. il .:or L 1do 1 .,. _, a:.• end [ meeting of the Colonia.) Statisticia.11s fter which he ,.~ 11 pr":>ceed to GEneva to at:.tend the ILO cop.!'erence vihich operu:J on 8 May 0

Mr, To Naraye.nanm Ch~.ef 1 Asia and Pacific Affairs Sectim, Department of Securi ts- Co .. ~n..:il Af'f<:J.ra, )..tlft on 20 .\prl.l for ¥..r1dr~ on home leave.

DAILY REPORT TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

NOo736 j /

Friday, 17 April 1953

THE K<llliAli QUEST~

Under note datsd 16 Aprl:i. 1953 the United States Representative tranm:nitted, far the information of the Security Council, the Sixty= first Report of too United Natione covering operations frory January through 15 January 1953. This note and ths Report are b+tg cir-culated s.a a docum.ent of ths Council., ~'

llliPORT ON THZ TRUST TER.~ITORY m~ THE PACIFIC ISLANDS ~HE PlliiOD 1 JqLY 1951 TO JQ,£~.~ .l:f£-- . - Q

' The Sac1 .. etar-lat is cix'culating t .. o the mtB'lb ·o of the Security Council:~ as document S/2989, th9 Report on tha T t Territory of the Pacific Islands for the period 1 July 1951 to~ J~~e 1952, received from the Representative of th~ United State~

COMlltlTI'EE C~CERNING NON=SELF-GOV.]!! ~G TERRITORIES v

The Ad Hoc Committee on F ~ors and the Committee on Information from Non-sait=Cbvarning Tarti es hav~ been convened by the Secretary= General, to maet on ~uly and 18 August, respectively. Copies of the provisional a have been smt, to the Members of these Com-mittees and to t.b9 psciallzed Agtmci~s concerned.. The !,<! .!!2s. Committee on Factors~ COlls!Sting of ten Members (Auetralia, Belo<dum..!l Burma, Cuba, Guatema1.4~ Iraq~ Netr&erlands, United lf.ingdom; United States of Amorica and Venezuela) will continue to carry out a thorough study o! the fac­tors which will have to be t&ken into account in deciding whether a Territory has or ha:l not attained a i'ull measure of sel.f=p,ovemment .. (A eimilar ~~Committee was convened in 1952.)

CCJ~J:SSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS ...... ...,.,~

At ita meeting on 16 ApTil~ tha Commission completed discussion of "The Problem of Synthetic Drugs11 (lt.Gm 10) and 11Ths Problem of Indian Hemp" (Item ll)., It was decided to postpone until the Comilrl.osion's ninth seaslon~ discussion of npropoaaJ. of Burme. Relating to the Co­ordination of the Efforts ot Certain Far Eastern Governments to Suppress Poppy Cultivation and the Smuggling of Opium" {Item S(b)) o

At its meeting thia morn.L11.g1 t.h~ Commission discussed the 11List or Na.reot:tc Drugs Under Intenu:z.tional Control11 (!tam 12) and "Laws and Rsgulat..i.ons hl..ating t,o tha Control of NBJ."Cotic Drugs" (Item 13)..,

A motion by the USSR that a.ll paragraphs relating to China be deleted in the Sumnary of Lavra and ReguL_.tions for 1951 was rejected by 3 votes in favour, 10 against and 1 abstention.

SURVEY IUSSION TO THE CARIB~l:... .... AREA.1-~ ;;..;;.;;;A.r~~D-..,..;.;l-1EX;;;;;• _r_c.-0

The report of this mission ha.e been published (ST/SOA/Ser._0/7""ST/TAA/ SeroD/7) o The Miesion focused its observations and analyses on local community self~help organizationso It sought to discover the ways in which technical agencies do, or do not, channel their aid through self­organized community groups; to analyse the differencea in the 8UC= ceases of these groups where it is, or is not, a definite part of government policy to stimulate and encourage aelf=help development, and to create conditions designed to render material assist~ in the organization am effective functioning of such gr'Oups, · icu1arly in the training of local leaders., The l1issions to ~11 -J.ddle and Southeast Asia have completed the:J.r surveys and r~Pbf'ts will be cir= cula ted ahortlyo ~ ~

The findings of these special survey missi ~ as well as other data supplied by Menber and non=Member Governpi s, and NGOss, have served as a basis for the preparation of 11Co ~~ Monographs", ahowinp.: the progress already made in the field ~ ommunity organization in in­dividual 90untries of the varioust"~~ions of the l«>rld. The monographs relating to France (metropolitan kfeas and overseas terri tones (ST/SOA/SaroO/l,ST/TAA/SeroD~ and ST/SOA/Ser.0/2, ST/TAA/SeroD/2, respectively) and the Unit~ iingdom (ST/SOA/Sero0/4, ST/TAA/SeroD/4) have been iesuedo ~

AD HOC COMMITTE& Oll FOR~&mUR A letter addro~~~ to the Chairman of theM~ Committee on Forced Labour has bee'ft/received from the 11inister of Foreign Affaire of Colombia stating that the Chancellery l'iae studying in detail the contents o£ the decisions adopted at the 45th meeting o£ the~~ Committseo

AD HOC C0:1il1.!SSION ON PPJSOhiill.S OF liAR

A letter has been received from ·U1e Chairman of the Ad Hoc Commission on Prisont!!'B of ~{a:r, authorizing the Secretary to trai{siidt to the Observt~r of the Federal Republic of Germany, information received from the Government of tho Ututed Kingdom, expressing the opinion that, in principle, the Commission should not receive Delegations from non=governmantal organizations.,

1~ ... Po Ko Whelpton, Director of the Population Division, Department of Social Affairs, will meet with a t~Wup of demog~aphars and officers of tha Ford Foundation on April 18th and 1'9-ti'i' to di~cusa poBsible

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activities of the Foundation :ln the field of populati.:~n. One item to be considered in principle is the request of the International Union for ths Scientific Study of Population for a grant of $60~000 to help finance its activities in connection ~~th the World Population Con­ference.

