Evening star., 1961-04-22
U.N.ApproveS
Congo Fund in
Final Session

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.
April % (AP).-The General
Assembly wound up its 18th
session at 6:02 am. today after
staving off financial disaster
by approving a $1OO million
Congo peace operation fund.
The Assembly finally agreed
on the measure after hours of
Wrangling that followed an
earlier attempt to get the re-
quired tWo-thirds majority for
a similar proposal. The final
vote was SAILS, with % alb
Stentions.
Latin American nations which
had opposed the move finally
yielded after they faced an al
tentative of the Assembly stay
ing in session until the finan-
cial problem was solved.
The Wrangle over the Congo
finances reflected the stormy
tone of the session which was
highlighted by the Soviet
Unions all-out attacks on Sec
retary General Dag Hammar-
skiold and the entire United
Nations Congo operation.
Seek Cuba Harmony
The session opened septem-
Der 20 on a dramatic note with
an all-Star cast headed up by
Soviet Premier KhruShchev. 1t
ended with the United States
and the Communist bloc swap
ping charges over Fidel Castro's
Cuba.
In one Of its final acts, the
Assembly adopted a resolution
calling on all countries to take
whatever peaceful steps they
can to remove existing tensions
between the United States and
Cuba.
The proposal was adopted,
1913, after the Assembly upset
a decision of its main Political
Committee and killed off a pro-
vision assigning the role Of
peacemaker to Latin American
nations. The United States had
backed the defeated proposal.
A high spot of the session
was the entry of Is new African
nations and the young republic
of Cyprus into the world family.
The additions brought the
total membership to SO. 1t
raised the size of the African
bloc to 25 and made it a factor
to reckon with in U. N. deci-
SionS.
The world body was able to
wind up today only because it
decided to shelve until its next
session such major items as
Korean unification, outer space
and the new aid to Africa pro-
gram.
Also dropped were a number
of cold war items including
Hungary, Tibet and Soviet spy
plane charges against the United
States.
The second half Of the seS-
sion was noted mainly for the
switch in United States poll
cies as the new administration
took over in Washington.
President Kennedy's regime
quickly won plaudits from the
African members with its de-
Cision to break with its tradi-
tional allies and support the
Asian-African nations on most
colonial and racial questions.
United States Delegation
Chief, Adlai E. Stevenson,
helped tighten the bonds of
friendship by giving a sympa-
thetic ear to the problems of
Asian and African delegates
and joining in their functions.
Some Steps Taken
The United States delega-
tons new look was also evi-
denCed in its announcement
that it was reviewing its posi-
ton on the membership appli-
cation of Communist-backed
Outer Mongolia and other ma
tiOns that have been on the
Western black list.
The session got off to a slow
start last fall with the gather
ing of world leaders including
Mr., KhruShchev, who shocked
delegates with his shoe waving
and table pounding.
But it did take a number of
decisions. including:
/. 1t called for steps to bring
to "a speedy and unconditional
end to colonialism in all it's
forms and manifestations"
2. 1t declared the Algerian
people have the right to indie
pendence and the U. N. has a
responsibility to help bring it
about.
3. 1t demanded anew a Bel
gian exodus from the Congo,
but refused to fix any deadline.
4. 1t called on Portugal to
introduce quick racial reforms
in her African colony of Angola
in keeping with the U. N. prin-
ciples of human rights.
5. 1t elected Italy to the
U. N. Economic and Social
Council, breaking a months
long deadlock between India
and Belgium.