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The United Nations

Contents

Organization and arrangements for the conduct of United States relations with the United Nations (Documents 1–18)
General United States policy toward the United Nations: (Documents 19–36)
The East-West conflict in the United Nations setting: (Documents 37–153)
- I. The “Essentials of Peace” resolution (Documents 37–73)
- II. Position of the United States in the General Assembly of the United Nations toward Chinese resolution condemning Soviet violations of the Sino-Soviet Treaty of August 14, 1945 (Documents 74–153)
The United States at the United Nations: the United States position regarding certain problems of United Nations organization and procedure: (Documents 154–226)
- I. United States policy regarding elections to certain organs, commissions, and committees of the United Nations (Documents 154–192)
- II. Questions relating to Chinese representation at the United Nations (Documents 193–198)
- III. United States policy regarding the question of admittance of new members into the United Nations (Documents 199–211)
- IV. Policy of the United States regarding the problem of voting procedures in the Security Council (Documents 212–224)
- V. Policy of the United States regarding the apportionment of expenses of the regular (administrative) budget of the United Nations among members of the Organization (Documents 225–226)
The Third Regular Session of the General Assembly, Second Part, April-May 1949 (Document 227)
Matters relating to Chapters XI, XII, and XIII of the Charter of the United Nations (Trusteeship and Non-Self-Governing Territories) (Documents 228–247)
Matters pertaining to the development and codification of international law: (Documents 248–252)
- I. The law of treaties: informal Department of State memorandum on the use in international agreements of the “acceptance” clause (Documents 248–250)
- II. The United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Documents 251–252)