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this field Is not sufficient.
The facilities Of the General AS
sembly must be developed to meet
this need. I am therefore proposing
today, that this Assembly proceed at
this session to create a standing
committee of the General Assembly
which might be known as the in
term committee on peace and
security, to serve until the beginning
of its third regular session next
September. The committee would
not. of course, impinge on matters
which are the primary responsibility
OF the Security Council or of special
commissions, but, subject to that, il
might consider situations and dis
putes impairing friendly relations
brought to its attention by member
states or by the Security Counci!
pursuant to Articles IL and IA of the
Charter and report to the Assembly
or to the Security Council thereon
recommend to the members the
calling of special sessions of the
General Assembly when necessary
and might report at the next regular
session on the desirability of estab-
fishing such committee on q per-
manent basis.
Would Strengthen Machinery.
In our opinion, every member of
the United Nations should be seated
on this body.
The creation Of the interim COM
mittee will make the facilities of the
General Assembly continually avail
able during this next year to all its
members. 1t will strengthen the
machinery for peaceful settlement
and place the responsibility for such
settlement broadly upon all the
members of the United Nations.
Without infringing on the jurisdic-
ton of hte Security Council, it will
provide an unsurpassed opportunity
for continuing study, after the ad-
journment Of this Assembly, of the
problems in which the United Ma
tions must contend if 1t is to succeed.
The attitude of the United States
toward the whole range of problems
before the United Nations is founded
on a very genuine desire to perfect
the organization so as to safeguard
the security of states and the we'll
being of their peoples.
These aims can be accomplished
only if the untapped resources of
the United Nations are brought to
bear with full effect through the
General Assembly and in other Or
gans. The Assembly cannot dodge
its responsibilities: 1t must organize
itself effectively not as an agency
Of intermittent action, but on a
continuous basis. 1t is for us, the
members of the Assembly, to con-
struct record of achievement in
dealing with crucial problems which
will buttress the authority of the
organization and enable 1t to fulfill
its promise to all peoples. =
Special responsibilities.
The large powers bear special re-
sponsibilities because of their
strength and resources. While these
responsibilities bring with them spe-
cial advantages, the great powers
must recognize that restraint Is an
essential companion of power and
privilege. The United Nations will
never endure If there is insistence
on privilege to the point of frustra-
ton of the collective will. In this
spirit we have indicated our own
willingness to accept modification
Of our special voting rights in the
Security Council. In the same spirit
We appeal to the other permanent
members of the Security Council, in
this and in all matters, TO use their
privileged position to promote the
attainment Of the purposes of the
organization.
The Government of the United
States believes that the surest
foundation for permanent peace lies
in the extension of the benefits and
the restraints OF the rule of law to
all peoples and to all governments.
This is the heart of the Charter
and of the structure of the United
Nations. 1t Is the best hope Of man.
kind.