Editorial Note
The First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly met for the second time on September 30 between 3 and 6 p.m.; for the record, see U.N. document A/C.1/SR.347. The Soviet draft resolution (A/C.1/562) inviting both representatives of North and South Korea to participate in the debate was rejected by a vote of 46 to 6, with 7 abstentions. The Chinese resolution (A/C.1/563) inviting a representative of the Republic of Korea to participate without the right to vote was accepted by a vote of 50 to 5, with 5 abstentions. The Committee then took up the eight-power draft resolution on Korea (A/C.1/558), the text of which is contained in telegram Delga 57, September 29, from New York, page 826. In the course of the discussion, Ambassador Austin made a statement wherein he referred to the 38th Parallel as an artificial barrier having no basis for existence in law or reason and endorsed the resolution’s goal of a unified and independent Korea. For the text of Ambassador Austin’s remarks, see Department of State Bulletin, October 9, 1950, page 579.