IO Files: SD/A/197
Department of State Position Paper Prepared for the United States Delegation to the General Assembly
United States Slate for the International Law Commission
the problem
It will be necessary to determine which fifteen candidates for the International Law Commission the United States Delegation should support.
[Page 118]recommendations
1. The United States Delegation should vote for the followin fifteen candidates* on the first ballot:
| Primary slate | Secondary Candidates |
| Shu-shi Hsu (China) | |
| George Scelle (France) | |
| James L. Brierly (UK) | |
| V.M. Koretsky (USSR) | |
| Manley O. Hudson (US) | |
| Georges Kaeckenbeeck (Belgium) | J.P.A. Francois (Netherlands) |
| A.E.F. Sandstrom (Sweden) | |
| Ljubomir Radovanovic (Yugoslavia) | |
| Faris Bey El-Khouri (Syria) | Cemil Bilsel (Turkey) |
| Prince Wan (Siam) | U.E. Maung (Burma) |
| Jean Spyropoulos (Greece) | |
| Kenneth H. Bailev (Australia) | |
| Alberto Ulloa Sotomayor (Peru) | Jesus M. Yepas (Colombia) |
| Roberto Cordoba (Mexico) | Ernesto Dihigo (Cuba) |
| Cesar Diaz Cisneros (Argentina) | Gilberto Amado (Brazil) |
2. After consideration of the distribution of votes in the first ballot, and taking account of those candidates who have received the necessary majority for election, the United States Delegation should consider whether it is appropriate to shift its vote to alternative candidates or to continue to support the original slate.
3. In the event the Delegation decides it is appropriate to shift its vote in the light of the outcome of the first ballot, the Delegation should cast the vote of the United States for the secondary candidates, in the order of their listing, or for other candidates after consultation with its advisors, in such a way as to preserve the same geographic distribution of the seats on the Commission as in the primary slate.
- Subject to any revision of the slate which may be necessary as a result of the elections to the International Court of Justice. [Footnote in the source text.]↩