Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-10-03

In reply to the statements Of
certain previous speakers I
would like once again to clarity
the position Of the Soviet dele
CATION on one Of the important
questions submitted to the
present session Of the u. N.
General Assembly. The matter
concerns the role and place of
the United Nations executive
body which we propose to be
set up instead of the post Of
the secretary general.
You will recall that the
United Nations was set up in
1945. In the atmosphere Of the
victorious end of the Second
World War the best minds Of
the time thought Of ways to
establish normal relationships
between states and to set UP
such an international body
which would be able to solve the
disputed problems arising be-
tween states or groups Of states
in order not to bring matters to
a head and above all to rule
out war.
Council Membership
The Soviet Union, China,
the United States Of America,
Great Britain and France-the
great powers Of the time-were
made permanent members of
the Security Council. It is in
scribed in the U. N. Charter
that decisions taken by the
Security Council require the
unanimity of these five states.
This was not done by chance.
This reflected the wisdom of
the sponsors and founders Of
the United Nations who took
into account the actual inter-
national situation of that time.
Fifteen years have elapsed
since the creation Of the United
Nations. Have there been
changes in the world since that
time? Yes, there have, indeed,
been tremendous changes. Who
ever fails to realize this is in a
state Of lethargy and remains
in the position Of IS years ago
with all his old views and con-
cepts Of world problems.
But we deal, or rather must
deal not with those who are
in state Of lethargy. Men who
all this time have lived and
worked together with their peo-
Piles and states see that mo-
mentouS social and political
changes have taken place on
earth. When the second world
war ended there were only two
Socialist states on earth: The
Soviet Union and the Monaghan
Peoples Republic. Unfortu-
nately, this republic has still
not been admitted to the United
Nations and we want to re-
emphasize that such an atti-
tude to the Monaghan Peoples
Republic is completely un-
juStif1able.
Sees U. s. Profit
The United States, which
leads the capitalist world,
emerged from the war as the
richest and economically the
most powerful country. The
United States lost much less
than any country during the
war and profited more than any
other.
In the years Immediately fol-
lowing the war the Soviet
Union found itself with q
mighty army but q devastated
national economy, and the i'm
perialist powers were hoping
that our state was on its last
legs. They counted that thus
the Socialist system on earth
would cease to exist and social
ism would remain only as a
problem Of theology and theory.
But all these hopes Of the i'm
perialistS. the colonialists, and
monopoly capital proved to be
an illusion and collapsed.
Not only did the Soviet Union
promptly recover its strength,
but it gained so high o pace Of
development as to amaze the
whole Of humankind.
Socialism has firmly won q
place for itself on the planet,
has won recognition and re-
spect among the nations.
Question Raised
I would draw the attention
of the distinguished delegates
to the Assembly to the follow
ing seemingly simple question:
Can the fact be disregarded
that out of the worlds 3 billion
population over l billion live
in the countries of which most
established and constituted
their Socialist statehood dur
ing the last IS years? It would
seem obvious that serious
statesmen cannot disregard the
new social structure of the
world which has q decisive i'm
pact on present-day interna-
tional relations.
If this immutable fact is &C
cepted - and only politically
short-sighted people can fail to
accept tit becomes quite OBJ
vious that the structure OF
some United Nations bodies
which used to be normal for its
own time and used to reflect
the actual state Of affairs, is
now out Of date. Over one-third
Of the worlds population Is in
a sense Disseminated against
in the U. N. bodies, such as, fol
example, the Security Council
and the secretariat.
Besides the great and power.
full camp of the Socialist coun.
tries, new young states have
also appeared in the interna.
tional arena which adhere tt
a neutralist policy. Today they
have become independent coun.