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Volume #18 - 247. | |
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CHAPTER III UNITED NATIONS | |
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PART
4 SEVENTH SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, FIRST PART, OCTOBER 14-DECEMBER 21, 1952 | |
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SECTION
A ELECTIONS | |
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SUB-SECTION
II PRINCIPAL ORGANS | |
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DEA/5475-N-40 |
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Memorandum by United Nations Division | |
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[Ottawa],
January 6th, 1952 | |
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ELECTIONS TO PRINCIPAL ORGANS OF THE UNITED NATIONS | |
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At the first part of the seventh session elections were held to fill vacancies on the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council. As no vacancies existed on the International Court of Justice no elections were held to that organ. Elections in the United Nations are held by secret ballot and without nominations. It is the practice of the Canadian Government not to announce its votes in these elections. This practice has of course been relaxed in certain instances and a number of countries have been informed confidentially of Canadian support for their candidatures.
Elections to the Security Council. Brazil, Turkey and The Netherlands retired from membership on the Security Council at the end of 1952. To replace these countries the General Assembly elected Colombia, Lebanon and Denmark. Canada supported the successful candidates. The membership of the Security Council for 1953 will be China, France, the U.S.S.R., the United Kingdom, the United States, Chile, Greece, Pakistan, Colombia, Denmark and Lebanon. Elections to the Economic and Social Council. Canada completed its second term of membership on the Economic and Social Council at the end of 1952. The other retiring members were Czechoslovakia, Iran, Mexico, Pakistan and the United States. On the first ballot the following five candidates were elected to fill five of the six vacancies: Australia, India, Turkey, the United States and Venezuela. The three contenders for the sixth place, none of whom achieved the necessary 2/3 majority on the first ballot, were Czechoslovakia, Pakistan and Yugoslavia. A series of indecisive ballots were then taken and only on the 13th ballot did Yugoslavia receive the necessary 40 votes for election, as against 18 votes for Czechoslovakia. The membership of the Council for 1953 will be Argentina, Australia, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, India, Philippines, Poland, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uruguay, U.S.S.R., the United States, Venezuela, Yugoslavia. Canada supported all the successful candidates in this election. Elections to the Trusteeship Council. The retiring members of the Trusteeship Council at the end of 1952 were El Salvador and Iraq. The Assembly reelected El Salvador and elected Syria in the place of Iraq. Canada supported both successful candidates. The membership of this Council for 1953 will be Australia, Belgium, China, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, France, New Zealand, Syria, Thailand, the United Kingdom, the United States and the U.S.S.R. | |
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