Editorial Note
The First Committee met from 3 to 7 p. m. on October 4; for the record, see U.N. document A/C.1/SR.353. At this meeting, the Committee discussed the Korean problem for the final time and voted on the various resolutions proposed, after which the question was referred to the General Assembly.
The Representative of India (Rau) submitted a draft resolution (A/C.1/572) calling for the establishment of a seven-nation subcommittee to consider all draft resolutions and proposals and recommend to the Committee, before October 6, a draft resolution commanding the largest measure of agreement. This draft resolution was rejected by a vote of 32 to 24, with 3 abstentions. Ambassador Austin indicated that the United States would oppose the resolution before the voting took place.
The First Committee then, after voting separately on each paragraph and amendment, approved the eight-power draft resolution (A/C.1/558: see telegram Delga 57, received at 11:18 p. m. on September 29, page 826), as amended, by a vote of 47 to 5, with 7 abstentions. The text of the resolution as now approved by the First Committee (A/C.1/574) was virtually identical with the text as approved by the General Assembly on October 7 (see editorial note, page 903), except that under paragraph 2(a) the seventh member of the Commission was left to be specified by the General Assembly, which chose Thailand.
The five-power draft resolution (A/C.1/567; see telegram Delga 63 from New York, received at 7:24 p. m. on October 2, page 838), after separate roll-call votes on each paragraph, was rejected by a vote of 46 to 5, with 8 abstentions.
The Committee also rejected the Soviet draft resolution (A/C.1/568) condemning United States bombing in Korea by separate roll-call votes of 51 to 5, with 3 abstentions on each of the resolution’s [Page 874] 3 paragraphs. Finally, it rejected the Soviet draft resolution (A/C.1/569) calling for the disbandment of the United Nations Commission on Korea by a vote of 54 to 5.