Introduction

In accordance with the principles stated in the preface, the editors of this volume have attempted to document major areas of United States multilateral diplomacy. The United States, however, also participated in the work of many other international conferences and international organizations in the year covered herein. The record of such activity may be conveniently consulted in: Participation of the United States Government in International Conferences: July 1, 1945–June 30, 1946, Department of State Publication 2317, Conference Series 95; Participation of the United States Government in International Conferences: July 1, 1946–June 30, 1947, Department of State Publication 3031, International Organization and Conference Series I, 1; International Agencies in which the United States Participates, Department of State Publication 2699. Summaries of over-all United States participation in the various organs of the United Nations during the calendar year 1946 may be found in The United States and the United Nations: Report by the President to the Congress for the Tear 1946, Department of State Publication 2735. A standard reference source is the weekly Department of State Bulletin.