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

IO Files: US/A/C.1/1766¹

United States Delegation Working Paper

secret

[New York, November 10, 1949.]

Tentative Resolution for Use in China Case

“Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have expressed in the Charter of the United Nations their determination to practice tolerance and to live together in peace with one another as good neighbors and to unite their strength to maintain international peace and security, and to that end the members of the United Nations have obligated themselves to carry out the purposes and principles set forth in the Charter, and

Whereas it is a purpose of the United Nations to develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and

Whereas the organization of the United Nations is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its members, and

Mindful of the threat to the stability of international relations in the Far East created by civil strife in China,

The General Assembly

Calls upon all Staves:

(1) to respect the sovereignty of China and to refrain from the threat or use of force against its territorial integrity or political independence;

(2) to respect the right of the Chinese people now and in the future to choose freely their political institutions and to maintain a government independent of foreign control; and

(3) to refrain from (a) seeking to acquire spheres of influence or to create foreign controlled regimes within the territory of China, (b) seeking to obtain special rights or privileges anywhere in the territory of China, [or (c) from exercising or using rights under existing treaties or agreements to infringe upon principles set forth in paragraphs (1) and (2).]”

1. For internal purposes there was one documentation system at New York, as the secretariat of the U.S. Mission at the United Nations (USUN) also serviced the U.S. Delegation to any given General Assembly (the “US” series). The date appearing with the symbol US/A/C.1/1766 on this paper is November 17, 1949, indicating the day on which the paper was formally inscribed in this particular documentary series. It is inserted here however as being a more appropriate place.