(as at 31 december 1971)

Appendix I

Roster of the United Nations(As at 31 December 1971)

MEMBER

AfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaArgentinaAustraliaAustriaBahrainBarbadosBelgiumBhutanBoliviaBotswanaBrazilBulgariaBurmaBurundiByelorussian SSRCameroonCanadaCentral African

RepublicCeylonChadChileChina1

ColombiaCongo2

Costa RicaCubaCyprusCzechoslovakiaDahomeyDenmarkDominican RepublicEcuadorEgypt3

El SalvadorEquatorial GuineaEthiopiaFijiFinlandFranceGabonGambiaGhanaGreece

DATE OF ADMIS-SION TO U.N.

19 Nov. 194614 Dec. 1955

8 Oct. 196224 Oct. 19451 Nov. 1945

14 Dec. 195521 Sep. 19719 Dec. 1966

27 Dec. 194521 Sep. 197114 Nov. 194517 Oct. 196624 Oct. 194514 Dec. 195519 Apr. 194818 Sep. 196224 Oct. 194520 Sep. 19609 Nov. 1945

20 Sep. 196014 Dec. 195520 Sep. 196024 Oct. 194524 Oct. 19455 Nov. 1945

20 Sep. 19602 Nov. 1945

24 Oct. 194520 Sep. 196024 Oct. 194520 Sep. 196024 Oct. 194524 Oct. 194521 Dec. 194524 Oct. 194524 Oct. 194512 Nov. 196813 Nov. 194513 Oct. 197014 Dec. 195524 Oct. 194520 Sep. 196021 Sep. 1965

8 Mar. 195725 Oct. 1945

MEMBER

GuatemalaGuineaGuyanaHaitiHondurasHungaryIcelandIndiaIndonesia4

IranIraqIrelandIsraelItalyIvory CoastJamaicaJapanJordanKenyaKhmer RepublicKuwaitLaosLebanonLesothoLiberiaLibyan Arab

RepublicLuxembourgMadagascarMalawiMalaysia5

MaldivesMaliMaltaMauritaniaMauritiusMexicoMongoliaMoroccoNepalNetherlandsNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNorway


21 NOV. 194512 Dec. 195820 Sep. 196624 Oct. 194517 Dec. 194514 Dec. 195519 Nov. 194630 Oct. 194528 Sep. 195024 Oct. 194521 Dec. 194514 Dec. 195511 May 194914 Dec. 195520 Sep. 196018 Sep. 196218 Dec. 195614 Dec. 195516 Dec. 196314 Dec. 195514 May 196314 Dec. 195524 Oct. 194517 Oct. 19662 Nov. 1945

14 Dec. 195524 Oct. 194520 Sep. 1960

1 Dec. 196417 Sep. 195721 Sep. 196528 Sep. 1960

1 Dec. 196427 Oct. 196124 Apr. 19687 Nov. 1945

27 Oct. 196112 Nov. 195614 Dec. 195510 Dec. 194524 Oct. 194524 Oct. 194520 Sep. 1960

7 Oct. 196027 Nov. 1945

MEMBER

OmanPakistanPanamaParaguayPeople's Democratic

Republic of YemenPeruPhilippinesPolandPortugalQatarRomaniaRwandaSaudi ArabiaSenegalSierra LeoneSingapore5

SomaliaSouth AfricaSpainSudanSwazilandSwedenSyrian Arab

Republic3

ThailandTogoTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkeyUgandaUkrainian SSRUSSRUnited Arab

EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited Republic

of Tanzania6

United StatesUpper VoltaUruguayVenezuelaYemenYugoslaviaZaire7

Zambia


7 Oct. 197130 Sep. 194713 Nov. 194524 Oct. 1945

14 Dec. 196731 Oct. 194524 Oct. 194524 Oct. 194514 Dec. 195521 Sep. 197114 Dec. 195518 Sep. 196224 Oct. 194528 Sep. 196027 Sep. 196121 Sep. 196520 Sep. 19607 Nov. 1945

14 Dec. 195512 Nov. 195624 Sep. 196819 Nov.1946

24 Oct. 194516 Dec. 194620 Sep. 196018 Sep. 196212 Nov. 195624 Oct. 194525 Oct. 196224 Oct. 194524 Oct. 1945

9 Dec. 197124 Oct. 1945

14 Dec. 196124 Oct. 194520 Sep. 196018 Dec. 194515 Nov. 194530 Sep. 194724 Oct. 194520 Sep. 1960

1 Dec. 1964

1

China is an original Member of the United Nations, the Charter having been signed and ratified on its behalf, on 26 June and 28September 1945, respectively, by the Government of the Republic of China, which continued to represent China in the United Nations until25 October 1971.

On 25 October 1971, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a resolution (2758(XXVI)), by which it recognized that "therepresentatives of the Government of the People's Republic of China are the only lawful representatives of China to the United Nationsand that the People's Republic of China is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council," and decided "to restore all itsrights to the People's Republic of China and to recognize the representatives of its Government as the only legitimate representatives ofChina to the United Nations, and to expel forthwith the representatives of Chiang Kai-shek from the place which they unlawfully occupy atthe United Nations and in all the organizations related to it."

The United Nations had been notified on 18 November 1949 of the formation, on 1 October 1949, of the Central People's Governmentof the People's Republic of China. Proposals to effect a change in the representation of China in the United Nations subsequent to thattime were not approved until the resolution cited above was adopted.

All entries recorded throughout this publication in respect of China refer to actions taken by the authorities representing China in theUnited Nations at the time of those actions.

(footnotes continued on next page)

(Footnotes—continued from preceding page)2 The People's Republic of the Congo changed its name to the Congo (People's Republic of) on 15 November 1971.3 Egypt and Syria, both of which became Members of the United Nations on 24 October 1945, joined together—following a plebiscite

held in those countries on 21 February 1958—to form the United Arab Republic. On 13 October 1961, Syria, having resumed its status asan independent State, also resumed its separate membership in the United Nations, and the United Arab Republic continued as aMember of the United Nations.

The United Arab Republic changed its name to the Arab Republic of Egypt on 2 September 1971.4

circumstances" to withdraw from the United Nations. In a telegram dated 19 September 1966, Indonesia notified the Secretary-General ofits decision "to resume full co-operation with the United Nations and to resume participation in its activities starting with the twenty-firstsession of the General Assembly." On 28 September 1966, the General Assembly took note of the decision of the Government ofIndonesia and the President invited the representatives of that country to take their seats in the Assembly.

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Nations Member on 17 September 1957) to form Malaysia. On 9 August 1965, Singapore became an independent State, and on 21September 1965 it became a Member of the United Nations.

6 Tanganyika was a Member of the United Nations from 14 December 1961, and Zanzibar was a Member from 16 December 1963.Following the ratification, on 26 April 1964, of Articles of Union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar, the United Republic of Tanganyika andZanzibar continued as a single Member of the United Nations; on 1 November 1964, it changed its name to the United Republic ofTanzania.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo changed its name to the Republic of Zaire on 27 October 1971.

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In a letter dated 20 January 1965, Indonesia informed the Secretary-General that it had decided "at this stage and under the present

On 16 September 1963, Sabah (North Borneo), Sarawak and Singapore joined with the Federation of Malaya (which became a United

Appendix II

The Charter of the United Nations and the Statuteof the International Court of Justice

The Charter of the United Nations

NOTE: The Charter of the United Nations was signed on 26 June1945, in San Francisco, at the conclusion of the United NationsConference on International Organization, and came into force on24 October 1945. The Statute of the International Court of Justiceis an integral part of the Charter.

Amendments to Articles 23, 27 and 61 of the Charter wereadopted by the General Assembly on 17 December 1963 andcame into force on 31 August 1965. The amendment to Article 109,adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 1965, cameinto force on 12 June 1968.

The amendment to Article 23 enlarges the membership of theSecurity Council from 11 to 15. The amended Article 27 providesthat decisions of the Security Council on procedural matters shallbe made by an affirmative vote of nine members (formerly seven)and on all other matters by an affirmative vote of nine members(formerly seven) including the concurring votes of the fivepermanent members of the Security Council.

The amendment to Article 61 enlarges the membership of theEconomic and Social Council from 18 to 27.

The amendment to Article 109, which relates to the firstparagraph of that Article, provides that a General Conference ofMember States for the purpose of reviewing the Charter may beheld at a date and place to be fixed by a two-thirds vote of themembers of the General Assembly and by a vote of any ninemembers (formerly seven) of the Security Council. Paragraph 3 ofArticle 109, which deals with the consideration of a possible reviewconference during the tenth regular session of the GeneralAssembly, has been retained in its original form in its reference to a"vote of any seven members of the Security Council," theparagraph having been acted upon in 1955 by the GeneralAssembly, at its tenth regular session, and by the Security Council.

WE THE PEOPLESOF THE UNITED NATIONSDETERMINEDto save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which

twice in our life-time has brought untold sorrow to mankind, andto reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and

worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men andwomen and of nations large and small, and

to establish conditions under which justice and respect for theobligations arising from treaties and other sources of internation-al law can be maintained, and

to promote social progress and better standards of life in largerfreedom,

AND FOR THESE ENDSto practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as

good neighbours, andto unite our strength to maintain international peace and security,

andto ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of

methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in thecommon interest, and

to employ international machinery for the promotion of theeconomic and social advancement of all peoples,

HAVE RESOLVED TOCOMBINE OUR EFFORTS TOACCOMPLISH THESE AIMSAccordingly, our respective Governments, through representatives

assembled in the city of San Francisco, who have exhibited theirfull powers found to be in good and due form, have agreed to the

present Charter of the United Nations and do hereby establishan international organization to be known as the United Nations.

Chapter IPURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES

Article 1The Purposes of the United Nations are:1. To maintain international peace and security, and to that end:

to take effective collective measures for the prevention andremoval of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts ofaggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about bypeaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice andinternational law, adjustment or settlement of internationaldisputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace;

2. To develop friendly relations among nations based onrespect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination ofpeoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthenuniversal peace;

3. To achieve international co-operation in solving internationalproblems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitariancharacter, and in promoting and encouraging respect for humanrights and tor fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as torace, sex, language, or religion; and

4. To be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations in theattainment of these common ends.

Article 2The Organization and its Members, in pursuit of the Purposes

stated in Article 1, shall act in accordance with the followingPrinciples.

1. The Organization is based on the principle of the sovereignequality of all its Members.

2. All Members, in order to ensure to all of them the rights and

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benefits resulting from membership, shall fulfil in good faith theobligations assumed by them in accordance with the presentCharter.

3. All Members shall settle their international disputes bypeaceful means in such a manner that international peace andsecurity, and justice, are not endangered.

4. All Members shall refrain in their international relations fromthe threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or politicalindependence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistentwith the Purposes of the United Nations.

5. All Members shall give the United Nations every assistance inany action it takes in accordance with the present Charter, andshall refrain from giving assistance to any state against which theUnited Nations is taking preventive or enforcement action.

6. The Organization shall ensure that states which are notMembers of the United Nations act in accordance with thesePrinciples so far as may be necessary for the maintenance ofinternational peace and security.

7. Nothing contained in the present Charter shall authorize theUnited Nations to intervene in matters which are essentially withinthe domestic jurisdiction of any state or shall require the Membersto submit such matters to settlement under the present Charter;but this principle shall not prejudice the application of enforcementmeasures under Chapter VII.

Chapter IIMEMBERSHIP

Article 3The original Members of the United Nations shall be the states

which, having participated in the United Nations Conference onInternational Organization at San Francisco, or having previouslysigned the Declaration by United Nations of 1 January 1942, signthe present Charter and ratify it in accordance with Article 110.

Míele 41. Membership in the United Nations is open to all other

peace-loving states which accept the obligations contained in thepresent Charter and, in the judgment of the Organization, are ableand willing to carry out these obligations.

2. The admission of any such state to membership in the UnitedNations will be effected by a decision of the General Assemblyupon the recommendation of the Security Council.

Article 5A Member of the United Nations against which preventive or

enforcement action has been taken by the Security Council may besuspended from the exercise of the rights and privileges ofmembership by the General Assembly upon the recommendationof the Security Council. The exercise of these rights and privilegesmay be restored by the Security Council.

Article 6A Member of the United Nations which has persistently violated

the Principles contained in the present Charter may be expelledfrom the Organization by the General Assembly upon therecommendation of the Security Council.

Chapter IIIORGANS

Article 71. There are established as the principal organs of the United

Nations: a General Assembly, a Security Council, an Economicand Social Council, a Trusteeship Council, an International Courtof Justice, and a Secretariat.

2. Such subsidiary organs as may be found necessary may beestablished in accordance with the present Charter.

Article 8The United Nations shall place no restrictions on the eligibility of

men and women to participate in any capacity and underconditions of equality in its principal and subsidiary organs.

Chapter IVTHE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

CompositionArticle 9

1. The General Assembly shall consist of all the Members of theUnited Nations.

2. Each Member shall have not more than five representativesin the General Assembly.

Functions and powersArticle 10

The General Assembly may discuss any questions or anymatters within the scope of the present Charter or relating to thepowers and functions of any organs provided for in the presentCharter, and, except as provided in Article 12, may makerecommendations to the Members of the United Nations or to theSecurity Council or to both on any such questions or matters.

Article 111. The General Assembly may consider the general principles

of co-operation in the maintenance of international peace andsecurity, including the principles governing disarmament and theregulation of armaments, and may make recommendations withregard to such principles to the Members or to the Security Councilor to both.

2. The General Assembly may discuss any questions relating tothe maintenance of international peace and security broughtbefore it by any Member of the United Nations, or by the SecurityCouncil, or by a state which is not a Member of the United Nationsin accordance with Article 35, paragraph 2, and, except asprovided in Article 12, may make recommendations with regard toany such questions to the state or states concerned or to theSecurity Council or to both. Any such question on which action isnecessary shall be referred to the Security Council by the GeneralAssembly either before or after discussion.

3. The General Assembly may call the attention of the SecurityCouncil to situations which are likely to endanger internationalpeace and security.

4. The powers of the General Assembly set forth in this Articleshall not limit the general scope of Article 10.

Article 121. While the Security Council is exercising in respect of any

dispute or situation the functions assigned to it in the presentCharter, the General Assembly shall not make any recommenda-tion with regard to that dispute or situation unless the SecurityCouncil so requests.

2. The Secretary-General, with the consent of the SecurityCouncil, shall notify the General Assembly at each session of anymatters relative to the maintenance of international peace andsecurity which are being dealt with by the Security Council andshall similarly notify the General Assembly, or the Members of theUnited Nations if the General Assembly is not in session,immediately the Security Council ceases to deal with such matters.

Article 131. The General Assembly shall initiate studies and make

recommendations for the purpose of:a. promoting international co-operation, in the political field and

encouraging the progressive development of internationallaw and its codification;

b. promoting international co-operation in the economic, social,cultural, educational, and health fields, and assisting in therealization of human rights and fundamental freedoms for allwithout distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion.

2. The further responsibilities, functions and powers of theGeneral Assembly with respect to matters mentioned in paragraph1 (b) above are set forth in Chapters IX and X.

Article 14Subject to the provisions of Article 12, the General Assembly

may recommend measures for the peaceful adjustment of any

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situation, regardless of origin, which it deems likely to impair thegeneral welfare or friendly relations among nations, includingsituations resulting from a violation of the provisions of the presentCharter setting forth the Purposes and Principles of the UnitedNations.

Article 151. The General Assembly shall receive and consider annual and

special reports from the Security Council; these reports shallinclude an account of the measures that the Security Council hasdecided upon or taken to maintain international peace andsecurity.

2. The General Assembly shall receive and consider reportsfrom the other organs of the United Nations.

Article 16The General Assembly shall perform such functions with respect

to the international trusteeship system as are assigned to it underChapters XII and XIII, including the approval of the trusteeshipagreements for areas not designated as strategic.

Article 171. The General Assembly shall consider and approve the

budget of the Organization.2. The expenses of the Organization shall be borne by the

Members as apportioned by the General Assembly.3. The General Assembly shall consider and approve any

financial and budgetary arrangements with specialized agenciesreferred to in Article 57 and shall examine the administrativebudgets of such specialized agencies with a view to makingrecommendations to the agencies concerned.

VotingArticle 18

1. Each member of the General Assembly shall have one vote.2. Decisions of the General Assembly on important questions

shall be made by a two-thirds majority of the members present andvoting. These questions shall include: recommendations withrespect to the maintenance of international peace and security, theelection of the non-permanent members of the Security Council,the election of the members of the Economic and Social Council,the election of members of the Trusteeship Council in accordancewith paragraph 1 (c) of Article 86, the admission of new Members tothe United Nations, the suspension of the rights and privileges ofmembership, the expulsion of Members, questions relating to theoperation of the trusteeship system, and budgetary questions.

3. Decisions on other questions, including the determination ofadditional categories of questions to be decided by a two-thirdsmajority, shall be made by a majority of the members present andvoting.

Article 19A Member of the United Nations which is in arrears in the

payment of its financial contributions to the Organization shall haveno vote in the General Assembly if the amount of its arrears equalsor exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for thepreceding two full years. The General Assembly may, neverthe-less, permit such a Member to vote if it is satisfied that the failure topay is due to conditions beyond the control of the Member.

ProcedureArticle 20

The General Assembly shall meet in regular annual sessionsand in such special sessions as occasion may require. Specialsessions shall be convoked by the Secretary-General at therequest of the Security Council or of a majority of the Members ofthe United Nations.

Article 21The General Assembly shall adopt its own rules of procedure. It

shall elect its President for each session.

Article 22The General Assembly may establish such subsidiary organs as

it deems necessary for the performance of its functions.

Chapter VTHE SECURITY COUNCIL

CompositionArticle 231

1. The Security Council shall consist of fifteen Members of theUnited Nations. The Republic of China, France, the Union of SovietSocialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain andNorthern Ireland, and the United States of America shall bepermanent members of the Security Council. The GeneralAssembly shall elect ten other Members of the United Nations tobe non-permanent members of the Security Council, due regardbeing specially paid, in the first instance to the contribution ofMembers of the United Nations to the maintenance of internationalpeace and security and to the other purposes of the Organization,and also to equitable geographical distribution.

2. The non-permanent members of the Security Council shall beelected for a term of two years. In the first election of thenon-permanent members after the increase of the membership ofthe Security Council from eleven to fifteen, two of the fouradditional members shall be chosen for a term of one year. Aretiring member shall not be eligible for immediate re-election.

3. Each member of the Security Council shall have onerepresentative.

Functions and powers

Article 241. In order to ensure prompt and effective action by the United

Nations, its Members confer on the Security Council primaryresponsibility for the maintenance of international peace andsecurity, and agree that in carrying out its duties under thisresponsibility the Security Council acts on their behalf.

2. In discharging these duties the Security Council shall act inaccordance with the Purposes and Principles of the UnitedNations. The specific powers granted to the Security Council forthe discharge of these duties are laid down in Chapters VI, VII, VIII,and XII.

3. The Security Council shall submit annual and, whennecessary, special reports to the General Assembly for itsconsideration.

Article 25The Members of the United Nations agree to accept and carry

out the decisions of the Security Council in accordance with thepresent Charter.

Article 26In order to promote the establishment and maintenance of

international peace and security with the least diversion for

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Amended text of Article 23 which came into force on 31 August 1965.(The text of Article 23 before it was amended read as follows:

1. The Security Council shall consist of eleven Members of the UnitedNations. The Republic of China, France, the Union of Soviet SocialistRepublics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, andthe United States of America shall be permanent members of the SecurityCouncil. The General Assembly shall elect six other Members of theUnited Nations to be non-permanent members of the Security Council,due regard being specially paid, in the first instance to the contribution ofMembers of the United Nations to the maintenance of international peaceand security and to the other purposes of the Organization, and also toequitable geographical distribution.

2. The non-permanent members of the Security Council shall beelected for a term of two years. In the first election of non-permanentmembers, however, three shall be chosen for a term of one year. Aretiring member shall not be eligible for immediate re-election.

3. Each member of the Security Council shall have one representa-tive.)

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armaments of the world's human and economic resources, theSecurity Council shall be responsible for formulating, with theassistance of the Military Staff Committee referred to in Article 47,plans to be submitted to the Members of the United Nations for theestablishment of a system for the regulation of armaments.

VotingArticle 272

1. Each member of the Security Council shall have onevote.

2. Decisions of the Security Council on procedural matters shallbe made by an affirmative vote of nine members.

3. Decisions of the Security Council on all other matters shall bemade by an affirmative vote of nine members including theconcurring votes of the permanent members; provided that, indecisions under Chapter VI, and under paragraph 3 of Article 52, aparty to a dispute shall abstain from voting.

ProcedureArticle 28

1. The Security Council shall be so organized as to be able tofunction continuously. Each member of the Security Council shallfor this purpose be represented at all times at the seat of theOrganization.

2. The Security Council shall hold periodic meetings at whicheach of its members may, if it so desires, be represented by amember of the government or by some other specially designatedrepresentative.

3. The Security Council may hold meetings at such places otherthan the seat of the Organization as in its judgment will bestfacilitate its work.

Article 29The Security Council may establish such subsidiary organs as it

deems necessary for the performance of its functions.

Article 30The Security Council shall adopt its own rules of procedure,

including the method of selecting its President.

Article 31Any Member of the United Nations which is not a member of the

Security Council may participate, without vote, in the discussion ofany question brought before the Security Council whenever thelatter considers that the interests of that Member are speciallyaffected.

Article 32Any Member of the United Nations which is not a member of the

Security Council or any state which is not a Member of the UnitedNations, if it is a party to a dispute under consideration by theSecurity Council, shall be invited to participate, without vote, in thediscussion relating to the dispute. The Security Council shall laydown such conditions as it deems just for the participation of astate which is not a Member of the United Nations.

Chapter VIPACIFIC SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES

Article 331. The parties to any dispute, the continuance of which is likely

to endanger the maintenance of international peace and security,shall, first of all, seek a solution by negotiation, enquiry, mediation,conciliation, arbitration, judicial settlement, resort to regionalagencies or arrangements, or other peaceful means of their ownchoice.

2. The Security Council shall, when it deems necessary, callupon the parties to settle their dispute by such means.

Article 34The Security Council may investigate any dispute, or any

situation which might lead to international friction or give rise to adispute, in order to determine whether the continuance of the

dispute or situation is likely to endanger the maintenance ofinternational peace and security.

Article 351. Any Member of the United Nations may bring any dispute, or

any situation of the nature referred to in Article 34, to the attentionof the Security Council or of the General Assembly.

2. A state which is not a Member of the United Nations maybring to the attention of the Security Council or of the GeneralAssembly any dispute to which it is a party if it accepts in advance,for the purposes of the dispute, the obligations of pacific settlementprovided in the present Charter.

3. The proceedings of the General Assembly in respect ofmatters brought to its attention under this Article will be subject tothe provisions of Articles 11 and 12.

Article 361. The Security Council may, at any stage of a dispute of the

nature referred to in Article 33 or of a situation of like nature,recommend appropriate procedures or methods of adjustment.

2. The Security Council should take into consideration anyprocedures for the settlement of the dispute which have alreadybeen adopted by the parties.

3. In making recommendations under this Article the SecurityCouncil should also take into consideration that legal disputesshould as a general rule be referred by the parties to theInternational Court of Justice in accordance with the provisions ofthe Statute of the Court.

Article 371. Should the parties to a dispute of the nature referred to in

Article 33 fail to settle it by the means indicated in that Article, theyshall refer it to the Security Council.

2. If the Security Council deems that the continuance of thedispute is in fact likely to endanger the maintenance ofinternational peace and security, it shall decide whether to takeaction under Article 36 or to recommend such terms of settlementas it may consider appropriate.

Article 38Without prejudice to the provisions of Articles 33 to 37, the

Security Council may, if all the parties to any dispute so request,make recommendations to the parties with a view to a pacificsettlement of the dispute.

Chapter VIIACTION WITH RESPECT TO THREATS TOTHE PEACE, BREACHES OF THE PEACE,

AND ACTS OF AGGRESSION

Article 39The Security Council shall determine the existence of any threat

to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression and shallmake recommendations, or decide what measures shall be takenin accordance with Articles 41 and 42, to maintain or restoreinternational peace and security.

Article 40In order to prevent an aggravation of the situation, the Security

Council may, before making the recommendations or decidingupon the measures provided for in Article 39, call upon the partiesconcerned to comply with such provisional measures as it deems

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Amended text of Article 27 which came into force on 31 August 1965.(The text of Article 27 before it was amended read as follows:

1. Each member of the Security Council shall have one vote.2. Decisions of the Security Council on procedural matters shall be

made by an affirmative vote of seven members.3. Decisions of the Security Council on all other matters shall be made

by an affirmative vote of seven members including the concurring votes ofthe permanent members; provided that, in decisions under Chapter VI,and under paragraph 3 of Article 52, a party to a dispute shall abstain fromvoting.)


necessary or desirable. Such provisional measures shall bewithout prejudice to the rights, claims, or position of the partiesconcerned. The Security Council shall duly take account of failureto comply with such provisional measures.

Article 41The Security Council may decide what measures not involving

the use of armed force are to be employed to give effect to itsdecisions, and it may call upon the Members of the United Nationsto apply such measures. These may include complete or partialinterruption of economic relations and of rail, sea, air, postal,telegraphic, radio, and other means of communication, and theseverance of diplomatic relations.

Article 42Should the Security Council consider that measures provided for

in Article 41 would be inadequate or have proved to be inadequate,it may take such action by air, sea, or land forces as may benecessary to maintain or restore international peace and security.Such action may include demonstrations, blockade, and otheroperations by air, sea, or land forces of Members of the UnitedNations.

Article 431. All Members of the United Nations, in order to contribute to

the maintenance of international peace and security, undertake tomake available to the Security Council, on its call and inaccordance with a special agreement or agreements, armedforces, assistance, and facilities, including rights of passage,necessary for the purpose of maintaining international peace andsecurity.

2. Such agreement or agreements shall govern the numbersand types of forces, their degree of readiness and general location,and the nature of the facilities and assistance to be provided.

3. The agreement or agreements shall be negotiated as soon aspossible on the initiative of the Security Council. They shall beconcluded between the Security Council and Members or betweenthe Security Council and groups of Members and shall be subjectto ratification by the signatory states in accordance with theirrespective constitutional processes.

Article 44When the Security Council has decided to use force it shall,

before calling upon a Member not represented on it to providearmed forces in fulfilment of the obligations assumed under Article43, invite that Member, if the Member so desires, to participate inthe decisions of the Security Council concerning the employmentof contingents of that Member's armed forces.

Article 45In order to enable the United Nations to take urgent military

measures, Members shall hold immediately available nationalair-force contingents for combined international enforcementaction. The strength and degree of readiness of these contingentsand plans for their combined action shall be determined, within thelimits laid down in the special agreement or agreements referred toin Article 43, by the Security Council with the assistance of theMilitary Staff Committee.

Article 46Plans for the application of armed force shall be made by the

Security Council with the assistance of the Military StaffCommittee.

Article 471. There shall be established a Military Staff Committee to

advise and assist the Security Council on all questions relating tothe Security Council's military requirements for the maintenance ofinternational peace and security, the employment and command offorces placed at its disposal, the regulation of armaments, andpossible disarmament.

2. The Military Staff Committee shall consist of the Chiefs ofStaff of the permanent members of the Security Council or their

representatives. Any Member of the United Nations not perma-nently represented on the Committee shall be invited by theCommittee to be associated with it when the efficient discharge ofthe Committee's responsibilities requires the participation of thatMember in its work.

3. The Military Staff Committee shall be responsible under theSecurity Council for the strategic direction of any armed forcesplaced at the disposal of the Security Council. Questions relating tothe command of such forces shall be worked out subsequently.

4. The Military Staff Committee, with the authorization of theSecurity Council and after consultation with appropriate regionalagencies, may establish regional sub-committees.

Article 481. The action required to carry out the decisions of the Security

Council for the maintenance of international peace and securityshall be taken by all the Members of the United Nations or by someof them, as the Security Council may determine.

2. Such decisions shall be carried out by the Members of theUnited Nations directly and through their action in the appropriateinternational agencies of which they are members.

Article 49The Members of the United Nations shall join in affording mutual

assistance in carrying out the measures decided upon by theSecurity Council.

Article 50If preventive or enforcement measures against any state are

taken by the Security Council, any other state, whether a Memberof the United Nations or not, which finds itself confronted withspecial economic problems arising from the carrying out of thosemeasures shall have the right to consult the Security Council withregard to a solution of those problems.

Article 51Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of

individual or collective self-defence if an armed attack occursagainst a Member of the United Nations, until the Security Councilhas taken measures necessary to maintain international peaceand security. Measures taken by Members in the exercise of thisright of self-defence shall be immediately reported to the SecurityCouncil and shall not in any way affect the authority andresponsibility of the Security Council under the present Charter totake at any time such action as it deems necessary in order tomaintain or restore international peace and security.

Chapter VIIIREGIONAL ARRANGEMENTS

Article 521. Nothing in the present Charter precludes the existence of

regional arrangements or agencies for dealing with such mattersrelating to the maintenance of international peace and security asare appropriate for regional action, provided that such arrange-ments or agencies and their activities are consistent with thePurposes and Principles of the United Nations.

2. The Members of the United Nations entering into sucharrangements or constituting such agencies shall make everyeffort to achieve pacific settlement of local disputes through suchregional arrangements or by such regional agencies beforereferring them to the Security Council.

3. The Security Council shall encourage the development ofpacific settlement of local disputes through such regionalarrangements or by such regional agencies either on the initiativeof the states concerned or by reference from the Security Council.

4. This Article in no way impairs the application of Articles 34and 35.

Article 531. The Security Council shall, where appropriate, utilize such

regional arrangements or agencies for enforcement action under

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its authority. But no enforcement action shall be taken underregional arrangements or by regional agencies without theauthorization of the Security Council, with the exception ofmeasures against any enemy state, as defined in paragraph 2 ofthis Article, provided for pursuant to Article 107 or in regionalarrangements directed against renewal of aggressive policy on thepart of any such state, until such time as the Organization may, onrequest of the Governments concerned, be charged withthe responsibility for preventing further aggression by sucha state.

2. The term enemy state as used in paragraph 1 of this Articleapplies to any state which during the Second World War has beenan enemy of any signatory of the present Charter.

