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Foreign Relations of the United States, 1949, The United Nations; The Western Hemisphere, Volume II

The United States at the United Nations: the United States position regarding certain problems of United Nations organization and procedure: 1

1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1948, vol. i, pp. 98–167.


Contents

    • I. United States policy regarding elections to certain organs, commissions, and committees of the United Nations (Documents 154–192)
      • II. Questions relating to Chinese representation at the United Nations (Documents 193–198)
        • III. United States policy regarding the question of admittance of new members into the United Nations (Documents 199–211)
          • IV. Policy of the United States regarding the problem of voting procedures in the Security Council (Documents 212–224)
            • V. Policy of the United States regarding the apportionment of expenses of the regular (administrative) budget of the United Nations among members of the Organization (Documents 225–226)

            Contents

            • Preface
            • List of Abbreviations and Symbols
            • The United Nations
              • Organization and arrangements for the conduct of United States relations with the United Nations (Documents 1–18)
              • General United States policy toward the United Nations:
                • I. The United States and the United Nations: reaffirmation of the policy of the United States to support and strengthen the United Nations and related agencies (Documents 19–20)
                • II. Attitude of the United States toward the proposal by the Secretary-General of the United Nations for the establishment of a United Nations security guard (Documents 21–23)
                • III. Establishment of the seat of the United Nations in the United States: matters related to implementation of the Headquarters Agreement of 1947; the United States position regarding the General Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations (Documents 24–36)
              • The East-West conflict in the United Nations setting:
                • I. The “Essentials of Peace” resolution (Documents 37–73)
                • II. Position of the United States in the General Assembly of the United Nations toward Chinese resolution condemning Soviet violations of the Sino-Soviet Treaty of August 14, 1945 (Documents 74–153)
              • The United States at the United Nations: the United States position regarding certain problems of United Nations organization and procedure:
                • I. United States policy regarding elections to certain organs, commissions, and committees of the United Nations (Documents 154–192)
                • II. Questions relating to Chinese representation at the United Nations (Documents 193–198)
                • III. United States policy regarding the question of admittance of new members into the United Nations (Documents 199–211)
                • IV. Policy of the United States regarding the problem of voting procedures in the Security Council (Documents 212–224)
                • V. Policy of the United States regarding the apportionment of expenses of the regular (administrative) budget of the United Nations among members of the Organization (Documents 225–226)
              • The Third Regular Session of the General Assembly, Second Part, April-May 1949 (Document 227)
              • Matters relating to Chapters XI, XII, and XIII of the Charter of the United Nations (Trusteeship and Non-Self-Governing Territories) (Documents 228–247)
              • Matters pertaining to the development and codification of international law:
                • I. The law of treaties: informal Department of State memorandum on the use in international agreements of the “acceptance” clause (Documents 248–250)
                • II. The United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Documents 251–252)
            • Canada
              • Discussions between the United States and Canada regarding economic and military matters (Documents 253–257)
              • Discussions between the United States and Canada regarding adverse effects on a Canadian airline caused by delayed implementation of the air transport agreement of June 4, 1949 (Documents 258–263)
              • Agreements between the United States and Canada
            • The American Republics:
              • Multilateral:
                • Action taken by the United States on agreements concluded at the Ninth International Conference of American States, held at Bogotá, Colombia, March 30-May 2, 1948:
                  • I. Progress toward ratification by the United States of the Charter of the Organization of American States (Document 264)
                  • II. Unwillingness of the United States to ratify the American treaty on Pacific settlement (Pact of Bogotá): (Documents 265–266)
                  • III. Unwillingness of the United States to ratify the economic agreement of Bogotá; postponement of the Buenos Aires economic conference (Documents 267–269)
                • Nonparticipation of the United States in the American Committee on Dependent Territories (Documents 270–271)
                • Signature of the pact of amity between Costa Rica and Nicaragua, February 21, 1949 (Document 272)
                • United States support of inter-American collective action for peaceful settlement of disputes, with particular reference to the Caribbean area (Documents 273–297)
                • Policy of the United States regarding the provision of military assistance and armaments to the American republics (Document 298)
                • Agreements providing for air force, military, and naval missions in certain American republics: Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, and Peru.
              • Argentina:
                • Political and economic relations of the United States and Argentina (Documents 299–329)
              • Bolivia:
                • Political and economic relations of the United States and Bolivia (Documents 330–345)
              • Brazil:
                • Political and economic relations of the United States and Brazil (Documents 346–357)
              • Chile:
                • Political and economic relations of the United States and Chile (Documents 358–368)
              • Colombia:
                • Political and economic relations of the United States and Colombia (Documents 369–379)
              • Cuba:
                • Political and economic relations of the United States and Cuba (Documents 380–393)
              • Dominican Republic:
                • Political and economic relations of the United States and the Dominican Republic
              • El Salvador:
                • Political relations of the United States and El Salvador
              • Guatemala:
                • Relations between the United States and Guatemala concerning military matters (Document 394)
                • Political and economic relations of the United States and Guatemala (Documents 395–404)
              • Mexico:
                • Political and economic relations of the United States and Mexico (Documents 405–420)
              • Panama:
                • Political and military relations of the United States and Panama (Documents 421–452)
              • Paraguay:
                • Political relations of the United States and Paraguay (Documents 453–467)
              • Peru:
                • Political and economic relations of the United States and Peru (Documents 468–477)
              • Uruguay
                • Political and economic relations of the United States and Uruguay (Documents 478–487)
              • Venezuela:
                • Political relations of the United States and Venezuela (Documents 488–490)
            • Index

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