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UNITED STATES DELEGATION
TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Release #1565
October 23, 1952
DRAFT RESOLUTION ON KOREA
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
1. HAVING RECEIVED the special report of the Unified
Command OF October 18, 1952 on the status of military action and
the armistice negotiations in Korea,
2. NOTING with approval the efforts of the UN negotiators
to achieve a just and honorable armistice to bring an end to the
fighting in Korea in accordance with UN principles
3. NOTING FURTHER that disagreement on one remaining issue
has prevented the achievement of such an armistice,
4. REAFFIRMS the earnest intention of the UN to reach a
just and honorable settlement of the Korean conflict;
5. NOTES WITH APPROVAL the tentative agreements which the
United Nations Command has reached on behalf of the United Nations;
6.
NOTES WITH APPROVAL the principle followed by the United
Nations Command with regard to the question of repatriation of
prisoners of war, and the numerous proposals which the United
Nations Command has made to solve the questions in accordance with
this humanitarian principle;
7. NOTES FURTHER that other suggestions consistent with the
basic humanitarian position of the United Nations Command have been
made by various Members of the United Nations;
8. CALLS UPON the Central People's Government of the
People's Republic of China and upon the North Korean authorities to
avert further bloodshed by having their negotiators agree to an
armistice which recognizes the rights of all prisoners of war to an
unrestricted opportunity to be repatriated and avoids the use of
force in their repatriation;
9. REQUESTS the President of the General Assembly to trans-
mit this resolution to the Central (People's Government of the
People's Republic of China and to the North Korean authorities,
and to make a report to the Assembly as soon as he deems ap
propriate during the present session on the result of his action.