INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DIVISION WEEKLY SYMMARY NO.48

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• Publication Date: November 29, 1949
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Meanwr ile,
in a crowned week, the GA Pol t ~!a committee rejected
the Sovi,:t "peace rest ution" and overwhelmingly adopted (53-5--l)
the Ang;Jo -American su'js :itute aimed directly at the USSR. At the
same tree the GA plei-ary ratified committee decisions: (1) endorsing
the Cay.adian-French 'eso ut on on atomic weapons; (2) rejecting
Soviet proposals on the same subject; (3) asking for EC reconsider-
ation of nine previciusly rejected tnerl uership applications; (4)
recue sting a World Uourt opinion clarifying the SC's role in admit-
ting sew UN members; (5) calling again for a global census of
conventional armam7.nts; and (6) establishing a Uhl Guard. On the
international labor front, the Soviet-sponsored Peiping Trade Union
Conference drew tc a close as Western labor leaders met in London
to -_naugurate a 4'--nation Free Labor international.
f . Overwhelming adQtation
ryPeac:, of ~`ensive i
So Vi
g ution sharply pointed against the
c` anmkn et Peartc n peace ~=e ol bac .res
_".SR together with the resounding rejection of a rival Soviet
'peace" proposal marls an all tim-R low in Soviet prestige at the UN.
,1 though in previous General Asseiib.y sessions, the USSR's sin.ilar
:Jarbed and slar,t?d resolutions, all of then: variations on the
repetitious Sovi,at "peace" theme, has also been voted down, never
before has the rujeni;ion been so decisive. It is clear that because
of the glaring cc'ntrr.st between Soviet words and deeds, the USSR's
peace offensive as ;;one 4ve13 I eyond the point of di inishin returns.
.?, s nvrnR fl ri m'hn f' s. iota ble 7"
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Tale aeieati vi ;,hr ,,,.,v,.
the volume and s1iar pitch of the denunciations heaped upon Soviet
conduct as undery:in-f ng international cooperation and good will..
Nevertheless, the Krems i.nti s Persistence In repeatedly launching
these propaganda resclutioris in the face of obviously diminis1 irng
returns suggests gnat these tactics are designed to reac audiences
far-beyond the UN Assembly Chamber and are particularly for home
^onsumption, to convince Soviet and satellite audiences that the
USSR is the real c isnrpion of the ESN However, wherever a free press
prevails, the net ;;iTeet of the GA's action should be to lower the
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prcPtige of the Soviet b?rtae. 9c+: ~* cr grrltion of this fact ::.sy be
fc,t.?o= tr the recent Cz cl; tar (.)Ti iS ih-'Vorrration bulletin
clza .e?~i the vxt of trP 13 ID 3F'. t ?`t solution.
C'7'IF driv fo W de ".l '..;s exten d to Lai'r;a,
The recent a ;r1 of L 5
1, nd c ec. anora three other
C7 .mur 3t
i h; r leaders to publ1s.,h 'eke 'rr'U B;~I J stir, ir:. Spanish and d:: 3G%_inat e
It 41;hroughout 'Latin Arreri os r, r 1 * :t s the deternmi nation of the St Aet
led labor intern'tionai t; sx ~:e *, to hi,:; area its curr?:rt c-.:{ 1 vc
:~ner. Erased in#luer=ce In tY+e xo f?1:t' un(3r(eveloped countries TLe
Bullctir, under thc 3p?sni h t the M :I If `Tc rI1 is It:,,IJ ?,'taDI1` s. ,ti :f l
be "inarced by the '."FTU c) d d1.str,.1r,tt,-i free of ~:harge by tJ~F,
Coma+tmist Labor Fedc;rati&r. .*,L..L. " Lra this publication, _.s
influential in the labor Lt81J as the ACernirfora Journal Is :,rn ti
political, the Wr?'FTU will : eak s'sprac)+.-t for its plans to '?ring Wo7~iars
from such strategic Westet n i d??i$4;rief s petroleum and r~ in mg i .o
its own '?tr*de depa.~tt~rc~~2t::;. ?f i^C 41eW .lready~ scheduled ~- Jar,uar
February Mexico City ecnfcrer :e to launch a WFTU Petroleum V-vrk':F':! 3
International. Participation int:hes? plans of key Corurun1 # Labor
leaders like Lombardo, Rcl ert,~, t'Zoven t or Brazil, and Sa ? va c:..
