UN General Assembly
1956

83. It seems logical to hope that as far as possible States recently admitted will also have a share in the new seats created in the above-mentioned bodies, although this might involve a readjustment of the practices and agreements previously governing participation by States from different parts of the world. Those practices and agreements might be regarded as inapplicable at the present time by reason of their regional character, and in any case are unsatisfactory to the new Member States which do not consider themselves bound by them. 84. It would also be desirable that the proposed increase in the number of seats should allow in practice as many Member States as possible to take part in the direction of United Nations activities and that suitable arrangements should be made to prevent plurality of seats. It would not be fair or reasonable for one country to be represented simultaneously in more than one of the principal organs of the United Nations, thus keeping out some other Member State from the same geographical area.