Article 54The Security Council shall at all times be kept fully informed of

activities undertaken or in contemplation under regional arrange-ments or by regional agencies for the maintenance of internationalpeace and security.

Chapter IXINTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC AND

SOCIAL CO-OPERATION

Article 55With a view to the creation of conditions of stability and

well-being which are necessary for peaceful and friendly relationsamong nations based on respect for the principle of equal rightsand self-determination of peoples, the United Nations shallpromote:

a. higher standards of living, full employment, and conditions ofeconomic and social progress and development;

b. solutions of international economic, social, health, andrelated problems; and international cultural and educationalco-operation; and

c. universal respect for, and observance of, human rights andfundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race,sex, language, or religion.

Article 56All Members pledge themselves to take joint and separate action

in co-operation with the Organization for the achievement of thepurposes set forth in Article 55.

Article 571. The various specialized agencies, established by intergov-

ernmental agreement and having wide international responsibili-ties, as defined in their basic instruments, in economic, social,cultural, educational, health, and related fields, shall be broughtinto relationship with the United Nations in accordance with theprovisions of Article 63.

2. Such agencies thus brought into relationship with theUnited Nations are hereinafter referred to as specializedagencies.

Article 56The Organization shall make recommendations for the co-ordi-

nation of the policies and activities of the specialized agencies.

Chapter XTHE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Composition

Article 613

1. The Economic and Social Council shall consist of twenty-sev-en Members of the United Nations elected by the GeneralAssembly.

2. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 3, nine members of theEconomic and Social Council shall be elected each year for a termof three years. A retiring member shall be eligible for immediatere-election.

3. At the first election after the increase in the membership ofthe Economic and Social Council from eighteen to twenty-sevenmembers, in addition to the members elected in place of the sixmembers whose term of office expires at the end of that year, nineadditional members shall be elected. Of these nine additionalmembers, the term of office of three members so elected shallexpire at the end of one year, and of three other members at theend of two years, in accordance with arrangements made by theGeneral Assembly.

4. Each member of the Economic and Social Council shall haveone representative.


Article 621. The Economic and Social Council may make or initiate

studies and reports with respect to international economic, social,cultural, educational, health, and related matters and may makerecommendations with respect to any such matters to the GeneralAssembly, to the Members of the United Nations, and to thespecialized agencies concerned.

2. It may make recommendations for the purpose of promotingrespect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamentalfreedoms for all.

3. It may prepare draft conventions for submission to theGeneral Assembly, with respect to matters falling within itscompetence.

4. It may call, in accordance with the rules prescribed by theUnited Nations, international conferences on matters falling withinits competence.

Article 631. The Economic and Social Council may enter into agreements

with any of the agencies referred to in Article 57, defining the termson which the agency concerned shall be brought into relationshipwith the United Nations. Such agreements shall be subject toapproval by the General Assembly.

2. It may co-ordinate the activities of the specialized agenciesthrough consultation with and recommendations to such agenciesand through recommendations to the General Assembly and to theMembers of the United Nations.

Article 641. The Economic and Social Council may take appropriate

steps to obtain regular reports from the specialized agencies. Itmay make arrangements with the Members of the United Nations

Article 59The Organization shall, where appropriate, initiate negotiations

among the states concerned for the creation of any newspecialized agencies required for the accomplishment of thepurposes set forth in Article 55.

Article 60Responsibility for the discharge of the functions of the

Organization set forth in this Chapter shall be vested in theGeneral Assembly and, under the authority of the GeneralAssembly, in the Economic and Social Council, which shall havefor this purpose the powers set forth in Chapter X.

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Amended text of Article 61, which came into force on 31 August 1965.(The text of Article 61 before it was amended read as follows:

1. The Economic and Social Council shall consist of eighteen Membersof the United Nations elected by the General Assembly.

2. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 3, six members of theEconomic and Social Council shall be elected each year for a term of threeyears. A retiring member shall be eligible for immediate re-election.

3. At the first election, eighteen members of the Economic and SocialCouncil shall be chosen. The term of office of six members so chosen shallexpire at the end of one year, and of six other members at the end of twoyears, in accordance with arrangements made by the General Assembly.

4. Each member of the Economic and Social Council shall have onerepresentative.)


and with the specialized agencies to obtain reports on the stepstaken to give effect to its own recommendations and torecommendations on matters falling within its competence madeby the General Assembly.

2. It may communicate its observations on these reports to theGeneral Assembly.

Article 65The Economic and Social Council may furnish information to the

Security Council and shall assist the Security Council upon itsrequest.

Article 661. The Economic and Social Council shall perform such

functions as fall within its competence in connexion with thecarrying out of the recommendations of the General Assembly.

2. It may, with the approval of the General Assembly, performservices at the request of Members of the United Nations and atthe request of specialized agencies.

3. It shall perform such other functions as are specifiedelsewhere in the present Charter or as may be assigned to it by theGeneral Assembly.

Voting

Article 671. Each member of the Economic and Social Council shall have

one vote.2. Decisions of the Economic and Social Council shall be made

by a majority of the members present and voting.

Procedure

Article 68The Economic and Social Council shall set up commissions in

economic and social fields and for the promotion of human rights,and such other commissions as may be required for theperformance of its functions.

Article 69The Economic and Social Council shall invite any Member of the

United Nations to participate, without vote, in its deliberations onany matter of particular concern to that Member.

Article 70The Economic and Social Council may make arrangements for

representatives of the specialized agencies to participate, withoutvote, in its deliberations and in those of the commissionsestablished by it, and for its representatives to participate in thedeliberations of the specialized agencies.

Article 71The Economic and Social Council may make suitable arrange-

ments for consultation with non-governmental organizations whichare concerned with matters within its competence. Such arrange-ments may be made with international organizations and, whereappropriate, with national organizations after consultation with theMember of the United Nations concerned.

Article 721. The Economic and Social Council shall adopt its own rules of

procedure, including the method of selecting its President.2. The Economic and Social Council shall meet as required in

accordance with its rules, which shall include provision for theconvening of meetings on the request of a majority of its members.

Chapter XIDECLARATION REGARDING

NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES

Article 73Members of the United Nations which have or assume

responsibilities for the administration of territories whose peopleshave not yet attained a full measure of self-government recognize

the principle that the interests of the inhabitants of these territoriesare paramount, and accept as a sacred trust the obligation topromote to the utmost, within the system of international peaceand security established by the present Charter, the well-being ofthe inhabitants of these territories, and, to this end:

a. to ensure, with due respect for the culture of the peoplesconcerned, their political, economic, social, and educationaladvancement, their just treatment, and their protection againstabuses;

b. to develop self-government, to take due account of thepolitical aspirations of the peoples, and to assist them in theprogressive development of their free political institutions,according to the particular circumstances of each territoryand its peoples and their varying stages of advancement;

c. to further international peace and security;d. to promote constructive measures of development, to

encourage research, and to co-operate with one another and,when and where appropriate, with specialized internationalbodies with a view to the practical achievement of the social,economic, and scientific purposes set forth in this Article; and

e. to transmit regularly to the Secretary-General for informationpurposes, subject to such limitation as security andconstitutional considerations may require, statistical andother information of a technical nature relating to economic,social, and educational conditions in the territories for whichthey are respectively responsible other than those territoriesto which Chapters XII and XIII apply.

Article 74Members of the United Nations also agree that their policy in

respect of the territories to which this Chapter applies, no less thanin respect of their metropolitan areas, must be based on thegeneral principle of good-neighbourliness, due account beingtaken of the interests and well-being of the rest of the world, insocial, economic, and commercial matters.

Chapter XIIINTERNATIONAL TRUSTEESHIP SYSTEM

Article 75The United Nations shall establish under its authority an

international trusteeship system for the administration andsupervision of such territories as may be placed thereunder bysubsequent individual agreements. These territories are herein-after referred to as trust territories.

Article 76The basic objectives of the trusteeship system, in accordance

with the Purposes of the United Nations laid down in Article 1 of thepresent Charter, shall be:

a. to further international peace and security;b. to promote the political, economic, social, and educational

advancement of the inhabitants of the trust territories, andtheir progressive development towards self-government orindependence as may be appropriate to the particularcircumstances of each territory and its peoples and the freelyexpressed wishes of the peoples concerned, and as may beprovided by the terms of each trusteeship agreement;

c. to encourage respect for human rights and for fundamentalfreedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language,or religion, and to encourage recognition of the interdepend-ence of the peoples of the world; and

d. to ensure equal treatment in social, economic, andcommercial matters for all Members of the United Nationsand their nationals, and also equal treatment for the latter inthe administration of justice, without prejudice to theattainment of the foregoing objectives and subject to theprovisions of Article 80.

Article 771. The trusteeship system shall apply to such territories in the

following categories as may be placed thereunder by means oftrusteeship agreements:

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a. territories now held under mandate;b. territories which may be detached from enemy stales as a

result of the Second World War; andc. territories voluntarily placed under the system by states

responsible for their administration.2. It will be a matter for subsequent agreement as to which

territories in the foregoing categories will be brought under thetrusteeship system and upon what terms.

Article 78The trusteeship system shall not apply to territories which have

become Members of the United Nations, relationship among whichshall be based on respect for the principle of sovereign equality.

Article 79The terms of trusteeship for each territory to be placed under the

trusteeship system, including any alteration or amendment, shallbe agreed upon by the states directly concerned, including themandatory power in the case of territories held under mandate by aMember of the United Nations, and shall be approved as providedfor in Articles 83 and 85.

Article 801. Except as may be agreed upon in individual trusteeship

agreements, made under Articles 77, 79, and 81, placing eachterritory under the trusteeship system, and until such agreementshave been concluded, nothing in this Chapter shall be construed inor of itself to alter in any manner the rights whatsoever of anystates or any peoples or the terms of existing internationalinstruments to which Members of the United Nations mayrespectively be parties.

2. Paragraph 1 of this Article shall not be interpreted as givinggrounds for delay or postponement of the negotiation andconclusion of agreements for placing mandated and other ter-ritories under the trusteeship system as provided for inArticle 77.

Article 81The trusteeship agreement shall in each case include the terms

under which the trust territory will be administered and designatethe authority which will exercise the administration of the trustterritory. Such authority, hereinafter called the administeringauthority, may be one or more states or the Organization itself.

Article 82There may be designated, in any trusteeship agreement, a

strategic area or areas which may include part or all of the trustterritory to which the agreement applies, without prejudice to anyspecial agreement or agreements made under Article 43.

Article 831. All functions of the United Nations relating to strategic areas,

including the approval of the terms of the trusteeship agreementsand of their alteration or amendment, shall be exercised by theSecurity Council.

2. The basic objectives set forth in Article 76 shall be applicableto the people of each strategic area.

3. The Security Council shall, subject to the provisions of thetrusteeship agreements and without prejudice to security consider-ations, avail itself of the assistance of the Trusteeship Council toperform those functions of the United Nations under thetrusteeship system relating to political, economic, social, andeducational matters in the strategic areas.

Article 84It shall be the duty of the administering authority to ensure that

the trust territory shall play its part in the maintenance ofinternational peace and security. To this end the administeringauthority may make use of volunteer forces, facilities, andassistance from the trust territory in carrying out the obligationstowards the Security Council undertaken in this regard by theadministering authority, as well as for local defence and themaintenance of law and order within the trust territory.

Article 851. The functions of the United Nations with regard to trusteeship

agreements for all areas not designated as strategic, including theapproval of the terms of the trusteeship agreements and of theiralteration or amendment, shall be exercised by the GeneralAssembly.

2. The Trusteeship Council, operating under the authority of theGeneral Assembly, shall assist the General Assembly in carryingout these functions.

Chapter XIIITHE TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL

Composition

Article 861. The Trusteeship Council shall consist of the following

Members of the United Nations:a. those Members administering trust territories;b. such of those Members mentioned by name in Article 23 as

are not administering trust territories; andc. as many other Members elected for three-year terms by the

General Assembly as may be necessary to ensure that thetotal number of members of the Trusteeship Council isequally divided between those Members of the UnitedNations which administer trust territories and those which donot.

2. Each member of the Trusteeship Council shall designate onespecially qualified person to represent it therein.


Article 87The General Assembly and, under its authority, the Trusteeship

Council, in carrying out their functions, may:a. consider reports submitted by the administering authority;b. accept petitions and examine them in consultation with the

administering authority;c. provide for periodic visits to the respective trust territories at

times agreed upon with the administering authority; andd. take these and other actions in conformity with the terms of

the trusteeship agreements.

Article 88The Trusteeship Council shall formulate a questionnaire on the

political, economic, social, and educational advancement of theinhabitants of each trust territory, and the administering authorityfor each trust territory within the competence of the GeneralAssembly shall make an annual report to the General Assemblyupon the basis of such questionnaire.

Voting

Article 891. Each member of the Trusteeship Council shall have one vote.2. Decisions of the Trusteeship Council shall be made by a

majority of the members present and voting.

Procedure

Article 901. The Trusteeship Council shall adopt its own rules of

procedure, including the method of selecting its President.2. The Trusteeship Council shall meet as required in accord-

ance with its rules, which shall include provision for the conveningof meetings on the request of a majority of its members.

Article 91The Trusteeship Council shall, when appropriate, avail itself of

the assistance of the Economic and Social Council and of thespecialized agencies in regard to matters with which they arerespectively concerned.


Chapter XIVTHE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

Article 92The International Court of Justice shall be the principal judicial

organ of the United Nations. It shall function in accordance with theannexed Statute, which is based upon the Statute of thePermanent Court of International Justice and forms an integral partof the present Charter.

Article 931. All Members of the United Nations are ipso facto parties to

the Statute of the International Court of Justice.2. A state which is not a Member of the United Nations may

become a party to the Statute of the International Court of Justiceon conditions to be determined in each case by the GeneralAssembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council.

Article 941. Each Member of the United Nations undertakes to comply

with the decision of the International Court of Justice in any case towhich it is a party.

2. If any party to a case fails to perform the obligationsincumbent upon it under a judgment rendered by the Court, theother party may have recourse to the Security Council, which may,if it deems necessary, make recommendations or decide uponmeasures to be taken to give effect to the judgment.

Article 95Nothing in the present Charter shall prevent Members of the

United Nations from entrusting the solution of their differences toother tribunals by virtue of agreements already in existence orwhich may be concluded in the future.

Article 961. The General Assembly or the Security Council may request

the International Court of Justice to give an advisory opinion onany legal question.

2. Other organs of the United Nations and specialized agencies,which may at any time be so authorized by the General Assembly,may also request advisory opinions of the Court on legal questionsarising within the scope of their activities.

Chapter XVTHE SECRETARIAT

Article 97The Secretariat shall comprise a Secretary-General and such

staff as the Organization may require. The Secretary-General shallbe appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendationof the Security Council. He shall be the chief administrative officerof the Organization.

Article 98The Secretary-General shall act in that capacity in all meetings

of the General Assembly, of the Security Council, of the Economicand Social Council, and of the Trusteeship Council, and shallperform such other functions as are entrusted to him by theseorgans. The Secretary-General shall make an annual report to theGeneral Assembly on the work of the Organization.

Article 99The Secretary-General may bring to the attention of the Security

Council any matter which in his opinion may threaten themaintenance of international peace and security.

Article 1001. In the performance of their duties the Secretary-General and

the staff shall not seek or receive instructions from any governmentor from any other authority external to the Organization. They shallrefrain from any action which might reflect on their position asinternational officials responsible only to the Organization.

2. Each Member of the United Nations undertakes to respectthe exclusively international character of the responsibilities of the

Secretary-General and the staff and not to seek to influence themin the discharge of their responsibilities.

Article 1011. The staff shall be appointed by the Secretary-General under

regulations established by the General Assembly.2. Appropriate staffs shall be permanently assigned to the

Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council, and, asrequired, to other organs of the United Nations. These staffs shallform a part of the Secretariat.

3. The paramount consideration in the employment of the staffand in the determination of the conditions of service shall be thenecessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency,competence, and integrity. Due regard shall be paid to theimportance of recruiting the staff on as wide a geographical basisas possible.

Chapter XVIMISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Article 1021. Every treaty and every international agreement entered into

by any Member of the United Nations after the present Chartercomes into force shall as soon as possible be registered with theSecretariat and published by it.

2. No party to any such treaty or international agreement whichhas not been registered in accordance with the provisions ofparagraph 1 of this Article may invoke that treaty or agreementbefore any organ of the United Nations.

Article 103In the event of a conflict between the obligations of the Members

of the United Nations under the present Charter and theirobligations under any other international agreement, their obliga-tions under the present Charter shall prevail.

Article 104The Organization shall enjoy in the territory of each of its

Members such legal capacity as may be necessary for theexercise of its functions and the fulfilment of its purposes.

Article 1051. The Organization shall enjoy in the territory of each of its

Members such privileges and immunities as are necessary for thefulfilment of its purposes.

2. Representatives of the Members of the United Nations andofficials of the Organization shall similarly enjoy such privilegesand immunities as are necessary for the independent exercise oftheir functions in connexion with the Organization.

3. The General Assembly may make recommendations with aview to determining the details of the application of paragraphs 1and 2 of this Article or may propose conventions to the Members ofthe United Nations for this purpose.

Chapter XVIITRANSITIONAL SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS

Article 106Pending the coming into force of such special agreements

referred to in Article 43 as in the opinion of the Security Councilenable it to begin the exercise of its responsibilities under Article42, the parties to the Four-Nation Declaration, signed at Moscow,30 October 1943, and France, shall, in accordance with theprovisions of paragraph 5 of that Declaration, consult with oneanother and as occasion requires with other Members of theUnited Nations with a view to such joint action on behalf of theOrganization as may be necessary for the purpose of maintaininginternational peace and security.

Article 107Nothing in the present Charter shall invalidate or preclude

action, in relation to any state which during the Second World Warhas been an enemy of any signatory to the present Charter, taken

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or authorized as a result of that war by the Governments havingresponsibility for such action.

Chapter XVIIIAMENDMENTS

Article 108Amendments to the present Charter shall come into force for all

Members of the United Nations when they have been adopted by avote of two thirds of the members of the General Assembly andratified in accordance with their respective constitutional pro-cesses by two thirds of the Members of the United Nations,including all the permanent members of the Security Council.

Article 1094

1. A General Conference of the Members of the United Nationsfor the purpose of reviewing the present Charter may be held at adate and place to be fixed by a two-thirds vote of the members ofthe General Assembly and by a vote of any nine members of theSecurity Council. Each Member of the United Nations shall haveone vote in the conference.

2. Any alteration of the present Charter recommended by atwo-thirds vote of the conference shall take effect when ratified inaccordance with their respective constitutional processes by twothirds of the Members of the United Nations including all thepermanent members of the Security Council.

3. If such a conference has not been held before the tenthannual session of the General Assembly following the coming intoforce of the present Charter, the proposal to call such a conferenceshall be placed on the agenda of that session of the GeneralAssembly, and the conference shall be held if so decided by amajority vote of the members of the General Assembly and by avote of any seven members of the Security Council.

Chapter XIXRATIFICATION AND SIGNATURE

Article 1101. The present Charter shall be ratified by the signatory states in

accordance with their respective constitutional processes.2. The ratifications shall be deposited with the Government of

the United States of America, which shall notify all the signatory

states of each deposit as well as the Secretary-General of theOrganization when he has been appointed.

3. The present Charter shall come into force upon the deposit ofratifications by the Republic of China, France, the Union of SovietSocialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain andNorthern Ireland, and the United States of America, and by amajority of the other signatory states. A protocol of the ratificationsdeposited shall thereupon be drawn up by the Government of theUnited States of America which shall communicate copies thereofto all the signatory states.

4. The states signatory to the present Charter which ratify it afterit has come into force will become original Members of the UnitedNations on the date of the deposit of their respective ratifications.

Article 111The present Charter, of which the Chinese, French, Russian,

English, and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall remaindeposited in the archives of the Government of the United Statesof America. Duly certified copies thereof shall be transmitted bythat Government to the Governments of the other signatory states.

IN FAITH WHEREOF the representatives of the Governments ofthe United Nations have signed the present Charter.

DONE at the city of San Francisco the twenty-sixth day of June,one thousand nine hundred and forty-five.

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Amended text of Article 109 which came into force on 12 June 1968.(The text of Article 109 before it was amended read as follows:

1. A General Conference of the Members of the United Nations for thepurpose of reviewing the present Charter may be held at a date and placeto be fixed by a two-thirds vote of the members of the General Assemblyand by a vote of any seven members of the Security Council. Each Memberof the United Nations shall have one vote in the conference.

2. Any alteration of the present Charter recommended by a two-thirdsvote of the conference shall take effect when ratified in accordance withtheir respective constitutional processes by two thirds of the Members ofthe United Nations including all the permanent members of the SecurityCouncil.

3. If such a conference has not been held before the tenth annualsession of the General Assembly following the coming into force of thepresent Charter, the proposal to call such a conference shall be placed onthe agenda of that session of the General Assembly, and the conferenceshall be held if so decided by a majority vote of the members of the GeneralAssembly and by a vote of any seven members of the Security Council.)

The Statute of the International Court of Justice

Article 1THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE established by

the Charter of the United Nations as the principal judicial organ ofthe United Nations shall be constituted and shall function inaccordance with the provisions of the present Statute.

Chapter IORGANIZATION OF THE COURT

Article 2The Court shall be composed of a body of independent judges,

elected regardless of their nationality from among persons of highmoral character, who possess the qualifications required in theirrespective countries for appointment to the highest judicial offices,or are jurisconsults of recognized competence in international law.

Article 31. The Court shall consist of fifteen members, no two of whom

may be nationals of the same state.2. A person who for the purposes of membership in the Court

could be regarded as a national of more than one state shall bedeemed to be a national of the one in which he ordinarily exercisescivil and political rights.

Article 41. The members of the Court shall be elected by the General

Assembly and by the Security Council from a list of personsnominated by the national groups in the Permanent Court ofArbitration, in accordance with the following provisions.

2. In the case of Members of the United Nations not representedin the Permanent Court of Arbitration, candidates shall benominated by national groups appointed for this purpose by theirgovernments under the same conditions as those prescribed formembers of the Permanent Court of Arbitration by Article 44 of theConvention of The Hague of 1907 for the pacific settlement ofinternational disputes.

3. The conditions under which a state which is a party to thepresent Statute but is not a Member of the United Nations mayparticipate in electing the members of the Court shall, in theabsence of a special agreement, be laid down by the GeneralAssembly upon recommendation of the Security Council.

Article 51. At least three months before the date of the election, the

Secretary-General of the United Nations shall address a writtenrequest to the members of the Permanent Court of Arbitrationbelonging to the states which are parties to the present Statute,and to the members of the national groups appointed under Article4, paragraph 2, inviting them to undertake, within a given time, by

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national groups, the nomination of persons in a position to acceptthe duties of a member of the Court.

2. No group may nominate more than four persons, not morethan two of whom shall be of their own nationality. In no case maythe number of candidates nominated by a group be more thandouble the number of seats to be filled.

Article 6Before making these nominations, each national group is

recommended to consult its highest court of justice, its legalfaculties and schools of law, and its national academies andnational sections of international academies devoted to the studyof law.

Article 71. The Secretary-General shall prepare a list in alphabetical

order of all the persons thus nominated. Save as provided in Article12, paragraph 2, these shall be the only persons eligible.

2. The Secretary-General shall submit this list to the GeneralAssembly and to the Security Council.

Article 8The General Assembly and the Security Council shall proceed

independently of one another to elect the members of theCourt.

Article 9At every election, the electors shall bear in mind not only that the

persons to be elected should individually possess the qualifica-tions required, but also that in the body as a whole therepresentation of the main forms of civilization and of the principallegal systems of the world should be assured.

Article W1. Those candidates who obtain an absolute majority of votes in

the General Assembly and in the Security Council shall beconsidered as elected.

2. Any vote of the Security Council, whether for the election ofjudges or for the appointment of members of the conferenceenvisaged in Article 12, shall be taken without any distinctionbetween permanent and non-permanent members of the SecurityCouncil.

3. In the event of more than one national of the same stateobtaining an absolute majority of the votes both of the GeneralAssembly and of the Security Council, the eldest of these only shallbe considered as elected.

Article 11If, after the first meeting held for the purpose of the election, one

or more seats remain to be filled, a second and, if necessary, athird meeting shall take place.

Article 121. If, after the third meeting, one or more seats still remain

unfilled, a joint conference consisting of six members, threeappointed by the General Assembly and three by the SecurityCouncil, may be formed at any time at the request of either theGeneral Assembly or the Security Council, for the purpose ofchoosing by the vote of an absolute majority one name for eachseat still vacant, to submit to the General Assembly and theSecurity Council for their respective acceptance.

2. If the joint conference is unanimously agreed upon anyperson who fulfils the required conditions, he may be included in itslist, even though he was not included in the list of nominationsreferred to in Article 7.

3. If the joint conference is satisfied that it will not be successfulin procuring an election, those members of the Court who havealready been elected shall, within a period to be fixed by theSecurity Council, proceed to fill the vacant seats by selection fromamong those candidates who have obtained votes either in theGeneral Assembly or in the Security Council.

4. In the event of an equality of votes among the judges, theeldest judge shall have a casting vote.

Article 131. The members of the Court shall be elected for nine years and

may be re-elected; provided, however, that of the judges elected atthe first election, the terms of five judges shall expire at the end ofthree years and the terms of five more judges shall expire at theend of six years.

2. The judges whose terms are to expire at the end of theabove-mentioned initial periods of three and six years shall bechosen by lot to be drawn by the Secretary-General immediatelyafter the first election has been completed.

3. The members of the Court shall continue to discharge theirduties until their places have been filled. Though replaced, theyshall finish any cases which they may have begun.

4. In the case of the resignation of a member of the Court, theresignation shall be addressed to the President of the Court fortransmission to the Secretary-General. This last notification makesthe place vacant.

Article 14Vacancies shall be filled by the same method as that laid down

for the first election, subject to the following provision: theSecretary-General shall, within one month of the occurrence of thevacancy, proceed to issue the invitations provided for in Article 5,and the date of the election shall be fixed by the Security Council.

Article 15A member of the Court elected to replace a member whose term

of office has not expired shall hold office for the remainder of hispredecessor's term.

Article 161. No member of the Court may exercise any political or

administrative function, or engage in any other occupation of aprofessional nature.

2. Any doubt on this point shall be settled by the decision of theCourt.

Article 171. No member of the Court may act as agent, counsel, or

advocate in any case.2. No member may participate in the decision of any case in

which he has previously taken part as agent, counsel, or advocatefor one of the parties, or as a member of a national or internationalcourt, or of a commission of enquiry, or in any other capacity.

3. Any doubt on this point shall be settled by the decision of theCourt.

Article 181. No member of the Court can be dismissed unless, in the

unanimous opinion of the other members, he has ceased to fulfilthe required conditions.

2. Formal notification thereof shall be made to the Secretary-General by the Registrar.

3. This notification makes the place vacant.

Article 19The members of the Court, when engaged on the business of

the Court, shall enjoy diplomatic privileges and immunities.

Article 20Every member of the Court shall, before taking up his duties,

make a solemn declaration in open court that he will exercise hispowers impartially and conscientiously.

Article 211. The Court shall elect its President and Vice-President for

three years; they may be re-elected.2. The Court shall appoint its Registrar and may provide for the

appointment of such other officers as may be necessary.

Article 221. The seat of the Court shall be established at The Hague.

This, however, shall not prevent the Court from sitting and

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exercising its functions elsewhere whenever the Court considers itdesirable.

2. The President and the Registrar shall reside at the seat of theCourt.

Article 231. The Court shall remain permanently in session, except during

the judicial vacations, the dates and duration of which shall befixed by the Court.

2. Members of the Court are entitled to periodic leave, the datesand duration of which shall be fixed by the Court, having in mindthe distance between The Hague and the home of each judge.

3. Members of the Court shall be bound, unless they are onleave or prevented from attending by illness or other seriousreasons duly explained to the President, to hold themselvespermanently at the disposal of the Court.

Article 241. If, for some special reason, a member of the Court considers

that he should not take part in the decision of a particular case, heshall so inform the President.

2. If the President considers that for some special reason one ofthe members of the Court should not sit in a particular case, heshall give him notice accordingly.

3. If in any such case the member of the Court and thePresident disagree, the matter shall be settled by the decision ofthe Court.

Article 251. The full Court shall sit except when it is expressly provided

otherwise in the present Statute.2. Subject to the condition that the number of judges available to

constitute the Court is not thereby reduced below eleven, theRules of the Court may provide for allowing one or more judges,according to circumstances and in rotation, to be dispensed fromsitting.

3. A quorum of nine judges shall suffice to constitute theCourt.

Article 261. The Court may from time to time form one or more chambers,

composed of three or more judges as the Court may determine, fordealing with particular categories of cases; for example, labourcases and cases relating to transit and communications.

2. The Court may at any time form a chamber for dealing with aparticular case. The number of judges to constitute such achamber shall be determined by the Court with the approval of theparties.

3. Cases shall be heard and determined by the chambersprovided for in this Article if the parties so request.

Article 27A judgment given by any of the chambers provided for in Articles

26 and 29 shall be considered as rendered by the Court.

Article 28The chambers provided for in Articles 26 and 29 may, with the

consent of the parties, sit and exercise their functions elsewherethan at The Hague.

Article 29With a view to the speedy dispatch of business, the Court shall

form annually a chamber composed of five judges which, at therequest of the parties, may hear and determine cases by summaryprocedure. In addition, two judges shall be selected for thepurpose of replacing judges who find it impossible to sit.

Article 301. The Court shall frame rules for carrying out its functions. In

particular, it shall lay down rules of procedure.2. The Rules of the Court may provide for assessors to sit with

the Court or with any of its chambers, without the right to vote.

Article 311. Judges of the nationality of each of the parties shall retain

their right to sit in the case before the Court.2. If the Court includes upon the Bench a judge of the nationality

of one of the parties, any other party may choose a person to sit asjudge. Such person shall be chosen preferably from among thosepersons who have been nominated as candidates as provided inArticles 4 and 5.

3. If the Court includes upon the Bench no judge of thenationality of the parties, each of these parties may proceed tochoose a judge as provided in paragraph 2 of this Article.

