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Security Council. The exercise Of
the rights and privileges thus sus-
pended may be restored by decision
of the Security Council. The Gen.
eral Assembly should be empowered,
upon recommendation of the Secur-
ity Council, to expel from the or
ganization any member of the Or
ganization which persistentIy vio-
lates the principles contained in the
charter.
/ 4. The General Assembly should
elect the temperament members of
the Security Council and the mem
bers of the Economic and Social
Council provided for in Chapter TX.
1t should be empowered to elect,
upon recommendation of the Sc
curity Council, the secretary-gener
of the organization. 1t should per-
form such functions in relation to
the election of the judges of the in
ternational court of justice as may
be conferred upon it by the statute
of the court.
5. The General Assembly should
apportion the expenses among the
members of the organization and
should be empowered to approve the
budgets of the organization.
6. The General Assembly should
initiate studies and make recon-
mendations for the purpose of pro-
noting international cooperation in
political, economic and social fields
and OF adjusting situations likely to
impair the general welfare.
| Z. The General Assembly should
make recommendations for the CO.
ordination of the policies of inter
national economic, social and other
specialized agencies brought into re-
lation with the organization in &C
cordance with agreements between
such agencies and the organization.
8. The General Assembly should
receive and consider annual and
special reports from the Security
Council and reports from other bod
les OF the organization.
SECTION C.
VOTING
/. Each member of the organiza-
ton should have one vote in the
General Assembly.
2. Important decisions of the Gen.
eral Assembly, including recommen-
dations with respect to the main
tenance of international peace and
security; election of members of the
Security Council; election of mem
bers of the Economic and Social
Council, admission of members,
suspension Of the exercise of the
rights and privileges of members,
and expulsion of members; and budg-
etary questions, should be made by
two-thirds majority of those pres
ent and voting. On other questions,
including the determination of ad-
dttional categories of questions to
be decided by two thirds majority
the decisions of the General As
sembly should be made by = simple
majority vote.
SECTION D.
PROCEDURE. ...-
/. The General Assembly should
meet in regular annual sessions and
in such special sessions as occasion
may require.
2. The General Assembly should
adopt its own rules of procedure and
elect its president for each session.
3. The General Assembly should
be empowered to set up spch bodies
and agencies as 1t may deem neces-
sary for the performance of its func-
tions.
CHAPTER vi.
THE SECURITY COUNCIL.
SECTION A.
COMPOSITION.
The Security Council should con-
sist of one representative Of each of
IL members of the organization
Representatives of the United States
of America, the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
the Union of Soviet Socialist Re-
publics, the Republic of China and,
in due course, France, should have
! permanent seats. The General As
sembly should elect six states to fill
the nonpermanent seats. These six
states should be elected for a term
of two years, three retiring each
year. They should not be immedi-
ately eligible for reelection. In the
first election of the nonpermanentI
members three should be chosen by
the General Assembly for one-year
terms and three for two-year terms
SECTION B.
PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS
AND POWERS.
/. In order to insure prompt and
effective action by the organiza-
ton, members Of the organization
should by the charter confer on
the Security Council primary re-
sponsibility for the maintenance Of
international peace and security
and should agree that in carrying
out these duties under this respon-
sibility it should act on their behalf
2. In discharging these duties the
Security Council should act in ac-
cordance with the purposes and
principles of the organization.
3. The specific powers conferred
on the Security Council in order to
carry out these duties are laid down
in chapter VIII.
4. All members of the organization
should obligate themselves to accept
the decisions of the Security Coun-
Gil and to carry them out in accord
ance with the provisions of the
charter.
S. In order to promote the estab-
lishment and maintenance of inter-
national peace and security with
the least diversion of the worlds
human and economic resources for
ornaments, the Security Council,
with the assistance of the Military
Staff Committee referred to in
chapter VIII, section B, paragraph
8, should have the responsibility for
formulating plans for the establish
ment of a system of regulation of
ornaments for submission to the
members of the organization.
SECTION C.