Oca~mpo of Ch 1e indicates t: a Laiti America is ourre-/~ntly second
only to Southeast A.ia and Af,k-ica a r t.e.,rget fcr WFTI'J pene;*'w-atif:"?r:.
Bg? ion Socialists t3.r ,ti ern? hdrrawal from New nwerr,Gi
If_Ch stun 1o s ad ri ai. The Belgian Socialist Labor Feder: tion
7FG'e , alt hough resigned. Ea part .cipstion of the French Christian
=Ions In the London Trade Union Confh rence, has threatened to talk
out should the conference decide to 1Ft the French Catholics belong
to both the New Intemsticna1 and the Cathclic Trade Union Inter-
national. This threat reflects the bitter opposition of Belgiar
and Dutch Socialist labor leaders tov rd any move to recognize Vie
competing Belgisr.. and Dutch Cthgw~_i unions. However, despite
their bitterness,. the Belhian and Dutch Socialists will probc:bly
thing twice before abandoning the new world labo2? organization which
they have so consistently prowoter . It is more likely that their
current threat 1 s - a thinly 2c:1cea2ed .: tt? mpt to j ntir.idate ;he
Anglo-American Iabcr leadt!'rYs inro of the Socialist
position.
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GA and SC expected to endorse the Indonesian settlement.
Anticipated Soviet attacks on Nee ands.Indonesian settlement
will do little harm in view of the preponderance of GA and SC
support for the agreement. The GA will deal only briefly with
Indonesia, and, despite some reluctance on the part of India and
Australia, the item will probably be dropped from the agenda. SC
consideration will be more detailed but the UN Commission for
Indonesia will undoubtedly be directed to carry on, and to observe
and report back on implementation of the agreement. Moreover,
emphatic GA and SC approval will be given to the settlement in
order to make it as difficult as possible for the USSR to veto
Indonesia's application for UN membership early next year.
Pros ects for Five-Power Chi use Resolution. A minor addition
to the S -sponsored F ve--Powe1? h nese Resolution, enjoining respect
for existing treaties relating to China, has overcome initial
British misgivings as to the bearing of this proposal on Hongkong
With British and Commonwealth backing now assured this mild and
innocuous resolution should pass the GA, which will welcome an "out"
in the ticklish Chinese question.
Southwest Africa problem again. Although many GA Trusteeship
Committee members have strained to preserve a conciliatory attitude
toward the Union of South Africa in recent debates, the effect of
Anglican clergyman Michael Scott's testimony in behalf of the
Herero tribes has been to reverse the Committee's temper. The
Committee has been debating proposals to refer to the International
Court the cuestion of Southwest Africa's international status and
the Union's obligations thereto, particularly whether the former
League Mandate comes under the tIN trusteeship system. Reference to
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the Court is e foregone conch. ton and has not been seriously
opposed even by South Africa. With emotions aroused by Scott's
testimony, however, the Comm stee passed a resolution regretting
South Africa's "repudiation-11 of its previous assurances that it
would submit reports on Southwest Africa and reiterating thre:
earlier GA resolutions on the subject. Carried 31-11-4 (US opposing),
the proposal. will. probably past in the plenary, though possib ..y with
some modification. South Africa bitterly resents UN eriticisr or
Interference In Its affairs and wtli refuse to comply with the pro-
posed resolution. Its belief in the legality of its case, hovi;ever,
and its desire not to offend would -.-- and US m.. opinion at this
time rule out the possibility of withdrawal from. the TIN.
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