Tentative Draft Resolution for the Security Council

TENTATIVE DRAFT RESOLUTION THE SECURITY COUNCIL, RECALLING its resolutions of 24 December 1948 and 28 December 1948; TAKING NOTE of the reports submitted to the Security Council by its Commission of Good Offices; NOTING THAT the parties concerned continue to adhere to the fundamental political principles of the Renville Agreement and agree that in accordance with the fourth of its additional Principles the method of free and democratic elections, or any other method for ascertaining the will of the populations, should be employed for the purpose of establishing a constituent assembly for Indonesia at the earliest practicable date, and further have invited the Security Council to arrange for the observation of elections of such a nature by an agency of the United Nations; NOTING THAT the Netherlands Government has declared its desire to have such elections held not later than October 1st, 1949; NOTING THAT the Netherlands Government has declared its inten- tion to transfer sovereignty over Indonesia to a free and independent U.S.I. in the course of 1950; (1) CALLS UPON the parties concerned to ensure the immediate discontinuance of military operations and to cooperate in the restoration of peace throughout the areas affected; NATIONAL (2)