UN General Assembly
1965

Let us not forget, also, that if a motion to expel the Republic of China should come to the vote, under the terms of Article 18 of the United Nations Charter, the expulsion of Members is also defined as an important question requiring a two-thirds majority of the Members and there is no more reason why the terms of that Article should be waived in order to facilitate the expulsion of the Republic of China than it should be to facilitate the admission of the People’s Republic of China.