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2. Memorandum on the Legal Aspects of the Problem of Representation in the United Nations, Transmitted to the President of the Security Council by the Secretary-General (Lie), March 8, 1950.1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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The primary difficulty in the current question of the representation of Member States in die United Nations is that this question of representation has been linked up with the question of recognition by Member Governments.

It will be shown here that this linkage is unfortunate from the practical standpoint, and wrong from the standpoint of legal theory.

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Documents on International Organizations: I. Documents on the United Nations
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International Organization , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , May 1950 , pp. 356 - 360
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1950

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2 See Official Records of the Security Council, Third Year, No. 68, page 16.

3 A number of writers such as Scelle, Fauchille, Anzillotti, Malbone Graham, contended that admission to the League constituted an implied recognition by all Members. In the words of Lauterpacht (Recognition in International Law, page 401); “Actual practice did not substantiate these postulated implications of admission.”

4 See Statements by Mr. Faris el-Khouri and Mr. T. F. Tsiang on Indonesia at the 181st meeting (Official Records of the Security Council, Seoond Year, No. 74); and by Sir Alexander Cadogan, Mr. Manuilsky, and Mr. Jessup on Israel at the 330th meeting (Official Records of the Security Council, Third Year, No. 93)