Evening star., 1946-11-03
Egypt, Argentina Lead
Small Nations Attack
On Security Council
BY the Associoied Press

BY the Assoeioied Press
LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y, Nov. 2.
Despite strenuous efforts of
Soviet Russia to block criticism
of the United Nations Security
Council, Egypt and Argentina
today led small nations at
tack on the Council for rejecting
the applications of Ireland,
Portugal. Transjordan, Albania
and Outer Mongolia for U. N.
membership.
The sharpest attack came
from Argentine Delegate Jose
Arce, who protested particularly
against use of the veto on mem
bership applications and de-
clared that if this procedure is
to be followed "it is better if the
other 46 nations simply folded
up our papers and turned over to
the five great powers the solu-
ton of our problems"
The controversy developed at
the opening meeting of the Gen.
eral Assembly's powerful Politi-
cal Committee, which has before
it such explosive issues as the
Soviet arms limitation proposals,
demands for action against
Franco Spain and the veto ques-
ton.
Australian PROPOSAL Made.
Australian Delegate Paul Has
luck proposed in formal move
that the Security Council be
given no authority over the ad-
mission of new members except
to state whether it believes the
applicant state is able and will
ing to carry out it's obligations
insofar as peace and security are
concerned.
He proposed that a committee
be named to work out rules ac-
ceptable to both the Assembly
and the Council laying down
specific requirements for men,
berShip.
One of the high spots in the debate
was a clash between Senator Con-
nally, American representative, and
the Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister,
Andrei Y. Vishinsky, over the broad
principle of the committees right to
review the Security Councils &C
tions.
Mr.. Vishinsky insisted that the
committee had no mandate" to crit
icize the Council, while Senator Con-
nally contended the committee had
the entire report of the Council
before it and could discuss any part
of the report dealing with the ad-
mission of new members.
What good does information do
If you can't talk about it?" Senator
Connally asked. IF you have to
whisper it and mark it top secret?
Why should we be afraid to discuss
anything that pertains to peace,
pass it on the street, shun it as
though it were leper?" .
Authority Declared Overstepped.
The committee already had unan-
tmously recommended that the As
sembly approve the membership ap-
plications of the three nations pre-
viously recommended by the Security
Council - Sweden, Iceland and
Afghanistan - and Mr.. VHhinsky
said it should limit its action to
that.
The criticism of the Council, how
ever, had been started earlier and
Committee Chairman Dmitri Manu-
ilsky, Foreign Minister of the Soviet
Ukraine, ruled that other members
should be allowed an opportunity to
make declarations @
Egyptian delegate Mahmoud Bey
Fawzi accused the Council of over
stepping its authority by rejecting
the five applicants for reasons not |
in the U. N. Charter, and called
on the Assembly to send the appli-
cants back to the Council for re-
consideration. The Philippine dele
cation also proposed that the Coun-
Gil be asked to reconsider its action. |
Ell Salvador and Australia both
proposed that the Assembly set up
a definite yardstick to be used by
the Council in the future in deter
mining whether or not applicants
were eligible.
Denies Limitation on Assembly.
The Argentine delegate, joining in
the heated debate, asserted that the
General Assembly had no limita-
tions whatsoever in its rights to ad-
NIT or reject new members to the
U. N, regardless of the conclusions
of the Security Council. He argued
that the Assembly, by two-thirds
vote, could accept or not accept de-
cisions of the Council.
otherwise, it would be sufficient
for one country only to decide by
means of the veto, which countries
join the United Nations" he said.
He said the Argentine delegation
would not accept that position and
wanted to register its protest.
None of the five big powers indi-
Gated their positions during todays
discussions, although both the Uni
ted States and Great Britain had
previously criticized Russia for We
toing the application of Portugal,
Ireland and Transjordan without
giving any reason except that Rus
sia had no diplomatic relations with
these countries. They held that this
was not a sufficient reason for re-
fusing admittance.
Narcotics Control Voted. |
The applications of Albania and
Outer Mongolia, both of which were
supported by Russia, were rejected
when they failed to receive the nee
essary seven affirmative votes on
the Council. Both the United States
and Britain voted against their
adnittance