OOl·J.1UNICATICl~S REGARDING HUl.w.N RIGHTS

During tha week ending 17 April, 227 commm1icatians were received re­lating to tho principles involved in the promotion of respect for human rightso All bu.-t one COT1Jmtmication den...lt ivith proposals for an amend­ment of the draft Covenant on Civil and Polit,ical Right,s.

TRANSPORT Ar-ID C0!4Hlli !CATIONS v

As a. result of discussions first in theJ Economic Co o (6 and 7 April) a..."ld then i..TJ. plenary (15 and 16 April) 11 the ~ or.dc a'1d Social Council has adopted nL'1a rasolut,iona a.r:t sing fro t ne report of the eixth session of the Transport and Coomunicat~ Comndssion (Document E/2J6J)o <)

' Theso resolutions concern a number of ~lema in the field of trans-paz~ &td communicatio~s: such as poll on of sea water, situation with respect to ratification of the(l)onvention on the Intergovernmental Maritima Consultative Organizati~ uniform system of road signs and signals, licens:L"lg of motor v hicla drlvera, customs formalities for temporary importation of pri ts vehicles and for tourism, transport of dangerouo flOOds ~~d disc~. tion in transport inauranceo The Council in a resolution on UN i :il>rity Prograi'IlDWS and concentration of effort and resources, appro tha list of projects in the transport and communications fi 11 divided into priority gl"'oups ..

~ The Council' a ~ciaiona ware baaed on the recommendations of the Transport and Coiillnunications Commission, with two major excaptionso First, 1-lherea.s the Commission recommended that the draft protocol on road eir,ns and oignals prepa~ed by a group of experts be opened imme= diately for signature by governments, the Council instructed the Secretary~eral to pursue his consultations with governments and to ascertain, in part.icular, their intentions as regards signing the protocol, and then to report back to the CouncilUe spring session in 1954o Secondly~ concerning the Commission°D recommendation ~~th regard to the possibility of. inserting in all future commercial treaties a clause dsaigned to p:revmt discrinrl.nation in the placing of transport insursnceo The Cotmcil decided to omit ·t.his recommendation, but maintained the rsst of the Commiesion°s resolution regarding circula= tion to govsn1mants of the S9cretai~=G5neral 8 s study on this question and reference · of specific aspects of the problem to GATT and the lionetary Fundo It should also be noted that the Commission°a resolution concerning ths convening of an international conference to conclude the two Customs Conventions was expanded to provide for invitations to the Conference to be sent to a specific categp~J of ncn=self~r,overning territori.eso

STATISTICS

The Economic Committe;o considsrod tho :o."'eport. of th® Statistical Cor:mri.ssion (7th session) and adopted four z-esoluticos :,~ecommended by t.he Commission 1vhich deaU~ with the e3tab]iehment. of sta.t~.otical s·:-.andards for e:A'ternal tracts and atatist .. :tcs, indur;trir~ et.atisticfl, vital ste.tistica and migration statistic~.

UNRWA

, .I.e Tha Raprescntativa of Pcldstan notified tho Negotiating Committee for

Extra-Budgotary Funds that his Gove:.'lnG.'lt is pledging 100,000 rupees to the 1953/1954 progre.m."na of United No.tions .Relief and Works Ap;ency for Palestine Re.fugeeEl in the !~em• Easto

2o Mro D. ~~o Ruffner, Comptroller, U.NRHA, will arrive at HeaVO.qua.rters, New York 21 Apl"i1 for con3ultations., ~

UNITED l~AT!OIJS PUJl!ciC~'!±Oi;s !l9.!!!!Q. ~A.,.' The Publicati.ons Board met on 'l'hursdc.y aftorno., 16 April., under the cha:i.rnE\nship of l'tr. Cordier to begin co~der2.tion of the 1954 printing budget. ~'

lt had before it ~ proe;ramme presenta~y thn Depart.vnent of Social Affairs of >'lhich t,he estir.anted cost, Q s ~155,910$ After sc:t--utiny of the proposB.lB ths Boa:o:d decided. ~eductions arnoutning to an estimated $3L~ ,480o The Board also contffU1pla.tes a further review of the current programmG for 1953 in June o~uly.,

v Tho review of other depa.~ental progi.,amr.r.es ~,i.ll be cont:inued next waeko 'V

TECHNICAL ASSISTilt~CE ~FGHAidSTAN Hro K'3onleysi.d~ Di1•actor....G~nera.l of TAA will present a copy of a new map of Afgha.nist<m produced by UN cartographers, to the Permanent ReP= resentativc of thiit colmtry en M-Jndey, 20 April, at 2oJO p.,mo

'l'he need for a small scal'j map of Af'ehv.nistan for usa by J!le-.nbers of tha first UN f.iiasicn to go ·t:.o tha'~ country waa m9t by tha UN Presenta= tion Units ca,r-l~or;rophers "!-·Iho prElpa:a.~d a map (4 mileB to the inch) in September 1950~ Follordng tha recommendations of the users of this map &"ld inco:rporatj.ng more accurate information &.J.d corrections prO= vided by them, a. rev..l sGd edition, No ... 2'i9ol ~:>:as published in February l953o

lJNITEJ NATIOLS POST.1iL ADHllJISTRA'l'IOii =er -- ,.,.

Arranga~uants ar<& bOO.ng made for a psrmammt exhibit in the Smithsonian Lnstitution i...n '.iashington, DoC., of tJrJ poetage stamj1S, si.rnilar to the exhibit pZ"eiW!lntly on dieplny in tha General AsseryJ:...y buildingo

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~.§i'l ZEALAND DELEGATIOO

lt,r ~ •r. P. Davin, the ranking official of the Permanent Delezution (under Nr. Hu...-u"', the Ambassador) is leti'ring New York on S l1ay11 to return to New Zeala.."1d for re-assignment. He will be succeeded by 1-i.~., Ray Perry who, at present is Official Secretary in ottawa.., Mro Perry has been aosocia.ted, primarily;~~ in the past, with tha Second Comrrdttae. He has served in the Dapa.rtntant of Exte:rnal Affairs, prior to which he rJas roaea.l'Ch Of.ficer ot the New Zealand FedGrat.1.on of l-abour,..

