Evening star., 1948-09-24
South Africans
Blast Big Five;
May Quit u. n.
Charge Major Powers
FoiIed to Keep Faith
With Small Nations
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charged today that the great
powers broke faith with the
small countries and threatened
to reconsider her membership in
the United Nations if there is
not a change.
E. H. LouW, South African Min
lister of Economic Affairs, told the
General Assembly that "if the or
gaEization of the United Nations
continues on the road it followed
during the past two years, the ques-
ton will later have to be faced
whether consideration in our own
national interests is compatible with
continued membership in the organ
iZation
He spoke at the fourth meeting of
the Assembly after U Ohm, Burmese
Minister OF Commerce, had demand
ed freedom for Indonesia and French
Indo-China and had charged that
the fighting in Southeast Asia 'is in
some way due to frustrated nation
alism."
Door Open for Berlin Issue.
Mr.. Louws criticism came as the
U. N. kept its back door open to re-
ceive a possible newcomer into its
family troubles-the problem Of the
Russian blockade of Berlin.
The South African economics
minister charged the General AS
sembly is being used for theological
propaganda and for poisoning rela-
tions between European and nom
European races of the world"
He asserted that small nations,
accepting the U. N. charter in San
Francisco, had shown an "act of
faith in the five great powers.
Failure to carry out these obli-
cations in the spirit in which they
were conferred and accepted" he
said, would amount to a breach of
faith-betrayal of the faith which
the smaller nations showed in the
great powers by agreeing to accept
the Charter"
Mr.. Louw added that the misgiv-
pressed when they accepted the veto
privilege of the five big powers had
been justified.
South Africa herself has f1outed
two resolutions of the United Ma
tions in failing to compose her diff
ferences with India over the treat
ment of Indian nationals in the
n
with a U. N. request to turn over
inundated Southwest Africa to U. N.
trusteeship.
Louw Refers to Disputes.
Mr.. Louw referred indirectly to
these disputes when he expressed
serious misgivings' over attempts
which have, and are still being
made, both in the councils of the
organization and in the Assembly,
to interfere in the domestic affairs
of member states-attempts which
are based on strained and wholly
unwarranted interpretations of
certain provisions in the charter"
The question of Indian nationals
was placed on the Assembly agenda
over the protest of South Africa.
Mr.. Louw said he wanted to ''sug-
gest to the delegations gathered
here today that the condition of
health of the United Nations organ
ization is not fundamentally sound
that it can afford to take the risk
of alternating the sympathy of mem
Der states by adopting resolutions
which would involve unjustifiable
limitations on the national auton-
omy of the member state con-
ceIned."
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang
Shih-chieh followed with a demand
for greater Asian representation in
the U. N. Security and Economic and
Social Councils. He said an Oriental
country should have one of the nom
permanent seats on the Security
Council.
Russia Hits Little Assembly.
Russia denounced the U. N. Little
Assembly as an illegal body, de-
signed to undermine the Security
Council.
Soviet Delegate Jacob Malk
brought to the floor of the United
Nations Assembly Russia's unre-
lenting battle against the group
which was, set up as a committee
of the whole to work out problems.
Russia has boycotted it:
Mr.. Malik, speaking in the alb
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drei Y. Vishinsky, demanded the
elimination from the General AS
sembly's agenda of all items refer
ring to the Little Assembly. These
included the problem of independ-
ence for Korea; proposals to limit
the use of the veto in the Security
Council: establishment of the Little
Assembly on permanent basis, and
proposals to promote international
political cooperation.
Mr.. Mahk also demanded the
Assembly strike from its agenda
the Balkans commission report
which found that Greek Com
munist rebels were aided by
Greece's Communist neighbor coun-
tries. and the Argentine proposal
to admit to U. N. membership ma
tions which received seven Security
Council votes. Russia's veto stopped
the applications of Italy, Austria,
Finland, Fire, Portgual and Trans
Jordan in the Security Council.
Mr.. Malik ragged also at Chilean
proposal accusing Russia of violat-
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