4. The provisions of this Article shall apply to the case of Articles26 and 29. In such cases, the President shall request one or, ifnecessary, two of the members of the Court forming the chamberto give place to the members of the Court of the nationality of theparties concerned, and, failing such, or if they are unable to bepresent, to the judges specially chosen by the parties.

5. Should there be several parties in the same interest, theyshall, for the purpose of the preceding provisions, be reckoned asone party only. Any doubt upon this point shall be settled by thedecision of the Court.

6. Judges chosen as laid down in paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 of thisArticle shall fulfil the conditions required by Articles 2, 17(paragraph 2), 20, and 24 of the present Statute. They shall takepart in the decision on terms of complete equality with theircolleagues.

Article 321. Each member of the Court shall receive an annual salary.2. The President shall receive a special annual allowance.3. The Vice-President shall receive a special allowance for

every day on which he acts as President.4. The judges chosen under Article 31, other than members of

the Court, shall receive compensation for each day on which theyexercise their functions.

5. These salaries, allowances, and compensation shall be fixedby the General Assembly. They may not be decreased during theterm of office.

6. The salary of the Registrar shall be fixed by the GeneralAssembly on the proposal of the Court.

7. Regulations made by the General Assembly shall fix theconditions under which retirement pensions may be given tomembers of the Court and to the Registrar, and the conditionsunder which members of the Court and the Registrar shall havetheir travelling expenses refunded.

8. The above salaries, allowances, and compensation shall befree of all taxation.

Article 33The expenses of the Court shall be borne by the United Nations

in such a manner as shall be decided by the General Assembly.

Chapter IICOMPETENCE OF THE COURT

Article 341. Only states may be parties in cases before the Court.2. The Court, subject to and in conformity with its Rules, may

request of public international organizations information relevant tocases before it, and shall receive such information presented bysuch organizations on their own initiative.

3. Whenever the construction of the constituent instrument of apublic international organization or of an international conventionadopted thereunder is in question in a case before the Court, theRegistrar shall so notify the public International organizationconcerned and shall communicate to it copies of all the writtenproceedings.

Article 351. The Court shall be open to the states parties to the present

Statute.2. The conditions under which the Court shall be open to other

states shall, subject to the special provisions contained in treaties


in force, be laid down by the Security Council, but in no case shallsuch conditions place the parties in a position of inequality beforethe Court.

3. When a state which is not a Member of the United Nations isa party to a case, the Court shall fix the amount which that party isto contribute towards the expenses of the Court. This provisionshall not apply if such state is bearing a share of the expenses ofthe Court.

Article 361. The jurisdiction of the Court comprises all cases which the

parties refer to it and all matters specially provided for in theCharter of the United Nations or in treaties and conventions inforce.

2. The states parties to the present Statute may at any timedeclare that they recognize as compulsory ipso facto and withoutspecial agreement, in relation to any other state accepting thesame obligation, the jurisdiction of the Court in all legal disputesconcerning:

a. the interpretation of a treaty;b. any question of international law;c. the existence of any fact which, if established, would

constitute a breach of an international obligation;d. the nature or extent of the reparation to be made for the

breach of an international obligation.3. The declarations referred to above may be made uncondi-

tionally or on condition of reciprocity on the part of several orcertain states, or for a certain time.

4. Such declarations shall be deposited with the Secretary-Gen-eral of the United Nations, who shall transmit copies thereof to theparties to the Statute and to the Registrar of the Court.

5. Declarations made under Article 36 of the Statute of thePermanent Court of International Justice and which are still in forceshall be deemed, as between the parties to the present Statute, tobe acceptances of the compulsory jurisdiction of the InternationalCourt of Justice for the period which they still have to run and inaccordance with their terms.

6. In the event of a dispute as to whether the Court hasjurisdiction, the matter shall be settled by the decision of the Court.

Article 37Whenever a treaty or convention in force provides for reference

of a matter to a tribunal to have been instituted by the League ofNations, or to the Permanent Court of International Justice, thematter shall, as between the parties to the present Statute, bereferred to the International Court of Justice.

Article 381. The Court, whose function is to decide in accordance with

international law such disputes as are submitted to it, shall apply:a. international conventions, whether general or particular,

establishing rules expressly recognized by the contestingstates;

b. international custom, as evidence of a general practiceaccepted as law;

c. the general principles of law recognized by civilized nations;d. subject to the provisions of Article 59, judicial decisions and

the teachings of the most highly qualified publicists of thevarious nations, as subsidiary means for the determination ofrules of law.

2. This provision shall not prejudice the power of the Court todecide a case ex aequo et bono, if the parties agree thereto.

Chapter IIIPROCEDURE

Article 391. The official languages of the Court shall be French and

English. If the parties agree that the case shall be conducted inFrench, the judgment shall be delivered in French. If the partiesagree that the case shall be conducted in English, the judgmentshall be delivered in English.

2. In the absence of an agreement as to which language shallbe employed, each party may, in the pleadings, use the language

which it prefers; the decision of the Court shall be given in Frenchand English. In this case the Court shall at the same timedetermine which of the two texts shall be considered asauthoritative.

3. The Court shall, at the request of any party, authorize alanguage other than French or English to be used by that party.

Article 401. Cases are brought before the Court, as the case may be,

either by the notification of the special agreement or by a writtenapplication addressed to the Registrar. In either case the subject ofthe dispute and the parties shall be indicated.

2. The Registrar shall forthwith communicate the application toall concerned.

3. He shall also notify the Members of the United Nationsthrough the Secretary-General, and also any other states entitledto appear before the Court.

Article 411. The Court shall have the power to indicate, if it considers that

circumstances so require, any provisional measures which oughtto be taken to preserve the respective rights of either party.

2. Pending the final decision, notice of the measures suggestedshall forthwith be given to the parties and to the Security Council.

Article 421. The parties shall be represented by agents.2. They may have the assistance of counsel or advocates

before the Court.3. The agents, counsel, and advocates of parties before the

Court shall enjoy the privileges and immunities necessary to theindependent exercise of their duties.

Article 431. The procedure shall consist of two parts: written and oral.2. The written proceedings shall consist of the communication

to the Court and to the parties of memorials, counter-memorialsand, if necessary, replies; also all papers and documents insupport.

3. These communications shall be made through the Registrar,in the order and within the time fixed by the Court.

4. A certified copy of every document produced by one partyshall be communicated to the other party.

5. The oral proceedings shall consist of the hearing by the Courtof witnesses, experts, agents, counsel, and advocates.

Article 441. For the service of all notices upon persons other than the

agents, counsel, and advocates, the Court shall apply direct to thegovernment of the state upon whose territory the notice has to beserved.

2. The same provision shall apply whenever steps are to betaken to procure evidence on the spot.

Article 45The hearing shall be under the control of the President or, if he is

unable to preside, of the Vice-President; if neither is able topreside, the senior judge present shall preside.

Article 46The hearing in Court shall be public, unless the Court shall

decide otherwise, or unless the parties demand that the public benot admitted.

Article 471. Minutes shall be made at each hearing and signed by the

Registrar and the President.2. These minutes alone shall be authentic.

Article 48The Court shall make orders for the conduct of the case, shall

decide the form and time in which each party must conclude itsarguments, and make all arrangements connected with the takingof evidence.

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Article 49The Court may, even before the hearing begins, call upon the

agents to produce any document or to supply any explanations.Formal note shall be taken of any refusal.

Article 50The Court may, at any time, entrust any individual, body, bureau,

commission, or other organization that it may select, with the taskof carrying out an enquiry or giving an expert opinion.

Article 51During the hearing any relevant questions are to be put to the

witnesses and experts under the conditions laid down by the Courtin the rules of procedure referred to in Article 30.

Article 52After the Court has received the proofs and evidence within the

time specified for the purpose, it may refuse to accept any furtheroral or written evidence that one party may desire to presentunless the other side consents.

Article 531. Whenever one of the parties does not appear before the

Court, or fails to defend its case, the other party may call upon theCourt to decide in favour of its claim.

2. The Court must, before doing so, satisfy itself, not only that ithas jurisdiction in accordance with Articles 36 and 37, but also thatthe claim is well founded in fact and law.

Article 541. When, subject to the control of the Court, the agents,

counsel, and advocates have completed their presentation of thecase, the President shall declare the hearing closed.

2. The Court shall withdraw to consider the judgment.3. The deliberations of the Court shall take place in private and

remain secret.

Article 551. All questions shall be decided by a majority of the judges

present.2. In the event of an equality of votes, the President or the judge

who acts in his place shall have a casting vote.

Article 561. The judgment shall state the reasons on which it is based.2. It shall contain the names of the judges who have taken part

in the decision.

Article 57If the judgment does not represent in whole or in part the

unanimous opinion of the judges, any judge shall be entitled todeliver a separate opinion.

Article 58The judgment shall be signed by the President and by the

Registrar. It shall be read in open court, due notice having beengiven to the agents.

Article 59The decision of the Court has no binding force except between

the parties and in respect of that particular case.

Article 60The judgment is final and without appeal. In the event of dispute

as to the meaning or scope of the judgment, the Court shallconstrue it upon the request of any party.

Article 611. An application for revision of a judgment may be made only

when it is based upon the discovery of some fact of such a natureas to be a decisive factor, which fact was, when the judgment wasgiven, unknown to the Court and also to the party claiming revision,always provided that such ignorance was not due to negli-gence.

2. The proceedings for revision shall be opened by a judgmentof the Court expressly recording the existence of the new fact,recognizing that it has such a character as to lay the case open torevision, and declaring the application admissible on this ground.

3. The Court may require previous compliance with the terms ofthe judgment before it admits proceedings in revision.

4. The application for revision must be made at latest within sixmonths of the discovery of the new fact.

5. No application for revision may be made after the lapse of tenyears from the date of the judgment.

Article 621. Should a state consider that it has an interest of a legal nature

which may be affected by the decision in the case, it may submit arequest to the Court to be permitted to intervene.

2. It shall be for the Court to decide upon this request.

Article 631. Whenever the construction of a convention to which states

other than those concerned in the case are parties is in question,the Registrar shall notify all such states forthwith.

2. Every state so notified has the right to intervene in theproceedings; but if it uses this right, the construction given by thejudgment will be equally binding upon it.

Article 64Unless otherwise decided by the Court, each party shall bear its

own costs.

Chapter IVADVISORY OPINIONS

Article 651. The Court may give an advisory opinion on any legal question

at the request of whatever body may be authorized by or inaccordance with the Charter of the United Nations to make such arequest.

2. Questions upon which the advisory opinion of the Court isasked shall be laid before the Court by means of a written requestcontaining an exact statement of the question upon which anopinion is required, and accompanied by all documents likely tothrow light upon the question.

Article 661. The Registrar shall forthwith give notice of the request for an

advisory opinion to all states entitled to appear before the Court.2. The Registrar shall also, by means of a special and direct

communication, notify any state entitled to appear before the Courtor international organization considered by the Court, or, should itnot be sitting, by the President, as likely to be able to furnishinformation on the question, that the Court will be prepared toreceive, within a time limit to be fixed by the President, writtenstatements, or to hear, at a public sitting to be held for the purpose,oral statements relating to the question.

3. Should any such state entitled to appear before the Courthave failed to receive the special communication referred to inparagraph 2 of this Article, such state may express a desire tosubmit a written statement or to be heard; and the Court willdecide.

4. States and organizations having presented written or oralstatements or both shall be permitted to comment on thestatements made by other states or organizations in the form, tothe extent, and within the time limits which the Court, or, should itnot be sitting, the President, shall decide in each particular case.Accordingly, the Registrar shall in due time communicate any suchwritten statements to states and organizations having submittedsimilar statements.

Article 67The Court shall deliver its advisory opinions in open court, notice

having been given to the Secretary-General and to the representa-tives of Members of the United Nations, of other states and ofinternational organizations immediately concerned.


Article 68In the exercise of its advisory functions the Court shall further be

guided by the provisions of the present Statute which apply incontentious cases to the extent to which it recognizes them to beapplicable.

Chapter VAMENDMENT

Article 69Amendments to the present Statute shall be effected by the

same procedure as is provided by the Charter of the United

Nations for amendments to that Charter, subject however to anyprovisions which the General Assembly upon recommendation ofthe Security Council may adopt concerning the participation ofstates which are parties to the present Statute but are notMembers of the United Nations.

Article 70The Court shall have power to propose such amendments to the

present Statute as it may deem necessary, through writtencommunications to the Secretary-General, for consideration inconformity with the provisions of Article 69.

Appendix III

The Structure of the United Nations

NOTE: Several United Nations Member States changed theirofficial names in 1971. This altered their order of placement inalphabetical listings. The Members of United Nations bodies aregiven in this Appendix in the English alphabetical order of theirnames as registered with the Organization at 31 December 1971.

Therefore, those Members that changed their names during theyear are listed under their new names, even though meetings ofthe bodies in which they participated might have been held prior tothe changes in their names. For the countries concerned, seeAppendix I.

The General Assembly

The General Assembly is composed of all the Members ofthe United Nations.

Sessions In 1971Twenty-sixth Session: 21 September-22 December 1971.

OfficersPresident, Twenty-sixth Session: Adam Malik (Indonesia).Vice-Presidents, Twenty-sixth Session: Belgium, Burundi, China,

Costa Rica, France, Greece, Hungary, Japan, People's Demo-cratic Republic of Yemen, Peru, Sierra Leone, Sudan, USSR,United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Zambia.

The Assembly has four types of committees: (1) MainCommittees; (2) procedural committees; (3) standing committees;(4) subsidiary and ad hoc bodies.

Main CommitteesSeven Main Committees have been established under the rules

of procedure of the General Assembly, as follows:

Political and Security Committee (including the regulation ofarmaments) (First Committee)

Special Political CommitteeEconomic and Financial Committee (Second Committee)Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee (Third Committee)Trusteeship Committee (including Non-Self-Governing Territories)

(Fourth Committee)Administrative and Budgetary Committee (Fifth Committee)Legal Committee (Sixth Committee)

In addition to these seven Main Committees, the GeneralAssembly may constitute other committees, on which all Membershave the right to be represented.

Officers of the Main Committees, Twenty-sixth Session

FIRST COMMITTEEChairman: Milko Tarabanov (Bulgaria).Vice-Chairman: Radha Ramphul (Mauritius).Rapporteur: Giovanni Migliuolo (Italy).

SPECIAL POLITICAL COMMITTEEChairman: Cornelius C. Cremin (Ireland).Vice-Chairman: V. S. Smirnov (Byelorussian SSR).Rapporteur: Parviz Mohajer (Iran).

SECOND COMMITTEEChairman: Narciso G. Reyes (Philippines).Vice-Chairman: Bernardo de Azevedo Brito (Brazil).Rapporteur: Salih Mohamed Osman (Sudan).

THIRD COMMITTEEChairman: Mrs. Helvi Sipila (Finland).Vice-Chairman: Yahya Mahmassani (Lebanon).Rapporteur: Amre M. Moussa (Egypt).

FOURTH COMMITTEEChairman: Keith Johnson (Jamaica).Vice-Chairman: Mrs. Brita Skottsberg-Ahman (Sweden).Rapporteur: Yilma Tadesse (Ethiopia).

FIFTH COMMITTEEChairman: E. Olu Sanu (Nigeria).Vice-Chairman: Gregor Woschnagg (Austria).Rapporteur: Babooram Rambissoon (Trinidad and Tobago).

SIXTH COMMITTEEChairman: Zenon Rossides (Cyprus).Vice-Chairman: Duke E. Pollard (Guyana).Rapporteur: Alfons Klafkowski (Poland).

Procedural committeesThere are two procedural committees of the Assembly: the

General Committee and the Credentials Committee.

GENERAL COMMITTEEThe General Committee consists of the President of the General

Assembly, as Chairman, the 17 Vice-Presidents and the Chairmenof the seven Main Committees.

CREDENTIALS COMMITTEEThe Credentials Committee consists of nine members appointed

by the General Assembly on the proposal of the President.

Twenty-sixth SessionAustralia, Colombia, France, Ireland (Chairman), Liberia, Mon-

golia, Somalia, USSR, United States.

Standing committeesThe General Assembly has two standing committees: the

Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questionsand the Committee on Contributions. Each consists of expertsappointed in their individual capacities for a three-year term.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVEAND BUDGETARY QUESTIONS

Members in 1971:To serve until 31 December 1971: Mohamed Alwan (Iraq);*

Mohsen S. Esfandiary (Iran); André Naudy (France); John I. M.Rhodes, Chairman (United Kingdom).

To serve until 31 December 1972: Albert F. Bender, Jr. (UnitedStates); Mario Majoli (Italy); V. K. Palamarchuk (USSR); JoséPiñera (Chile).

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To serve until 31 December 1973: Paulo Lopes Correa (Brazil);Ahmed Tewfik Khalil (Egypt); C. S. M. Mselle (United Republic ofTanzania); Jozsef Tardos (Hungary).

*Appointed by the General Assembly on 11 October 1971 to fillthe unexpired term of Salim A. Saleem (Iraq), who resigned witheffect from 10 July 1971.

On 13 December 1971, the General Assembly decided toenlarge the Advisory Committee from 12 to 13 members, witheffect from 1 January 1972, in order to include a member fromChina.

On 17 December 1971, the General Assembly reappointed thefollowing for a three-year term ending on 31 December 1974 to fillthe vacancies occurring on 31 December 1971: Mohamed Alwan(Iraq); Mohsen S. Esfandiary (Iran); André Naudy (France); John I.M. Rhodes (United Kingdom). The General Assembly alsoappointed Hsing Sung-yi (China) for a three-year term ending 31December 1974 to fill the newly created seat on the AdvisoryCommittee.

Members for 1972: Mohamed Alwan (Iraq); Albert F. Bender, Jr.(United States); Paulo Lopes Correa (Brazil); Mohsen S.Esfandiary (Iran); Hsing Sung-yi (China); Ahmed Tewfik Khalil(Egypt); Mario Majoli (Italy); C. S. M. Mselle (United Republic ofTanzania); André Naudy (France); V. K. Palamarchuk (USSR);José Piñera (Chile); John I. M. Rhodes (United Kingdom);Jozsef Tardos (Hungary).

COMMITTEE ON CONTRIBUTIONSMembers in 1971:To serve until 31 December 1971: Mohamed Fakhreddine

(Sudan); Théodore Idzumbuir (Zaire); John I. M. Rhodes (UnitedKingdom); David Silveira da Mota, Jr., Vice-Chairman (Brazil);Abele Zodda (Italy).

To serve until 31 December 1972: Amjad Ali, Chairman (Pakistan);Santiago Meyer Picón (Mexico); Maurice Viaud (France); A. V.Zakharov (USSR).

To serve until 31 December 1973: Seymour Maxwell Finger(United States);* Takeshi Naito (Japan); Stanislaw Raczkowski(Poland).

*On 13 December 1971, the General Assembly appointed DavidL. Stottlemyer (United States) to complete the term of office ofSeymour Maxwell Finger (United States), who resigned with effectfrom 31 December 1971.

On 13 December 1971, the General Assembly appointed thefollowing for three-year terms of office starting on 1 January 1972to fill the vacancies occurring on 31 December 1971: Joseph QuaoCleland (Ghana); Abdulrahim A. Farah (Somalia); Angus J.Matheson (Canada); David Silveira da Mota, Jr. (Brazil); MissK. Whalley (United Kingdom).

Members for 1972: Amjad Ali (Pakistan); Joseph Quao Cleland(Ghana); Abdulrahim A. Farah (Somalia); Angus J. Matheson(Canada); Santiago Meyer Picón (Mexico); Takeshi Naito(Japan); Stanislaw Raczkowski (Poland); David Silveira daMota, Jr. (Brazil); David L. Stottlemyer (United States); MauriceViaud (France); Miss K. Whalley (United Kingdom); A. V.Zakharov (USSR).

Subsidiary, Ad Hoc and Related BodiesThe following subsidiary, ad hoc and related bodies were either

in existence or functioning in 1971, or else were established duringthe General Assembly's twenty-sixth session held from 21September to 22 December 1971. Those bodies marked * were setup or began to function during 1971, and those marked † werediscontinued in 1971.

Interim Committee of the General AssemblySpecial Committee on Peace-keeping Operations

Working Group for a Study of Peace-keeping MeasuresDisarmament CommissionGroup of Experts on the Economic and Social Consequences of

DisarmamentGroup of Consultant Experts on the Economic and Social

Consequences of the Arms Race and of Military Expendi-tures†

Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer SpaceScientific and Technical Sub-CommitteeLegal Sub-CommitteeWorking Group on Direct Broadcast Satellites

Committee on the Peaceful Uses of the Sea-bed and the OceanFloor beyond the Limits of National Jurisdiction

Sub-Committee I*Sub-Committee II*Sub-Committee III*

United Nations Scientific Advisory CommitteeUnited Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic

RadiationPanel for Inquiry and ConciliationPeace Observation CommissionCollective Measures CommitteePanel of Military ExpertsUnited Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation

of Korea (UNCURK)Committee of UNCURK

United Nations Conciliation Commission for PalestineUnited Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in

the Near East (UNRWA)Advisory Commission of UNRWAWorking Group on the Financing of UNRWA*

Committee for the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the United Nations†Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementa-

tion of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence toColonial Countries and Peoples

Sub-Committee on PetitionsWorking GroupSub-Committee ISub-Committee IISub-Committee III

Special Committee on ApartheidSub-Committee on PetitionsSub-Committee on Information on ApartheidWorking Group

Committee of Trustees of the United Nations Trust Fund for SouthAfrica

United Nations Council for NamibiaStanding Committee IStanding Committee IIAd Hoc Committee on the Question of Travel Documents

Sub-Committee on the Situation in AngolaAdvisory Committee on the United Nations Educational and

Training Programme for Southern AfricaUnited Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Trade and Development BoardAdvisory Committee to the Board and to the Committee on

CommoditiesCommittee on Commodities

Permanent Sub-Committee on CommoditiesPermanent Group on Synthetics and SubstitutesCommittee on Tungsten

Committee on ManufacturesCommittee on Invisibles and Financing related to TradeCommittee on ShippingSpecial Committee on PreferencesIntergovernmental Group on Transfer of Technology

Joint Advisory Group on the UNCTAD/GATT International TradeCentre

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)United Nations Capital Development Fund

Executive Board of the United Nations Capital DevelopmentFund

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Ad Hoc Committee on Co-operation between the United NationsDevelopment Programme and the United Nations IndustrialDevelopment Organization*

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)Industrial Development Board

Working Group on Programme and Co-ordinationPreparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on the

Human EnvironmentUnited Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

Board of TrusteesAdministrative and Training CommitteeResearch Committee

Panel of Experts on the Establishment of an InternationalUniversity

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)Committee on the Elimination of Racial DiscriminationSpecial Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the

Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied TerritoriesSpecial Committee to Select the Winners of the United Nations

Human Rights PrizeOffice of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

(UNHCR)Executive Committee of the Programme of the UNHCR

Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole AssemblyUnited Nations Joint Staff Pension Board

Standing Committee of the Pension BoardCommittee of Actuaries

United Nations Staff Pension CommitteeInvestments CommitteeBoard of AuditorsPanel of External AuditorsJoint Inspection UnitSpecial Committee for the Review of the United Nations Salary

SystemSpecial Committee on the Financial Situation of the United

Nations*Special Committee on the Rationalization of the Procedures and

Organization of the General Assembly†Consultative Panel on United Nations Information Policies and

ProgrammesUnited Nations Administrative TribunalCommittee on Applications for Review of Administrative Tribunal

JudgementsInternational Law CommissionCommittee on Arrangements for a Conference for the Purpose of

Reviewing the CharterSpecial Committee on the Question of Defining Aggression

Working GroupCommission on Permanent Sovereignty over Natural ResourcesAdvisory Committee on the United Nations Programme of

Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and WiderAppreciation of International Law

United Nations Commission on International Trade LawWorking Group on Time-Limits and Limitations (Prescription)

in the International Sale of GoodsWorking Group on the International Sale of GoodsWorking Group on International Legislation on Shipping*

Committee on Relations with the Host Country*

INTERIM COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLYEach Member of the United Nations has the right to be

represented on the Interim Committee.The Committee did not meet in 1971.

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PEACE-KEEPING OPERATIONSIn 1971, the Special Committee on Peace-keeping Operations

held meetings at United Nations Headquarters, New York, on 1April, 6 May and 1 and 3 December.

Members in 1971: Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Australia,Austria, Brazil, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt, El

Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Hungary, India, Iraq, Italy, Japan,Mauritania, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland,Romania, Sierra Leone, Spain, Thailand, USSR, UnitedKingdom, United States, Venezuela, Yugoslavia.

Vice-Chairmen:* Yvon Beaulne (Canada), Zdenek Cernik(Czechoslovakia).

Rapporteur: Mahmoud Kassem (Egypt).

*On 1 April 1971, the Committee decided that, pending electionof a chairman, the Committee should meet under the chairmanshipof the two Vice-Chairmen, who would alternate in the Chair. Achairman was not elected in 1971.

Working Group for a Studyof Peace-keeping MeasuresMembers in 1971:* Canada (Vice-Chairman), Czechoslovakia

(Vice-Chairman), Egypt (Rapporteur), France, USSR, UnitedKingdom, United States.

*The Chairman of the Special Committee on Peace-keepingOperations is also a member, ex officio.

DISARMAMENT COMMISSIONThe Disarmament Commission consists of all the Members of

the United Nations.The Commission did not meet in 1971.

GROUP OF EXPERTS ON THE ECONOMIC ANDSOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF DISARMAMENT

In 1970, the General Assembly authorized the Secretary-Gener-al to establish the Group of Experts. It was to consist of not morethan 10 members, to serve in their personal capacity.

The members of the Group of Experts were not appointed in1971.

GROUP OF CONSULTANT EXPERTS ON THE ECONOMICAND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE ARMS RACE

AND OF MILITARY EXPENDITURESThe Group of Consultant Experts consisted of 14 experts

appointed by the Secretary-General to prepare a report on theeconomic and social consequences of the arms race and ofmilitary expenditures.

The Group held three sessions in 1971: the first between 16 and19 February; the second between 20 May and 3 June; and the thirdfrom 23 August to 5 September 1971. The first two sessions wereheld at United Nations Headquarters, New York, and the third atGeneva, Switzerland.

The membership of the Group of Consultant Experts was asfollows:

Gheorghe Dolgu (Romania); Willem F. Duisenberg (Nether-lands); V. S. Emelyanov (USSR); Plácido García Reynoso(Mexico); Vojin Guzina (Yugoslavia); Douglas Le Pan (Canada);Ladislav Matejka (Czechoslovakia); Akira Matsui (Japan); JacquesMayer (France); Maciej Perczynski (Poland); Mullath A. Vellodi(India); Henry C. Wallich (United States); Kifle Wodajo (Ethiopia);Lord Zuckerman (United Kingdom).

Chairman: Mangalam E. Chacko.

COMMITTEE ON THE PEACEFUL USES OFOUTER SPACE

The Committee held the second part of its fourteenth sessionfrom 1 to 10 September and the first part of its fifteenth session on15 and 20 December 1971. All meetings were held at UnitedNations Headquarters, New York.

Members in 1971: Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium,Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chad, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, France,Hungary, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Mongolia,Morocco, Poland, Romania, Sierra Leone, Sweden, USSR,United Kingdom, United States.


Chairman: Kurt Waldheim (Austria).Vice-Chairman: Gheorghe Diaconescu (Romania).Rapporteur: Celso Antônio de Souza e Silva (Brazil).

Scientific and Technical Sub-CommitteeThe Sub-Committee, a committee of the whole, held its eighth

session at United Nations Headquarters, New York, from 6 to 15July 1971.

Chairman: J. H. Carver (Australia).

The Sub-Committee has established a working group of thewhole, the Working Group on Remote Sensing of the Earth bySatellites.

Legal Sub-CommitteeThe Sub-Committee, a committee of the whole, held its tenth

session at Geneva, Switzerland, from 7 June to 2 July 1971.

Chairman: Eugeniusz Wyzner (Poland).

Working Group on DirectBroadcast Satellites

The Working Group did not meet in 1971.

COMMITTEE ON THE PEACEFUL USES OF THESEA-BED AND THE OCEAN FLOOR BEYOND THE

LIMITS OF NATIONAL JURISDICTIONThe Committee held the following meetings in 1971: informal

consultations in February and the first part of March; a first sessionbetween 12 and 26 March; a second session between 19 July and27 August; and meetings on 14, 15 and 22 October 1971. The twosessions were held at Geneva, Switzerland, and the February,March and October meetings at United Nations Headquarters,New York.

In accordance with a decision of the General Assembly of 17December 1970 to enlarge the Committee by 44 members (from42 to 86), the Chairman of the Assembly's First (Political andSecurity) Committee announced, on 8 January 1971, theappointment of the following 43 new members, to which one more,from Eastern Europe, would be added at a later date:*

Afghanistan, Algeria, Bolivia, Byelorussian SSR, Colombia,Congo, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana,Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran,Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Lebanon, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco,Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Panama, Philippines, Senegal,Singapore, Somalia, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, UkrainianSSR, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yemen, Zaire.

*As at 31 December 1971, the forty-fourth new member had notbeen appointed to the Committee.

In accordance with a decision of the General Assembly of 21December 1971 to add to the membership of the Committee Chinaand four other members (increasing its membership to 91), theChairman of the First Committee on 22 December 1971 appointedthe following: Fiji, Finland, Nicaragua, Zambia.

Members in 1971: Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Australia,Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Byelorussian SSR,Cameroon, Canada, Ceylon, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo,Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salva-dor, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Ghana, Greece,Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Hungary, Iceland, India, In-donesia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya,Kuwait, Lebanon, Liberia, Libyan Arab Republic, Madagascar,Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco,Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway,Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Sene-gal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Sweden,Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukrainian SSR,USSR, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, United

States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire,Zambia.

Chairman: Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe (Ceylon).Vice-Chairmen: Saoud Nasser Al-Sabah (Kuwait) (second ses-

sion); Jens Evensen (Norway); Théodore Idzumbuir (Zaire) (firstsession); Soubhi J. Khanachet (Kuwait) (first session); A. Mandi(Zaire) (second session); Lazar Mojsov (Yugoslavia); Wlodzimi-erz Natorf (Poland); Radha Ramphul (Mauritius); P. V. J.Solomon (Trinidad and Tobago); Fernando Zegers (Chile).

Rapporteur: Charles V. Vella (Malta).