L 'l'he Prime Hinister of New Z(fala.nd, the Rt. Hon. So G. Holland, accom.., par1ied by his wife &ld a private socretar-,.:r, will b~ viai · Nett York about 14 !A.e~, enroute to London for the Corona.t;ion.., Itt'-s expected

that he will bs in New York for tv.'O or three daya. bout the same time~' the Leader of the Opposition, the Rt. Hono V er Naah (Leader of the Labour Party and Deputy Prime ltinister ~ a recent Labour Adm.inistrat.ion) will also be passing through~N Yorko

2o On 15 April five F~ench ·(aGnior) statist ~a visited tha Statistical Office and r.~ra cnter'c.ained at lunche ' ;: the Assistant Secretary-General and the Principal D:i.rectoro 0

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DAILY REPORT TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

'fhl..l 'Sday!) 16 Apri1 1953

'!'~ KOREAN Q.UFST~QN

With a note dated 15 April 1953 the United States Representative transmitted, for the info1~tion of the Sscm·ity Co~~cil, four c0ll1!m..niqnes issued by the Hea.dqu::~rters vf the Unitsd Nations Command between 11 and ll} ApriL 1953o This note and its enclosures is being drcule.ted as a doc·WD.ent of tho Cou.{!Cilo

CHARGES OF INTERVENTION TI-L.}HE 0011'&§1'1f.M.fAIR.§ OF GUATEI1ALA

In a letter d~'\ted 1 Apl'il a.ddressc:.~ to t.he Secretar.r~cral!J the MinistE:~r for Foreign Affairs of Gua.tE'ma.la deacribed ~~ril!ls ot develoJlllents in recent. years which, he charg®d8 d , Astratad the intention of certain international political ei~ea to intervene openly in the oomestic c;,ffa.irs of G,tatema.la., hiG requsot copies of this let,ter w~ro r~leased to the prvss transmitted to all Member Stateen In a l®tter dated 15 ApriOt,oo Permanent Represcm­tative of Guatemala raquast.ed tho Pre~d nt of the Security Council to place the latter of 1 April befom ~he Council at its next meeting)) so that the: Counc:l.l might take no "'o-f the facts se·;. out thereinc The Gcr.rerr.unen·t of G· atG~nala diQ,.. n intend to b.s."ing a charge, but wished to place this.stQt~~ent 'dh record~ in cas~ events should occur constituting a viola~on of Guatemalaijs ·territo~~ and national ind~pendence,. Copies oyoth lctt.ers are being circule3:.ecl as document S/2988, ~

In a lot.ter dated 'ipril addressed to the Secretary-Gmeral, the Head of the Coj t1(LRican Delegation stated that hie Government had at all times ~nbained an ~ttitude of the strictest cordiality toward all coun·triW with t.,rhich it maintained ::iiplomatic relations, He transmit ted an extract fran a speech mr:1.dc by the President of Costa Rica on 11 Febr~ary) categori~~lly denying the alleged con­clusion of a political or rnili tary pact between a group of Central American countries~ from which pact one cou11try was said to have been excluded, I11 this speech th~ Pral'lident stated that Cos~ Rica would not ~came a party to any political pact 1~ich ~gr.t affect the itlterna.l r~gima of any .;entral American couutr-.r., At the request o! the Head of the Costa dican Delegation» copies of this letter were relea:sed to the press and transmitted t-o all 1-lember Stateso

SOCIAL COM:UTTEE OF THE ECOOO!flC ~JW SOCIAL COUNCIL

The Commit-tee continuGd in its meeting of 16 April 1953 morning» the examination of the question of slavery, the slave trade and other forms of servitude. The COOlmittae is seized of a number of draft resolutions

• pre~~mted ro~pectivaly by Po~~and 11 tne United I'i.l.ngdom, Balg!um» Franc...a 9 ::>wec6n e.nd Egyp' ,

·rhe fo:Uowl.ng aspects of the var-iooe proposa. .... s are c 1' adlrn.ni::st.rati <rc llnport:.ance: Pc.dand pro poses t.:1e ostablishlll.'S:nt of a fi ve-mtmber co:n­rr,ittee of Governmef1t Repres.en~ t-1 /f!HL Egypt propoeee to refer the who) e question of , he abolition of slavery and other formG of S(ilr'lit..tde to the Camnission on Hum3n .Righ· .• s &."ld to place it on the agenda of ths CvnLm.ssion 11 s tenth ·:?.ossior; a A1.u;t.rali~ am China have oogger..ed1,

bat net formally proposed.., that ·~he subject be raferrt\d to the M, Hoc C0011dttee on Forced Labour and the latter 9 s terns of l·sferance be widened acccrd'.ng.Ly ~ The dl~af'..; £'<9solut.ions proposed by the United Kinp,dom a:1~ 'Qv Beldum :int.E':,.,_cl :.o rharp;e th~ Secretary-Oenoral and not any enst..1.ng (..:r new represent.at.:tve org.:u ct the Uru.ted Nation~ with considerable subs't.antivo res 1onsibllitJ f _ r th_ probl6:!11,. The Fren<h­Swedish draft reselu'•~.or daal• 1-d c.h th"" r~vi val and revitalizing of the Intermt.iona.l Slavery Conventior1 of l926o

