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Nations Unies

SECURITY
COUNCIL

CONSEIL
DE SECURJTE

mRESTRIcm
S/O43

16 June,lp48
GRIGINAL: ZXGLISH

SLiiGG3YSTA!l?%E3T
BY T5E SECRETARY--k
01?MATTELlSOFWHICHTHE
SPCURITYCCUIKIL IS SEIZEDANDOFTHE STAG%
REACHED
IN THEIR COiVSIDERATION '

.-:

!C'~su~* to rule 11 of the provisional' rules of procedure of the

Security Ckncil, I submit the f&lowing summaryst&ment on matters of
which the Security Council
is se&d and & the stage reached in their
F
co&aeration
on 12 J&e 198.
I.
The Irtian
question (see documents/7281;
2.
Swciki awee?xents under Artfcle 43 and the orRmiz&ion of the Amei3
Forces
nade available to the.Securitp Council (see documents/7281;
Rules of procedure &the'Semritg
Council (see documents/728)~
3.
Statubeard ties- of mocedurebP the Kfl'itery~Staff
Committee (see
4.
..
* .*
accument smi;
. '_
The mneral repWlatioa,and reauction of. ammmentsand information on
5.
.;- :
*..
An&a'Fotdee of %heUnited Natians.(see aocment,Sk28);
~intmnf.
cP a Gc&ncr
of the Free Territory of Trieste km .'
:.
v'.
document S/7281;
The l$&&n.auestion
(see d&u&t
s/728\;
7.
questton (see &cument S/728);
_,,,-. a. TIE IIUIOYI~SBUX
I)iscus~io&%f&
resumed
at the 316th meeting end Further consideration
posiqmed,tiilThurs~~,
17 June 1948.
vottrp:
vroctiure:in
the
Security
Council (see documents/728);
Bjl 1
10.
Proc&ure
in app&zetricm.of
.!!rrt+cles
87 and 88 of the Charter 'dth
-, ,.
6.

%y letter aetea25
day lg&3 Prom the Prime Minister and Minister for
external Pffairs, the Government of Ceylon applied for membershipin the
united ~&ms (document S/820).
!.t the 318thmeeting it wee ageed, in accordence with rule 59 of the
prrrovisions?.rules of procedure, to refer the matter to the Committee 00
the ildmLssl,onof Sewtiembers.
12, The FalestirB auestion (see also documentss/728, S/779, SPEQ*.S/784%
S/&?l end S/82@;
/Discussion

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the 314th and 317th meetings.

At the
314th zieeting,
the Fresident
informed
the Council of his consultation
vith
the 3iediator regarding the interpretation
of the Council's resolution
of
29 IMay 1948 (docurrant s/801).
The representative
of the USSR requested that the Security Council
clarify
the method by which military
observers Were to be sent and assigned
to the Mediator end the Truce Commission for the supervision
of the
cease fire and truce agreement.
At the 31'7th meeting, the President drew to the attention of the
Council two communications (documenti s/830 and s/831) from the Mediator
concerning the acceptance by the parties of a truce in Palestine. Discussion
w+s tLeen resumedwith regard to the implementation of that part of the
Council~s resolution of 29 Xay where it was aeciaea that military observers
would be sent to Palestine to essist the Mediator and the !Cruce Commission.
13. The India-?&i&an question (see also downeats s/728, s/731. S/78k,
DiSCuSSiOn

s/Su

ms

continued

at

and S/8281;

Discussion was continued et the jl5th meeting. It was agree& that

the wesfaent WOUMprepare a reply to-.the letter (aocm&
s/825) fmn
the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Governmentof
India.'
14. !l!he Czechoslovakian dtuatibn (see hxxments S/728, S/731. S/7@&

aa s/823&
Third repxt of the Atomic Enerm Cammission;
By letter dated 26 May 1948 (documentsS/812 and PECh),
the kmimak
of the At!tanic energy Commissiontransmitted the third report Of the
ccnmission to the Security Council which was considered at the 318th meeting-. ~'
me representative of the united States submitted a drsft resolution
,.:
;I
accepting the first,
second and third reports of the United Nations Atomic
findings and recommendationsof the "
Energy Ccnrmission,amoving the genera
;
first report, the specific proposals of psrt II of the second repsa-t, the

15.

*'Report and recommendationsof the Atomic Energy Commission"of the third

report, and directisg the Secretary-Generel
to transmit to the General
Assembly, and to the Member nations of the United Nations, the first, second, :,
and third reports of the At9tami.c
Energy Commission,together with the record
of the Security Council's approval thereof.
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