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The General Assembly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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The First Part of the First Session of the United Nations General Assembly met in London from January 10 to February 14, 1946, and held thirty-three plenary meetings, at which delegates representing each of the 51 United Nations dealt primarily with matters of procedure and organization. The principal item on the agenda was the report of the Preparatory Commission, which contained recommendations designed to bring the United Nations into active operation.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities I. The United Nations
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International Organization , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , February 1947 , pp. 46 - 73
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1947

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References

1 All member nations are entitled to one member of each committee. The committees elect their own chairmen. The committees elect their own chairmen. Journal of the General Assembly, No. 3. Hereinafter referred to as Assembly Journal.

2 Assembly Journal, No. 16, p. 316.

3 Assembly Journal, No. 2, pp. 26–28.

4 Assembly Journal, No. 3, pp. 44–45.

5 Assembly Journal, No. 16, p. 336; Document A/14, January 24, 1946.

6 Assembly Journal, No. 3, pp. 44–45.

7 Report of the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations, Chapter I, Sec. 3, VII.

8 Assembly Journal, No. 3, pp. 39–45; Assembly Journal, No. 16, pp. 317–336; Document A/14, January 24, 1946.

9 Assembly Journal, No. 21, p. 377; Assembly Journal, No. 21, p. 377; Assembly Journal, No. 14, pp. 299–301; Document A/11, January 23, 1946.

10 Assembly Journal, No. 4, pp. 61–75.

11 Assembly Journal, Nos. 4 & 5, 1946, pp. 75–93.

12 Assembly Journal, No. 18, pp. 350–358.

13 Assembly Journal, No. 22, pp. 406–414; Document A/22, January 30, 1946.

14 Assembly Journal, No. 32, pp. 586–591.

15 Assembly Journal, Nos. 24, 25, 28.

16 Assembly Journal, No. 29, pp. 497–498; Document A/31, February 5, 1946.

17 Assembly Journal, No. 28. The Iraqi delegation submitted a definition of the “states directly concerned” to the Trusteeship Committee but did not succeed in having it included in the resolution. Document A/C. 4/11.

18 Assembly Journal, No. 32, pp. 591–592.

19 Assembly Journal, Nos. 21, 22, pp. 380–401.

20 Assembly Journal, No. 30, pp. 535–538.

21 Assembly Journal, No. 31, pp. 554–564.

22 Assembly Journal, No. 32, pp. 592–615.

23 Assembly Journal, No. 28, pp. 469–78.

24 Assembly Journal, No. 33, pp. 621–649. Also of interest is a declaration drawn up by women members of the various delegations calling upon governments to encourage women everywhere to take a more active part in national and international affairs, which was submitted by Mrs. Roosevelt (United States). No Assembly action was required. Assembly Journal, No. 30, pp. 527–535.