A£Y.!§0RY COUNCIL FOR SOPu\LIL\.ill!_ ~v

The Princl.pal SE>cretary of the Advisory Co 1 fol" Sanalilal'ldtJ in his repc.'t i'cr tll'J mon h of March, inf'-nnc he Trusteeship D~'~part-ment that the Ad vi ::~cr: C . -"'"lei) is compJ!. t,_ ng its report on its act.ivitias during the a ... yaa.r., Thw · rt to be sulmitted to tl'le 'frusteeship Counci 1 at us s ssion ~Jtme will oontair. informat.ion on tho advice ::;iver. by ti.1~ Ad-,is Cc•l.i:.cil to the Administering A~thority ln various fielal}~ cular~rf in relation to political ad taneanent ·' sccial leg ... sJ 1;). n and er.on en.:~ .. c p~·mrdnt;, ,

Following the appr.cva. of<rl1a report., tl1·) three repre~ent.atives on the Adv:is ry Cou?'lcil .(.l Jol~iibia, Egypt "l.1r.l Philipp:ine3)"' will depart for Hea.dqlle.r •. JSr.:~ L · t. ·..-md ·th& mc!9t~..ng. "'· t.r.c Stnr·dirg Comnitte on Pet4ti?ns of t.h-., ~ •1teeship Counc~l t-rhich oren6 <.n ~f; ~.ay The C<Xllllittee will consider n5titicns fr® the Tn st Ter dtoey- of Somalilando The m JJitbe.~,· t 1£ Advis-ry Co1.nc.il . ·~d • l ala .. pa.rli:J.cipate in the debates of the T~s eeahip Coun'-il dur'ing l.t.s con.;:tclarat lo:'l of the Annual Report on Som~1. l and in Jun"-

3TANDING COl·!MI':. TEE 01) 0ETITIO~!S ~- ...... --,-....

In corJJ.ection with th~ J."c riOneoming 100et.wg .. , of the Standing Cc.mmitta on Peti.ttonsl' t11e Dep.tr'c ... a ·1t is prer;'lrlng a series of 'NOrkinL; parers on t!.e 330 petit i '1S 'fh:·.ch were 6t\i:.mH.;,~ed !or tl"e coneideratio•.: cf the 1'ruateeshi.p Cr- r1c: 1 ai ncf: its ls.st session.,

VISITllJG NISSION '£0 T'PUS'r rEit!U'I'OHIES IN THE PACH'IC --- ~ -- --...~-- - _,., _.___ --___ .. ____ ..,. The VJ.si.t ... ng M.t "l&l.O . < r' t 1e 'J.'ru& ~C:.'Ship Co ~lcll tc., the Trust TerritorJ. '}" cZ the "P<.~;:J.:'ic a. .. · a ca.1p sed o-' c·h~a ·~of ?ranee the :_ln.lted Ki.ngdOLI

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th~;~ '-'v .ir.:'i.cu1 :~:!pub1ic anc: Sy1 ia., \,:,ich d P' d "'.·..mt Hc.~.dquart.er.J early in February, has arrived in Sydney, Australia, having completed its tour of the TrJ.st 'l'arritories of the Pacific Islands, Nauru and New Guineao The :Ussion r s purpose :l n visiting Sydney is tc obta:i.n information on policies &~d programmes or development in New GuinC~a as well as clarification of certai..l'l questions :.:·aisad by th~ VisitJ.ng Mission in the course of its tour of the Trust Territory and to meet with offl.cials responsible for the .q ffairs c·,f ·the Territoz-yo

The Secretariat of the Vi5iting Mi3sion has already caupleted the first drafts of the ret-\Orts on the Pa.:ific Islands and Nauru and these have been discussed by the Missiono

ECONOMIC C0~1l1ISSION fOR LATTI~ ANERICA

GATT

The Corrmittees of' ECLA a.p}Jroved without exception all ECLA studies and also recomraended that they be broadened in scope ~~ d~ptho Ne''' subjects of study were suggested by- many del~ga'- oVa., Among the subjects proposed wsre the tanana. crisis<~ product of hard fibres, production of coffeeo A!nong other suggestions that a permanent committee be established to work with GATT (G .ral Agre~ement on Tariffs and Trade) to reconcile the two La~ American groups divided on payments qt:estiono Q

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On 16 April 1953 the Permanent !Qreeentative of Canada to the United Nations signed tho second pro.Wol of rectification and modi fi. cation to GATT (General Agreemen~ on Tariffs and Trade).

AD~UN!STRATIVE CO~ORDn~A~N~QM}UTTEE -· ~

The following do~ts for the forthcoming sessions or the ACC a.'ld its Preparato1~ommit tee r.a ve been canpleted for processing: "Procedures of the ACC ~- Preparatory Committee" (CO-ORDINATION/Rol47) and 11Financ1C'.lc:;nplicatione of Requests to the Specialized Agencies by ECOSOC11 (COORD-PREP/Ro304).,

AD HOC COM!-IISSION ON FORCED LAB.Q!lli.

Tile United Kingdom Delega:t.ion replit~d to the letter from the Chairman ot the Ad .!:!2£. Committee on Forced Labour of 22 November 1952, which requested the Secretar-y of State for Foreign Affairs to subnit comments on allegations concerndng the existence of forced labour in t he United Kingdom and its territoriest;l The United Kingdom delogation enclosed observations by the Govemmentc The covering letter stated that, otdng to its desire to comment upon the allegations adequately and in detail, it proved impossible to adhere to the time limit as set by the Chairman of the 1:£ ~Committee on Forced Labouro

ADMISSION OF NGQ_REPRESENTATIVES T.Q.Jlr!. HEA~Ufo.Rl'E,&')

The Secretary-General has notified t.he Permanent H.epresentati v·e of the United States of his readiness to begin at once negotiations unde'~" the lkadquarters Agr> .e.1ne:nt. of t.·1e question o.f tre right of admission o.f carta.:i..n NGO rep:r"e 0entati vss to t:.he Headquarters District o

