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Politics and Change in the Security Council

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

Norman J. Padelford
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It was generally appreciated when the United Nations was created that changes would occur in the international scene and chat over the years these would affect the functioning of the world organization. The UN was indeed constructed for the purpose of dealing with problems of change and for channeling these along peaceful lines. It was expected chat the relationships between the powers would vary, that the membership would grow, and that the issues of peace and security would not be static.

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International Organization , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , Summer 1960 , pp. 381 - 401
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1960

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1 There have been numerous writings on the subject of increasing the size of the UN organs and amending the Charter. Among the most relevant to our discussion are the memorandum on “Some Implications of Expanding United Nations Membership,” by Stein, Eric for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (New York, 1956)Google Scholar, and the book by Wilcox, Francis O. and Marcy, Carl M., Proposals for Changes in the United Nations (The Brookings Institution, Washington, D. C., 1955), especially Chap. 10Google Scholar.

2 See statements of Soviet delegate A. A. Sobolev at the 129th and 134th meetings of the Special Political Committee, October 17 and 24, 1959, Documents A/SPC/SR.129 and A/SPC/SR.134.

3 A Committee of all UN Members was appointed to watch circumstances with a view to fixing a time when a review conference should be held. It was continued at the Fourteenth Session with directions to report again not later than the Sixteenth Session. See Document A/4199, September 8, 1959.

4 See Documents A/3138, A/3139, and A/3140, June 26, 1956. A twenty-nation draft resolution to increase the size of the Security Council by two elective seats was introduced on December 12, 1956. See Document A/3446; also, Addendum A/L.217/Rev.i, December 19, 1956.

5 See General Assembly Official Records (12th session), 661st Plenary Meeting, 02 26, 1957Google Scholar.

6 General Assembly Resolutions 1299 and 1300 (XIII), December 10, 1958. See also Document A/SPC/L.29 and Addendum 1.

7 See discussion at 128th to 138th meetings of the Special Political Committee, October 15–30, 1959, and Report of the Committee, Document A/4256, November 4, 1959.

8 The Salvadorean draft proposal received 47 votes in favor, 25 opposed including many Afro-Asian states and the USSR, and 10 abstentions. A twelve-power draft, as amended, received 39 votes in favor, none opposed, and 43 abstentions. On the latter vote a number of Latin American delegations joined the Afro-Asians and the Soviet Union in abstaining.

9 The following figures show some of the differentiations that exist among the six most populous states in the Afro-Asian area.

10 Statistics for other possible candidates for permanent seats are as follows and were compiled from the same sources as above:

11 The New York Times, May 28, 1960.

12 Walters, F. P., A History of the League of Nations (Oxford, 1952), Vol. 1, Chap. 27Google Scholar.

13 Document A/3446.

14 Document A/SPC/L.33, October 21, 1959.

15 Document A/SPC/SR.134, October 24, 1959.

16 Document A/PV.857, December 19, 1959.