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General Assembly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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The fourth regular session of the General Assembly opened at Flushing Meadows, New York, on September 20, 1949. The Assembly was to consider an agenda of 68 items, including the annual reports of the three United Nations Councils, the Secretary-General, and subsidiary bodies; and special reports from commissions operating in Korea, Palestine and the Balkans. Other topics for discussion were the disposition of the Italian Colonies, Indonesia, the situation in China, atomic energy, creation of a United Nations Field Service, economic development of under-developed areas, freedom of information, Southwest Africa, information from non-self-governing territories, and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Bulgaria, Hungary and Rumania.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities: I. United Nations
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International Organization , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , November 1949 , pp. 656 - 663
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1949

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References

1 Document A/994.

2 For previous summaries of the work of the commission and its predecessor, see International Organization, II, p. 288, 90, 484–6; III, p. 289, 493.

3 On May 19, 1949, the Philippine representative (Luna) had introduced a resolution which stated that since the commission had been unable to observe withdrawal of USSR forces, “the United States may not withdraw unilaterally its troops in South Korea without previous consultation with the General Assembly or its Interim Committee.” Following discussion the resolution was amended to state that “this Commission assumes no responsibility regarding either the timing or the facilitating of the withdrawal of the forces of the occupying Powers,” and was adopted by 3 votes to 1 with 2 abstentions.

4 General Assembly Official Records: Fourth Session, Supplement 9.

5 Document A/969.

6 See International Organization, II, p. 337–42.

7 Document A/973.

8 Document A/992.

9 New York Times, October 5 and 7, 1949.

10 For previous summaries of the Special Committee on the Balkans, see International Organization, II, p. 294–6, 486–7; III, p. 289.

11 This commission was created by the political and security committee of the General Assembly on November 10, 1948, and consisted of the president of the Assembly (Evatt), the Secretary-General (Lie), the chairman of the political and security committee (Spaak, later van Langenhove), and the committee's rapporteur (Sarper). Charged with meeting with representatives of the four governments “to explore the possibilities of reaching agreement … as to the methods and procedures to be adopted with a view to resolving present differences,” the Conciliation Commission met at Paris and at Lake Success during the Assembly's third session.

12 Document A/978.

13 General Assembly Official Records: Fourth Session, Supplement 8.

14 Document A/981.

15 For membership of the Special Committee, see International Organization, III, p. 77.

16 Document A/923.

17 Document A/959.