UN General Assembly
1946

A second procedural matter of great importance is the participation in the Security Council discussions of Members of the United Nations not represented on that Council. We think there has been, on occasion, undue delay in inviting to the Council a State entitled to be represented under Article 31 of the Charter. Representatives of such States should, in our view, be invited to participate not only in the main discussion, but in all procedural preliminaries such as the discussions on the timing of the debate, whether further documentation is needed and similar matters. We gladly concede that the principles of free discussion have, on the whole, been upheld by the Security Council, but there have been anxious moments, and a more assured procedure seems to be required.