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PARAGRAPH 4
Powers of the General Assembly
Chapter V on the General Assembly should contain the
following provisions:
a) "The General Assembly hes savereign competence to
interpret the provisions of the Charter.
b) "The General Assembly may submit general conven-
tions for the consideration of States which form part of
the United Nations Organization and, should occasion arise,
for the consideration of other States, with a view to
securing their approval in accordance with the appropriate
constitutional procedure.
c) "If the General Assembly is of the opinion that
ARCHIVES "NATIONAL AND the
the obligations involved in any draft general convention
RECORDS
are mere corollaries of principles it already recognizes
=
SERVICE
as compulsory, or that the general observance of these
obligations is necessary for the maintenance of interna-
tional peace and security, it moy docide that the conven-
tion in question will come into force for all States
Members of the Organization and, should occasion arise,
for third-party States, as soon as it has been ratified
under the conditions contemplated for the coming into
force of amendments to the Charter.
"
DROUNDS
In principle, the Dumbarton Oaks Proposels only give
the Assembly a mere power of recommendation.
The Belgian Delegation is of the opinion that this
does not correspond to practical requirements, and pro-
poses that the Assembly should be granted certain further
powers of decision, it being understood that whenever
questions of substance are being declt with the decision
shall call for a two-thirds majority of the members present
and voting, as provided in the paragraph decling with the
vote.
A) The experience gained at Genevo shows first of
all the necessity of not allowing an isolated State to
impose its interpretation of the Covenant by opposing
the adoption of a decision sanctioning a different inter-
pretation, whatever may be the majority.
462
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