Editorial Note
The United Nations General Assembly met on December 6 from 10:45 a. m. to 12:30 p. m.; for the record, see U.N. document A/PV.319. [Page 1422] At the meeting, the Assembly accepted by a vote of 51 to 5, with 4 abstentions, the recommendation of the General Committee for inclusion of an agenda item on the question of intervention by the Central People’s Government of the People’s Republic of China in Korea, which item was to be referred to the First (Political and Security) Committee for consideration and report.
On the same day, the Delegations of Cuba, Ecuador, France, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States submitted to the First Committee the draft joint resolution printed below (A/C.1/638).
“The General Assembly,
“Recalling the resolution adopted by the Security Council on 25 June 1950, determining that the North Korean forces had committed a breach of the peace, and calling upon all Members of the United Nations to refrain from giving assistance to the North Korean authorities,
“Recalling the resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 7 October 1950, which sets forth the policies of the United Nations in respect to Korea,
“Noting that armed forces of the Central People’s Government of the People’s Republic of China are conducting military operations against the United Nations forces in Korea,
“Reaffirming that United Nations forces should not remain in any part of Korea otherwise than so far as necessary for achieving the objectives of stability throughout Korea and the establishment of a unified independent and democratic government in the sovereign State of Korea, as set forth in the resolution of the General Assembly dated 7 October 1950,
“Insistent that no action be taken which might lead to the spread of the Korean conflict to other areas and thereby further endanger international peace and security,
“Calls upon all States and authorities, and in particular those responsible for the action noted above, to refrain from assisting or encouraging the North Korean authorities, to prevent their nationals or individuals or units of their armed forces from giving assistance to North Korean forces and to cause the immediate withdrawal of any such nationals, individuals, or units which may presently be in Korea;
“Affirms that it is the policy of the United Nations to hold the Chinese frontier with Korea inviolate and fully to protect legitimate Chinese and Korean interests in the frontier zone;
“Calls attention to the grave danger which continued intervention by Chinese forces in Korea would entail for the maintenance of such a policy;
“Requests the United Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea to consider urgently and to assist in the settlement of any problems relating to conditions on the Korean frontier in which States or authorities on the other side of the frontier have an interest.”