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  4. IV. Questions concerning the competence of the General Assembly and the Fourth Committee in regard to dependent areas

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1951, The United Nations; The Western Hemisphere, Volume II

IV. Questions concerning the competence of the General Assembly and the Fourth Committee in regard to dependent areas


[454] Department of State Instruction to the United States Delegation to the Sixth Regular Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations

[Washington,] October 10, 1951.

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[455] United States Delegation Working Paper

[Paris,] November 23, 1951.

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[456] Memorandum of an Informal Meeting of Certain Members of the United States Delegation to the General Assembly, Paris, November 24, 1951

Paris, November 24, 1951

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[457] Minutes of Nineteenth Meeting of the United States Delegation to the General Assembly, Paris, November 26, 1951

Paris, November 26, 1951

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[458] Editorial Note

Contents

  • Preface
  • List of sources
  • List of abbreviations and symbols
  • The United Nations
    • General United States–United Nations relations
      • I. United States foreign policy in the United Nations setting (Documents 1–15)
      • II. Problems arising under the United States–United Nations headquarters agreement of 1947, and related matters (Documents 16–31)
    • General organizational questions affecting the United Nations and of particular interest to the United States
      • I. The election to fill the Security Council seat being vacated by Yugoslavia (Documents 32–92)
      • II. The question of placing the Egyptian item regarding Morocco on the final agenda of the General Assembly (Documents 93–108)
      • III. The question of the scale of national assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the regular (administrative) budget of the United Nations (Documents 109–136)
    • United States policy regarding problems arising from the question of the representation of China in the organs of the United Nations (Documents 137–214)
    • United States policy regarding the admission of new members to the United Nations; the question of the admission of Italy as a special case (Documents 215–338)
    • Attitude of the United States toward Soviet peace propaganda at the United Nations, and related matters
      • I. “Threats” by the Soviet Union to leave the United Nations (Documents 339–350)
      • II. The two Soviet “peace” items at the sixth regular session of the General Assembly: (1) “Measures to combat the threat of a new world war,” etc., (the old Soviet item); (2) “Complaint of aggressive acts of the United States and its interference in the domestic affairs of other countries,” etc., (the new Soviet item) (Documents 351–366)
      • III. The complaint by Yugoslavia of hostile activities on the part of the Soviet Union and other countries of Eastern Europe (Documents 367–377)
    • Matters arising under Chapters XI, XII, and XIII of the Charter of the United Nations (Trusteeship and Non-Self-Governing Territories)
      • I. The Ewe question in the Trusteeship Council (Documents 378–423)
      • II. Consultations on dependent area questions with non-administering members of the United Nations (Documents 424–428)
      • III. Bilateral talks on colonial policy with the United Kingdoms (London) and France (Paris), October 1951 (Documents 429–453)
      • IV. Questions concerning the competence of the General Assembly and the Fourth Committee in regard to dependent areas (Documents 454–458)
      • V. The South West Africa question (Documents 459–496)
    • Human rights questions in the United Nations setting: the United States position
      • I. The Draft International Covenant on Human Rights (Documents 497–512)
      • II. Proposals for the right of peoples and nations to self-determination (Documents 513–522)
      • III. The Draft Convention on Freedom of Information (Documents 523–535)
      • IV. Matters respecting refugees and stateless persons (Documents 536–548)
      • V. The question of the treatment of people of Indian origin in the Union of South Africa (Documents 549–573)
  • Canada
    • Political and military relations between the United States and Canada (Documents 574–593)
    • Discussions between the United States and Canada regarding the prospective St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project (Documents 594–605)
  • The American Republics
    • Multilateral Relations
      • Fourth meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of American States, held at Washington, March 26–April 7, 1951 (Documents 606–626)
      • United States support of inter-American collective action for peaceful settlement of disputes, with particular reference to the: Caribbean area (Documents 627–632)
      • United States policy regarding hemisphere defense, provision of armaments and military assistance to American republics, and participation by American republics in the Korea conflict (Documents 633–653)
      • Economic and technical assistance policy of the United States toward the American republics as a group (Documents 654–666)
    • Argentina
      • Political and economic relations of the United States and Argentina (Documents 667–683)
    • Bolivia
      • Political and economic relations of the United States and Bolivia (Documents 684–696)
    • Brazil
      • Political, economic, and military relations of the United States and Brazil (Documents 697–726)
    • Chile
      • Political and economic relations of the United States and Chile (Documents 727–743)
    • Colombia
      • Political and economic relations of the United States and Colombia (Documents 744–754)
    • Costa Rica
      • Political and economic relations of the United States and Costa Rica (Documents 755–761)
    • Cuba
      • Political and economic relations of the United States and Cuba (Documents 762–782)
    • Dominican Republic
      • Political and economic relations of the United States and the Dominican Republic (Documents 783–789)
    • Ecuador
      • Political and economic relations of the United States and Ecuador (Documents 790–799)
    • Guatemala
      • Political and economic relations of the United States and Guatemala, with special reference to the concern of the United States over Communist activity in Guatemala (Documents 800–807)
    • Haiti
      • Political and economic relations of the United States and Haiti (Documents 808–809)
    • Honduras
      • Political and economic relations of the United States and Honduras (Documents 810–811)
    • Mexico
      • Political and economic relations of the United States and Mexico (Documents 812–830)
    • Nicaragua
      • Political and economic relations of the United States and Nicaragua (Documents 831–835)
    • Panama
      • Political and economic relations of the United States and Panama (Documents 836–858)
    • Paraguay
      • United States interest in the economic development of Paraguay (Documents 859–861)
    • Peru
      • Political and economic relations of the United States and Peru (Documents 862–876)
    • Uruguay
      • Political and economic relations of the United States and Uruguay (Documents 877–885)
    • Venezuela
      • Political, economic, and military relations of the United States and Venezuela (Documents 886–898)
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