On 12 March 1971 the Committee established three sub-com-mittees of the whole, replacing the Economic and TechnicalSub-Committee and the Legal Sub-Committee. Sub-Committee Iwas to prepare draft treaty articles embodying the internationalrégime for the area and resources of the sea-bed. Sub-CommitteeII was to prepare a comprehensive list of subjects and issuesrelating to the law of the sea. Sub-Committee III was to deal withthe preservation of the marine environment.

Sub-Committee IThe Sub-Committee held two series of meetings in 1971,

between 12 and 25 March, and between 20 July and 27 August,both at Geneva, Switzerland.

Chairman: E. E. Seaton (United Republic of Tanzania).Vice-Chairmen: Gyorgy Fekete (Hungary); C. V. Ranganathan

(India); Sergio M. Thompson-Flores (Brazil).Rapporteur: Anton Prohaska (Austria).

Sub-Committee IIThe Sub-Committee held two series of meetings in 1971,


Chairman: Reynaldo Galindo Pohl (El Salvador).Vice-Chairmen: Burleigh Holder (Liberia); Mohammad Ali Mas-

soud-Ansari (Iran); Necmettin Tuncel (Turkey); AlexanderYankov (Bulgaria).

Rapporteur: Shaffie Abdel-Hamid (Egypt).

Sub-Committee IIIThe Sub-Committee held two series of meetings in 1971,


Chairman: Alfred van der Essen (Belgium).Vice-Chairmen: Augusto Espinosa Valderrama (Colombia); Me-

bratu Gebre-Kidan (Ethiopia).Rapporteur: Takeo Iguchi (Japan).

UNITED NATIONS SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEEThe Committee held two meetings in 1971, one on 24 March at

United Nations Headquarters, New York, and the other on 3September at Geneva, Switzerland.

Members in 1971: Brazil, Canada, France, India, USSR, UnitedKingdom, United States.

UNITED NATIONS SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON THEEFFECTS OF ATOMIC RADIATION

The United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects ofAtomic Radiation held its twenty-first session at United NationsHeadquarters, New York, from 14 to 23 June 1971.

Members in 1971: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada,Czechoslovakia, Egypt, France, India, Japan, Mexico, Sweden,USSR, United Kingdom, United States.

Chairman: Bo Lindell (Sweden).Vice-Chairman: F. H. Sobels (Belgium).Rapporteur: L. R. Caldas (Brazil).

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PANEL FOR INQUIRY AND CONCILIATIONThe Panel for Inquiry and Conciliation was established by the

General Assembly in 1949 (by resolution 268 D (III))1 and consistsof qualified persons, designated by United Nations MemberStates, to serve a term of five years.

The Panel did not meet in 1971.

PEACE OBSERVATION COMMISSIONMembers in 1971: China, Czechoslovakia, France, Honduras,

India, Iraq, Israel, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sweden, USSR,United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay.

On 18 December 1971, the General Assembly, on thesuggestion of its President, who announced that China preferrednot to serve, decided to reappoint the other 13 members of thePeace Observation Commission for 1972 and 1973.

The Commission did not meet in 1971.

COLLECTIVE MEASURES COMMITTEEMembers in 1971: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Burma, Canada,

Egypt, France, Mexico, Philippines, Turkey, United Kingdom,United States, Venezuela, Yugoslavia.

The Committee did not meet in 1971.

PANEL OF MILITARY EXPERTSThe General Assembly's "Uniting for Peace" resolution of 3

November 1950 (resolution 377(V))2 called for the appointment ofmilitary experts to be available, on request, to United NationsMember States wishing to obtain technical advice on theorganization, training and equipment of elements within theirnational armed forces which could be made available, inaccordance with national constitutional processes, for service as aunit or units of the United Nations upon the recommendation of theSecurity Council or the General Assembly.

UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION FOR THE UNIFICATIONAND REHABILITATION OF KOREA (UNCURK)

Members in 1971:* Australia, Netherlands, Pakistan, Philippines,Thailand, Turkey.

*Chile withdrew from UNCURK on 14 November 1970, and theresulting vacancy was not filled during 1971.

Committee of UNCURKMembers in 1971: Australia, Netherlands, Philippines, Thailand,

Turkey.

UNITED NATIONS CONCILIATION COMMISSIONFOR PALESTINE

Members in 1971: France, Turkey, United States.

UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FORPALESTINE REFUGEES IN THE NEAR EAST (UNRWA)

Commissioner-General: Sir John Rennie.*Deputy Commissioner-General: Sir John Rennie (until 15 May

1971).

*Appointed by the Secretary-General to succeed Laurence V.Michelmore, who resigned with effect from 15 May 1971.

Advisory Commission of UNRWAThe Advisory Commission held a meeting on 26 August 1971 at

Beirut, Lebanon.

Members in 1971: Belgium, Egypt, France, Jordan, Lebanon,Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States.

Working Group on the Financing of UNRWAMembers in 1971: France, Ghana, Japan, Lebanon, Norway,

Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey (Chairman), United Kingdom,United States.

COMMITTEE FOR THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARYOF THE UNITED NATIONS

Members in 1971: Austria, Bulgaria (Vice-Chairman), Byelorus-sian SSR, Canada, China, France, Ghana (Chairman), Guate-mala, Guinea, Guyana (Vice-Chairman), India (Vice-Chairman),Iran, Italy (Rapporteur), Lebanon, Mauritania, Peru, Philippines,Somalia, Sweden, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, USSR,United Kingdom, United States.

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE SITUATION WITH REGARDTO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECLARATION ON

THE GRANTING OF INDEPENDENCE TO COLONIALCOUNTRIES AND PEOPLES

Members in 1971: Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji,India, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Mali, Poland, SierraLeone, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, Trinidad and Tobago,Tunisia, USSR, United Kingdom,* United Republic of Tanzania,United States,* Venezuela, Yugoslavia.

*By letters of 11 January 1971, the United Kingdom and theUnited States informed the President of the General Assembly thatthey had decided to withdraw from membership of the SpecialCommittee, with immediate effect.

Chairman: Germán Nava Carrillo (Venezuela).Vice-Chairmen: Barouh Grinberg (Bulgaria), Rafic Jouejati (Syrian

Arab Republic).Rapporteur: Yilma Tadesse (Ethiopia).

On 20 December 1971, the President of the General Assemblynominated China, Indonesia and Czechoslovakia to fill three of thefour existing vacancies on the Special Committee, with immediateeffect.

The Special Committee has a Sub-Committee on Petitions and aWorking Group. In addition, Sub-Committees I, II and III weremaintained in 1971. Territories not referred to Sub-Committees I, IIor III were taken up at plenary meetings of the Special Committee.

Sub-Committee on PetitionsMembers in 1971: Ecuador (Chairman), India, Madagascar, Mali,

Poland, Syrian Arab Republic.

Working GroupIn 1971, the Working Group of the Special Committee consisted

of Ecuador, India, Madagascar, Sweden and the United Republicof Tanzania, and the officers of the Special Committee.*

*On 14 September 1971, the Special Committee decided that,in view of the departure from United Nations Headquarters of itsChairman (Venezuela) and Vice-Chairman (Bulgaria), Bulgariaand Venezuela should serve as members of the Working Group.

Sub-Committee IMembers in 1971: Mali, Sierra Leone, Syrian Arab Republic

(Chairman), Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, USSR, UnitedRepublic of Tanzania (Rapporteur), Yugoslavia.

Sub-Committee IIMembers in 1971: Afghanistan (Chairman), Ethiopia, Fiji, India,

Iraq, Poland.

Sub-Committee IIIMembers in 1971: Bulgaria, Iran (Chairman), Ivory Coast,

Madagascar, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago (Rapporteur).

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON APARTHEID*Members in 1971: Algeria, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti,

Hungary, India, Malaysia, Nepal, Nigeria, Philippines, Somalia,

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2 See Y.U.N., 1950, pp. 193-95. See Y.U.N., 1947-1948, p. 287.


Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, UkrainianSSR.

Chairman: Abdulrahim A. Farah (Somalia).Vice-Chairmen: M. D. Polyanichko (Ukrainian SSR); Raoul Siclait

(Haiti).Rapporteur. Uddhav Deo Bhatt (Nepal).

*On 8 December 1970, the General Assembly approved arecommendation of the Special Political Committee to shorten thetitle of the Committee. It was formerly called the "SpecialCommittee on the Policies of Apartheid of the Government of theRepublic of South Africa."

On 19 January 1971, the President of the General Assemblyinformed the Secretary-General that he had appointed Guatemalaas the fifth of seven new members authorized by an Assemblydecision of 8 December 1970 enlarging the Committee. Two of theseven authorized seats remained unfilled in 1971.

Sub-Committee on PetitionsMembers in 1971: Algeria (Chairman), Guatemala, India, Nepal,

Nigeria, Philippines, Somalia, Ukrainian SSR.

Sub-Committee on Information on ApartheidMembers in 1971: Ghana, Guinea, Haiti, Hungary, Malaysia

(Chairman), Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Trinidad and Tobago.

Working GroupMembers in 1971: Abdulrahim A. Farah, Chairman of the Special

Committee (Somalia); M.D. Polyanichko, Vice-Chairman of theSpecial Committee (Ukrainian SSR); Raoul Siclait, Vice-Chair-man of the Special Committee (Haiti); Uddhav Deo Bhatt,Rapporteur of the Special Committee (Nepal); Ahmed Oucif,Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Petitions (Algeria); YeopAdlan-Rose, Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Information onApartheid (Malaysia).

COMMITTEE OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNITED NATIONSTRUST FUND FOR SOUTH AFRICA

Members in 1971: Chile, Morocco, Nigeria (Vice-Chairman),Pakistan, Sweden (Chairman).

UNITED NATIONS COUNCIL FOR NAMIBIAThe United Nations Council for Namibia* was established by the

General Assembly on 19 May 1967. Its executive and administra-tive tasks are entrusted to a United Nations Commissioner forNamibia. The presidency of the Council rotates among members,in English alphabetical order, at four-month intervals.

*The Council, formerly known as the United Nations Council forSouth West Africa, was renamed the United Nations Council forNamibia in accordance with a General Assembly resolution of 12June 1968 which, among other things, proclaimed that South WestAfrica was thenceforth to be known as Namibia.

Members in 1971: Chile, Colombia, Egypt, Guyana, India,Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Turkey, Yugoslavia, Zambia.

Acting United Nations Commissioner for Namibia: Agha AbdulHamid.

The Council has established two standing committees. Onedeals with the planning of the Council's work, communications andpublicity, and studies ways and means of enabling Namibians toparticipate in the Council's work. The second standing committeedeals with administrative, legal and educational matters. Allquestions previously entrusted to various ad hoc bodies weretransferred to those standing committees, with the exception ofmatters dealt with by the Ad Hoc Committee on the Question ofTravel Documents.

Standing Committee IMembers in 1971: Colombia, India, Indonesia, Nigeria (Chairman

from September 1971), Pakistan, Turkey (Chairman untilSeptember 1971).

Standing Committee IIMembers in 1971: Chile, Egypt, Guyana, Yugoslavia, Zambia

(Chairman).

Ad Hoc Committee on the Questionof Travel DocumentsMembers in 1971: Egypt, Guyana (Chairman), India, Yugoslavia.

SUB-COMMITTEE ON THE SITUATION IN ANGOLAMembers: Bolivia, Dahomey, Finland, Malaysia, Sudan.

The Sub-Committee reported to both the General Assembly andthe Security Council in 1961 and 1962. It adjourned sine die afterconsideration of its report to the General Assembly's seventeenthsession in December 1962.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE UNITED NATIONSEDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING PROGRAMME

FOR SOUTHERN AFRICAMembers in 1971: Canada, Denmark, India, United Republic of

Tanzania, Venezuela, Zaire, Zambia (Chairman).

UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADEAND DEVELOPMENT (UNCTAD)

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development(UNCTAD) consists of those States which are Members of theUnited Nations or members of the specialized agencies or of theInternational Atomic Energy Agency.

TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARDThe Trade and Development Board is a permanent organ of the

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, andconsists of 55 members elected from the following four groups ofStates:

Group A. 22 of the following States: Afghanistan, Algeria,Botswana, Burma, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repub-lic, Ceylon, Chad, China, Congo, Dahomey, Egypt, EquatorialGuinea,* Ethiopia, Fiji,* Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, India,Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kenya, KhmerRepublic, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan ArabRepublic, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali,Mauritania, Mauritius, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria,Pakistan, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, Philippines,Republic of Korea, Republic of Viet-Nam, Rwanda, SaudiArabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, SouthAfrica, Sudan, Swaziland,* Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand,Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, UpperVolta, Western Samoa, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia.

Group B. 18 of the following States: Australia, Austria, Belgium,Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Federal Republic of Germany,Finland, France, Greece, Holy See, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Nether-lands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Spain,Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States.

Group C. 9 of the following States: Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia,Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic,Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras,Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trini-dad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Group D. 6 of the following States: Albania, Bulgaria, ByelorussianSSR, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, UkrainianSSR, USSR.

The members of the Board are elected at each regular sessionof the Conference and serve until the election of their successors.

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The States listed with an asterisk (*) became members ofUNCTAD after the second session of the Conference, held at NewDelhi, India, from 1 February to 29 March 1968. On 11 September1969, the Trade and Development Board decided that, for thepurpose of elections to subsidiary bodies, Equatorial Guinea andSwaziland should be treated as if they were among the countrieslisted in Group A. On 3 March 1971, the Trade and DevelopmentBoard took a similar decision concerning Fiji, which was admittedto membership in the United Nations on 13 October 1970.

Bahrain, Bhutan, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emiratesbecame Members of the United Nations in 1971 during theGeneral Assembly's twenty-sixth session, and consequentlybecame members of UNCTAD. By the end of 1971, no decisionhad been taken about their listings for purposes of elections toUNCTAD's subsidiary bodies.

Sessions during 1971During 1971, the Trade and Development Board held the

following sessions:

Tenth Session (Second Part): 1 to 9 March 1971, at Geneva,Switzerland.

Tenth Session (Third Pan): 24 May 1971, at Geneva, Switzerland.Seventh Session: 24 August to 21 September 1971, at Geneva,

Switzerland.

Board Members In 1971Group A: Afghanistan, Algeria, Chad, Ghana, India, Indonesia,

Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Nigeria,Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, Syrian ArabRepublic, Tunisia, Uganda, Yugoslavia.

Group B: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, FederalRepublic of Germany, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Japan,Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UnitedKingdom, United States.

Group C: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala,Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela.

Group D: Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania,USSR.

Officers of the Board In 1971Tenth Session (Second and Third Parts)President: Pierre A. Forthomme (Belgium).Vice-Presidents: Anthony Hill (Jamaica); Frank G. Hooton

(Canada); Peter S. Lai (Malaysia); Osmo Lares (Finland);Wlodzimierz Natorf (Poland); Amanullah Rassoul (Afghanistan);Armand Razafindrabe (Madagascar); Oswaldo De Rivero(Peru); F. Spinelli (Italy); Nicolay Stephanov (Bulgaria).

Rapporteur: Abdelaziz EI-Ayadhi (Tunisia).

Seventh SessionPresident: Hortencio J. Brillantes (Philippines).Vice-Presidents: A. A. Adeyeye (Nigeria); Diego Garcés (Co-

lombia); Umberto Garrone (Italy); Hideo Kitahara (Japan);Gunnar Ljungdahl (Sweden); Enrique López Herrarte (Guate-mala); Bernard F. Meere (Australia); Bénié Nioupin (IvoryCoast); B. R. Patel (India); A. Petrescou (Romania).

Rapporteur: Andrey Lukanov (Bulgaria).

Bureau of the Trade and Development BoardThe elected officers of the Trade and Development Board form

the Bureau of the Board.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE BOARD AND TOTHE COMMITTEE ON COMMODITIES

The Advisory Committee held its sixth session at Geneva,Switzerland, from 22 March to 2 April 1971.

Members in 1971 (to serve until 14 February 1972):S. Osman Ali (Pakistan), elected by the Board as Chairman;Samar Sen (India), nominated by FAO as a person specifically

concerned with agricultural commodities;Bénié Nioupin (Ivory Coast), nominated by the Contracting Parties

to GATT;

and the following who were appointed by the Board on therecommendation of the Secretary-General of UNCTAD:

Tulio de Andrea (Peru), as a person particularly concerned withnon-agricultural primary commodities;

Isaiah Frank (United States), as a person of wide experience in theproblems confronting developing countries the economies ofwhich are primarily dependent on the production and interna-tional marketing of primary commodities;

D. I. Kostyukhin (USSR), as a person particularly familiar with theproblems of States trading in primary commodities;

Michel Cépède (France),* as a person with special knowledge andexperience in the problems relating to primary commodities inmajor consuming countries.

*Appointed by the Board on 2 March 1971 to fill the vacancy leftby the death of André Philip (France).

On 16 September 1971, the Trade and Development Board:took note of the renomination of Samar Sen (India) by theDirector-General of FAO and of Bénié Nioupin (Ivory Coast) by theContracting Parties to GATT; reappointed Michel Cépède(France), Isaiah Frank (United States) and D. I. Kostyukhin(USSR) members of the Advisory Committee; appointed AntonioSánchez de Lozada Bustamante (Bolivia) as a member of theCommittee as a person particularly concerned with non-agricultur-al primary commodities to replace Tulio de Andrea (Peru), whoseterm was to expire on 14 February 1972; and, as recommended bythe Secretary-General of UNCTAD, re-elected S. Osman Ali(Pakistan) Chairman of the Committee—all for terms of office ofthree years expiring on 14 February 1975.

SUBSIDIARY ORGANS OF THE TRADEAND DEVELOPMENT BOARD

The following are the main standing or permanent subsidiariesof the Trade and Development Board:

Committee on CommoditiesPermanent Sub-Committee on CommoditiesPermanent Group on Synthetics and SubstitutesCommittee on Tungsten

Committee on ManufacturesCommittee on Invisibles and Financing related to TradeCommittee on ShippingSpecial Committee on PreferencesIntergovernmental Group on Transfer of Technology

Committee on CommoditiesThe Committee on Commodities consists of 55 members, 22

drawn from "Group A" members of UNCTAD, 18 from "Group B"members, 9 from "Group C" and 6 from "Group D."

For the list of members constituting Groups A, B, C and D, seeabove, under TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD.

The Committee on Commodities held its sixth session atGeneva, Switzerland, from 5 to 16 July 1971.

Members in 1971:To serve until 31 December 1971: Australia, Bolivia, Bulgaria,

Egypt, Finland, France, Guatemala, Guinea, Iran, Iraq, Mali,Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Senegal, Sweden, UnitedStates, Venezuela.

To serve until 31 December 1972: Brazil, Canada, Ceylon,Denmark, Ethiopia, Federal Republic of Germany, Ghana,Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Ivory Coast, Madagascar,Nigeria, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, USSR, Uruguay.

To serve until 31 December 1973: Argentina, Austria, Belgium,Chad, Czechoslovakia, Ecuador, India, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia,Norway, Peru, Republic of Viet-Nam, Romania, Syrian ArabRepublic, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom.

Chairman: Henri Janton (France).Vice-Chairmen: Tibor Fabian (Hungary), Eero Kekomaki (Finland),


Enrique López Herrarte (Guatemala), Narongrid Snidvongs(Thailand), G. O. Niyi (Nigeria).

Rapporteur: Ghebrechidan Alula (Ethiopia).

On 17 September 1971, the Trade and Development Boarddecided to postpone until 1972 elections to fill vacancies whichwould occur in the Committee on Commodities when the terms of18 members expired on 31 December 1971.

Permanent Sub-Committee on CommoditiesMembers in 1971: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Cameroon,

Canada, Ceylon, Colombia, Federal Republic of Germany,France, Ghana, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Madagascar, Mali,Nigeria, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Sweden, USSR, UnitedKingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, United States, Uruguay,Venezuela.

The Sub-Committee did not meet in 1971.

Permanent Group on Syntheticsand Substitutes

The Permanent Group on Synthetics and Substitutes held itsfifth session at Geneva, Switzerland, from 28 June to 3 July 1971.

Members in 1971: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Ceylon, Chad,Federal Republic of Germany, France, Indonesia, Italy, Japan,Malaysia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, Republic of Viet-Nam,Senegal, Sudan, Uganda, USSR, United Kingdom, UnitedStates.

Chairman: B. O. Awokoya (Nigeria).Vice-Chairman/Rapporteur: A. Pathmarajah (Ceylon).

Committee on TungstenMembers in 1971: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia,

Brazil, Canada, China, Cyprus, Federal Republic of Germany,France, Gabon, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru,Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, Rwanda, Spain,Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, USSR, United Kingdom, UnitedStates.


Committee on ManufacturesThe Committee on Manufactures consists of 45 members, 18

drawn from "Group A" members of UNCTAD, 15 from "Group B"members, 7 from "Group C" and 5 from "Group D."


The Committee on Manufactures held its fifth session atGeneva, Switzerland, from 3 to 14 May 1971.

Members in 1971:To serve until 31 December 1971: Afghanistan, Brazil, Bulgaria,

Canada, Guinea, Italy, Malaysia, Nigeria, Poland, Senegal,Sweden, Switzerland, United Republic of Tanzania, UnitedStates, Uruguay.

To serve until 31 December 1972: Belgium, Chile, Egypt, ElSalvador, Federal Republic of Germany, Hungary, Ivory Coast,Japan, Madagascar, Republic of Korea, Spain, Uganda, USSR,United Kingdom, Zaire.

To serve until 31 December 1973: Algeria, Austria, Colombia,Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, India, Iran, Mexico, Nether-lands, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Saudi Arabia.

Chairman: Andrey Lukanov (Bulgaria).Vice-Chairmen: Alberto Galeano (Colombia), Elmar Gamper

(Austria), Sherif R. Loutfi (Egypt), Mohammad Mohsin (Paki-stan), Hiroshi Ohki (Japan).

Rapporteur: Mustapha Kettab (Algeria).

On 17 September 1971, the Trade and Development Boarddecided to postpone until 1972 elections to fill vacancies which

would occur in the Committee on Manufactures when the terms of15 members expired on 31 December 1971.

Committee on Invisibles and Financingrelated to Trade

The Committee on Invisibles and Financing related to Tradeconsists of 45 members, 18 drawn from "Group A" members ofUNCTAD, 15 from "Group B" members, 7 from "Group C" and 5from "Group D."


The Committee on Invisibles and Financing related to Tradeheld its fifth session at Geneva, Switzerland, from 1 to 14December 1971.

Members in 1971:To serve until 31 December 1971: Argentina, Canada, Egypt,

Ethiopia, Federal Republic of Germany, Ghana, Hungary, Italy,Japan, Kuwait, Mali, Peru, Republic of Viet-Nam, Romania,Spain.

To serve until 31 December 1972: Belgium, Brazil, Chile,Czechoslovakia, Gabon, India, Netherlands, Poland, Republic ofKorea, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Uganda,United Kingdom, Zaire.

To serve until 31 December 1973: Australia, Ceylon, France,Guatemala, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Tunisia,Turkey, USSR, United States, Venezuela, Yugoslavia.

Chairman: Paul Blanc (France).Vice-Chairmen: Baudoin Richard Differding (Zaire); A. Path-

marajah (Ceylon); Paul Szigeti (Hungary); Hubert WielandAlzamora (Peru); D. Wilson (Canada).

Rapporteur: Mohammad Mohsin (Pakistan).

On 17 September 1971, the Trade and Development Boarddecided to postpone until 1972 elections to fill vacancies whichwould occur in the Committee on Invisibles and Financing relatedto Trade when the terms of 15 members expired on 31 December1971.

Committee on ShippingThe Committee on Shipping consists of 45 members, 18 drawn

from "Group A" members of UNCTAD, 15 from "Group B"members, 7 from "Group C" and 5 from "Group D."

For the list of members constituting Groups A, B, C, and D, seeabove, under TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD.

The Committee on Shipping held the first part of its fifth sessionfrom 22 March to 3 April 1971, and the second part of its fifthsession on 31 August 1971, both at Geneva, Switzerland.

Members in 1971:To serve until 31 December 1971: Brazil, Chad, Czechoslovakia,

Denmark, France, Ghana, India, Mexico, Netherlands, NewZealand, Norway, Republic of Korea, Senegal, Thailand, USSR.

To serve until 31 December 1972: Colombia, Ethiopia, Gabon,Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland,Spain, Sweden, United States, Venezuela.

To serve until 31 December 1973: Argentina, Australia, Bulgaria,Canada, Chile, Egypt, Federal Republic of Germany, Indonesia,Ivory Coast, Japan, Madagascar, Nigeria, Panama, Uganda,United Kingdom.

Fifth SessionChairman: Y. K. Quarley (Ghana) (first part); Diego Garcés

(Colombia) (second part).Vice-Chairmen: Diego Garcés (Colombia) (first part); A. Goldo-

benko (USSR); P. K. Kitonsa (Uganda); G. Krause (FederalRepublic of Germany); M. H. Panggabean (Indonesia).

Rapporteur: Edmund J. Antoun (United States) (first part); StigBrattstrom (Sweden) (second part).

On 17 September 1971, the Trade and Development Boarddecided to postpone until 1972 elections to fill vacancies which

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would occur in the Committee on Shipping when the terms of 15members expired on 31 December 1971.

Special Committee on PreferencesThe Special Committee on Preferences was established by the

Second United Nations Conference on Trade and Development asa subsidiary organ of the Trade and Development Board and opento the participation of all States members of UNCTAD.

The Special Committee did not meet in 1971.

Intergovernmental Group on Transfer ofTechnology

The Intergovernmental Group on Transfer of Technology,established by the Trade and Development Board on 18September 1970, consists of 45 members chosen on the basis ofequitable geographical distribution and, as far as possible, at anexpert level. Eighteen are drawn from "Group A" members ofUNCTAD, 15 from "Group B" members, 7 from "Group C" and 5from "Group D."


The work of the Intergovernmental Group was to be reviewed bythe Board after the Group had held two substantive sessions. Theterms of the members of the Group would expire after the Board'sreview.

The Intergovernmental Group held its first (organizational)session from 14 to 21 June 1971 at Geneva, Switzerland.

Members in 1971:* Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria,Ceylon, Chile, Congo, Czechoslovakia, Ecuador, Egypt, ElSalvador, Ethiopia, Federal Republic of Germany, Finland,France, Ghana, Greece, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, IvoryCoast, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Netherlands, Nigeria,Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Spain,Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, USSR,United States, Venezuela, Yugoslavia.

*Three vacancies in the membership of the IntergovernmentalGroup were not filled in 1971.

Chairman: Ljubomir Sekulic (Yugoslavia),Vice-Chairmen: Noury Chaouch (Tunisia); Pedro Daza (Chile); G.

Krasnov (USSR); F. Ponti (Italy); J. R. Samaranayake (Ceylon).Rapporteur: Rolf Moehler (Federal Republic of Germany).

JOINT ADVISORY GROUP ON THE UNCTAD/GATTINTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTRE

The Joint Advisory Group was established in accordance with anagreement between UNCTAD and the General Agreement onTariffs and Trade (GATT)3 effective on 1 January 1968, the date onwhich the UNCTAD/GATT International Trade Centre commencedoperations.

Participation in the Joint Advisory Group is open to all UNCTADmembers and all Contracting Parties to GATT.

The Joint Advisory Group held its fourth session at Geneva,Switzerland, from 12 to 16 January 1971.

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME(UNDP)

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) wasestablished by the General Assembly. Its Governing Councilreports to both the Economic and Social Council and the GeneralAssembly. (See below, under THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIALCOUNCIL)

UNITED NATIONS CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDThe United Nations Capital Development Fund was set up as an

organ of the General Assembly to function as an autonomousorganization within the United Nations framework, its policies andoperations to be exercised by a 24-member Executive Boardelected by the General Assembly from Members of the UnitedNations or members of the specialized agencies or of theInternational Atomic Energy Agency. The chief executive officer of

the Fund, the Managing Director, exercises his functions under thegeneral direction of the Executive Board. The Executive Boardreports to the Assembly through the Economic and Social Council.

Executive Board of the UnitedNations Capital Development Fund

On 14 December 1971, the General Assembly reconfirmed itsdecision of 15 December 1967 that, on a provisional basis, theUNDP Governing Council should act as Executive Board of theUnited Nations Capital Development Fund until the Fund'sinstitutional arrangements could be reviewed.

Managing DirectorOn 14 December 1971, the General Assembly reconfirmed its

decision of 15 December 1967 that, on a provisional basis, theAdministrator of UNDP be asked to act as Managing Director of theUnited Nations Capital Development Fund.

Managing Director: Paul G. Hoffman.

AD HOC COMMITTEE ON CO-OPERATION BETWEENTHE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

AND THE UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIALDEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION

The Ad Hoc Committee, established by the General Assemblyon 16 December 1971, was composed of those Member Stateswhose representatives were currently serving on the bureaux ofthe Governing Council of the United Nations DevelopmentProgramme and the Industrial Development Board of the UnitedNations Industrial Development Organization.

The Ad Hoc Committee did not meet in 1971.

Members for 1972: Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ghana,Hungary, India, Italy, Mexico, Uganda.

UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTORGANIZATION (UNIDO)

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization(UNIDO) was established by the General Assembly and functionsas an autonomous organization within the United Nations. Stateseligible for election to the Industrial Development Board, itsprincipal organ, are those which are Members of the UnitedNations or members of the specialized agencies or of theInternational Atomic Energy Agency.

Industrial Development BoardThe Industrial Development Board, the principal organ of

UNIDO, consists of 45 States elected by the General Assemblyfrom among UNIDO's members, with due regard to the principle ofequitable geographical distribution, to serve for a three-year termof office, one third of the terms expiring each year.

The Board reports annually to the General Assembly through theEconomic and Social Council.

The Board's membership is drawn from the following four groupsof States:List A. 18 of the following States: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain,*

Bhutan,* Botswana, Burma, Burundi, Cameroon, Central AfricanRepublic, Ceylon, Chad, China, Congo, Dahomey, Egypt,Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana,Guinea, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Ivory Coast, Jordan,Kenya, Khmer Republic, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho,Liberia, Libyan Arab Republic, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia,Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mongolia, Morocco,Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Oman,* Pakistan, People's DemocraticRepublic of Yemen, Philippines, Qatar,* Republic of Korea,Republic of Viet-Nam, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, SierraLeone, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland,Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, United

3 For further information on GATT, see PART TWO, CHAPTER XV, of thisvolume.


Arab Emirates,* United Republic of Tanzania, Upper Volta,Western Samoa, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia.

