Editorial Note
The First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly met on January 20 from 3 to 5:50 p. m.; for the record, see United Nations document A/C.1/SR.429. Ambassador Austin introduced the following draft resolution (A/C.1/654):
“The General Assembly,
“Noting that the Security Council, because of lack of unanimity of the permanent members, has failed to exercise its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security in regard to Chinese communist intervention in Korea,
“Noting that the Central People’s Government of the People’s Republic of China has rejected all United Nations proposals to bring about a cessation of hostilities in Korea with a view to peaceful settlement, and that its armed forces continue their invasion of Korea and their large-scale attacks upon United Nations forces there,
“Finds that the Central People’s Government of the People’s Republic of China, by giving direct aid and assistance to those who were already committing aggression in Korea and by engaging in hostilities against United Nations forces there, has itself engaged in aggression in Korea;
“Calls upon the Central People’s Government of the People’s Republic of China to cause its forces and nationals in Korea to cease [Page 116] hostilities against the United Nations forces and to withdraw from Korea;
“Affirms the determination of the United Nations to continue its action in Korea to meet the aggression;
“Calls upon all States and authorities to continue to lend every assistance to the United Nations actions in Korea;
“Calls upon all States and authorities to refrain from giving any assistance to the aggressors in Korea;
“Requests a committee composed of the members of the Collective Measures Committee, as a matter of urgency to consider additional measures to be employed to meet this aggression and to report thereon to the General Assembly;
“Affirms that it continues to be the policy of the United Nations to bring about a cessation of hostilities in Korea and the achievement of United Nations objectives in Korea by peaceful means, and requests the President of the General Assembly to designate forthwith two persons who would meet with him at any suitable opportunity to use their good offices to this end.”