UN General Assembly
1959

159. Secondly, the non-recognition of the People's Republic of China as a Member State means that its Government may justifiably claim that it is not bound by the obligations set forth in the United Nations Charter. What the international community might gain by admitting the People's Republic of China is too often ignored when the representation issue is being discussed. 160. As a Member of the United Nations, the People's Republic of China would not only be pledged to observe the Charter provisions concerning the peaceful settlement of disputes. It would also, by the presence of its representatives hers, be actively engaged in the negotiating machinery which constitutes the practical expression of the Charter provisions for peaceful settlement. In the present situation, the Chinese People's Republic is outside the existing international order and beyond its control.