List B. 15 of the following States: Australia, Austria, Belgium,Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Federal Republic of Germany,Finland, France, Greece, Holy See, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Nether-lands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Spain,Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States.

List C. 7 of the following States: Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia,Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic,Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras,Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trini-dad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela.

List D. 5 of the following States: Albania, Bulgaria, ByelorussianSSR, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, UkrainianSSR, USSR.

*On 16 December 1971, the General Assembly decided toinclude Bahrain, Bhutan, Oman, Qatar and the United ArabEmirates in List A of those States eligible for membership in theBoard.

The Industrial Development Board held its fifth session atVienna, Austria, from 24 to 28 May and 8 June 1971.

Board Members In 1971To serve until 31 December 1971: Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Denmark,

France, India, Iraq, Japan, Kuwait, Netherlands, Poland, Sudan,Thailand, United States, Upper Volta.

To serve until 31 December 1972: Federal Republic of Germany,Ghana, Hungary, Iran, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mexico, Norway,Pakistan, Philippines, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uruguay,Venezuela.

To serve until 31 December 1973: Algeria, Argentina, Austria,Belgium, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Egypt, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya,Madagascar, Senegal, Sweden, Switzerland, USSR.

President: Kwaku B. Asante (Ghana).Vice-Presidents: Massimo Casilli d'Aragona (Italy); V. C. Trivedi

(India); Eric M. Zeilinger (Costa Rica).Rapporteur: Erno Hars (Hungary).

Executive Director: Ibrahim Helmi Abdel-Rahman.

On 16 December 1971, the General Assembly elected, for athree-year term expiring on 31 December 1974, the following onethird of the members of the Industrial Development Board to fillseats falling vacant at the end of 1971: Brazil, Cuba, Czecho-slovakia, Denmark, France, India, Japan, Kuwait, Libyan ArabRepublic, Malaysia, Netherlands, Peru, Thailand, United States,Upper Volta.

Board Members for 1972List A: Algeria, Egypt, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ivory Coast,

Kenya, Kuwait, Libyan Arab Republic, Madagascar, Malaysia,Mali, Pakistan, Philippines, Senegal, Thailand, Upper Volta.

List B: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Federal Republic of Germany,France, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden,Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States.

List C: Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay,Venezuela.

List D: Bulgaria, Cuba,* Czechoslovakia, Hungary, USSR.

*At the elections to the Industrial Development Board held in1966 and 1968, and again on 16 December 1971, the GeneralAssembly decided, upon request, that Cuba be included on thoseparticular occasions and in those particular cases among theStates listed in part D of the Annex to the Assembly's resolution2152(XXI) of 17 November 1966, which, inter alia, dealt with thecomposition of the Industrial Development Board.

Working Group on Programme and Co-ordinationThe Working Group, open to all members of the Industrial

Development Board, meets prior to each annual session of the

Board to consider the documentation prepared for the Boardsession with a view to examining UNIDO's work programmes,assessing their financial implications and reviewing problems ofco-ordination in the industrial development field.

The Working Group held its third session at Vienna, Austria,from 10 to 21 May 1971.

Chairman: Kwaku B. Asante (Ghana).Vice-Chairmen: Massimo Casilli d'Aragona (Italy); V. C. Trivedi

(India); Luis Weckmann Muñoz (Mexico).Rapporteur: Erno Hars (Hungary).

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR THE UNITED NATIONSCONFERENCE ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT

The Preparatory Committee held its second session at Geneva,Switzerland, from 8 to 19 February 1971, and its third session atUnited Nations Headquarters, New York, from 13 to 24 September1971.

The Committee consisted of highly qualified representativesnominated by the following 27 States: Argentina, Brazil, Canada,Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, France, Ghana,Guinea, India, Iran, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Mauritius, Mexico,Netherlands, Nigeria, Singapore, Sweden, Togo, USSR, UnitedKingdom, United States, Yugoslavia, Zambia.

Chairman: Keith Johnson (Jamaica).Vice-Chairmen: Fereydoun Hoveyda (Iran); Rastislav Lacko

(Czechoslovakia); Vernon J. Mwaanga (Zambia).Rapporteur: Ove Heyman (Sweden).

The Preparatory Committee established three sessional workinggroups in September 1971, corresponding to the proposed threemain committees of the Conference: Working Group I, on theplanning and management of human settlements for environmen-tal quality, and on the educational, informational, social andcultural aspects of environmental issues; Working Group II, on theenvironmental aspects of natural resources management, and ondevelopment and environment; Working Group III, on theidentification and control of pollutants and nuisances of broadinternational significance, and on the international organizationalimplications of action proposals.

The Preparatory Committee also established inter-governmentalworking groups on the following subjects: conservation; theDeclaration on the Human Environment; marine pollution; monitor-ing or surveillance of the human environment; and soils.

UNITED NATIONS INSTITUTE FOR TRAINING ANDRESEARCH (UNITAR)

The United Nations Institute for Training and Research(UNITAR) was established in accordance with a GeneralAssembly resolution of 11 December 1963 and came intoexistence in 1965. The Executive Director of the Institute reports tothe General Assembly and, as appropriate, to the Economic andSocial Council.

Board of TrusteesThe membership of UNITAR's Board of Trustees consists of: (a)

those members appointed in their personal capacities by theSecretary-General in consultation with the Presidents of theGeneral Assembly and the Economic and Social Council; and (b)ex-officio members.

The Board held its tenth session from 13 to 15 September 1971at United Nations Headquarters, New York.

Members in 1971 (to serve three-year terms, until 14 March 1973):Ralph J. Bunche (Secretariat);* Henning Friis (Denmark);Shintaro Fukushima (Japan); Richard Gardner (United States);Mahmoud H. Hammad (Egypt); Hans A. Havemann (FederalRepublic of Germany); Felipe Herrera, Vice-Chairman (Chile);John Holmes (Canada); N. Inozemtsev (USSR); JosephKi-Zerbo (Upper Volta); Jacques Kosciusko-Morizet (France);

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Manfred Lachs (Poland); Jiri Nosek (Secretariat); G. Parthasara-thi (India); Manuel Pérez Guerrero (Venezuela); RaymondScheyven (Belgium); Mehdi Vakil (Iran); Kenneth Younger,Chairman (United Kingdom).

Ex-officio Members: The Secretary-General; the President of theGeneral Assembly; the President of the Economic and SocialCouncil; the Executive Director of UNITAR.

Executive Director: Chief S. O. Adebo.

*Retired in June 1971. The resulting vacancy was not filled in1971.

Administrative and Training Committe*Members in 1971: Richard Gardner (United States); Mahmoud H.

Hammad (Egypt); Jacques Kosciusko-Morizet (France); Man-fred Lachs (Poland); Jiri Nosek (Secretariat); Manuel PérezGuerrero (Venezuela); Raymond Scheyven (Belgium); MehdiVakil (Iran); Kenneth Younger, Chairman (United Kingdom).

Ex-officio Member: Chief S. O. Adebo, Executive Director.

Research CommitteeMembers in 1971: Henning Friis (Denmark); Shintaro Fukushima

(Japan); Richard Gardner (United States); Hans A. Havemann(Federal Republic of Germany); Felipe Herrera, Chairman(Chile); John Holmes (Canada); N. Inozemtsev (USSR);Manfred Lachs (Poland); G. Parthasarathi (India); Manuel PerezGuerrero (Venezuela).

Ex-officio Member: Chief S. O. Adebo, Executive Director.

PANEL OF EXPERTS ON THE ESTABLISHMENTOF AN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

On 11 December 1970, the General Assembly authorized theSecretary-General to set up the Panel of Experts to consist of 10experts nominated by Governments of United Nations MemberStates, designated by the President of the General Assembly, andfive experts designated by the Secretary-General in consultationwith the Director-General of the United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the ExecutiveDirector of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research(UNITAR).

The Panel of Experts held two series of meetings in 1971, onebetween 7 and 9 July, at Geneva, Switzerland, and a secondbetween 3 and 5 November, at United Nations Headquarters, NewYork.

Members in 1971: Isao Amagi (Japan);† Sir William Mansfield† Chairman

(United States);* Mohamed Hassan El-Zayyat (Egypt);†

Jacques Freymond (Switzerland);* Eduardo Hardoy(Argentina);† Felipe Herrera (Chile);* Davidson S. H. W. Nicol(Sierra Leone);† G. Parthasarathi, Alternate Chairman (India);†

Victor Sahini, Rapporteur (Romania);* Abdus Salam (Paki-stan);* Jean A. Sirinelli (France);† Seydou Madani Sy (Senegal);†

Eugenio Rodrigues Vega (Costa Rica)† (until November 1971);Benjamin Núñez (Costa Rica)† (from November 1971); StephanVerosta (Austria).†

*Designated by the Secretary-General.†

Designated by Governments of Member States.

On 16 December 1971, the General Assembly decided that themembership of the Panel of Experts should be increased to notmore than 20 to allow for the nomination of five additional expertsby the Director-General of UNESCO.

The additional experts were not nominated in 1971.

UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND (UNICEF)The United Nations Children's Fund, established by the General

Assembly, reports through the Assembly to the Economic andSocial Council. (See below, under THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIALCOUNCIL)

COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OFRACIAL DISCRIMINATION

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination wasestablished under the terms of article 8 of the InternationalConvention on the Elimination of All Forms of RacialDiscrimination.4 It consists of 18 experts elected by the Statesparties to the Convention to serve in their personal capacity,consideration being given to equitable geographical distributionand to the representation of the different forms of civilization andprincipal legal systems.

Members of the Committee were elected for four-year terms;however, the terms of nine of the members, chosen by lot by theCommittee Chairman after the first election, were to expire at theend of two years to ensure rotation of one half of the membersevery two years.

The members' terms of office began on 19 January 1970, thedate of the first meeting of the Committee.

The Committee held its third session from 12 to 23 April 1971,and its fourth session from 23 August to 10 September 1971. Bothsessions were held at United Nations Headquarters, New York.

Members in 1971: Mahmoud Aboul-Nasr (Egypt); Alvin RobertCornelius* (Pakistan); Rajeshwar Dayal,* Chairman (India); M.2. Getmanets* (Ukrainian SSR); A. A. Haastrup, Vice-Chairman(Nigeria); José D. Ingles (Philippines); Sir Herbert Marchant(United Kingdom); Gonzalo Ortiz Martín,* Vice-Chairman (CostaRica); Mrs. Doris Owusu-Addo (Ghana); Karl Josef Partsch(Federal Republic of Germany); Aleksander Peles* (Yugo-slavia); Zbigniew Resich,* Vice-Chairman (Poland); ZenonRossides* (Cyprus); Fayez Al Sayegh, Rapporteur (Kuwait); S.T. M. Sukati (Swaziland); N. K. Tarassov* (USSR); Jan Tomko*(Czechoslovakia); Luis Valencia Rodríguez (Ecuador).

*Chosen by lot by the Chairman at the Committee's firstmeeting, on 19 January 1970, to complete their term of office at theend of two years.

In accordance with article 12 of the International Convention onthe Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, theCommittee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has theauthority to establish ad hoc conciliation commissions to settlecontroversies about violations.

SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE ISRAELIPRACTICES AFFECTING THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF

THE POPULATION OF THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIESMembers in 1971: Ceylon (Chairman), Somalia, Yugoslavia

SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO SELECT THE WINNERSOF THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS PRIZE

This Committee of ex-officio members was established pursuantto a decision of the General Assembly of 19 December 1966recommending that a prize or prizes in the field of human rightsshould be awarded not more often than at five-year intervals. Thefirst prizes were awarded on 9 December 1968 on the occasion ofthe celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the UniversalDeclaration of Human Rights.


Members: The President of the General Assembly; the Presidentof the Economic and Social Council; the Chairman of theCommission on Human Rights; the Chairman of the Commis-sion on the Status of Women; and the Chairman of theSub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protectionof Minorities.

OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGHCOMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR)

High Commissioner: Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan.

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See Y.U.N., 1965, pp. 440-46.

Cooper (United Kingdom); Andrew W. Cordier,


Executive Committee of the Programme of the UNHCRThe Executive Committee held its twenty-second session from 4

to 12 October 1971 at Geneva, Switzerland.

Members in 1971: Algeria, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil,Canada, China, Colombia, Denmark, Federal Republic ofGermany, France, Greece, Holy See, Iran, Israel, Italy,Lebanon, Madagascar, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Sweden,Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, UnitedRepublic of Tanzania, United States, Venezuela, Yugoslavia.

Chairman: M. Loveday (Australia).Vice-Chairman: Nuzhet Kandemir (Turkey).Rapporteur: Miss G. Rheker (Federal Republic of Germany).

AD HOC COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ASSEMBLYThe Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole Assembly consists of all

Members of the United Nations, under the chairmanship of thePresident of the session. It meets as soon as practicable after theopening of each regular session of the General Assembly toenable Governments to announce pledges of voluntary contribu-tions to the programmes of the United Nations High Commissionerfor Refugees and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency forPalestine Refugees in the Near East for the following year. Statesmembers of specialized agencies but not also United NationsMembers are invited to attend to announce their pledges to thesetwo refugee programmes.

UNITED NATIONS JOINT STAFF PENSION BOARDThe United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board is composed of 21

members, as follows:

Six appointed by the United Nations Staff Pension Committee (twofrom members elected by the General Assembly, two from thoseappointed by the Secretary-General, two from those elected byparticipants).

Fifteen appointed by Staff Pension Committees of the othermember organizations of the Pension Fund (two each by thefollowing: the International Labour Organisation; the Food andAgriculture Organization; the United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization; the World Health Organiza-tion; the International Civil Aviation Organization; and theInternational Atomic Energy Agency; and one each by thefollowing: the World Meteorological Organization; the Inter-Gov-ernmental Maritime Consultative Organization; and the Interna-tional Telecommunication Union).

The Board held its sixteenth session from 19 to 30 July 1971 atGeneva, Switzerland.

Members of the Pension Board In 1971United Nations

Representing the General Assembly: Representatives: Albert F.Bender, Jr.; Svenn Refshal. Alternate: Guillermo J. McGough.

Representing the Secretary-General: Representatives: Mo-hamed H. Gherab; Wilbur H. Ziehl. Alternate: MauriceHeenan.

Representing the Participants: Representatives: Alfred Landau;Mrs. Patricia K. Tsien, First Vice-Chairman. Alternate: A. J.Friedgut.

International Labour OrganisationRepresenting the Executive Head: Representative: C. J.

Hislaire. Alternates: A. Aboughanem; P. M. C. Denby; J.Paleologos.

Representing the Participants: Representative: N. F. MacCabe,Rapporteur. Alternate: K. Doctor.

Food and Agriculture OrganizationRepresenting the Executive Head: Representative: R. Piat,

Second Vice-Chairman. Alternate: J. Greig.Representing the Participants: Representative: T. Rivetta.

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural OrganizationRepresenting the Governing Body: Representatives: Rupert

Prohme (first week); Rafik Said (second week).Representing the Participants: Representative: Pierre Co-

eytaux. Alternate: W. Zyss.

World Health OrganizationRepresenting the Governing Body: Representative: Dr. E.

Aujaleu, Chairman.Representing the Participants: Representative: Dr. J. Burton.

Alternate: G. Dazin.

International Civil Aviation OrganizationRepresenting the Governing Body: Representative. G. F.

Scherer.Representing the Executive Head: Representative: J. J. Rolian.

International Atomic Energy AgencyRepresenting the Governing Body: Representative: C. L. Lamb.Representing the Executive Head: Representative: L. Alonso deHuarte.

World Meteorological OrganizationRepresenting the Governing Body: Representative: H. Panz-

ram.

Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative OrganizationRepresenting the Executive Head: Representative: Kaare

Stangeland.

International Telecommunication UnionRepresenting the Participants: Representative: C. Glinz.

Standing Committee of the Pension BoardMembers in 1971 (elected at the sixteenth session of the Board):

United Nations (Group I)Representing the General Assembly: Representative: Guillermo

J. McGough. Alternates: Svenn Refshal; Albert F. Bender, Jr.;Takeshi Naito.

Representing the Secretary-General: Representative: Wilbur H.Ziehl. Alternates: Maurice Heenan; David Miron; Clayton C.Timbrell.

Representing the Participants: Representative: Mrs. Patricia K.Tsien. Alternates: Alfred Landau; A. J. Friedgut; MarcSchreiber.

Specialized Agencies (Group II)Representing the Governing Body: Representative: Dr. E.

Aujaleu (WHO). Alternate: Dr. M. U. Henry (WHO).Representing the Executive Head: Representative: M. Bardoux

(ITU), Vice-Chairman. Alternate: L. Alonso de Huarte (IAEA).Representing the Participants: Representative: K. Doctor (ILO).

Alternates: N. F. MacCabe (ILO); V. T. Chivers (ILO).

Specialized Agencies (Group III)Representing the Governing Body: Representative: Rafik Said

(UNESCO). Alternate: Rupert Prohme (UNESCO), Chairman.Representing the Executive Head: Representative: J. J. Rolian

(ICAO). Alternate: W. H. Collins (ICAO).Representing the Participants: Representative: W. K. Mudie

(FAO). Alternates: I. L. Posner (FAO); V. de Silva (FAO).

Committee of ActuariesThe Joint Staff Pension Board's Committee of Actuaries is an

independent expert group whose members are appointed by theSecretary-General on the recommendation of the United NationsJoint Staff Pension Board.

Members in 1971: Gonzalo Arroba (Ecuador); Robert J. Myers(United States); Francis Netter (France).

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UNITED NATIONS STAFF PENSION COMMITTEEThe United Nations Staff Pension Committee consists of three

members elected by the General Assembly, three appointed by theSecretary-General and three elected by the participants in theFund. The term of office of the elected members is three years.

Members in 1971:Appointed by Assembly (to serve until 31 December 1973):

Members: Albert F. Bender, Jr. (United States); Guillermo J.McGough (Argentina); Miss K. Whalley (United Kingdom).*Alternates: Harry L. Morris (Liberia); Takeshi Naito (Japan);Svenn Refshal (Norway).

Appointed by Secretary-General (to serve until further notice):Members: Wilbur H. Ziehl; Mohamed H. Gherab;† David B.Vaughan. Alternates: Maurice Heenan; David Miron; Clayton C.Timbrell.

Appointed by Participants (to serve until 31 December 1973):Members: A. J. Friedgut; Alfred Landau; Mrs. Patricia K. Tsien.Alternates: Angel A. Garcia; Donald R. La Marr; Marc Schreiber.

*Appointed by the General Assembly on 11 October 1971 toreplace John I. M. Rhodes, who resigned with effect from 22September 1971, for the remainder of his term of office.

† Appointed by the Secretary-General on 2 April 1971 to replaceAndrew A. Stark, who resigned with effect from 3 March 1971.

INVESTMENTS COMMITTEEThe members of the Investments Committee are appointed by

the Secretary-General, usually for three-year terms, after consulta-tion with the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board and theGeneral Assembly's Advisory Committee on Administrative andBudgetary Questions, subject to confirmation by the GeneralAssembly.

In 1970, in order to ensure continuity of policy, the InvestmentsCommittee and the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Boardrecommended to the Secretary-General that the terms of theCommittee members be staggered in such a way as to avoid theirending in the same year. Accordingly, on 11 December 1970, theGeneral Assembly confirmed the reappointment by the Secretary-General of all the members of the Committee, effective 1 January1971. with one-year, two-year and three-year terms as follows:To serve until 31 December 1971: Eugene R. Black; Jacques

Rueff.To serve until 31 December 1972: Roger de Candolle; R.

McAllister Lloyd, Chairman*To serve until 31 December 1973: George A. Murphy; B. K. Nehru.

On 21 December 1971, the General Assembly confirmed theappointment by the Secretary-General of Eugene R. Black andDavid Montagu to serve three-year terms, beginning 1 January1972.

*R. McAllister Lloyd resigned as at 31 December 1971, althoughhe agreed to continue to serve as Chairman of the Committee onan ad hoc basis through 1972. On 21 December 1971, the GeneralAssembly confirmed the appointment by the Secretary-General ofJean Guyot to serve for the remainder of R. McAllister Lloyd's termof office, from 1 January to 31 December 1972.

BOARD OF AUDITORSThe three members of the Board of Auditors are appointed by

the General Assembly for three-year terms.

Members in 1971: Auditor-General of Canada; Auditor-General ofColombia; Comptroller and Auditor-General of Pakistan.

On 8 November 1971, the General Assembly reappointed theAuditor-General of Colombia for a three-year term beginning 1 July1972.

PANEL OF EXTERNAL AUDITORSThe Panel of External Auditors consists of the members of the

United Nations Board of Auditors and the appointed external

auditors of the specialized agencies and the International AtomicEnergy Agency.

JOINT INSPECTION UNITThe membership of the Joint Inspection Unit consists of

inspectors appointed by the Secretary-General after consultationwith members of the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination.The inspectors are chosen for their special experience in nationalor international administrative and financial matters, with dueregard to equitable geographical distribution.

Members in 1971: Maurice Bertrand (France), Lucio Garcia delSolar (Argentina), Sreten Ilic (Yugoslavia), Chandra S. Jha(India), Robert M. Macy (United States), Joseph A. Sawe(United Republic of Tanzania), Sir Leonard Scopes (UnitedKingdom), A. F. Sokirkin (USSR).

SPECIAL COMMITTEE FOR THE REVIEW OF THEUNITED NATIONS SALARY SYSTEM

Established by the General Assembly on 17 December 1970,the Special Committee was composed of government experts ofrecognized standing and experience from 11 Member Statesnominated by the President of the General Assembly with dueregard to geographical balance.

The Special Committee held meetings between 1 June and 24August 1971.

Members in 1971: Zakari M. Bello (Nigeria); Masao Chiba (Japan);Zbigniew Dembowski (Poland) (1 to 10 June),* Jan Chowaniec(Poland) (from 5 July); Oscar R. Faura, Vice-Chairman (Peru);Arthur H. M. Hillis (United Kingdom); Dayton W. Hull (UnitedStates); K. A. Mariko, Rapporteur (Niger); Guillermo J.McGough (Argentina), Ricardo A. Ramayon (5 to 15 July); P.Robert-Duvilliers (France) (until 15 July), Michel Maier (France)(alternate) (from 15 July); S. K. Roy, Chairman (India); A. V.Zakharov (USSR).

*Temporarily replaced by Edward Sabik (Poland) and ZbigniewDabrowski (Poland) (alternates) between 10 June and 5 July.

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE FINANCIALSITUATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

The Special Committee was established by the GeneralAssembly on 22 December 1971 to study all the facts, as well asexisting and new suggestions for a solution to the serious financialsituation of the United Nations, and to consider working outconcrete proposals for presentation to the General Assembly in1972.

Members in 1971: Brazil, Canada, China, France, Ghana, India,Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, USSR, UnitedKingdom, United States.


SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE RATIONALIZATIONOF THE PROCEDURES AND ORGANIZATION OF

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLYThe Special Committee was composed of 31 Member States

appointed by the President of the General Assembly on the basisof equitable geographical distribution.

Members in 1971: Afghanistan, Austria, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil,Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Egypt, France,Greece, India, Japan, Lebanon, Liberia, Netherlands, Nigeria,Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Senegal, Tunisia,USSR, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Yugoslavia,Zambia.

Chairman: Otto R. Borch (Denmark).


Vice-Chairmen: Ibrahima Boye (Senegal), Eugeniusz Kulaga(Poland), Motoo Ogiso (Japan).

Rapporteur: Bernardo de Azevedo Brito (until 4 June 1971)(Brazil); Ronaldo Mota Sardenberg (from 4 June 1971) (Brazil).

CONSULTATIVE PANEL ON UNITED NATIONSINFORMATION POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES

Members in 1971: The Permanent Representatives of thefollowing United Nations Member States: Czechoslovakia,France, India, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Liberia, Peru, Sudan,USSR, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela.

On 22 December 1971, the General Assembly requested theSecretary-General to review the composition of the ConsultativePanel (originally set up following a General Assembly decision of1 December 1959) to ensure that it reflected the current situation inthe United Nations. (See pp. 654-58.)

Members for 1972: The Permanent Representatives of thefollowing United Nations Member States: Canada, China,Colombia, Czechoslovakia, France, India, Italy, Ivory Coast,Japan, Jordan, Liberia, Netherlands, People's DemocraticRepublic of Yemen, Peru, Poland, Romania, Sudan, Sweden,Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, USSR, United Kingdom, UnitedStates, Venezuela, Yugoslavia, Zaire.

UNITED NATIONS ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNALMembers in 1971:To serve until 31 December 1971: Lord Crook (United Kingdom);

Francis T. P. Plimpton (United States).To serve until 31 December 1972: Francisco Forteza (Uruguay);

Zenon Rossides (Cyprus).To serve until 31 December 1973: Mrs. Paul Bastid (France);

Vincent Mutuale (Zaire); R. Venkataraman (India).

On 8 November 1971, the General Assembly appointed FrancisT. P. Plimpton (United States) and Sir Roger Bentham Stevens(United Kingdom) for a three-year term beginning 1 January 1972to fill seats falling vacant at the end of 1971.

Members for 1972: Mrs. Paul Bastid (France); Francisco Forteza(Uruguay); Vincent Mutuale (Zaire); Francis T. P. Plimpton(United States); Zenon Rossides (Cyprus); Sir Roger BenthamStevens (United Kingdom); R. Venkataraman (India).

COMMITTEE ON APPLICATIONS FOR REVIEW OFADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL JUDGEMENTS

The Committee held its resumed eighth session between 27January and 12 February 1971 at United Nations Headquarters,New York.

Members (from 16 September 1970) (based on composition of theGeneral Committee at the General Assembly's twenty-fifthsession): Afghanistan, Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada,Chad, China, Ecuador, France, Iraq, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta,Mauritius, Nepal, Norway, Philippines, Romania, Senegal,Ukrainian SSR, USSR, United Kingdom, United States, Vene-zuela, Zambia.

The Committee held its ninth session on 5 November 1971 atUnited Nations Headquarters, New York.

Members (from 21 September 1971) (based on composition of theGeneral Committee at the General Assembly's twenty-sixthsession): Belgium, Bulgaria, Burundi, China, Costa Rica,Cyprus, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland,Jamaica, Japan, Nigeria, People's Democratic Republic ofYemen, Peru, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Sudan, USSR, UnitedKingdom, United States, Venezuela, Zambia.

INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSIONThe International Law Commission consists of 25 persons of

recognized competence in international law elected by the General

Assembly in their individual capacities for a five-year term. Anyvacancies occurring within the five-year period are filled by theCommission.

The Commission held its twenty-third session at Geneva,Switzerland, from 26 April to 30 July 1971.

Members in 1971: Roberto Ago, First Vice-Chairman (Italy);Fernando Albónico (Chile); Gonzalo Alcívar (Ecuador); MilanBartos, Second Vice-Chairman (Yugoslavia); Mohammed Bed-jaoui (Algeria); Jorge Castañeda (Mexico); Erik Castren(Finland); Abdullah El-Erian (Egypt); Taslim O. Elias (Nigeria);Constantin T. Eustathiades (Greece); Richard D. Kearney(United States); Mr. Nagendra Singh (India); Alfred Raman-gasoavina (Madagascar); Paul Reuter (France); Shabtai Ro-senne (Israel); José María Ruda (Argentina); José SetteCámara, Rapporteur (Brazil); Abdul Hakim Tabibi (Afghanistan);Arnold J. P. Tammes (Netherlands); Doudou Thiam (Senegal);Senjin Tsuruoka, Chairman (Japan); N. A. Ushakov (USSR);Endre Ustor (Hungary); Sir Humphrey Waldock (United King-dom); Mustafa Kamil Yasseen (Iraq).

On 17 November 1971, the General Assembly elected thefollowing as members of the International Law Commission for aperiod of 5 years, commencing 1 January 1972:

Roberto Ago (Italy), Gonzalo Alcívar (Ecuador), Milan Bartos(Yugoslavia), Mohammed Bedjaoui (Algeria), Suat Bilge (Turkey),Jorge Castañeda (Mexico), Abdullah El-Erian (Egypt), Taslim O.Elias (Nigeria), Edvard Hambro (Norway), Richard D. Kearney(United States), Mr. Nagendra Singh (India), R. Q. Quentin-Baxter(New Zealand), Alfred Ramangasoavina (Madagascar), PaulReuter (France), Zenon Rossides (Cyprus), José María Ruda(Argentina), José Sette Cámara (Brazil), Abdul Hakim Tabibi(Afghanistan), Arnold J. P. Tammes (Netherlands), Doudou Thiam(Senegal), Senjin Tsuruoka (Japan), N. A. Ushakov (USSR),Endre Ustor (Hungary), Sir Humphrey Waldock (United Kingdom),Mustafa Kamil Yasseen (Iraq).

COMMITTEE ON ARRANGEMENTS FOR A CONFERENCEFOR THE PURPOSE OF REVIEWING THE CHARTER

All Members of the United Nations are members of theCommittee.


SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE QUESTION OFDEFINING AGGRESSION

The Special Committee is composed of 35 members appointedby the President of the General Assembly, taking into considera-tion the principle of equitable geographical representation and thenecessity that the principal legal systems of the world berepresented.

The Special Committee held a series of meetings from 1February to 5 March 1971, at United Nations Headquarters, NewYork.

Members in 1971: Algeria, Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia,Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France,Ghana, Guyana, Haiti, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan,Madagascar, Mexico, Norway, Romania, Sierra Leone, Spain,Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, Uganda, USSR, UnitedKingdom, United States, Uruguay, Yugoslavia, Zaire.

Chairman: Augusto Legnani (Uruguay).Vice-Chairmen: Matti Cawen (Finland), llja Hulinsky (Czecho-

slovakia), Vincent Mutuale (Zaire).Rapporteur: Riyadh AI-Qaysi (Iraq).

Working GroupThe Working Group, established in 1970 by the Special

Committee, was re-established on 2 February 1971 to assist theCommittee in formulating an agreed or generally accepteddefinition of aggression.

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On 12 February 1971, the Special Committee decided that themembership of the Working Group would be: the Rapporteur of theSpecial Committee, and Cyprus, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Ghana,the USSR, the United Kingdom, the United States.