This action was taken as soon as the i!,conomic and Social Council had adjourned its cons:Lderation of the question in order to permit the early discussion offered by the United States He.tr esent.ati ve in his statement to the Councilo

.L~i£RUI'ff·~.L.NT OF llN STAFF

A competitive examination for junior economists is l.Ulder way~ and a meeting of the axamining ~oard yesterday promises a satisfactor,y level of appointees •'hen the final sele.::tion is made., Competitive examinations have proved feasible, so far, main~- in the fields of languages and in secratarl.al and clerical recruitment. 'rhey have_, howe-..ert~ been used for r~Jcruitment of certain categories of junior professionals, including junior economists, with sati"'actory resultso

t-APPLICATION OF N£\'V JN£nr STATES l.fviNI(',.(-.:ATION ANr: NAl:XJ~LITY AC'l'

The ~-=-of Per~~el is g:!.ving attentio~.#~ : justments in personnel administration which have bef3n mace !lece~a"'f'y as a. result of the U oSo Immigration and rlationa.lity Act (.HcCar~ Act) omich came into force on 24 December 1952o <(

Specifically~ the Bureau is con~~g to recruit candidates who are at present in the United Stattf§ either on permanent or temporary resident's status_, for posts wnich are clearly standard local recruit posts such as Enelish l~age s~cretariesp typists, clerks, etco Such appointments wilJ. ~ made on the uaua.l temporary indefinite basiso In the case, howe~~of candidates for posts which are normal.lJr filled by i.-·lternational ruruitment (i.,e. tJ those in the Professional and G-5 categories) noet~ citizens will be employed on~ if th~ are not permanent i d'ents of the United States or i! they undertake, in writing, to conve~o the international organisation v.isa (G=4) status, when general coirversion to such status is invitedo

The Secretary-General has announced that staff mGmbers who have permanent resident status ~ sign the waiver of "all rights .. privileges, exemptions and immunities" required under the provisions of t,he NcCarran Act under certain conditions o The Bureau of Personnel9 in conjunction with the Legal Dapartment, ls present~ completing a statement to all Administrative Officers explaining the conditions U.'1.der which the waiver may be signed in order that international t r&vel may be l.Uldertaken(l

UNITED NATIOI~S HIGH COMMISSIONER FOrt itEFUGEES

lo The p~rpose of the High Commissioner's current visit to Yugoslavia is b enqui ... e :l..nt.c tee si.. t uation of refugees \,!flo are w1 thin his mandate

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an<i have sought first asylum in that ~ount.cy ~ and to exandne whether any o:Ja.surcs of a ~·~man~ .. a '"inn .har lCte"~" coul~ be t;>J<en to improve the general situation of refugees from Yugoslavia, e , g, through the payment of pension r1 ghi:,s acqu.ired before they left the country 0

permission to allow rele',ivea to so .d fi. and. } he~ p ox to join their near relatives abroad Ui.lder a st'heme dzsigne<i to r eun:ite families.,

2. The Committee on Popula~ion and Refugees of the Council of :!:urope, has accepted the High C:>mr.nis::doner1 s plan for Berlin refugees at its recent meeting in Paris on 9-11 April.

The plan provides fo..- the purchase and cont1•ibution of prefabricated houses from many govr:rnrnents and also provides that this housing shall be for all refugees including non....(';ermsn re:t"ugees, German expellees, as wall as refug~:a:.s frcl Der•lin" Priority is gig-en t.> the first category of non-German refugees \~ho have been ill f." amp for more t,nan seven years o

1 t thus aims to liquj date t.he e.xi stin~ .:: Jn.f> refugee problem and bring · about an integration of this group into the German econoii\Y o

HUhAl'J • ..IGHTS DAY

A letter was r~ecei :red from the hinlstl""J 1'or Forei transmitting & repo~~ on the activities mldert of the Human Hights Day 'J

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in France in celebration

DAILY REPORT TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

Hednesday,, 15 April 1953

THE KOREAN QUESTIOO

1, With a note dd.ted 13 April 1953 the United Stat ea Representative transmitted.(i for tho intormation of the Security Council, a com­munique issued by the H0adquarters of the United Nations Canma.nd on 10 April 1953~ This note and its enclosures is being circulated as a document of the Council,

2.., The Australian Delegation has communicated the following information regarding battle casualties of too Australian !'orces in the Koz·ea.n theatre from the inception of the United Nations acti~Vn Ko!"sa. to 2B February 1953: Killed in action 217; Missing 47; p sonera of War 6; Wounded in Action B4 7; total 1117 ~ ~'

PALESTINE CONCILIATION COMMlSSia~ ~ ~ Q

Mr~ John Reedman, Senior Off1cer.9 Depa.;t mt of Econanic Affairs, left Monday J) 13 April for Palestine . l:lt~the requeat of the Palestillii' Conciliation Commission to observe lRft1 report on the progress of the release by Israel of blocked 6lnk accounta of Arab refugees, Mr Reedman had previously se in Palestine as a Personal Repre-sentative of the Mediator ;c Tel Aviv and has taken an active part in the ";ork of the economic aspecte of the Palestine question,, The Commission had previou)(JYapproved a fltatemen+. to the effect that it had be~n offic:Y.ally info~eli by the Goveranent. of IsraeJl that accounts o! refugee" had not e\!'made ._ ~.s all~ged.!l embject to the 10% levy of bank accounts over £~ and that the tranef~r e! accounts c! over £.500 to the Custodian of ~er Property tm.s for the technical purpoee of facilitating the release of J(glds l·t: account hvlde ·'15 and would not constitute confieca.tiono

In the last few days repor-c s ha"e been received fran Jerusalem indicating that s0me discrepa.'1cy appeared tc exist between th~s statement and the ~nfonnation transmitted to Arab refugees by the banks and published widely in the press iu the Middle Ea.!!t o Msnbers of the Canmisaion met informally yesterday to consider whether any further clarification would be necessary o