25 Assembly Journal, No. 29, p. 497; Document A/31, Feb. 5, 1946.

26 Assembly Journal, No. 30, pp. 526–527.

27 Assembly Journal, No. 31, pp. 564–575.

28 Assembly Journal, No. 33, pp. 649–657.

29 Assembly Journal, No. 31, pp. 479.

30 U. N. Journal, no. 22/1, p. 2.

31 See this issue, p. 90 f.

32 U. N. Journal, no. 24/1, p. 12.

33 Ibid., no. 25/1, p. 18.

34 Ibid., p. 21.

35 See this issue, pp. 92–93.

36 U. N. Journal, no. 27/1, p. 25.

37 Document A/C.1/43.

38 U. N. Journal, no. 38/1, p. 335.

39 Ibid., no. 32/1, p. 49.

40 Ibid., no. 38/1, p. 337.

41 See this issue, pp. 93–94.

42 Document A/C.1/42.

43 Document A/C.1/58.

44 Document A/C.1/34.

45 Reports on the first phase of the discussion are to be found in Documents A/C.1/50 through A/C.1/60.

46 Document A/C.1/42/Rev.1.

47 Document A/C.1/91.

48 Document A/C.1/95.

49 Document A/C.1/96.

50 Document A/C.1/122.

51 Document A/C.1/123.

52 Document A/C.1/130, p. 297.

53 U. N. Journal, no. 61/A, p. 614.

54 U. N. Journal, no. 38/1, p. 113.

55 Ibid., no. 42/1, p. 137.

56 Ibid., p. 140.

57 Document A/C.1/78.

58 Document A/C.1/80.

59 Document A/BUR/42.

60 Document A/C.1/81 and A/C.1/81/Rev.1.

61 Document A/C.1/82.

62 Document A/C.1/87, November 29, 1946.

63 U. N. Journal, no. 51/1; Document A/C.1/114.

64 Ibid., no. 55, no. 56, no. 57.

65 See this issue, p. 223.

66 Document A/C.1/133.

67 U. N. Journal, no. 63/A, p. 670.

68 Document A/BUR/45.

69 Document A/C.1/24 and A/C.1/25.

70 Document A/C.1/35.

71 Document A/C.1/100.

72 Document A/C.1/128.

73 For text of resolution, see this issue, p. 22.

74 Document A/C.1/120.

75 U. N. Journal, no. 59/A, p. 475.

76 Ibid., p. 481.

77 Ibid., no. 37/A, p. 318.

78 Document A/205.

79 U. N. Journal, no. 32/2, p. 378; Document A/C.2/34.

80 Document A/C.2/27, November 5, 1946.

81 Document A/C.2/28.

82 Document A/C.2/48.

83 Document A/C.2/49.

84 Document A/213, December 5, 1946.

85 Documents A/C.2/38 and A/C.2/57; see also Verbatim Record of the 12th Meeting of the Second Committee, Document A/C.2/40.

86 U. N. Journal, no. 34/2, p. 57f.

87 Report of the Chairman of Subcommittee 1 on Discussion Concerning Post–UNRRA Relief, Document A/C.2/85.

88 Document A/C.2/96.

89 U. N. Journal, no. 57/2, p. 151f; Document A/237.

90 Document A/233, December 9, 1946.

91 Ibid., U. N. Journal, no. 54/A, pp. 135–138.

92 Document A/233/Add. 1.

93 Documents A/246, December 11, 1946, and A/C.2 and 3/2, November 18, 1946.

94 U. N. Journal, no. 65/A, pp. 743–763.

95 U. N. Journal, no. 60/A, pp. 569–576.

96 Document A/242, December 11, 1946.

97 Ibid., p. 2.

98 Document A/242, December 11, 1946, p. 3.

99 Document A/243, December 11, 1946, p. 2.

100 United Nations Weekly Bulletin, I, no. 22.

101 Ibid.

102 United Nations Weekly Bulletin, I, no. 16, November 18, 1946, p. 31–32.

103 Ibid., p. 32–37.

104 U. N. Journal, no. 54/3, pp. 235–245.

105 Ibid., No. 56/3, p. 249–53.

106 Ibid., No. 64/A, p. 731.

107 Document A/255, December 12, 1946.

108 U. N. Journal, No. 58/A, p. 500; Document A/230.

109 Document A/194, November 15, 1946; U. N. Journal, no. 38/A, pp. 328–333.

110 Document A/229 December 9, 1946.

111 Document A/252, December 12, 1946.

112 Document A/220, December 9, 1946.

113 For membership see footnote, this issue, p. 209.

114 Document A/C.4/69.

115 Document A/C.4/69/Add. 1.

116 Document A/C.9/83.

117 U. N. Journal, no. 62/A/p. 636.

118 U. N. Journal, no. 63/A/p. 672.

119 Document A/C.4/58, December 5, 1946.

120 Document A/249, December 11, 1946; U. N. Journal, no. 55/4, pp. 76–79.

121 U. N. Journal, no. 63/A, pp. 709–722.

122 Document A/C.4/68, December 5, 1946, p. 21.

123 Document A/251.

124 U. N. Journal, no. 63/A, p. 708.

125 Ibid.

126 For general discussion in the Fourth Committee, see U. N. Journal, nos. 30 and 33.

127 Report of Sub–Committee Two to the Fourth Committee, Document A/C. 4/68, December 5, 1946.

128 Ibid.

129 U. N. Journal, no. 63/A, p. 679; Document A/250/Add.1/Rev.1.

130 A/272.

131 A/274.

132 See U. N. Journal. No. 75: Sup. A–64, p. 898 f.

133 Document. A/277, December 13, 1946.

134 U. N. Journal, no. 64/A, p. 726–727.

135 Document A/281, December 14, 1946; United Nations Weekly Bulletin, I, no. 21, p. 62.

136 Document A/279, December 13, 1946.

137 United Nations Weekly Bulletin, I, no. 21, p. 61.