COMMISSION ON PERMANENT SOVEREIGNTY OVERNATURAL RESOURCES

Members in 1971: Afghanistan, Chile, Egypt, Guatemala, Nether-lands, Philippines, Sweden, USSR, United States.


ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE UNITED NATIONSPROGRAMME OF ASSISTANCE IN THE TEACHING,

STUDY, DISSEMINATION AND WIDER APPRECIATIONOF INTERNATIONAL LAW

The Advisory Committee held its sixth session from 12 Octoberto 8 November 1971, at United Nations Headquarters, New York.

Members in 1971: Belgium, Ecuador, France, Ghana, Hungary,Iraq, USSR, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania,United States.

Chairman: Osei Tutu (Ghana).

On 18 December 1971, the General Assembly elected thefollowing 13 members* to a four-year term of office beginning1 January 1972: Barbados, Belgium, Cyprus, El Salvador, France,Ghana, Hungary, Iraq, Mali, USSR, United Kingdom, UnitedRepublic of Tanzania, United States.

*The General Assembly concurrently enlarged the AdvisoryCommittee from 10 to 13 members.

UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ONINTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW

The 29 States comprising the Commission's membership areelected by the General Assembly for six-year terms, in accordancewith a formula providing equitable geographical representation andadequate representation of the principle economic and legalsystems of the world. The terms of one half the members expireevery three years.

The Commission held its fourth session from 29 March to 20April 1971, at Geneva, Switzerland.

Members in 1971:To serve until 31 December 1973: Argentina, Australia, Belgium,

Brazil, Hungary, India, Iran, Kenya, Mexico, Romania, Spain,Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United States, Zaire.

To serve until 31 December 1976: Austria, Chile, Egypt, France,Ghana, Guyana, Japan, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Singapore,USSR, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania.

Chairman: Mr. Nagendra Singh (India).Vice-Chairmen: Joaquín Garrigues Díaz-Cañabate (Spain), Ne-

hemias Gueiros (Brazil), Jerzy Jakubowski (Poland).Rapporteur: Joseph D. Ogundere (Nigeria).

Working Group on Time-Limits and Limitations(Prescription) In the International Sato of Goods

The Working Group held its third session at United NationsHeadquarters, New York, from 30 August to 10 September 1971.

Members in 1971: Argentina, Belgium (Rapporteur), Egypt, Japan,Norway (Chairman), Poland, United Kingdom.

Working Group on theInternational Sato of GoodsMembers in 1971: Austria,* Brazil, France, Ghana, Hungary, India,

Iran, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Tunisia, USSR, United Kingdom,United States.

The Working Group did not meet in 1971.

*On 20 April 1971, Austria was appointed a member of theWorking Group to replace Norway.

Working Group on InternationalLegislation on Shipping

The Working Group held its second session from 22 to 26 March1971, in Geneva, Switzerland.

Members in 1971: Chile, India, Egypt, USSR, United Kingdom,United States.

Chairman: Rafael Lasalvia (Chile).Rapporteur: D. A. Kamat (India).

The Working Group was enlarged by the Commission at itsfourth session, and met on 6 April. The members of the enlargedWorking Group were: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Chile,Egypt, France, Ghana, Hungary, India, Japan, Nigeria, Norway,Poland, Singapore, Spain, USSR, United Kingdom, UnitedRepublic of Tanzania, United States, Zaire.

Chairman: Mr. Nagendra Singh (India).Vice-Chairman: Gervasio Ramón Carlos Colombres (Argentina).

COMMITTEE ON RELATIONS WITHTHE HOST COUNTRY

On 15 December 1971, the General Assembly established theCommittee on Relations with the Host Country, which was to becomposed of the host country and 14 Member States chosen bythe President of the General Assembly, taking into considerationequitable geographical representation.

On 21 December 1971, the President of the General Assemblyannounced the appointment of the following as members of theCommittee: Argentina, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cyprus, France,Guyana, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Mali, Spain, USSR, United Kingdom,United Republic of Tanzania. The United States, as host country,is the fifteenth member of the Committee.

The Committee held one meeting in 1971, on 28 December.

Chairman: Zenon Rossides (Cyprus).

The Security Council

The Security Council consists of 15 Members of the United Nationsin accordance with the provisions of Article 23 of the UnitedNations Charter as amended in 1965.

Members of the Council In 1971Permanent Members: China, France, USSR, United Kingdom,

United States.Non-Permanent Members: Argentina, Belgium, Burundi, Italy,

Japan, Nicaragua, Poland, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Syrian ArabRepublic.

On 23 November 1971, the General Assembly elected Guinea,India, Panama, Sudan and Yugoslavia to serve for a two-year termending 31 December 1973, to replace Burundi, Nicaragua, Poland,Sierra Leone and the Syrian Arab Republic, whose terms of officewere due to expire on 31 December 1971.

Members of the Council for 1972Permanent Members; China, France, USSR, United Kingdom,

United States.


Non-Permanent Members:To serve until 31 December 1972: Argentina, Belgium, Italy,

Japan, Somalia.To serve until 31 December 1973: Guinea, India, Panama,

Sudan, Yugoslavia.

Presidents of the Council In 1971The Presidency of the Council rotates monthly, according to the

English alphabetical listing of its member States. The followingserved as Presidents during 1971:

MonthJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

MemberUnited KingdomUnited StatesArgentinaBelgiumBurundiChinaFranceItalyJapanNicaraguaPolandSierra Leone

Military Staff CommitteeThe Military Staff Committee met fortnightly throughout 1971.

The first meeting was held on 14 January 1971 and the last on 30December 1971.

The members consisted of army, navy and air force representa-tives of China, France, the USSR, the United Kingdom and theUnited States.

Disarmament CommissionThe Commission reports to both the General Assembly and the

Security Council. (See above, under THE GENERAL ASSEM-BLY.)

Collective Measures CommitteeThe Committee reports to both the General Assembly and the


Standing CommitteesThere are two standing committees of the Security Council: the

Committee of Experts (established in 1946, to examine theprovisional rules of procedure of the Council and any other mattersentrusted to it by the Security Council); and the Committee on theAdmission of New Members. Each is composed of representativesof all Council members.

Ad hoc bodies

UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION FOR INDONESIAMembers: Australia, Belgium, United States.

On 1 April 1961, the Commission adjourned sine die.

UNITED NATIONS TRUCE SUPERVISION ORGANIZATIONIN PALESTINE (UNTSO)

Chief of Staff: Major-General Ensio P. H. Siilasvuo.

UNITED NATIONS MIDDLE EAST MISSION (UNMEM):SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-

GENERAL TO THE MIDDLE EASTGunnar V. Jarring.

UNITED NATIONS REPRESENTATIVE FOR INDIAAND PAKISTAN (UNRIP)

Frank P. Graham.

UNITED NATIONS MILITARY OBSERVER GROUPIN INDIA AND PAKISTAN (UNMOGIP)

Chief Military Observer: Lieutenant-General Luis TassaraGonzález.

SUB-COMMITTEE ON THE SITUATION IN ANGOLAThe Sub-Committee reports to both the General Assembly and

the Security Council. (See above, under THE GENERALASSEMBLY.) It adjourned sine die after consideration of its reportsat the General Assembly's seventeenth session in December1962.

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON APARTHEIDThe Committee reports to both the General Assembly and the


UNITED NATIONS PEACE-KEEPING FORCE INCYPRUS (UNFICYP)

Commander: Major-General Dewan Prem Chand.Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Cyprus:

Bibiano F. Osorio-Tafall.

(For a list of United Nations Member States which havecontributed personnel to the Force, see above, p. 216.)

COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED IN PURSUANCE OFSECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 253(1968)

(on sanctions for Southern Rhodesia)The Committee consists of all the members of the Security

Council. The chairmanship is rotated monthly in English alphabeti-cal order according to the presidency of the Security Council.

AD HOC SUB-COMMITTEE ON NAMIBIA(established in pursuance of Security

Council resolution 283(1970))An Ad Hoc Sub-Committee established in pursuance of Security

Council resolution 276(1970) was re-established on 29 July 1970by resolution 283 to study further ways of implementing resolutionson Namibia and to study replies submitted by Governments inresponse to the recommendations adopted by the SecurityCouncil.

The Ad Hoc Sub-Committee consists of all the members of theSecurity Council.

Chairman: Nsanzé Térence (Burundi).

COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ESTABLISHED BY THESECURITY COUNCIL AT ITS 1506TH MEETING

(on the question of micro-States)The Committee consists of all the members of the Security

Council. The chairmanship is rotated monthly in English alphabeti-cal order.

1971 SPECIAL MISSION TO GUINEA(established by Security Council resolution 295(1971)

and consensus of 26 August 1971)Members: Argentina, Syrian Arab Republic.

1971 SPECIAL MISSION TO SENEGAL(established by Security Council

resolution 294(1971))Members: Belgium, Burundi, Japan, Nicaragua, Poland, Syrian

Arab Republic.

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The Economic and Social CouncilThe Economic and Social Council consists of 27 Members of theUnited Nations, elected by the General Assembly, each for athree-year term of office.

Members of the Council In 1971To serve until 31 December 1971: Indonesia, Jamaica, Norway,

Pakistan, Sudan, USSR, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Yugoslavia.To serve until 31 December 1972: Brazil, Ceylon, France, Ghana,

Greece, Italy, Kenya, Peru, Tunisia.To serve until 31 December 1973: Haiti, Hungary, Lebanon,

Madagascar, Malaysia, New Zealand, Niger, United States,Zaire.

On 23 November 1971, the General Assembly elected Bolivia,Burundi, Chile, China, Finland, Japan, Poland, the USSR and theUnited Kingdom for a three-year term ending on 31 December1974, to replace the nine members whose terms of office were toexpire on 31 December 1971.

Members of the Council for 1972Bolivia, Brazil, Burundi, Ceylon, Chile, China, Finland, France,

Ghana, Greece, Haiti, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Lebanon,Madagascar, Malaysia, New Zealand, Niger, Peru, Poland,Tunisia, USSR, United Kingdom, United States, Zaire.

Sessions In 1971Organizational Meetings for Fiftieth Session, held at United

Nations Headquarters, New York, from 11 to 13 January 1971.Fiftieth Session, held at United Nations Headquarters, New York,

from 26 April to 21 May 1971.Fifty-first Session, held at Geneva, Switzerland, from 5 to 30 July

1971, and resumed at United Nations Headquarters, New York,on 27-29 October, 23 and 30 November and 20 December 1971.

Officers of the Council In 1971President: Rachid Driss (Tunisia).Vice-Presidents: João Augusto de Araujo Castro (Brazil);* Costa

P. Caranicas (Greece); Karoly Szarka (Hungary).

*On 5 July 1971, the Council elected Sergio Armando Frazão(Brazil) as Vice-President to replace João Augusto de AraujoCastro, who had resigned,

SUBSIDIARY AND OTHER RELATED ORGANS

SUBSIDIARY ORGANSSubsidiary organs reporting to the Economic and Social Council

consist of functional commissions, regional economic commis-sions, standing committees and ad hoc committees. In addition,there are three sessional committees of the whole. An Administra-tive Committee on Co-ordination also reports to the Council. (Fordetails, see below.)

OTHER RELATED BODIESA number of other United Nations organs, though not

established by the Economic and Social Council, report in variousways to the Council or through it to other bodies. (For details, seebelow.)

Sessional CommitteesEach of the Economic and Social Council's sessional commit-

tees consists of all the members of the Council.

Sessional Committees In 1971Economic CommitteeSocial CommitteeCo-ordination Committee

Officers of the Sessional Committees In 1971Economic Committee Chairman: Costa P. Caranicas (Greece).

Social Committee Chairman: Karoly Szarka (Hungary).Co-ordination Committee Chairman: Sergio Armando Frazao

(Brazil).

On 30 July 1971, the Economic and Social Council recommend-ed that the General Assembly amend the Charter in order toenlarge the Council's membership from 27 to 54. The Economicand Social Council concurrently decided to enlarge its sessionalcommittees as from 1972, pending receipt of the necessaryratifications to the proposed Charter amendment.

On 20 December 1971, the General Assembly adopted anamendment to the Charter which would enlarge the membership ofthe Economic and Social Council to 54, and submitted theamendment for ratification by United Nations Member States.

Functional Commissions andSubsidiaries

The Economic and Social Council has six functional commis-sions and one sub-commission. Of these, the PopulationCommission, the Statistical Commission and the Commission onNarcotic Drugs, meet once every two years.

The Commission on Human Rights and its Sub-Commission onPrevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities meetannually.

On 8 August 1969, the Economic and Social Council decidedthat, starting in 1971, the Commission for Social Development andthe Commission on the Status of Women,* which had hitherto metannually, were to meet biennially.

*By a resolution of 15 December 1969, the General Assemblyurged the Economic and Social Council to reconsider its decisionof 8 August 1969 so that the Commission on the Status of Womenmight continue to meet annually; on 31 July 1970, the Councilreaffirmed its decision that the Commission should meet bienniallywith effect from 1 January 1971.

STATISTICAL COMMISSIONThe Statistical Commission consists of 24 members, elected for

four-year terms by the Economic and Social Council.

Members in 1971:To serve until 31 December 1971: Australia, Cuba, Czecho-

slovakia, Egypt, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Ukrainian SSR.To serve until 31 December 1972: Brazil, Denmark, France,

Panama, Philippines, Poland, Thailand, United Kingdom.To serve until 31 December 1973: Belgium, Ireland, Libyan Arab

Republic, Morocco, Uganda, USSR, United States, Venezuela.

The Statistical Commission did not meet in 1971.On 20 May 1971, the Economic and Social Council elected the

following seven members for terms of office starting on 1 January1972 to fill vacancies occurring on 31 December 1971: Czecho-slovakia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Malaysia, Spain, Ukrainian SSR.The election of the eighth member was deferred until 1972.*

*On 7 January 1972, the Economic and Social Council electedArgentina as the eighth new member.

Members for 1972: Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Czechoslovakia,Denmark, France, Ghana, India, Ireland, Kenya, Libyan ArabRepublic, Malaysia, Morocco, Panama, Philippines, Poland,Spain, Thailand, Uganda, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, UnitedKingdom, United States, Venezuela.

POPULATION COMMISSIONThe Population Commission consists of 27 members, elected for

four-year terms by the Economic and Social Council.

Members in 1971:To serve until 31 December 1971: Central African Republic, Egypt,


France, Ghana, Indonesia, Jamaica, Pakistan, Sweden, Ukraini-an SSR.

To serve until 31 December 1972: Brazil, Czechoslovakia,Denmark, India, Kenya, New Zealand, Spain, Upper Volta,Venezuela.

To serve until 31 December 1973: Barbados, Gabon, Haiti, Iran,Japan, Tunisia, USSR, United Kingdom, United States.

The members and their chief representatives at the Commis-sion's sixteenth session, held at Geneva, Switzerland, from 1 to 12November 1971, were as follows:

Barbados: C. G. Alleyne. Brazil: J. L. Madeira; EduardoHermanny (alternate). Central African Republic: (not represented).Czechoslovakia: V. Wynnyczuk, Vice-Chairman; Jaroslav Stahl(alternate). Denmark: M. Boserup, Rapporteur. Egypt: YoussriRizk (alternate). France: A. Sauvy; J. Bourgeois-Pichat (alternate).Gabon: Jean-Marie Aubame. Ghana: K. T. de Graft-Johnson,Vice-Chairman. Haiti: (not represented). India: A. Chandra Sekhar,Chairman. Indonesia: N. Iskandar. Iran: D. Behnam; EbrahimDjahannema (alternate). Jamaica: G. W. Roberts, Vice-Chairman.Japan: T. Kuroda. Kenya: S. S. Heyer (alternate). New Zealand:J. P. Lewin. Pakistan: W. Ahmed; Tariq Osman Hyder (alternate).Spain: S. del Campo. Sweden: Mrs. U. Lindstrom; M. Tottie(alternate). Tunisia: Hassen Abbas, S. Annabi (alternates).Ukrainian SSR: V. F. Burlin. USSR: V. E. Ovsienko (alternate).United Kingdom: Miss J. Thompson; E. Grebenik (alternate).United States: W. H. Draper, Jr.; P. P. Claxton (alternate). UpperVolta: (not represented). Venezuela: B. Vildósola (alternate).

On 20 May 1971, the Economic and Social Council elected thefollowing for terms of office starting on 1 January 1972 to fillvacancies occurring on 31 December 1971: Egypt, France,Ghana, Indonesia, Morocco, Peru, Philippines, Sweden, UkrainianSSR.

Members for 1972: Barbados, Brazil, Czechoslovakia, Denmark,Egypt, France, Gabon, Ghana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran,Japan, Kenya, Morocco, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Spain,Sweden, Tunisia, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, United Kingdom,United States, Upper Volta, Venezuela.

COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTThe Commission for Social Development consists of 32

members, elected for four-year terms by the Economic and SocialCouncil.

Members in 1971:To serve until 31 December 1971: Byelorussian SSR, Congo,

Cuba, France, Gabon, India, Lebanon, Netherlands, USSR,United States, Venezuela.

To serve until 31 December 1972: Canada, Chile, Czecho-slovakia, Guatemala, Italy, Mauritania, Philippines, SierraLeone, Sweden, Thailand.

To serve until 31 December 1974: Cameroon, Costa Rica, Cyprus,Egypt, Jamaica, Japan, Somalia, Spain, Tunisia, UnitedKingdom, Yugoslavia.

On 8 August 1969, the Economic and Social Council decidedthat, starting in 1971, the Commission for Social Development,which had hitherto met annually and whose members servedthree-year terms of office, would meet biennially, with its membersserving four-year terms of office.

On 20 May 1971, the Economic and Social Council elected thefollowing for terms of office starting on 1 January 1972 to fillvacancies occurring on 31 December 1971: Belgium, DominicanRepublic, France, India, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, UkrainianSSR, USSR, United States, Uruguay.

Members for 1972: Belgium, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, CostaRica, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, Egypt,France, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Italy, Ivory Coast,Jamaica, Japan, Mauritania, Nigeria, Philippines, Sierra Leone,Somalia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, Ukrainian SSR,USSR, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Yugoslavia.

The members and their chief representatives at the Commis-sion's twenty-second session, held at United Nations Headquar-ters, New York, from 1 to 22 March 1971, were as follows:

Byelorussian SSR: V. I. Luzgin, Wee-Chairman; P.I. Dolgovech-ny (alternate). Cameroon: Philippe Mataga; Souaibou Hayatou(alternate). Canada: John A. Macdonald, Vice-Chairman; JustinCiale (alternate). Chile: Vicente Sánchez; Fernando Montaner(alternate). Congo: Philippe Gouamba. Costa Rica: José LuisMolina; Mrs. Emilia C. de Barish (alternate). Cuba: RicardoAlarcón de Quesada. Cyprus: Mikis Demetriou Sparsis; CostasPapademas (alternate). Czechoslovakia: Josef Siktanc (alternate).Egypt: Ahmed Mohamed Khalifa, Chairman; Amre M. Moussa(alternate). France: Jacques Megret; Jean-Dominique Paolini(alternate). Gabon: Alfred Boucah. Guatemala: Mario EfraínNájera-Farfán. India: Khaleeq Ahmed Naqvi; Ranjit Gupta, K. P.Saksena (alternates). Italy: Miss Maria A. Cao-Pinna. Jamaica:Hector Gibson, Rapporteur; H. Dale Anderson (alternate). Japan:Isamu Miyazaki; Kunio Katakura (alternate). Lebanon: YahyaMahmassani (alternate). Mauritania: Abdou Ould Hácheme.Netherlands: Mrs. D. Heroma-Meilink. Philippines: Leandro I.Verceles (alternate). Sierra Leone: Mrs. Rosalind O. Forde.Somalia: Hassan Kaid Abdullah; Miss Fatima Issak Bihi (alter-nate). Spain: Manuel Alonso Olea; Alvaro Fernández-Villaverde(alternate). Sweden: Miss Lisa Mattson; H. Granqvist, Mrs.Madeleine Stroje-Wilkens (alternates). Thailand: Malai Huvanan-dana, Vice-Chairman; Thamnong Charurat (alternate). Tunisia:Mohamed Fourati (adviser). USSR: N. A. Kovalsky. UnitedKingdom: Duncan Fairn; A. R. G. Prosser (alternate). UnitedStates: Mrs. Jean Picker. Venezuela; Tulio Alvarado, Miss FrancaBaroni (alternates). Yugoslavia: Mrs. Vida Tomsic; Naste Calovski(alternate).

Advisory Committee of Expertson the Prevention of Crimeand the Treatment of Offenders*

The Advisory Committee was composed of 10 membersappointed by the Secretary-General to serve in their individualcapacities as experts.

Members in 1971: Duncan Fairn (United Kingdom); AhmedMohamed Khalifa (Egypt); Thomas Adeoye Lambo, Chairman(Nigeria); Pietro Manca (Italy); H. G. Moeller, Rapporteur(United States); Norval Morris (Australia);† Atsushi Nagashima(Japan); Khaleeq Ahmed Naqvi (India); José A. Alves da CruzRíos (Brazil); B. A. Victorov (USSR).

† D id not attend.

The Advisory Committee held its fifth and final session at UnitedNations Headquarters, New York, from 19 to 26 July 1971.

*See below, p. 804, Committee on Crime Prevention andControl.

Advisory Committee for the Research andTraining Programme In Regional Development

The Advisory Committee did not meet in 1971.

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTSThe Commission on Human Rights consists of 32 members,

elected for three-year terms by the Economic and Social Council.

Members in 1971:To serve until 31 December 1971: Chile, Egypt, Finland, Iran,

Mauritania, New Zealand, Senegal, Ukrainian SSR, UnitedStates, Uruguay, Yugoslavia.

To serve until 31 December 1972: Ghana, Guatemala, Iraq,Morocco, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Turkey, United Kingdom,Zaire.

To serve until 31 December 1973: Austria, France, India,Lebanon, Mauritius, Mexico, Pakistan, Philippines, USSR,United Republic of Tanzania, Venezuela.

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The members and their chief representatives attending theCommission's twenty-seventh session, held at Geneva, Switzer-land, from 22 February to 26 March 1971, were as follows:

Austria: Felix Ermacora; Franz Ceska (alternate). Chile: RafaelGumucio; Fernando Gamboa (alternate). Egypt: Hussein Khallaf;Abdel Raouf El Reedy, Youssri Rizk, Mrs. Mervat El Talawi, SamiDraz (alternates). Finland: Voitto Saario; Klaus Tornudd (alter-nate). France: Pierre Juvigny; Mrs. Nicole Questiaux (alternate).Ghana: Kofi Sekyiama (alternate). Guatemala: Carlos García-Bau-er. India: Mrs. Leela Damodara Menon; A. S. Mani, P. M. S. Malik(alternates). Iran: Princess Ashraf Pahlavi; Parvis Radji (alternate).Iraq: Hisham Al-Shawi. Lebanon: Suleiman Sein; Mrs. RubyHomsey (alternate). Mauritania: S. A. Ould Taya (alternate).Mauritius: Radha Ramphul. Mexico: Miss María Lavalle Urbina.Morocco: Ahmed Kettani, Vice-Chairman; Mohamed Al Arbi Khat(alternate). Netherlands: T. C. van Boven, Vice-Chairman; Miss F.Y. van der Wal (alternate). New Zealand: R. Q. Quentin-Baxter; B.W. P. Absolum (alternate). Pakistan: Abu Sayeed Chowdhury;Tariq Osman Hyder (alternate). Peru: Mario Alzamore Váldez; LuisSolari Tudela (alternate). Philippines: Narciso G. Reyes,Rapporteur; Virgilio C. Nañagas (alternate). Poland: ZbigniewResich, Vice-Chairman; Jerzy Osiecki, Mrs. Helena Dobrzynska(alternates). Senegal: Ibrahima Boye. Turkey: Suat Bilge; NuzhetKandemir, Tugay Ulucevik, Miss Hulya Taylaner (alternates).Ukrainian SSR: I. Lukashuk (alternate). USSR: N. K. Tarassov; L.Verenikin (alternate). United Kingdom: Sir Keith Unwin; MissTessa A. Solesby (alternate). United Republic of Tanzania:Mahmud N. Rattansey. United States: Mrs. Rita E. Hauser; WarrenE. Hewitt (alternate). Uruguay: Héctor Gros-Espiell; SergioPittaluga (alternate). Venezuela: Andrés Aguilar, Chairman; PedroE. Coll (alternate). Yugoslavia: Branimir M. Jankovic; MilanSahovic, Milan Ristic (alternates). Zaire: Nicolas Bofunga.

On 25 May 1971, the Economic and Social Council elected thefollowing for terms of office starting on 1 January 1972 to fillvacancies occurring on 31 December 1971: Byelorussian SSR,Chile, Ecuador, Egypt, Iran, Italy, Nigeria, Norway, Romania,Senegal, United States.

Members for 1972: Austria, Byelorussian SSR, Chile, Ecuador,Egypt, France, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy,Lebanon, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria,Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Sene-gal, Turkey, USSR, United Kingdom, United Republic ofTanzania, United States, Venezuela, Zaire.

Sub-Commission on Preventionof Discrimination andProtection of Minorities

The 26 members of the Sub-Commission are elected by theCommission on Human Rights from nominations of experts madeby States Members of the United Nations in accordance with ascheme to ensure equitable geographical distribution. Themembers serve in their individual capacities as experts, rather thanas governmental representatives, for three-year terms.

Members: Mohamed A. Abu Rannat (Sudan); Peter Calvocoressi(United Kingdom); Francesco Capotorti (Italy); Alvin RobertCornelius (Pakistan); Aurel Cristescu (Romania);* Adib Daoudy(Syrian Arab Republic); Vicente Díaz Samayoa (Guatemala); I.J. D. Durlong (Nigeria); Clarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr. (UnitedStates); Miss Mary N. Gichuru (Kenya); Héctor Gros-Espiell(Uruguay); John P. Humphrey (Canada); Simon llako (Zaire);José D. Ingles (Philippines); Branimir M. Jankovic (Yugoslavia);Pierre Juvigny (France); Ahmed Kettani (Morocco); AhmedMohamed Khalifa (Egypt); Antonio Martínez Báez (Mexico);José R. Martínez Cobo (Ecuador); Erik Nettel (Austria); PaulNikiema (Upper Volta); Nicodeme Ruhashyankiki (Rwanda); Y.M. Rybakov (USSR); Hernán Santa Cruz (Chile); Waldo E.Waldron-Ramsey (Barbados).

*On 25 March 1971, Aurel Cristescu (Romania) was elected bythe Commission on Human Rights to fill the vacancy left by the

resignation of Alexander Bolintineanu (Romania), for the remain-der of the latter's term of office.

The Sub-Commission held its twenty-fourth session at UnitedNations Headquarters, New York, from 2 to 20 August 1971. Thefollowing members and alternates attended:

Mohamed A. Abu Rannat (Sudan). Peter Calvocoressi; MissTessa A. Solesby (alternate) (United Kingdom). Antonio Cassese(alternate) (Italy). Aurel Cristescu, Vice-Chairman (Romania). AdibDaoudy (Syrian Arab Republic). Juan Carlos Delprée-Crespo(alternate) (Guatemala). I. J. D. Durlong; Adamu Mohammed(alternate) (Nigeria). Clarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr.; John Carey,George Gowen (alternates) (United States). Miss Mary N. Gichuru,Rapporteur (Kenya). Héctor Gros-Espiell, Chairman (Uruguay).John P. Humphrey (Canada). Simon Ilako (Zaire). José D. Ingles;Cecilio R. Espejo (alternate) (Philippines). Branimir M. Jankovic(Yugoslavia). Pierre Juvigny (France). Ahmed Kettani (Morocco).Ahmed Mohamed Khalifa; Amre M. Moussa (alternate) (Egypt).Najmul Saguib Khan, Munir Akram (alternates) (Pakistan).Ricardo Lagos (alternate) (Chile). Antonio Martínez Baéz (Mexico).José R. Martínez Cobo (Ecuador). Erik Nettel, Vice-Chairman(Austria). Paul Nikiema (Upper Volta). Nicodeme Ruhashyankiki(Rwanda). Y. M. Rybakov; N. I. Yevdokeev (alternate) (USSR).

Ad Hoc Committee on PeriodicReports on Human Rights

The Ad Hoc Committee, a subsidiary of the Commission onHuman Rights, held its 1971 meetings between 15 and 19February at Geneva, Switzerland.

Members in 1971: France, Philippines (Chairman/Rapporteur),Poland, Senegal, USSR, United Kingdom, United States,Venezuela.

Ad Hoc Working Group of Expertson the Treatment of PoliticalPrisoners In Southern Africa(established by resolutions 2(XXIII) and 2(XXIV) adopted on6 March 1967 and 16 February 1968, respectively, by theCommission on Human Rights)

The mandate of the Working Group included consideration ofallegations of infringements of trade union rights in southern Africa.

The Working Group held meetings at United Nations Headquar-ters, New York, between 7 and 19 January 1971 and between 28June and 6 July 1971.

Members in 1971: Ibrahima Boye, Chairman/Rapporteur (Sene-gal); Felix Ermacora (Austria); Branimir M. Jankovic, Vice-Chair-man (Yugoslavia); N. N. Jha (India); Mahmud N. Rattansey(United Republic of Tanzania);* Luis Marchand Stens (Peru).

* Appointed on 25 March 1971 by the Chairman of theCommission on Human Rights to fill the vacancy left by thedeparture of Waldo E. Waldron-Ramsey (Barbados).

Special Working Group of Experts to InvestigateAllegations of Human RightsViolations In Occupied Areas In the Middle East(established by resolution 6(XXV) adopted on 4 March 1969 by theCommission on Human Rights)

The Special Working Group was established by the Commissionon Human Rights to investigate allegations of violations by Israel ofthe 1949 Geneva Convention (relative to the protection of civilianpersons in time of war) in territories occupied by Israel as a resultof hostilities in the Middle East, and for that purpose to receivecommunications and to hear witnesses. It was composed of themembers of the Commission's Ad Hoc Working Group of Expertson the treatment of political prisoners in South Africa (see above).

COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMENThe Commission consists of 32 members, elected for four-year

terms by the Economic and Social Council.


Members in 1971:To serve until 31 December 1971: Chile, Costa Rica, France,

Liberia, Malaysia, Morocco, Nicaragua, Norway, Philippines,Romania.

