II. Interest of the United States in increasing the effectiveness of the United Nations: United States proposals for the establishment of an interim committee of the General Assembly and for a study of voting procedure in the Security Council 1

1. For documentation related to this subject, see Foreign Relations, 1946, vol. i, pp. 117 ff. For related developments, see documentation on the United States and the United Nations: The United States initiative, September 1947, ante, pp. 14 ff.

An important documentary reference source on this subject is found in Department of State Lot File 71–D 440, Box 19232, Folder “Committee 1, Interim General Assembly Committee on Peace and Security” (in the section carrying the tab “Background”).


[143] United States Delegation Position Paper

IO Files: US/A/954