United Nations Security Council draft resolution S/1048
Date: 1948-10-25 (meeting 372)
Agenda: "Continuation of the discussion on
the identic notifications, dated
29 September 1948, from 'the Governments of the French Republic,
the United States of America and
the United Kmgdom to the Secretary-General (S/102O and S/1fJ20/
Add.1)" 
Vetoed by: RUSSIA/USSR

UNITED NATIONS
SECURITY COUNCIL

S/1048
25 October 1948

ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

DRAFT RESOLUTION SUBMITTED BY THE REPRESENTATIVES OF
ARGENTINA, BELGIUM, CANADA, CHINA, COLOMBIA AND SYRIA
AT THE 370TH MEETING OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL

THE SECURITY COUNCIL,

Having carefully considered the series of events which have led to the present grave situation in Berlin,

Conscious of the Council's primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, and

Acting in accordance with Article 40 of the Charter in order to prevent an aggravation of the situation in Berlin, in particular, by preparing the way to its settlement,

Calls upon the four Governments who have responsibilities in Germany and in Berlin as occupying powers - France, United Kingdom, the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,

(1) To prevent any incident which would be of a nature such as to aggravate the present situation in Berlin,

(2) To put into effect, simultaneously, namely on the day of the notification of this Resolution to the four Governments concerned, the steps required for the fulfillment of points a) and b), which are set forth hereunder:

a) Immediate removal by all parties of all restrictions on communications, transport and commerce between Berlin and the Western zones of Germany, and the restrictions on transport and commerce to and from the Soviet zones of Germany, it being understood that said restrictions are the ones applied by the parties after the 1st of March 1948.

b) An immediate meeting of the four Military Governors to arrange for the unification of currency in Berlin on the basis of the German mark of the Soviet zone. The four Military Governors will fix the conditions for the introduction, circulation and continued use of the German mark of the Soviet zone, as sole currency for the whole of Berlin, and to arrange for the withdrawal of Western mark B. All the foregoing to be carried out in accordance with the conditions defined in the joint directive delivered to the four Military Governors in Berlin, agreed upon by the four Governments in Moscow, and issued on 30th August 1948, and to be carried out under the control of the Quadripartite Financial Commission, whose organization, powers and responsibilities are therein described. This measure must be totally fulfilled by the date indicated in paragraph c).

c) The date referred to in the last part of paragraph b) shall be the 20th of November 1948.

(3) Within ten days following the fulfillment of the measures provided for in section (2), or on such date as is mutually agreed between the four Governments, to re-open the negotiations in the Council of Foreign Ministers on all outstanding problems concerning Germany as a whole.

Representative of Argentina    Representative of China
Representative of Belgium      Representative of Colombia
Representative of Canada       Representative of Syria

Voting result: 9 yes, 2 no, 0 abstentions
Votes by member:
country: Argentina
vote: Y
country: Belgium
vote: Y
country: Canada
vote: Y
country: China
vote: Y
country: Colombia
vote: Y
country: France
vote: Y
country: Syria
vote: Y
country: United Kingdom
vote: Y
country: United States of America
vote: Y
country: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
vote: N
country: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
vote: N