UNITED NATIOOS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

Norway9 ~ drive for fund.s for technical assistance which represents the personal addition of the people of Norway to the Governmental allocation of $lll400,000o begun today under the slogan "Give one day 8 s pay for Indi. a" c W-t de publicity ia being given to the unanimous

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pledges vf suppor-t by "'r~d~ u11.'\.om; anrl. e.mpl CJ' er s 'The drl Vfl wee openea with a st~tement by K:tng Ha<>.kon in the Oslo Town HeJl in the presence of members of the Royal .2&uily., Ambaasado.c Arne Sunde conveyed greetL1gs frw the Sec:ret.ary-Gener-al and a mst<sage from ivfro Liec Mr., Pedersen; President of th-s S-c.orti.l'lg arJd H.ro Knudsen, l-linist('~r of Justier.., :llso spokec In his msasage Ktng Ha.a.kon em­phaaizec~ tha J those :ps.rlicir~ting in r.he c.'.Wpaig-:1 ware dealing with a "country and people whose cultu.r~ i3 as old if not old~r than our o~no Daily work wit.h these aruas must therefore be ba3(:d upon feelings of respect and equality and our a:~sistr.nce glven without anticipating thanks , •. Let us do this in finn corNiction the.t this is the only way to a happiel"' 1:.~rld;) b.:Jti:.er int~rnational underst.anding, and fulfilment of humanitarian cc,nrna.n&nen·:· of f'l"eedcm from wan'to 11

ECONOOC COMMISSICN FOR LATIN AMERICA -- -

LIBYA

At the plenary sessions on Monday, revie·t~ed their economic activities of ECLA,

~:..~ven members of the Coomission a.nd paid high tfi~e to the work

~' On Tuesday a eix comm..itt~es mEt, elv:Jc'ted cfJ j ra, adopted agendas~ appo:i.ntad sub-conmdttees, etco ~

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On Monda~yl' 13 Aprile~ King Idri@ awar<led to Mrc Adrian Pelt 1 fomer United Nat.ions Commiss5.oner 6r Libya!) the first Grand Cordon of the Order of Nohammed Ali Sem:.ssi at the Royal Palace at BenghazL This was the first time thl:l tli.ghest Libyan decoration for non-royalty was award<:1do The K ~nee more expresssd his appreciation for the United Nations de~.:-- n that Libya should becomeJ independe11t and stated th.a.t Mro Pelt w e~he bee·r. possible agent to carry out this decision"~ A formal lunc~ . tor Mro Pelt followodc On lA April, the main street of Benghazt~1;~ na~ned after ~fro Pelto

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• • DAILY REPORT TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

THE KOREAN QUESTI<A,

Under note dated 10 April 1953 the Unit ed States Repre3antative transmitted, for the inform!J.tion of the Sacurlty Council, three COs1lJmmiqll~S i:::~sued b'J the Headquarters of the United Nations Command between 7 8.Ild 9 April 1953o This note and its enclosures is b0in.g circulated as a document of the Councilo

BALKANS SUB- COMMISSION OF '.1:~ PEACE OBSEF.V A TION CON1.q..§~I 00_

Under latter dated 8 April 1953 th•3 Principal l4j.li\~ · Obaerv·Gr in Greece sutmitted for the approval of t.he Bal!r..ans SuQ:.o( nmission a periodi c situation report. covering the period from..,...6n anuary to 5 April 1953" He stated th~l,t, from t.he C:':'d.dence ~lable.~~ t he death by sho?ting of a Gre~k soldier on 4 ~pril ~BP~ ed to have been a premeditated s.ct on t.he part of the £hlgan~,, Apart from that incident , there had bee..11. little or no ch~e L11. the situation along the Greek-Al banian and Greek-Bulgar~a ~ontiers i n the cour se o.f t he past three months., This letter its enclosure is bei ng cir-culated as a document of the Baltf Sub-Co:nmis sion"

UNITED NATIONS MILITARY OBSERVER G~P IN INDIA AND PAKISTJ..N

lo Pr eparations are being ~9-i t o move '!.~he Headquarters, UNMOOIP, t o Sr inagar, Kasr~."llir. efl(lcfive 30 Aprilo At tha'c t i me., a Staff Of f i ce will be opened at ~!pindi to maintain liai~n with the Pakistan Army GHQ and the ..,t.a:fr Off':icev Jammu, wi.ll be disconti nuedo A plan to ma.ke Akhnur ~..ub-station of Ja'llmu J:\nd Puna a sub-station of Bh:i.mber is bc~g considerado Thasa moves would parndt tha use of t he radio equi nt and signal officers at Kargil and Gurais » the no:-them stations which will be opF:re d in Ju.neo The possibility of moving Bhimber forr."ard to Bagsar during th€ hct ssaeon is baing atudi eda 'l'he move would improve working conditions and shorten t he distance to Punaa Skardu will not be re~opmed this year rut ~he area will be covered with patrols inate.ado

2o As of 31 Harch , t he strength of t he Hilita ry Observer Group i s forty­eight officers from the followi~ countries: Australia SJ Belgium 4; Canada 6; Chile 2; Denmark 2; Ecuador 2; New Zealand 1; Sweden 3; Uruguay 2; UoSoAo l8o

UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES

lo The High Commissioner has attended meetings of the Population and Refugee Committee and the Special Liaison Conmittee of the Council

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of Europe in Paris on S> 9 and 10 Aprilo Among the eubjects discussed '.s1re th~ s:::.tuation of refu.;:;cs ... in Trieste and til ... :t. o~ugee su .... rgancy created by the infiu:t into Berlin from &.stern Ge·:many o

2" On 12 April the High .,;OillL}j.ssionar left for a short v:i.sit to Yugoslavia,

