UN General Assembly
1953

9. The question of the forthcoming political conference on Korea continues to preoccupy the peoples of the world. The delegation of the Byelorussian SSR supports the proposals of Mr. Chou En-lai, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China [A/2469] and Mr. Li Don Gen, the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea [A/2476] concerning the nature and composition of the forthcoming political conference on Korea, and considers that it is necessary to rectify the mistaken decision adopted by the General Assembly on 28 August 1953. The political conference should be organized as a round-table conference, but any decisions taken by the conference should have the agreement of both belligerent parties in Korea. All the States which fought in Korea on either side, including the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea and South Korea, should take part in the conference, and the following States should also be invited: the Soviet Union, India, Indonesia, Pakistan and Burma. Any discussion of this question without the participation of the Governments of the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea and the People’s Republic of China is unthinkable.