501.BB/11–2349: Telegram
The United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin) to the Secretary of State
Delga 235, Following is agreed text proposed resolution on China to be sponsored by Australia, Mexico, Philippines, Pakistan and US:
“Whereas the peoples of the UN have expressed in the Charter of the UN their determination to practice tolerance and to live together in peace with one another as good neighbors and to unite their strength to maintain international peace and security, and to that end the members of the UN have obligated themselves to carry out the purposes and principles set forth in the Charter, and
Whereas it is a purpose of the UN to develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and
Whereas the organization of the UN is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its members, and
Desiring to promote the stability of international relations in the Far East,
The GA,
Galls upon all states:
- (1)
- To respect the sovereignty of China and to refrain from the threat or use of force against its territorial integrity or political independence;
- (2)
- To respect the right of the Chinese people now and in the future to choose freely their political institutions and to maintain a government independent of foreign control; and
- (3)
- To refrain from (a) seeking to acquire spheres of influence or to create foreign-controlled regimes within the territory of China, (b) seeking to obtain special rights or privileges anywhere in the territory of China.”
Australian Delegation has reserved right suggest later possible changes in language of paragraph 3.