COMHISSION ON HUMAN RIGH'l'S

By 15 votes and 3 abstentions.!) the Commission this morning adopted a resolution concerning Coondssion n s procedure with ral51rc:l to meaeures of implemS'ltation" The resolution atatea that wishing to conform to Resolution 543 (VX) of Ge::1eral Asse.'Ubly according to which thG two Covenents should "contain, in order to emphasjz~ unity of aim in view and ensure respect for ~ obs~n--va.nce of human rights, as many similar provisions as possible particularly insofar as reports to be subnitted by States on j.mpleme.."'ltation of those rights are concerned", the Commission decides to ....... ud.y first Parts Four and Five of the Draft Covenantee Par!.- Fou!' provides fer tOO establishment of a Committee on Human Rights dealing with complaints o~ ~alation o£ these rights.. Pa.rt Five deals with the procedure "":> ""follow, The Commission then proceeded to discuss measures of plE!Ilentation on the lnsis of the report of tha eighth session"~

~ ECOOOMIC COMi<liSSION FOR EUROPE ~

Nearly eighty experts desigre. ted by £ y-five European governments and the United States began yester. ~ consultations on east~west trade to explore -w-ays of increasing t 0 o This is the first multilateral-east4~est trade meeting to ~H d since Economic Commission for Europe Trade Conwltatioi..lin U.eneva auring Augus~ 195lo Guruar­~1yrdal, Executive Secre~4r.v of ECE~ is presi ding over t he meetings which are held in private~ The consultations vd.ll take place in three phases: 1) multilateral diK u ion; 2) bi-la.t.eral or triangular talks; and 3) a reconyened refeilataral d1.scuasion"

NEh' HAMPSHIRE 11TO ETING OF THE hORLD"

On Saturd~., 11 April_, ten New Hampshire towns jointly celebrated the bicentenary of Bristol (population 21 .500) with a "To'tm Meeting o! the World" o Three United Nat ions Delegates, Ambassadors Kyrou of Greece, Palar of Indonesia, and Morales of Panama, participated as Selectmeno The meeting, under the chainnanship of Governor Hugh Gregg, was att ended by nearly one thousand citizens of the towns 0

The meeting resolved to urge reduction of UoSQ tariffs to encourage world tradeo Another resolution urged further promotion of exchange of studentso By virtual! y unanimous vote and amidst enthusiastic applause, the citizens rejected a resolution calling for the sus= pension of the USSR frcm the United Nationao

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In a final resolution the citizens resolved to launch a campaign for technical assistanc'3 with Ne>.,r England "knovt-how" t.o three small towns, one each in Greece, Indonesie. and Pana.nu1., The Governor wa.s instructed to investigate 1.d.th the United Nations how best this plan could be carried outo

The "Town Me3ting" received wide publicity c,

UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS FURNISKINGS

'fhe Purchase and Transportation Division is making a test of walnut furniture r.ainted grey t.o de'i:.~"'r:ni.ne whether it would ba pes ai. ble to use this means of keeping the color scheme throughout the building in line.,

MOVEMENTS OF STAFF

Mr, Ho Busfield, Chisf, Accounts Division, Bureau of Finance, Administrative and Financial Services, arrived in N York on 14 April from Romeo Mro Busfield had attended the TAB Fin ce Officers Meeting in Geneva and the first part of the CCAQ meet~ n Raneo

VISITO~ TO }1EADQUARI'ERS ~ ~ lo Fifty studoots from Inte. -a tional Ho ~visited Headquarters today.,

They toured the building and attm maetingso

2o Twenty ~;nerican vice-consuls ~the Foreign Service Institute attended meetings this afternoon u

NOo 732 • DAILY REPORT • TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

Monday9 13 April 1953

SOCIAL COMMITTEE~

The Social Com."'littea approved, w-lth minor modifica·~ions, three resolutions recormnanded to the Council by the Population Conmission at its severth s~ssion~ These resolutions r2late to t~ report "Determinants and Consoquences of Por..:ulation Orot'lth11 re::ently com­pleted by the Division; the need for anal;ytical studies based on numerous population censuses taken in recent years and the impor­tance of obtaining more information about the extent, causes and effects of intarnal migration in various countd.eso Tho Committee also approved Home as n. possible aite for the \'[o:.rld Population Conference in 1954 and a resolutioo1 C0:11!Ilenciing the PI,?: sed con­centration of ths work of the Population Colllllissiol\_ jfi three general fialdo: the inter-relationships of demog p~ic~ social and economic fact..ors~ future growth of rx>pu.la • m in various countries.., and dor.;.ographic aspects c! J.nte ··i.onal m.igrationo

C0t-1MISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS ,() ~

lo The Commission continued ax..-:ll'lli.n3.tio f the smr.tary of annual reporta of governrnE!'lto~ 1951 (E/NRol95l[S ry), completing the chapters on control of international trado~(;Lnternational co=operation. ·other information, raw opium~ coc leaft Indian hemp8 internal control of manufactured drugs; and ontrol exercised over the manufacture and use of diacetylmo Me, The Commission decided, by 12 votes in favour9 none against, . th 2 abstentions, that after completion of item 6p it \iOuld c_.ohtinue consideration of the proposed Draft Single Convention on Na otics Drugs (E/CNo 7/ACo3/3L.

