UN General Assembly
1964

35. There is no need to dwell upon the fact that the question of China. occupies a very important place in the situation now prevailing in Asia. It is for that reason that Japan, which, geographically, historically and culturally, has very close ties with China, has hitherto asserted that this question requires very careful deliberation, based on a realistic and balanced appraisal of all the factors involved. In considering at the present session the question of the representation of China in the United Nations, we deem it necessary to maintain a prudent attitude, recalling the resolution adopted at the sixteenth session of the General Assembly, in 1961 [1668 (XVI)], that any proposal to change the representation of China is an important question within the meaning of Article 18 of the Charter.