UN General Assembly
1952

114. These suggestions, however, would not cover the many political questions which cannot, as such, be referred to judicial or arbitral proceedings, because political questions are essentially the responsibility of the General Assembly. Therefore, from still another point of view, the Ethiopian delegation supports the recommendation made by Canada, Ecuador and New Zealand for the reference of questions to the International Court of Justice for advisory opinions. We consider that the work of the Assembly would be greatly facilitated if advisory opinions were obtained from the International Court of Justice on such questions as the interpretation of the provisions of Article 2, paragraph 7, of the Charter. This would not involve the submission of an individual case to the Court for its opinion because that would constitute an attempt by the Assembly to escape its own responsibilities; what is sought instead is a general interpretation of this provision of the Charter so as to facilitate discussion of the various questions raised by Article 1 of the Charter in the Assembly.