~ 2, The Comm:ias~ completed the examination of the su.mmary of ann'l!a.l

reports of goverrunents.f 1951.!1 and resumed discussion on the proposed single conventicn on narcotic dr.1gs, It then engaged in a general discussion on Reports on Illicit Traffic (Item 7)a

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

The Commission, now ll~eting in Geneva~ decided to discuss Item 3 of the agenda "Draft International Covenants on Human Rights and l.feasures of Implementation", considering first the meaaures of • implementation a

COMMUNICATIONS REGAHDING HUMAN RIGHTS

During tha week ending 10 April 1953, 19 communications were received concerning the principles involved in the promotion of resoect for hum.an rights, -

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On 10 April, memh"!rs of the Popula.ticB Statistics Division, French Ministl"Y or Finance and Economic Af.fe.irs~ met l:ith members of the Population D'"lvision and the Statistical Office, concerning the work of these officeso The group is here under the auapic~s of the Mutu.al Security Admi.n5 .. stroti "Jn and is ezpeciall.y interest,ed in the techniques of taking population censuses and i:.he use of the resulting data e.s part of the p•epa.:.nation for t 10 next census of the population of France tolhich :i.s schac1:uled for 1954o

Hr~ Howard S:. Brunsman, Chief Statistician for Populations United States Bureau of the Census& callsd ·to discuss problems involved in estimating future population changes for the United Stateso Mro Brunsman is leaving for Pakist.a.n early in M8y to replace 1-lro T'.nomas Corcoran as Statistical Advisor under the United States Point Four Progra.mne"

Mro Harluf Ho Strandskov, Edit.or of the American ,Journal of Human Genetics has "i'tritt.en the Population Division tc express the interest of hj.s Joumal and its readers in ths World Popula~ Conference and in having adeq1ate attention given to the ge ic aspects of world population problema~ Part.icular interest was~ essed in a discussion of present kncwledge of the existing geneti~ C\mposition of human populations and of factors such as mutat~n~rd selection which may alter them~ <) ~

SPECIALIZED AGENCIES ~' Nro David ?<!orne, Director-Gen For ILO, arrl.ved in New York fMm Washington on 7 April and i e;e as to leave for Geneva on 24 Aprilo

Dro GoBo Chisholm; Di or-"..reneral of WHO, arrived in Ne\i York from Washington~ on ~pril, and left for Geneva on 10 Aprilo

~ Dro RoAo Metall:~rector of the New York Liaison Office of ILO, who - togeth~ th his wife - was injured in an automobile accident two days a gp:<"is making satisfactory progress towards recoveey and is expected~O'be able to leave the hospital in a few dayso

ADt1INISTRA'l'IVE CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEE -The Report of the Fourth Session of the ACCVs Technical Working Group on the Rehabil:i.tation of the Physically Handicapped has now been approved for processing for the forthcoming ACC sessionJ as documant CO-ORDINATION/ Rol45~

UNITED NATIONS STATISTICAL OH'!CE

On 10 April a mission of five French ste.tisticians from the Census Division of the National Institute of StatisM.cs and Economic Affairs in France spent one day in the Statistical 0ff1ceo Manbers of the Statistical Office and the Population Division lectured to the group~

The !:,ot.i.l'd of f:m.dito::' _ :1a.s be _} .. n ,_;,::usidera.tion of th•J 19?2 accounts o£ the JTn.it~d '~a.t;tons a:tlt1 the Un.i.tcd Nations Int.e1.national Children 9 a Em.el:.g~"1.c:y li'·ur.rL 'l .. !:i.s -E!o.;rd is ra.>q:e ctoo to meet until 30 Apl"'il"

T:-'1<:1 :reanittanca report for tho !Jnj.tad Na-c·,ions Posta..1 Administration for tlw t•r;:>ek L,.,..lO Aprll is ilS follows:

Tot£.1 X'3ln..it tanc•'3::. for 19 5.3 \i~H~k s s reut.:i.:l:. tan cos UNPA Counter-Net l~Ervent.e

lo Mro DoBo Vaughan~ Principal frlrector~ Conference and General Service~a left New York via air on 12 April :r.or Rom.e to attend the a.nrrual sasslon of the Pensions Bt;a:rd.,

v Hr., Roy Bloug..l-1,1; ~rincipal Dire?to~t· Dep~rt.ment of~Etonomic Affairs9

returnsd t,o Ne::1 lork on 12 Apnl from Rio de Ja~iroa ~;i1ere he attended the eighth ret"-'J.la.r sess:tm1 of the Eccnornic C .ssion for Latin America.,

Mr, H ... Po fur:csttt Chie.ft 'l'ech.nica.l i\ssir.~Y. Recruitment Office, Bu1·eau of Pers.::Jr. .. nel, Actdnistrat.iva aJl~hnanc.ia.l Services9 left Ne\'l York on 10 April for Pm-:J .. sry ~ ~

Hr.., MaL·c Schreiber, Senior Le~aOounsellor., Legal Depar-tment. e- and Chairman :;.f the Unit~d Nationt./~.1oint Staff Pension f\lnd, left for Europe on Sa.turdaz' fj 11 April!! .foJi the annual session of the Pensions Board., He will return to Head~i\':.era at ·the end of ApriL

1-tro William HcCaw» ))6-ector» Progr'am Office.!> Technical Assistance &:lard» arrived in Ne~<r Y<\flot-'on 1.2 April from England.,

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RE"I!IEW OF ECONOHIC CONDIT!Cl'JS IN THE ?.fiDDLE EAST 19 5.1-52 ~ JJ;nglish (Supplei'nent, to 11Wo:dd Economic Report")

UNITED NA':'IONS SERIES CN CO:i'4:Z.1UNJ:TY ORGANIZATION AND D:EV'ELOPMENT o

REPORT OF THE '1ISS.,.CN on 11IJR~;-' CO: .:uNIT! O.In-1\NI~Al'ION nm DEVELOPMENT IN THE CARIBBEAN AREA AND NEXICO - English

TRANSP011T AND C0~-1.'1UNICATIOOS l'EVIEW., VOL.,V, NOo4o OC'IOBER=DECEMBER 1952 - English

GmERAL ASSID·ffiLY OFFICIAL RECORDS: SEVENTH SESSia~:

FIFr C0:·1HITrEE., A.dminintrative and Budgetary Qul\'iStions Summary Records cf Meetings 14 October to 20 December 1952 - English

SIXTH CO!ifl'.!ITTEE o !,egal Questions o

Sunmacy Records of Meetings 14 October to 19· December 1952 - Spanish

SECURITY COlJNCIL OFFICIAL RECORDS: SIXTH YEARo 548th f.lleeting, 29 May 1951 -Spanish,.