Evening star., 1947-06-22


viii the U. N. succeed?
Delegates and secretariat gene
upon the nations themselves, parti
France, Britain and the United Sta
There are no signs yet that any
one is going to pull out of the United
Nations.
But it is agreed that the young
organization is being asked to do a
man-sized job before it has left its
cradle.
Two years ago next Thursday the
United Nations Charter was signed
in San Francisco by so nations. with
a space saved for Poland as one of
the original 81 members. The U.
N. since has grown I'd IS nations.
Others are knocking at its door.
Record Is Spotty
Over the two years the U. N. has
recorded positive achievements,
along with a record of Illustrations,
vetoes and continuing disagree
ments.
On the political side, various ques-
tions have been talked over In the
Security Council as they seemed
ready to explode into incidents.
These include the Iranian question,
the Syrian and Lebanese problem,
the Indonesian question. the Span
ish Franco case and, On three sep
arate occasions, the Greek and Bal
kan affair.
The record shows that Soviet Rus
sia Withdrew her troops from Iran;
France and Britain Withdrew their
soldiers from Syria and Lebanon
and a Balkan commission has car
ried out an on-the-spot investiga-
ton now before the Security Coun-
Gil.
The Indonesian question was
dropped quickly when the Neither
lands protested 1t was an internal
affair.
Franco Spain still is a problem,
somewhat dormant now while the
U. N. tries to decide what to do
about Palestine
Trygvie Lie, U. N. secretary gen
eral, realistically pointed to the dis
agreements among the Big Five as
the one great difficulty hampering
the U. N. in its first two years.
War Aftermath Hangs On
He said that the world still is in
the aftermath of war; that the ma
| jor peace treaties have not been
signed, and as long as the disagree
ments continue the world may ex-
pect two things:
l. These differences will be re-
! f1ected In the deliberations OF the
U. N. organs.
| 2. This lack of agreement is bounc
to delay and complicate the work Of
reconstruction.
Peace treaties or no peace
treaties" MIR. Lie said, "the United
Nations has already developed mtt
a growing institution. Thl!
young offspring of the war has
learned to walk and to talk and te
think. 1t is growing up"
| AS the months pass the structure
of the United Nations becomes more
and more complex. 1t is we'll tc
recall that at the center of this Or
ganization there are six top organs
These are:
/. General Assembly, often re-
! ferred to as the Town Meeting oi
the World" 1t has met three times
and will meet this fall with the
Palestine controversy heading it,
Mist of headaches.
2. The Security Council: The U. N
watchdog over peace, once peace l!
made, this Council meets at leas
once every two weeks. 1t Is the mos
powerful body in the U. N. 1t wa.
given power to enforce its decisions
while the Assembly can only recon-
mend. But the moral value of ar
Assembly decision Is widely recog'
niZed.
Economic Council Active
| 8. The Economic and Social Coun'
Gil. 1t has held four full session!
and has spanked an ambitious pro.
gram designed to wipe out thu
worlds social and economic ills. i
will meet again next month.
| 4. The Trusteeship Council. Thi!
was the last of the six to be set VI
and it met for the first time las
March.
5. The International Court of JUS
tice. 1t has been sitting at tht
Courts Palace in The Hague, Hol-
land, without a case Business Il
headed its way, however, for tht
Security Council this spring referred
to it the British Albanian dispute
over mine damage to two British
destroyers in Corfu Channel las
October %. The British have agreed
to 90 before the court but Albania
nonmember, has not yet complied
with the Council resolution.
| 6. The secretariat. This Is headet
by Mr.. Lie, a Norwegian who wa:
given a fve-year contract in 194t
and who is paid 1000 plus $40, ,00t
expenses annually. Mr.. Lie repeat.
edly has stated that the $500 U. N
| employees recruited from among
the members of the q. N. are inter
national civil servants who mus
shun nationalistic beliefs.
Even at this tender age, the
United Nations deals in millions
The Assembly approved bulge
of SIG ,230, 900 for 1916 and $27 ,450,.
600 for 1947. In addition, the U. N
has started work on it's permanent
home on New York's East Sids
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