7. said that the meeting of the United Nations Assembly, due to begin in about a month, was of considerable importance and might be a turning point in the development of that organization. It was proposed that the delegation should be a Parliamentary one with officials as alternates and that four members of Opposition parties be appointed as Parliamentary advisers. Certain specific recommendations were made for appointments to the delegation.

8. The Cabinet, after discussion:

(a) approved the following composition of the Canadian delegation to the forthcoming meeting of the United Nations Assembly:

Chairman - the Honourable L.B. Pearson, Secretary of State for External Affairs
Vice-Chairman - the Honourable Hugues Lapointe, Minister of Veterans Affairs
Senator J.G. Turgeon
Jean Lesage, Esquire, M.P.
John Dickey, Esquire, M.P.
Alternates - A.D.P. Heeney, Esquire, Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs
Léon Mayrand, Esquire, Assistant Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs
R.G. Riddell, Esquire, Permanent Delegate [sic] to the United Nations
Fraser Elliott, Esquire

Mrs. D.B. Sinclair, Executive Assistant to the Deputy Minister of Welfare (subject to suitable arrangements for her participation being made between the Secretary of State for External Affairs and the Minister of National Health and Welfare)

(b) approved in principle the inclusion of four Parliamentary advisers in the delegation; specific appointments to be considered at a later date²⁰

²⁰Les personnes suivantes ont été par la suite nommées conseillers parlementaires : M.J. Coldwell, CCF (Rosetown-Biggar); John Decore, libéral (Vegreville); Gordon Graydon, progressisteconservateur (Peel); Gordon Francis Higgins, progressiste-conservateur (St. John's East); Solon Earl Low, Crédit social (Peace River); Victor Quelch, Crédit social (Acadie).
The following were eventually named as parliamentary advisors: M.J. Coldwell, C.C.F. (RosetownBiggar); John Decore, Liberal (Vegreville); Gordon Graydon, Progressive Conservative (Peel); Gordon Francis Higgins, Progressive Conservative (St. John's East); Solon Earl Low, Social Credit (Peace River); and Victor Quelch, Social Credit (Acadia).