To serve until 31 December 1972: Austria, Belgium, Canada,Colombia, Egypt, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Mauritania, Tunisia,Uruguay.

To serve until 31 December 1974: Byelorussian SSR, CentralAfrican Republic, Dominican Republic, Finland, Indonesia,Nigeria, Thailand, USSR, United Kingdom, United States, Zaire.


On 8 August 1969, the Economic and Social Council decidedthat, starting in 1971, the Commission on the Status of Women,which had hitherto met annually and whose members servedthree-year terms of office, would meet biennially, with its membersserving four-year terms of office; the Council reaffirmed thisdecision on 31 July 1970.

On 20 May 1971, the Economic and Social Council elected thefollowing for terms of office starting on 1 January 1972 to fillvacancies occurring on 31 December 1971: Costa Rica, France,Japan, Kenya, Liberia, Norway, Romania.

On 30 July 1971, the Council elected Argentina, Chile andPhilippines for terms of office to fill the remaining vacanciesoccurring on 31 December 1971.

Members for 1972: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, ByelorussianSSR, Canada, Central African Republic, Chile, Colombia, CostaRica, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Hungary,Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kenya, Liberia, Mauritania, Nigeria,Norway, Philippines, Romania, Thailand, Tunisia, USSR, UnitedKingdom, United States, Uruguay, Zaire.

COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGSIn 1971, the Commission on Narcotic Drugs consisted of 24

members elected by the Economic and Social Council from amongthe Members of the United Nations and of the specialized agenciesand the parties to the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961,with due regard to the adequate representation of (a) countrieswhich are important producers of opium or coca leaves; (b)countries which are important in the manufacture of narcotic drugs;and (c) countries in which drug addiction or the illicit traffic innarcotic drugs constitutes an important problem.

Members in 1971:To serve until 31 December 1971: Canada, Dominican Republic,

France, Ghana, Peru, Switzerland, United States, Yugoslavia.To serve until 31 December 1972: Egypt, Federal Republic of

Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Mexico, Pakistan, Sweden.To serve until 31 December 1973: Brazil, Jamaica, Japan,

Lebanon, Togo, Turkey, USSR, United Kingdom.

The members and their chief representatives at the Commis-sion's twenty-fourth session, held from 27 September to 21October 1971 at Geneva, Switzerland, were as follows:

Brazil: Dr. Deusdedit de Araújo; A. J. T. Gavazzoni Silva(alternate). Canada: Dr. R. A. Chapman; J. D. McCarthy, W. F.Craig (alternates). Dominican Republic: Dr. J. Patxot-Vallejo; F.Herrera-Roa, E. Paiewonsky (alternates). Egypt: Dr. W. Sadek; Dr.H. El Hakim, M. M. Abdel Razek (alternates). Federal Republic ofGermany: Dr. H. Danner; Dr. Elsa von Kotzebue (alternate).France: C. Vaille; Mrs. G. Hirlemann (alternate). Ghana: T. E. C.Sagoe; E. Tchum (alternate). Hungary: Dr. Bela Boles,Rapporteur, Dr. I. Uranovicz, Dr. K. Agoston (alternates). India: B.S. Chawla. Iran: Dr. H. A. Azarakhch. Jamaica: A. H. Thompson;Miss F. M. Shilletto (alternate). Japan: Dr. T. Shimomura; A.Yamataka (alternate). Lebanon: Lieutenant-Colonel O. Osman;Mrs. Ruby Homsey (alternate). Mexico: Fernando Castro y Castro;J. Barona-Lobato, G. Calderon-Narvasz (alternates). Pakistan: K.A. Aziz Khan; A. Hussain (alternate). Peru: Hubert WielandAlzamora; J. Alvarez-Calderón (alternate). Sweden: B. Rexed; Dr.S. Martens (alternate). Switzerland: J. P. Bertschinger; T. Kemény

(alternate). Togo: Dr. F. Johnson-Romuald, Chairman. Turkey: A.Coskun Kirca, Second Vice-Chairman; Dr. T. Alan, Resat Arim,Nuzhet Kandemir (alternates). USSR: E. Babian. United Kingdom:P. Beedle; C. G. Jefferey, F. Stewart, A. Hawkes (alternates).United States: J. E. Ingersoll, First Vice-Chairman; D. E. Miller, H.R. Wellman (alternates). Yugoslavia: D. Nikolic.

On 20 May 1971, the Economic and Social Council elected thefollowing seven member States to four-year terms of office startingon 1 January 1972 to fill vacancies occurring on 31 December1971: Canada, France, Nigeria, Peru, Switzerland, United States,Yugoslavia. On 30 July 1971, the Economic and Social Councilelected Argentina to fill the eighth vacant seat.

Members for 1972: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, FederalRepublic of Germany, France, Hungary, India, Iran, Jamaica,Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Sweden,Switzerland, Togo, Turkey, USSR, United Kingdom, UnitedStates, Yugoslavia.

Regional Economic CommissionsThere are four regional economic commissions:

Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE)Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA)Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE (ECE)Members: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Byelorussian SSR,

Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Federal Republic of Germa-ny, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal,Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,* Turkey, Ukrainian SSR,USSR, United Kingdom, United States, Yugoslavia.

*Switzerland was admitted to membership by a decision of theEconomic and Social Council of 27 July 1971.

The Commission has established the following principalsubsidiary bodies:

Committee on Agricultural Problems; Chemical Industry Com-mittee; Coal Committee; Conference of European Statisticians;Committee on Electric Power; Committee on Gas; Committee onHousing, Building and Planning; Inland Transport Committee;Senior Advisers to ECE Governments on Environmental Prob-lems; Senior Advisers to ECE Governments on Science andTechnology; Senior Economic Advisers to ECE Governments;Steel Committee; Timber Committee; Committee on the Develop-ment of Trade; Committee on Water Problems.

Some of these committees have established subsidiary bodies,including standing sub-committees and working parties.

In addition, the Commission annually establishes a sessionalcommittee to examine the reports of its principal subsidiary bodiesbefore their discussion in plenary meetings.

The Commission held its twenty-sixth session from 19 to 30 April1971 at Geneva, Switzerland.

Chairman: J. Kaufmann (Netherlands).Vice-Chairman: M. Hruza (Czechoslovakia).Rapporteur: D. J. Johnson (United Kingdom), B. S. Pojarsky

(USSR).

ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR ASIA ANDTHE FAR EAST (ECAFE)

Members: Afghanistan, Australia, Burma, Ceylon, China, France,India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Khmer Republic, Laos, Malaysia,Mongolia, Nauru,* Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan,Philippines, Republic of Korea, Republic of Viet-Nam, Singa-pore, Thailand, Tonga,* USSR, United Kingdom, United States,Western Samoa.

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Associate Members: British Solomon Islands Protectorate,*Brunei, Fiji, Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea.†

The Federal Republic of Germany and Switzerland, notMembers of the United Nations, participate in a consultativecapacity in the Commission's work.

*On 20 July 1971, Nauru and Tonga were admitted as members,and the British Solomon Islands Protectorate was admitted as anassociate member.

†Formerly known as the Territory of Papua and the TrustTerritory of New Guinea. The name was changed in accordancewith a General Assembly decision of 20 December 1971.

The following are the main subsidiary bodies set up by theCommission: Committee on Industry and Natural Resources;Committee on Trade; Transport and Communications Committee;Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for MineralResources in Asian Offshore Areas; Conference of AsianEconomic Planners; Working Party on Social DevelopmentConference of Asian Statisticians; Regional Conference on WaterResources Development; Asian Population Conference; Commit-tee for the Co-ordination of Investigations of the Lower MekongBasin; Governing Council, Asian Institute for Economic Develop-ment and Planning; Asian Highway Co-ordinating Committee;Asian Industrial Development Council; Council of Ministers forAsian Economic Co-operation; Asian Conference on Industrializa-tion; Typhoon Committee.

Some of these bodies have established subsidiary bodies,including standing sub-committees and working parties.

The Commission established a sessional Committee of theWhole at its twenty-seventh session held in April 1971.

The Commission held its twenty-seventh session at Manila,Philippines, from 20 to 30 April 1971.

Chairman: Ernesto M. Maceda (Philippines).Vice-Chairmen: Manuchehr Goodarzi (Iran); A. F. A. Hussain

(Pakistan); M. Khir Johari (Malaysia); Adam Malik (Indonesia); L.N. Mishra (India); Abdul Hakim Tabibi (Afghanistan).

ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR LATIN AMERICA (ECLA)Members: Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile,

Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, ElSalvador, France, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamai-ca, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru,Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay,Venezuela.

Associate Members: British Honduras (Belize), West IndiesAssociated States (collectively, as a single member: Antigua,Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia and theterritories of Montserrat and St. Vincent).

The Federal Republic of Germany and Switzerland, notMembers of the United Nations, participate in a consultativecapacity in the work of the Commission.

The Commission has established, as its main subsidiary bodies,the Trade Committee and the Central American EconomicCo-operation Committee. These bodies have set up varioussub-committees and working groups.

In addition, the Governing Council of the Latin American Institutefor Economic and Social Planning, and the Governing Council ofthe Latin American Demographic Centre report to the Commission.

The Commission held its fourteenth session at Santiago, Chile,from 27 April to 8 May 1971.

Chairman: Pedro Vuskovic Bravo (Chile).First Vice-Chairman: Arturo García (Peru).Second Vice-Chairman: Carlos Manuel Castillo (Costa Rica).Rapporteur: Juan V. Sourrouille (Argentina).

ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA (ECA)Members: Algeria, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African

Republic, Chad, Congo, Dahomey, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea,Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya,Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Republic, Madagascar, Malawi,Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda,Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa,* Sudan, Swazi-land, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania,Upper Volta, Zaire, Zambia.

Associate Members: Non-Self-Governing Territories situatedwithin the geographical area of the Commission, and States,other than Portugal, responsible for international relations inthose territories (i.e. France, Spain and United Kingdom).

*On 30 July 1963, the Economic and Social Council decided thatSouth Africa should not take part in the work of the Commissionuntil conditions for constructive co-operation had been restored bya change in South Africa's racial policy.

The Federal Republic of Germany and Switzerland, notMembers of the United Nations, participate in a consultativecapacity in the work of the Commission.

On 13 February 1971, the Commission decided to abolish theseven working parties that had been established in 1965. Thesewere the Working Parties on: Intra-African Trade; MonetaryManagement and Inter-African Payments; Industry and NaturalResources; Transport and Telecommunications; Agriculture; Eco-nomic Integration; and on Manpower and Training. The TechnicalCommittee of Experts was to be organized into sub-committees todeal with matters in these various fields.

Other subsidiary bodies of ECA include the following: Confer-ence of African Demographers; Conference of African Planners;Conference of African Statisticians; Governing Council of theAfrican Institute for Economic Development and Planning;Committee on Staff Recruitment and Training; and ExecutiveCommittee.

On 13 February 1971, the Commission requested the ExecutiveSecretary, in agreement with Cameroon, the Central AfricanRepublic, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda and Zaire, to consider theestablishment of a trans-African highway committee, which met inJune 1971.

The Commission's regular biennial session is at the ministeriallevel and, from 1971, was known as the "Conference of Ministers."

The tenth session of the Commission (first meeting of theConference of Ministers) was held at Tunis, Tunisia, from 8 to 13February 1971.

Chairman: Tijani Chelly (Tunisia).First Vice-Chairman: J. H. Mensah (Ghana).Second Vice-Chairman: Henri-Paul Boundio (Central African

Republic).Rapporteur: Belai Abbai (Ethiopia).

Standing Committees

In 1971, the Economic and Social Council had the followingStanding Committees:

Council Committee on Non-Governmental OrganizationsCommittee on Housing, Building and PlanningCommittee for Programme and Co-ordinationCommittee on Science and Technology for DevelopmentAdvisory Committee on the Application of Science and Technology

to DevelopmentCommittee for Development PlanningCommittee on Natural ResourcesCommittee on Crime Prevention and ControlCommittee on Review and Appraisal


COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTALORGANIZATIONS

The Committee is composed of 13 members of the Economicand Social Council elected annually on the basis of equitablegeographical representation as follows: five members fromAfrican-Asian States; four from Western European and otherStates; two from Latin American States; and two from socialistStates of Eastern Europe.

Members in 1971: France, Ghana, Hungary, Indonesia, Jamaica,Kenya, Norway, Pakistan, Sudan, USSR, United Kingdom,United States, Uruguay.

Chairman: Munir Akram (Pakistan).Vice-Chairman/Rapporteur: Haakon B. Hjelde (Norway).

COMMITTEE ON HOUSING, BUILDINGAND PLANNING

The Committee on Housing, Building and Planning consists of27 members, elected by the Economic and Social Council on thebasis of a pattern to ensure equitable geographical distribution.The Committee meets biennially, its members serving four-yearterms of office.

The Committee held its seventh session at Geneva, Switzer-land, from 18 to 29 October 1971.

Members in 1971:To serve until 31 December 1971: Chile, France, Ghana, Italy,

Kenya, Lebanon, Panama, USSR, United Kingdom.To serve until 31 December 1972: Egypt, Guatemala, Hungary,

Japan, Kuwait, Netherlands, United Republic of Tanzania,United States, Zaire.

To serve until 31 December 1973: Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria,Colombia, Finland, Libyan Arab Republic, Malaysia, Pakistan,Tunisia.

President: M. Hongo (Japan).First Vice-President: W. Dam (Netherlands).Second Vice-President: P. Grecov (Bulgaria).Rapporteur: J. F. Nimmo (Australia).

On 20 May 1971, the Economic and Social Council elected thefollowing nine countries to terms of office starting on 1 January1972: Austria, Cameroon, France, India, Nigeria, Panama,Trinidad and Tobago, USSR, United Kingdom.

Members for 1972: Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon,Colombia, Egypt, Finland, France, Guatemala, Hungary, India,Japan, Kuwait, Libyan Arab Republic, Malaysia, Netherlands,Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia,USSR, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, UnitedStates, Zaire.

COMMITTEE FOR PROGRAMME AND CO-ORDINATIONOn 13 January 1970, the Economic and Social Council

reconstituted the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination toconsist of 21 States Members of the United Nations elected by theCouncil on the basis of equitable geographical distribution asfollows: five from African States; five from Western European andother States; four from Asian States; four from Latin AmericanStates; and three from socialist States of Eastern Europe. Exceptfor the initial period, the term of office for the members would bethree years; for the initial three-year period, the term of office formembers was determined by lot for one-year, two-year, orthree-year terms.

The Committee for Programme and Co-ordination held its eighthsession from 22 March to 8 April 1971 and its ninth session from 24May to 14 June 1971. The first part of the Committee's tenthsession was held from 13 to 17 September 1971, and the resumedtenth session was held between 5 and 17 November 1971. Allmeetings were held at United Nations Headquarters, New York.

Members in 1971:To serve until 31 December 1971: Brazil, India, Japan, Philippines,

Sierra Leone, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania.To serve until 31 December 1972: Bulgaria, Byelorussian SSR,

Denmark, Guyana, Malta, Pakistan, United Kingdom.To serve untiI 31 December 1973: Colombia, France, Nigeria,

Sudan, Trinidad and Tobago, USSR, United States.

Chairman: Samar Sen (India).Vice-Chairmen: Bernardo de Azevedo Brito (from 13 September

1971) (Brazil); Peter Hansen (from 8 November 1971)(Denmark); Arvid Pardo (until 13 September 1971) (Malta); N.M. S. Stoby (until 13 September 1971) (Guyana); StefanTodorov (Bulgaria).

Rapporteur: Izzeldin Hamid (from 10 November 1971) (Sudan);C. S. M. Mselle (until 24 May 1971) (United Republic ofTanzania); Salih Mohamed Osman (24 May-10 November1971).

On 20 May 1971, the Economic and Social Council elected thefollowing for a three-year period starting on 1 January 1972 to fillvacancies occurring on 31 December 1971: Brazil, India,Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania.

Members for 1972: Brazil, Bulgaria, Byelorussian SSR, Colombia,Denmark, France, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya,Malta, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sudan, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda,USSR, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, UnitedStates.

COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYFOR DEVELOPMENT

The Economic and Social Council established this standingcommittee on 30 July 1971, to consist of 54 members elected inaccordance with the geographical distribution of seats in theCouncil. The Committee is to provide policy guidance and makerecommendations on matters relating to the application of scienceand technology, reporting through the Council to the GeneralAssembly.

The members were not elected in 1971.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE APPLICATION OFSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO DEVELOPMENT

The Advisory Committee consists of 24 members appointed bythe Economic and Social Council, on the nomination of theSecretary-General in consultation with Governments. Its mandate,which was to expire on 31 December 1971, was maintained by theEconomic and Social Council by a decision of 30 July 1971.

The Advisory Committee held its fourteenth session from 16 to25 February 1971 at United Nations Headquarters, New York, andits fifteenth session from 15 to 25 November 1971 at Geneva,Switzerland.

Members (to serve until 31 December 1971): Pierre Victor Auger(France). Lord Patrick Blackett (United Kingdom).† Daniel Bovet(Italy). Mourad Castel (Algeria).† Carlos Chagas (Brazil). WilbertK. Chagula, Vice-Chairman (United Republic of Tanzania).†

Josef Charvat (Czechoslovakia). J. M. Gvishiani (USSR).*Alexander Keynan (Israel). Thorkil Kristensen (Denmark).Thomas Adeoye Lambo (Nigeria).*† Sir Arthur Lewis (St.Lucia).* Leonard Mukendi (Zaire).† Stuart S. Peters (Canada).Oliverio Phillips (Colombia).* R. Sarwono Prawirohardjo(Indonesia).† Abdus Salam, Chairman (Pakistan). Irimie Staicu(Romania). M. S. Thacker (India). Victor L. Urquidi, Vice-Chair-man (Mexico). Nicola Borissov Videnov (Bulgaria). Sir RonaldWalker (Australia). Carroll L. Wilson (United States). Mo-hammed Yeganeh (Iran).

*Did not attend the fourteenth session.

†

Did not attend t he fifteenth session.†

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On 20 December 1971, the Economic and Social Councildecided to postpone until 1972 the appointment of new membersto the Advisory Committee.

The Committee has established a number of ad hoc andfunctional working groups.

COMMITTEE FOR DEVELOPMENT PLANNINGThe Committee for Development Planning is composed of 18

experts* representing different planning systems. They areappointed by the Economic and Social Council, from nominees ofthe Secretary-General, to serve in their personal capacities for aperiod of three years.

*On 30 July 1971, the Economic and Social Council decided toenlarge the Committee to 24 members, effective 1 January 1972.

The Committee held its seventh session at Geneva, Switzer-land, from 22 March to 1 April 1971. Its members, whose termswere to expire on 31 December 1971, were as follows:

Gamani Corea (Ceylon). Nazih Deif (Egypt).* A. N. Efimov(USSR). Paul Kaya (Congo). J. A. Lacarte (Uruguay). John P.Lewis (United States). J. H. Mensah (Ghana). Saburo Okita(Japan). Josef Pajestka, Rapporteur (Poland). M. L. Qureshi,Vice-Chairman (Pakistan). K. N. Raj (India). W. B. Reddaway(United Kingdom).* Jean Ripert (France). Raúl Sáez (Chile).*Germánico Salgado (Ecuador). Jakov Sirotkovic (Yugoslavia).*Jan Tinbergen, Chairman (Netherlands). Zdenek Vergner (Cze-choslovakia).*

*Did not attend the seventh session.

The 24 members of the enlarged Committee for DevelopmentPlanning were not appointed in 1971.

COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCESThe Committee on Natural Resources was established by the

Economic and Social Council on 27 July 1970, to be composed of27 United Nations Member States elected by the Council on thebasis of equitable geographical distribution. The membership wasincreased to 38 by the Council on 13 November 1970. For theinitial period, 19 of the members were to serve for two years and 19for four years, the term of office determined by drawing lots.

The Committee held its first session at United NationsHeadquarters, New York, from 22 February to 10 March 1971.

Members in 1971:To serve until 31 December 1972: Algeria, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil,

Canada, Chile, Ghana, India, Jamaica, Japan, Malawi, Mali,Peru, Philippines, Romania, Sierra Leone, USSR, UnitedKingdom, Venezuela.

To serve until 31 December 1974: Argentina, Australia, CentralAfrican Republic, Egypt, France, Gabon, Guinea, Indonesia,Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kenya, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland,Sweden, Turkey, Yugoslavia.

Chairman: Joseph Odero-Jowi (Kenya).Vice-Chairmen: Guillermo J. Cano (Argentina); Leszek Kasprzyk

(Poland); L. J. Mostertman (Netherlands).Rapporteur: Ranjit Gupta (India).

On 30 July 1971, the Economic and Social Council increasedthe membership of the Committee from 38 to 54 members,effective 1 January 1972.

On 20 December 1971, the Council elected the followingcountries to the enlarged Committee:* Ceylon, Costa Rica,Greece, Hungary, Kuwait, Malaysia, Sudan, Trinidad and Tobago,Uganda, Ukrainian SSR, Zaire.

*The election of the five remaining members of the Committeewas deferred to 1972. Also deferred was a decision on the terms ofoffice of all 16 new members.

Members for 1972: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bolivia,Brazil, Canada, Central African Republic, Ceylon, Chile, CostaRica, Egypt, France, Gabon, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Hungary,India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya,Kuwait, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan,Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Sierra Leone, Sudan,Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Ukrainian SSR,USSR, United Kingdom, Venezuela, Yugoslavia, Zaire.

COMMITTEE ON CRIME PREVENTIONAND CONTROL

On 21 May 1971, the Economic and Social Council enlarged themembership of the Advisory Committee of Experts on thePrevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders from 10 to 15members, who were to serve in their individual capacities asexperts and be appointed for three-year terms by the Council onthe recommendation of the Secretary-General. At the same time,.the name of the Committee was changed to the Committee onCrime Prevention and Control.

On 20 December 1971, the Economic and Social Councilappointed the following 13 members* to the Committee: Mrs. SylviInkeri Anttila (Finland); Maurice Aydalot (France); Alphonse Boni(Ivory Coast); Norman A. Carlson (United States); William R. Cox(United Kingdom); Taslim O. Elias (Nigeria); Jozsef Godony(Hungary); Ahmed Mohamed Khalifa (Egypt); Pietro Manca (Italy);Khaleeq Ahmed Naqvi (India); Hamood'ur Rahman (Pakistan);José A. Alves da Cruz Ríos (Brazil); B. A. Victorov (USSR).

*On 6 January 1972, the Economic and Social Councilappointed the two remaining members of the Committee: AtsushiNagashima (Japan) and Jorge Arturo Montero Castro (CostaRica).

COMMITTEE ON REVIEW AND APPRAISALThe Economic and Social Council established the Committee on

30 July 1971, to consist of 54 members who were to be elected inaccordance with the geographical distribution of seats in theCouncil. The Committee was set up to enable the Council todischarge responsibilities entrusted to it by the General Assembly,to assist the Assembly in the over-all review and appraisal of theSecond United Nations Development Decade.

The members were not elected in 1971.

Administrative Committee onCo-ordination

The membership of the Administrative Committee on Co-ordina-tion (ACC) includes, under the chairmanship of the Secretary-Gen-eral of the United Nations, the executive heads of the followingorganizations: United Nations; International Labour Organisation;Food and Agriculture Organization; United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization; World Health Organization;International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; Interna-tional Monetary Fund; International Civil Aviation Organization;Universal Postal Union; International Telecommunication Union;World Meteorological Organization; Inter-Governmental MaritimeConsultative Organization; and International Atomic EnergyAgency.

Also taking part in the Committee's work as full members are theUnited Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and SocialAffairs and the executive heads of the following bodies: UnitedNations Conference on Trade and Development; United NationsIndustrial Development Organization; United Nations Develop-ment Programme; World Food Programme; United NationsChildren's Fund; Office of the United Nations High Commissionerfor Refugees; United Nations Relief and Works Agency forPalestine Refugees in the Near East; United Nations Institute forTraining and Research; and the executive head of the secretariatof the Contracting Parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs andTrade.


The Secretary-General of the United Nations and the executiveheads (or their representatives) of all member organizations andbodies attended meetings of ACC in 1971.

The Administrative Committee on Co-ordination has establisheda number of standing sub-committees and working groups.

Other Related BodiesUnited Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Governing Council of UNDPAdvisory Panel on Programme PolicyBudgetary and Finance Committee

Inter-Agency Consultative Board of UNDP (IACB)United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Executive Board of UNICEFProgramme CommitteeCommittee on Administrative Budget

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR)

International Narcotics Control BoardUnited Nations/FAO Intergovernmental Committee of the World

Food ProgrammeUnited Nations Research Institute for Social Development

(UNRISD)Board of Directors of UNRISD

Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous GoodsGroup of Experts on ExplosivesGroup of Rapporteurs on the Packing of Dangerous Goods

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME(UNDP)

Governing Council of UNDPIn 1971, the Governing Council of the United Nations

Development Programme (UNDP) consisted of 37 memberselected by the Economic and Social Council from Members of theUnited Nations or members of the specialized agencies or theInternational Atomic Energy Agency.

Nineteen seats were allocated to developing countries of Africa,Asia and Latin America, and to Yugoslavia, to be filled as follows:seven from Africa, six from Asia and six from Latin America, itbeing understood that agreement had been reached among thedeveloping countries to accommodate Yugoslavia.

Seventeen seats were allocated to economically more devel-oped countries to be filled as follows: 14 from Western Europeanand other countries, and three from Eastern Europe.

The terms of office of these 36 members were to run for threeyears, one third of them being elected each year.

The thirty-seventh seat on the Governing Council was to rotate,under the arrangement for 1971, among the groups of countriesmentioned above in accordance with the following nine-year cycle:

First and second years: Western European and other countries.Third, fourth and fifth years: Eastern European countries.Sixth year: African countries.Seventh year: Asian countries.Eighth year: Latin American countries.Ninth year: Western European and other countries.

The Governing Council held its eleventh session at UnitedNations Headquarters, New York, from 14 January to 2 February1971. Its twelfth session was held at Santiago, Chile, from 7 to 23June 1971.

Members in 1971:To serve until 31 December 1971: Chile, Congo, Czechoslovakia,

Federal Republic of Germany, Mauritania, Netherlands, Pana-ma, Peru, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, UnitedRepublic of Tanzania.

To serve until 31 December 1972: Cameroon, Cuba, Denmark,

India, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Mexico, Philippines, USSR,United Kingdom, United States.

To serve until 31 December 1973: Australia, Belgium, Brazil,Canada, Central African Republic, France, Indonesia, Kuwait,Libyan Arab Republic, Norway, Pakistan, Romania, Uganda.

President: Hernán Santa Cruz (Chile).First Vice-President: H. J. Hodder (Canada).Second Vice-President: Siméon Ake (Ivory Coast).Third Vice-President: Gheorghe Diaconescu (Romania).Rapporteur: Leandro I. Verceles (Philippines).

On 21 May 1971, the Economic and Social Council elected thefollowing, under the arrangement prevailing in 1971, for athree-year period starting on 1 January 1972 to fill vacanciesoccurring on 31 December 1971: Bulgaria, Ecuador, Ethiopia,Federal Republic of Germany, Finland, Iraq, Netherlands, Nigeria,Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Yugoslavia.

On 14 December 1971, the General Assembly decided toenlarge the membership of the Governing Council as from 1January 1972, by 11 members—i.e. from 37 to 48 members—to beelected from among Members of the United Nations or members ofthe specialized agencies or of the International Atomic EnergyAgency, in accordance with the following conditions:

Twenty-seven seats were to be allocated to developingcountries of Africa, Asia and Latin America, and Yugoslavia, to befilled as follows: 11 from African countries, 9 from Asian countriesand Yugoslavia, and 7 from Latin American countries.

Twenty-one seats were to be allocated to economically moreadvanced countries, to be filled as follows: 17 from WesternEuropean and other countries, and 4 from Eastern Europeancountries.

Accordingly, on 20 December 1971, the Economic and SocialCouncil elected the following countries as members of the UNDPGoverning Council to fill the new seats: Austria, Guatemala, Iran,Lebanon, Morocco, Poland, Sweden, Turkey, Upper Volta, Zaire,Zambia.

By drawing lots, it was determined that: Austria, Guatemala, Iranand Morocco would serve for one year, until 31 December 1972;Sweden, Zaire and Zambia would serve for two years, until 31December 1973; and Lebanon, Poland, Turkey and Upper Voltawould serve for three years, until 31 December 1974.

Members for 1972: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria,Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Cuba, Denmark,Ecuador, Ethiopia, Federal Republic of Germany, Finland,France, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, IvoryCoast, Japan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Republic, Mexico,Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines,Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago,Turkey, Uganda, USSR, United Kingdom, United States, UpperVolta, Uruguay, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia.

Administrator of UNDP: Paul G. Hoffman.*Deputy Administrator of UNDP: C. V. Narasimhan.

*On 14 December 1971, the General Assembly confirmed theappointment of Rudolph A. Peterson as Administrator Designate ofUNDP, with effect from 1 January 1972, and as Administrator forthe period 15 January 1972 to 31 December 1975, upon theretirement of Paul G. Hoffman on 15 January 1972.

Advisory Panel on Programme PolicyOn 30 September 1970, the Administrator of UNDP established

the Advisory Panel consisting of eminent specialists to aid indesigning policies to strengthen further the capacity of the UnitedNations development system.

Members: Lord Caradon (United Kingdom); Mohamed Diawara(Ivory Coast); Sir Arthur Lewis (St. Lucia); Edwin W. Martin(United States); Ernst Michanek (Sweden); Saburo Okita(Japan); I. G. Patel (India); Raúl Prebisch (Argentina); Yves

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Roland-Billecart (France); S. A. Skachkov (USSR); Maurice F.Strong (Canada); B. J. Udink (Netherlands).

Chairman: David A. Morse (United States).Ex-officio Members: Philippe de Seynes (United Nations Under-

Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs); theExecutive Secretaries of the regional economic commissions;and the Director of the United Nations Economic and SocialOffice at Beirut.

Budgetary and Finance CommitteeThis Committee was established as a Committee of the Whole

by the Governing Council on 21 June 1971. It did not meet in 1971.

