327th Plenary Meeting

146 United Nations 327th GENERAL PLENARY MEETING ASSEMBLY Thursday, 1 February 1951, at 10.45 a.m. FIFTH SESSION Official Records Lake Success, New York CONTENTS Page Intervention of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China in Korea: report of the First Committee (A/1770) 689 Budget estimates for the financial year 1951: statement by the President 696 President: Mr. Nasrollah ENTEZAM (Iran). Intervention of the Central People's Government colleagues from Asia and the Middle East are equally of the People's Republic of China in Korea: sincere in their devotion to peace. Though our approach report of the First Committee (A/1770) has differed from theirs, our goal remains the same. [Agenda item 76] 5. We shall vote in favour of this draft resolution, as we did in Committee, because we are convinced, more 1. The PRESIDENT (translated from French) : Before asking Mr. Thors, Rapporteur of the First Com- than ever, that of the two paths that were shown to us, mittee, to present his report on the only item on the this is the surer way to peace. It is the surer way to agenda of this meeting, I should like to ask the As- peace to the extent that it is based on the recognition, not the avoidance, of truth and on the affirmation, not sembly whether it wishes to have a debate on the report of the First Committee. the denial, of right principles. The Philippine delega- tion will vote, as it did in Committee, for the draft It was decided, by 32 votes to 5, not to discuss the resolution. report. 6. Mr. TSARAPKIN (Union of Soviet Socialist Mr. Thors (Iceland), Rapporteur, presented the re- Republics) (translated from Russian) : The discussion port of the First Committee and the accompanying in the First Committee of the so-called question of the draft resolution (A/1770). intervention of the Central People's Government of the 2. The PRESIDENT (translated from French) People's Republic of China in Korea has shown the Before calling on those members who wish to explain whole world that the United States never intended to their votes, I should like to draw your attention to the arrive at a peaceful settlement of the Korean question letter [A/1379/Add.1] which the Secretary-General by means of negotiation. has addressed to me as President of the General As- 7. Everyone knows of the exchange of telegrams which sembly, and in which he informs me that the Security took place with the Central People's Government of the Council has decided to remove the item, "Complaint People's Republic of China on the conditions for a of aggression against the Republic of Korea", from the peaceful settlement of Far Eastern questions. An analy- list of matters of which it is seized. sis of these telegrams shows how, step by step, the 3. General ROMULO (Philippines) : The views of Government of the People's Republic of China, in its the Philippine Government on the draft resolution be- desire for a peaceful settlement of the Korean question fore us were set forth during the debates in the First and other Far Eastern problems, submitted proposals Committee¹ and I do not wish to repeat them here. which might well have led to successful negotiations for the peaceful settlement of these questions and which 4. I feel, however, that we cannot allow to pass un- offered a sound basis for general agreement. answered, in explaining our vote, the invidious claim of any delegation that it alone, together with those that 8. The USSR delegation supported those proposals share its views, was dedicated to the cause of peace, of the People's Republic of China as being most likely while the others which did not share those views were, to ensure a rapid and peaceful settlement of the Korean by implication, committed to the disastrous course of question and of questions affecting the People's Repub- war. For our part, we are ready to allow that our lic of China and the Far East. Furthermore, it pointed out in the First Committee that such questions could 1 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifth not be discussed without the participation of repre- Session, First Committee, 408th to 438th meetings inclusive. sentatives of the Korean and Chinese peoples. 689 A/PV.327