Inter-Agency Consultative Board of UNDP (IACB)The Inter-Agency Consultative Board of UNDP consists of 15

members (the Secretary-General of the United Nations and theexecutive heads of the specialized agencies and the InternationalAtomic Energy Agency, or their representatives), and the heads ofthe United Nations Conference on Trade and Development andthe United Nations Industrial Development Organization. TheExecutive Directors of the United Nations Children's Fund and theWorld Food Programme and the United Nations High Commission-er for Refugees are invited to participate as appropriate.

The Board meets under the chairmanship of the Administrator orDeputy Administrator of UNDP; the member organizations carryout projects for UNDP, financed from voluntary contributions byGovernments.

The organizations represented at the eleventh session of theBoard, held on 29 March 1971 at Geneva, Switzerland, and thetwelfth session, held on 20 October 1971 at United NationsHeadquarters, New York, were:

United Nations; International Labour Organisation; Food andAgriculture Organization; United Nations Educational, Scientificand Cultural Organization; World Health Organization; Internation-al Bank for Reconstruction and Development; InternationalMonetary Fund; International Civil Aviation Organization; UniversalPostal Union; International Telecommunication Union; WorldMeteorological Organization; Inter-Governmental Maritime Con-sultative Organization; International Atomic Energy Agency; andthe United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, theUnited Nations Industrial Development Organization, the UnitedNations Children's Fund, the Office of the United Nations HighCommissioner for Refugees and the World Food Programme.

UNITED NATIONS INSTITUTE FOR TRAININGAND RESEARCH (UNITAR)

The United Nations Institute for Training and Research(UNITAR) was established in accordance with a GeneralAssembly resolution of 11 December 1963 and came intoexistence in 1965. The Executive Director of the Institute reports tothe General Assembly and, as appropriate, to the Economic andSocial Council. (See above, under THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.)

UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND (UNICEF)

Executive Board of UNICEFThe Board consists of 30 members of the United Nations or of

the specialized agencies, each elected by the Economic andSocial Council for a three-year term.

Members in 1971:To serve until 31 July 1971: Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czecho-

slovakia, Federal Republic of Germany, India, Pakistan,Thailand, Tunisia, Venezuela.

To serve untiI 31 July 1972: Bulgaria, Chile, Indonesia, Nigeria,Philippines, Sierra Leone, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UnitedKingdom.

To serve until 31 July 1973: China, Costa Rica, Egypt, France,Gabon, Italy, Malawi, Poland, USSR, United States.

In 1971, the Executive Board held a series of meetings between13 and 29 April, and also held an organizational meeting (with its

composition as at 1 August 1971) on 23 June, all at United NationsHeadquarters, New York.

Chairman of Executive Board: Nils Thedin (Sweden).

On 20 May 1971, the Economic and Social Council elected thefollowing members for a three-year period starting on 1 August1971 to fill vacancies occurring on 31 July 1971: Algeria, Canada,Federal Republic of Germany, India, Norway, Pakistan, Romania,Thailand, Uruguay, Venezuela.

The Executive Board has established two committees: theProgramme Committee and the Committee on AdministrativeBudget. In addition, UNICEF participates in a UNICEF/WHO JointCommittee on Health Policy, an FAO/UNICEF Joint PolicyCommittee and the Protein Advisory Group of the United NationsSystem.

Executive Director of UNICEF: Henry R. Labouisse.

Programme CommitteeEffective 1 August 1970, the Programme Committee was

constituted a Committee of the Whole.Chairman: Hans Conzett (Switzerland).

Committee on Administrative BudgetMembers (until 31 July 1971): Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile,

France, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sierra Leone,Switzerland, USSR, United Kingdom, United States.

Chairman: P. P. I. Vaidyanathan (India).

Members (from 1 August 1971): Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, France,India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Switzer-land, USSR, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay.

Chairman: Bogoslav Juricic (Chile).

OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONSHIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES

The Executive Committee of the Programme of the UnitedNations High Commissioner for Refugees reports through theEconomic and Social Council to the General Assembly. (Seeabove, under THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.)

INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARDThe International Narcotics Control Board was established

under the terms of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961.The Economic and Social Council elects the Board's 11 members,3 from candidates nominated by the World Health Organization(WHO) and 8 from Members of the United Nations or parties to theSingle Convention, to serve in their individual capacity for athree-year term.

The Board held its eighth session from 17 May to 4 June 1971and its ninth session from 25 October to 12 November 1971, bothat Geneva, Switzerland.

Members in 1971:*Elected from candidates submitted by WHO: A. Attisso,

Vice-President (Togo); Marcel Granier-Doyeux, Vice-President(Venezuela); Sukru Kaymakcalan (Turkey).

Members elected from candidates submitted by Governments:Dr. N. K. Barcov (USSR); Dr. Fortunato Carranza (Peru); SirHarry Greenfield, President (United Kingdom); Dr. Takanobu Itai(Japan); E. S. Krishnamoorthy (India); Pietro Di Mattei (Italy);Paul Reuter (France); Dr. Leon Steinig (United States).

*Elected on 14 May 1970 to serve for a term of three years from2 March 1971.

UNITED NATIONS/FAO INTERGOVERNMENTALCOMMITTEE OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

The 24-member Committee, the governing body of the WorldFood Programme, held its nineteenth session from 29 March to 6


April 1971, and its twentieth session from 18 to 22 October 1971,both at Rome, Italy.

Members in 1971:To serve until 31 December 1971: Argentina,* Canada

(Chairman),† Chile,† Denmark,* India (Second Vice-Chairman)† Niger,* Turkey (First Vice-Chairman)* UnitedStates.†

To serve until 31 December 1972: Egypt,* Ghana.† Indonesia,*Ireland,* Mexico,† Netherlands,† Pakistan,* Sweden.*

To serve until 31 December 1973: Australia,* Federal Republic ofGermany,† France,† Kenya,* New Zealand,† Peru,* UnitedKingdom,* Uruguay.†

*Elected by the Economic and Social Council.†

On 20 May 1971, the Economic and Social Council elected thefollowing for a three-year term starting on 1 January 1972 to fillvacancies occurring on 31 December 1971: Denmark, Hungary,Togo, Turkey.

On 26 November 1971, the FAO Council elected the followingfor a three-year term starting on 1 January 1972 to fill vacanciesoccurring on 31 December 1971: Canada, India, Trinidad andTobago, United States.

Members for 1972: Australia,* Canada,† Denmark,* Egypt,*Federal Republic of Germany,† France,† Ghana,† Hungary,*India,† Indonesia,† Ireland,* Kenya,* Mexico,† Netherlands,†

New Zealand,† Pakistan,* Peru,* Sweden,* Togo,* Trinidad andTobago,† Turkey,* United Kingdom,* United States,† Uruguay.†

*Elected by the Economic and Social Council.†

Executive Director of the World Food Programme: FranciscoAquino.

UNITED NATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEFOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (UNRISD)

Board of Directors of UNRISDIn 1971, the Board of Directors consisted of:

The Chairman, appointed by the Secretary-General: Jan Tinber-gen (Netherlands).

Seven members nominated by the Commission for SocialDevelopment and confirmed by the Economic and SocialCouncil for three-year terms of office* as follows (to serve until 1July 1972): Gonzalo Aguirre Beltran (Mexico); Jacques Delors(France); Mohamed Ennaceur (Tunisia); Philip M. Hauser(United States); Akhter Hameed Khan (Pakistan); Gunnar KarlMyrdal (Sweden); Jan Szczepanski (Poland), Vice-Chairman.

Seven ex-officio members, consisting of: a representative of theSecretary-General; the Director of the Latin American Institutefor Economic and Social Planning; the Director of the AsianInstitute for Economic Development and Planning; the Directorof the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning;the Director of UNRISD; the representatives of two of thefollowing specialized agencies in annual rotation with theremaining two agencies as members and observers: Internation-al Labour Organisation and Food and Agriculture Organization(members); United Nations Educational, Scientific and CulturalOrganization and World Health Organization (alternates).

*On 21 May 1971, the Economic and Social Council extended tofour years the terms of office of the nominated members of theBoard.

COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON THE TRANSPORTOF DANGEROUS GOODS

Members (experts appointed by the following countries): FederalRepublic of Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Norway, Poland,United Kingdom, United States.


On 22 May 1970, the Economic and Social Council decided thatthe membership of the Committee of Experts might be raised to 10should additional Governments of Member States wish to makeavailable, at the request of the Secretary-General and at their ownexpense, experts to serve on the Committee.

Group of Experts on ExplosivesMembers (experts appointed by the following countries): Federal

Republic of Germany, France, United Kingdom, United States.

The Group of Experts held its eleventh session at Geneva,Switzerland, on 4 and 5 August 1971. Attending the session were:

H. Barker (United Kingdom); A. Berry (United Kingdom); M.Boidart (France); W. Burns (United States); W. Byrd, Chairman(United States); R. Eaton (United Kingdom); K. Hannefeld (FederalRepublic of Germany); E. Heinrich (Federal Republic of Germany);R. Herman (United States); H. Rittman (United States); R. Schwing(United States); W. Taylor (United States).

An expert from the Inter-Governmental Maritime ConsultativeOrganization was also present.

Group of Rapporteurs on thePacking of Dangerous GoodsMembers (rapporteurs appointed by the following countries):

Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy (Chairman), UnitedKingdom, United States.

The Group of Rapporteurs held its eleventh session from 9 to 20August 1971 at Geneva, Switzerland.

Ad Hoc BodiesCommission on Permanent Sovereignty over Natural ResourcesPreparatory Committee for the World Population ConferenceAd Hoc Working Group on the Question of a Declaration on

International Economic Co-operationAd Hoc Group of Experts on Tax Treaties between Developed and

Developing Countries

COMMISSION ON PERMANENT SOVEREIGNTYOVER NATURAL RESOURCES

The Commission reports to both the General Assembly and theEconomic and Social Council. (See above, under THE GENERALASSEMBLY.)

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR THE WORLDPOPULATION CONFERENCE

On 3 April 1970, the Economic and Social Council authorizedthe Secretary-General to establish the Preparatory Committee toassist in formulating an agenda for the 1974 World PopulationConference.

Representatives of the following organizations attended the firstsession of the Preparatory Committee, held at Geneva, Switzer-land, from 22 to 26 February 1971: United Nations; InternationalLabour Organisation; Food and Agriculture Organization; UnitedNations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; WorldHealth Organization; International Bank for Reconstruction andDevelopment; United Nations Children's Fund; and United NationsDevelopment Programme/United Nations Fund for PopulationActivities.

Chairman: Milos Macura (United Nations Secretariat).

Representatives of the following organizations attended thesecond session of the Preparatory Committee, held at Paris,France, from 16 to 22 June 1971: United Nations; InternationalLabour Organisation; Food and Agriculture Organization; UnitedNations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; World

Elected by the FAO Council.

Elected by the FAO Council.

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Health Organization; and International Bank for Reconstructionand Development.

Chairman: Milos Macura (United Nations Secretariat).

AD HOC WORKING GROUP ON THE QUESTIONOF A DECLARATION ON

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC CO-OPERATIONMembers: Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia, France, India,

Italy, Poland, USSR, United Kingdom, United States, Yugo-slavia.

On 18 December 1968, the Economic and Social Councildecided to postpone sine die the question of a meeting of the AdHoc Working Group.

AD HOC GROUP OF EXPERTS ON TAX TREATIESBETWEEN DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Members: Carlos C. Martínez Molteni (Argentina); Carlos Yaco-man Godoy (Chile); Helmut Debatin (Federal Republic ofGermany); Pierre Kerlan (France); A. N. E. Amissah (Ghana);R. D. Shah (India); Simcha Gafni (Israel); Torao Aoki (Japan);W. H. van den Berge (Netherlands); A. Sheel, Rapporteur(Norway); Qamarul Islam (Pakistan); Ambrosio M. Lina (Philip-pines); Hamzah Merghani, Chairman (Sudan); Kurt Lochner(Switzerland); Rachid Sfar (Tunisia); Adnan Baser Kafaoglu(Turkey); J. A. Johnstone (United Kingdom); Nathan Gordon(United States).

The Ad Hoc Group of Experts met between 25 October and 5November 1971 at Geneva, Switzerland.

The Trusteeship CouncilArticle 86 of the United Nations Charter lays down that theTrusteeship Council shall consist of the following:

Members of the United Nations administering Trust Territories;Permanent members of the Security Council which do not

administer Trust Territories;As many other members elected for a three-year term by the

General Assembly as will ensure that the membership of theCouncil is equally divided between United Nations Memberswhich administer Trust Territories and those which do not.*

*There were no elected members of the Trusteeship Council in1971. New Zealand ceased to be a member of the TrusteeshipCouncil upon the accession of Nauru to independence on 31January 1968 and the United Kingdom changed its status from thatof an administering member to that of a non-administeringmember. The remaining two members administering territories(Australia and the United States) thus became a minority on theCouncil. China, France, the USSR and the United Kingdomcontinued as members of the Trusteeship Council, in accordancewith Article 86 of the Charter; thus the parity called for in that Articlebetween administering and non-administering powers could nolonger be maintained.

Members of the Council In 1971Members Administering Trust Territories: Australia, United States.Non-Administering Members: China, France, USSR, United

Kingdom.

Sessions of the Council In 1971The Trusteeship Council held its thirty-eighth session at United

Nations Headquarters, New York, between 25 May and 18 June1971.

Officers of the Council In 1971President: David N. Lane (United Kingdom).

Vice-President: Christopher H. Phillips (United States) (until 27May 1971); W. Tapley Bennett (United States) (from 28 May1971).

VISITING MISSIONS

United Nations Visiting Mission to theTrust Territory of New Guinea, 1971Members and Representatives: Paul Blanc (France); Adnan

Raouf (Iraq);* C. E. Wyse (Sierra Leone);* Sir Denis Alien(United Kingdom), Chairman.

*Iraq and Sierra Leone, non-members of the TrusteeshipCouncil, were designated by the President of the Council on thebasis of consultations with the members of the Council, the SpecialCommittee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation ofthe Declaration on the Granting of Independence to ColonialCountries and Peoples, and the Administering Power.

United Nations Visiting Mission to observethe elections to the Papua New GuineaHouse of Assembly In 1972

On 18 June 1971, the Trusteeship Council decided to dispatch avisiting mission to observe the elections to the Papua New GuineaHouse of Assembly in 1972, and invited the following to submitnominations for membership: Afghanistan,* United Kingdom,United States and Yugoslavia.*

*Afghanistan and Yugoslavia, non-members of the TrusteeshipCouncil, were designated by the President of the Council on thebasis of consultations with the members of the Council, the SpecialCommittee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation ofthe Declaration on the Granting of Independence to ColonialCountries and Peoples, and the Administering Authority.

The International Court of JusticeJUDGES OF THE COURT

The International Court of Justice consists of 15 Judges electedfor nine-year terms by the General Assembly and the SecurityCouncil, voting independently.

The following were the Judges of the Court serving in 1971,listed in order of precedence:

JudgeSir Muhammad Zafrulla

Khan, PresidentFouad Ammoun, Vice-

PresidentSir Gerald FitzmauriceLuis Padilla Nervo

Country ofNationalityPakistan

Lebanon

United KingdomMexico

End ofTerm*

1973

1976

19731973

Judge

Isaac ForsterAndré GrosCesar BengzonSture PetrenManfred LachsCharles D. OnyeamaHardy C. DillardLouis Ignacio-PintoFederico de CastroPlatón D. MorozovEduardo Jiménez

de Aréchaga

Country ofNationality

SenegalFrancePhilippinesSwedenPolandNigeriaUnited StatesDahomeySpainUSSRUruguay

End ofTerm*

19731973197619761976197619791979197919791979

*Term expires on 5 February of year indicated.


Registrar: Stanislas Aquarone.Deputy Registrar William Tait.

CHAMBER OF SUMMARY PROCEDURE(as elected by the Court on 22 January 1971)

Members: Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, Fouad Ammoun, LuisPadilla Nervo, Cesar Bengzon, Manfred Lachs.

Substitute Members: Louis Ignacio-Pinto, Federico de Castro.

PARTIES TO THE COURT'S STATUTEAll Members of the United Nations are ipso facto parties to the

Statute of the International Court of Justice. The followingnon-members have also become parties to the Court's Statute:Liechtenstein, San Marino, Switzerland.

In addition, the Court is open to the Federal Republic ofGermany and the Republic of Viet-Nam, which have filed with theRegistry of the Court declarations prescribed by the SecurityCouncil for that purpose.

STATES ACCEPTING THE COMPULSORY JURISDICTIONOF THE COURT

Declarations made by the following States accepting the Court'scompulsory jurisdiction (or made under the statute of thePermanent Court of International Justice and deemed to be anacceptance of the jurisdiction of the International Court) were inforce at the end of 1971:

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Botswana, Canada, China, Co-lombia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador,Finland, France, Gambia, Haiti, Honduras, India, Israel, Japan,Kenya, Khmer Republic, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg,Malawi, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand,Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines,Portugal, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland,Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay.

ORGANS AUTHORIZED TO REQUEST ADVISORYOPINIONS FROM THE COURT

Authorized by the United Nations Charter to request opinions onany legal question: General Assembly; Security Council.

Authorized by the General Assembly in accordance with theCharter to request opinions on legal questions arising within thescope of their activities: Economic and Social Council;Trusteeship Council; Interim Committee of the General Assem-bly; Committee on Applications for Review of AdministrativeTribunal Judgements; International Atomic Energy Agency;International Labour Organisation; Food and Agriculture Organi-zation; United Nations Educational, Scientific and CulturalOrganization; World Health Organization; International Bank forReconstruction and Development; International Finance Corpo-ration; International Development Association; InternationalMonetary Fund; International Civil Aviation Organization; Inter-national Telecommunication Union; World Meteorological Or-ganization; Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organiza-tion.

COMMITTEES OF THE COURTThe Court has established the following committees, all of which

are standing committees except for the Committee for the Revisionof the Rules of Court:

Budgetary and Administrative CommitteeMembers: Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, Fouad Ammoun, Isaac

Forster, Sture Petren, Hardy C. Dillard.

Committee on RelationsMembers: Manfred Lachs, Charles D. Onyeama, Hardy C. Dillard.

Library CommitteeMembers: Sture Petren, Hardy C. Dillard, Louis Ignacio-Pinto.

Committee for the Revisionof the Rules of CourtMembers: Manfred Lachs, Louis Ignacio-Pinto, Platón D. Morozov,

Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga.

Principal members of the United Nations Secretariat(As at 31 December 1971)

Secretariat

Secretary-General: U Thant

Executive Office of the Secretary-GeneralUnder-Secretary-General, Chef de Cabinet: C. V. NarasimhanUnder-Secretary-General in Charge of General Assembly Affairs:

Constantin A. Stavropoulos

Office of the Under-Secretary-Generalfor Special Political Affairs

Under-Secretary-General: Roberto E. Guyer

Office for Inter-Agency AffairsAssistant Secretary-General: Ismat T. Kittani

Office of Legal AffairsUnder-Secretary-General, the Legal Counsel: Constantin A.

Stavropoulos

Office of the Under-Secretary-Generalfor Administration and Management

Under-Secretary-General: H. Keith Matthews

Office of the ControllerAssistant Secretary-General, Controller: Bruce R. Turner

Office of PersonnelAssistant Secretary-General, Director of Personnel: Mohamed

Habib Gherab

Department of Political and SecurityCouncil Affairs

Under-Secretary-General: Leonid N. Kutakov

Department of Economic and Social AffairsUnder-Secretary-General: Philippe de SeynesAssistant Secretary-General, Commissioner for Technical Co-

operation: Victor HooAssistant Secretary-General, Executive Secretary, Economic

Commission for Europe: Janez I. StanovnikAssistant Secretary-General, Executive Secretary, Economic

Commission for Asia and the Far East: U NyunAssistant Secretary-General, Executive Secretary, Economic

Commission for Latin America: Carlos QuintanaAssistant Secretary-General, Executive Secretary, Economic

Commission for Africa: Robert K. A. Gardiner

Department of Trusteeship andNon-Self-Governing Territories

Under-Secretary-General: Issoufou S. Djermakoye

Office of Public InformationAssistant Secretary-General: Agha Abdul Hamid

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Office of Conference ServicesUnder-Secretary-General: Jiri Nosek

Office of General ServicesAssistant Secretary-General: David B. Vaughan

United Nations Office at GenevaUnder-Secretary-General, Director-General of the United Nations

Office at Geneva: Vittorio Winspeare Guicciardi

Subsidiary organs

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)Under-Secretary-General, Executive Director: Henry R. La-

bouisse

United Nations Military Observer Group InIndia and Pakistan (UNMOGIP)

Chief Military Observer: Lieutenant-General Luis TassaraGonzález

United Nations Representative forIndia and Pakistan (UNRIP)

Representative: Frank P. Graham

United Nations Truce SupervisionOrganization in Palestine (UNTSO)

Chief of Staff: Major-General Ensio Siilasvuo

United Nations Relief and Works Agency forPalestine Refugees In the Near East (UNRWA)

Commissioner-General: Sir John Shaw Rennie

Office of the United Nations HighCommissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

High Commissioner: Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Administrator: Paul G. HoffmanDeputy Administrator: C. V. NarasimhanAssistant Administrator in charge of Bureau for Programme

Co-ordination: Myer CohenAssistant Administrator and Director, Regional Bureau for Asia

and the Far East: Rajendra CoomaraswamyAssistant Administrator and Director, Regional Bureau for Africa:

Michel Doo Kingue

Assistant Administrator and Director, Bureau for ProgrammeAnalysis and Policy Planning: Stephane Hessel

Assistant Administrator and Director, Regional Bureau for Europe,Mediterranean and Middle East: Sergije Makiedo

Executive Director, United Nations Fund for Population Activities(UNFPA): Rafael Salas

Assistant Administrator and Director, Regional Bureau for LatinAmerica: Gabriel Valdes-Subercaseaux

United Nations Institute for Training andResearch (UNITAR)

Under-Secretary-General, Executive Director: Chief S. O. Adebo

United Nations Conference on Trade andDevelopment (UNCTAD)

Secretary-General: Manuel Pérez-Guerrero

United Nations Industrial DevelopmentOrganization (UNIDO)

Under-Secretary-General, Executive Director: Ibrahim H. Abdel-Rahman

United Nations Peace-keeping Force InCyprus (UNFICYP)

Commander: Major-General D. P. ChandSpecial Representative of the Secretary-General in Cyprus:

Bibiano F. Osorio-Tafall

United Nations Middle East Mission (UNMEM)Under-Secretary-General, Special Representative: Gunnar V.

Jarring

United Nations Conference onthe Human Environment

Secretary-General: Maurice Strong

Conference of the Committeeon Disarmament

Secretary-General's Special Representative: Ilka Pastinen

United Nations Fund forDrug Abuse Control

Personal Representative of the Secretary-General: Carl Schur-mann

United Nations Relief Operationin Dacca (UNROD)

Headquarters Co-ordinator: Paul-Marc Henry

On 31 December 1971, the total number of staff, other thantechnical assistance experts, employed by the United Nationsunder probationary, permanent and fixed-term appointments stoodat 11,014. Of these, 3,777 were in the professional and higher

categories and 7,237 in the general service, manual workers andfield service categories. There were 2,197 technical assistanceexperts employed by the United Nations as at 31 December 1971.

Appendix IV

United Nations Information Centres and Offices(As at 1 May 1972)

ACCRA. United Nations Information Cen-tre

Liberia and Maxwell Roads(Post Office Box 2339)Accra, Ghana

ADDIS ABABA. Information Service, Unit-ed Nations Economic Commission forAfrica

Africa Hall(Post Office Box 3001)Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

ALGIERS. United Nations InformationCentre

19 Avenue Claude Debussy(Post Office Box 803)Algiers, Algeria

ASUNCION. Centro de Información de lasNaciones Unidas

Calle Coronel Bogado 871(Casilla de Correo 1107)Asunción, Paraguay

ATHENS. United Nations Information Cen-tre

36 Amalia AvenueAthens 119, Greece

BAGHDAD. United Nations InformationCentre

House No. 167/1 Abu Nouwas Street(Post Office Box 2398 Alwiyah)Baghdad, Iraq

BANGKOK. Information Service, UnitedNations Economic Commission for Asiaand the Far East

Sala SantithamBangkok, Thailand

BEIRUT. United Nations Information Cen-tre

Apt. No. 1, Fakhoury BuildingArdati Street(Post Office Box 4656)Beirut, Lebanon

BELGRADE. United Nations InformationCentre

Svetozara Markovica 58(Post Office Box 157)Belgrade, Yugoslavia YU-11001

BOGOTA. Centro de Información de lasNaciones Unidas

Calle 19, Número 7-30 (Séptimo Piso)(Apartado Postal 6567)Bogotá, Colombia

BUCHAREST. United Nations InformationCentre

16 rue Aurel VlaicuBucharest, Romania

BUENOS AIRES. Centro de Informaciónde las Naciones Unidas

Marcelo T. de Alvear 684 (Tercer Piso)Buenos Aires, Argentina

BUJUMBURA. Centre d'lnformation desNations Unies

Avenue de la Poste et Place Jungers(Boîte Postale 2160)Bujumbura, Burundi

CAIRO. United Nations Information CentreSh. OsorisTagher Building (Garden City)(Post Office Box 262)Cairo, Egypt

COLOMBO. United Nations InformationCentre

204 Buller's Road(Post Office Box 1505)Colombo 7, Ceylon

COPENHAGEN. United Nations Informa-tion Centre

37 H. C. Andersen's BoulevardDK1553 Copenhagen V, Denmark

DAKAR. Centre d'lnformation des NationsUnies

2 Avenue Roume(Boîte Postale 154)Dakar, Senegal

DAR ES SALAAM. United Nations Infor-mation Centre

Matasalamat Building(Post Office Box 9224)Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tan-

zania

GENEVA. Information Service, United Na-tions European Office

Palais des Nations1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland

ISLAMABAD. United Nations InformationCentre

Bungalow No. 24Ramna-6/3, 88th Street(Post Office Box 1107)Islamabad, Pakistan

KABUL. United Nations Information CentreShah Mahmoud Ghazi Watt(Post Office Box 5)Kabul, Afghanistan

KARACHI.* United Nations InformationCentre

Havelock Road(Post Office Box 349, G. P. O.)Karachi 1, Pakistan

*Relocated to Islamabad effective 8 Octo-ber 1971.

KATHMANDU. United Nations InformationCentre

Lainchaur, Lazimpat(Post Office Box 107)Kathmandu, Nepal

KHARTOUM. United Nations InformationCentre

House No. 9, Block 6.5.D.E.Nejumi Street(Post Office Box 1992)Khartoum, Sudan

KINSHASA. Centre d'lnformation des Na-tions Unies

Building Deuxième RépubliqueBoulevard du 30 Juin(Boîte Postale 7248)Kinshasa, Zaire

LAGOS. United Nations Information Cen-tre

17 Kingsway Road Ikoyi(Post Office Box 1068)Lagos, Nigeria

LA PAZ. Centro de Información de lasNaciones Unidas

Avenida Arce No. 2419(Apartado Postal 686)La Paz, Bolivia

LIMA. Centro de Información de las Nac-iones Unidas

Avenida Arequipa 3330San Isidro(Apartado Postal 4480)Lima, Peru

LOME. Centre d'lnformation des NationsUnies

Rue Albert SarrautCoin Avenue de Gaulle(Boîte Postale 911)Lomé, Togo

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LONDON. United Nations InformationCentre

14/15 Stratford PlaceLondon W1N 9AF, England

MANILA. United Nations Information Cen-tre

WHO BuildingUnited Nations Avenue at Taft Avenue(Post Office Box 2149)Manila, Philippines

MEXICO CITY. Centro de Información delas Naciones Unidas

Hamburgo 63 (Tercer Piso)Mexico 6, D.F., Mexico

MONROVIA. United Nations InformationCentre

ULRC Building(Post Office Box 274)Monrovia, Liberia

MOSCOW. United Nations InformationCentre

No. 4/16 Ulitsa, Lunacharskogo 1Moscow, USSR

NEW DELHI. United Nations InformationCentre

1 Barakhamba RoadNew Delhi 1, India

PARIS. Centre d'lnformation des NationsUnies

1 Rue Miollis75 Paris 15e, France

PORT MORESBY. United Nations Infor-mation Centre

Hunter StreetPort Moresby, Papua New Guinea

PORT OF SPAIN. United Nations Informa-tion Centre

15 Keate Street(Post Office Box 130)Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

PRAGUE. United Nations Information Cen-tre

Panska 5Praha 1, Czechoslovakia

RABAT. Centre d'lnformation des NationsUnies

Angle Avenue Urbain Blanc et rue deNîmes(Casier ONU)Rabat, Morocco

RANGOON. United Nations InformationCentre

132 University AvenueRangoon, Burma

RIO DE JANEIRO. United Nations Infor-mation Centre

Apt. 201Cruz Lima Street, No. 19Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

ROME. United Nations Information CentrePalazzetto VeneziaPiazza San Marco 50Rome, Italy

SAN SALVADOR. Centro de Informaciónde las Naciones Unidas

Avenida Roosevelt 2818(Apartado Postal 1114)San Salvador, El Salvador

SANTIAGO. Information Service, UnitedNations Economic Commission for LatinAmerica

Edificio Naciones UnidasAvenida Dag HammarskjoldSantiago, Chile

SYDNEY. United Nations Information Cen-tre

London Assurance Building20 Bridge Street(Post Office Box R226)Royal ExchangeSydney 2000, Australia

TANANARIVE. Centre d'lnformation desNations Unies

26 rue de Liege(Boîte Postale 1348)Tananarive, Madagascar

TEHERAN. United Nations InformationCentre

Off Takhte Jamshid12 Kh. Bandar Pahlavi(Post Office Box 1555)Teheran, Iran

TOKYO. United Nations Information Cen-tre

New Ohtemachi Building, Room 411/4122-1, Ohtemachi 2-chomeChiyoda-kuTokyo, Japan

TUNIS. Centre d'lnformation des NationsUnies

61 Boulevard Bab Benat(Boîte Postale 863)Tunis, Tunisia

VIENNA. Information Service, United Na-tions Industrial Development Organiza-tion

Lerchenfelderstrasse 1(Post Office Box 707)A-1011, Vienna, Austria

WASHINGTON. United Nations Informa-tion Centre

Suite 7141028 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.Washington, D. C. 20006, United States

YAOUNDE. Centre d'lnformation des Na-tions Unies

(Boîte Postale 836)Yaoundé, Cameroon