concurrently with the Council's examination of its report,18 and without waiting for a decision on all the existing points of disagreement.

que le Conseil examinerait son rapport111, sans attendre qu'une decision soit prise au sujet de taus les points de desaccord qui subsistaient.

At its 142nd meeting, on 18 June 1947, the Council decided to invite the representative of the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee to take a place at the Council table.
Adopted by 10 votes to none, with 1 abstention (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics).

A sa 142· seance, le 18 juin 1947, le Conseil a decide d'inviter le representant du President du Comite
d'etat-major a prendre place a la table du Conseil.
Adoptee par 10 voix contre zero, avec une abstention (Union des Republiques socialistes sovietiques).

At its 146th meeting, on 25 June 1947, the Council decided to submit a question to the Military Staff Committee. In the letter subsequently addressed to the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee by the President of the Council,19 the Military Staff Committee was requested : (1) to prepare and submit to the Council an estimate of the over-all strength of the armed forces which should be made available to the Security Council, indicating the approximate strength and composition of the separate components, land, sea and air ; and (2) to indicate the proportion of this over-all strength that in its opinion should be provided on the basis of equality by the five permanent members of the Security Council.

A sa 146· seance, le 25 join 1947, le Conseil a
decide d'adresser one question au Comite d'etat-major. Dans la lettre que le President du Conseil a adressee
par la suite au President du Comite d'etat-major19, le Comite d'etat-major etait prie : I) de preparer et de
soumettre au Conseil une evaluation de la puissance d'ensemble des forces armees qui devraient etre mises
a la disposition du Conseil de securite, en indiquant
·la puissance et la composition approximative des elements de terre, de mer et de !'air ; et 2) d'indiquer
la fraction de cette puissance d'ensemble qui, a son
avis, devrait etre foumie sur une base d'egalite par
les cinq membres permanents du Conseil de sccurite.

ATOMIC ENERGY : INTERNATIONAL CONTROL 20

ENERGIE ATOMIQUE : CONTROLE INTERNATIONAL 2o

20 (1947). Resolution of 10 March 1947
[S/296]
The Security Council, Having received and considered the first report of the Atomic Energy Commission,21 dated 31 December 1946, together with the letter of transmittal 22 of the same date, 1. Recognizes that any agreement expressed by the

20 (1947). Resolution du 10 mars 1947
[S/296]
Le Conseil de securite, Ayant reru et examine le premier rapport de la Commission de l'energie atomique21 , en date du 31 decembre 1946, ainsi que la lettre22 par laquelle la
Commission transmettait son rapport a la meme date,
1. Reconnait que tout accord donne par les

19 See Official Records of the Security Council, Second Year, Supplement No. 13, annex 36.
20 Resolutions or decisions on this question were also adopted by the Council in 1946.
21 Official Records of the Atomic Energy Commission, First Year, Special Supplement.
22 Official Records of the Security Council, Second Year, Supplement No. 5, annex 14.

19 Voir Proces-verbaux officiels du Conseil de securite, deuxieme annee, Supplement n· 13, annexe 36.
20 Question ayant fait l'objet de resolutions ou decisions de la part du Conseil en 1946.
21 Proces-verbaux of!iciels de la Commission de fenergie atomique, premiere annee, Supplement special.
22 Proces-verbaux officiels du Conseil de securite, deuxieme annee, Supplement n· 5, annexe 14.

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members of the Council to the separate portions of the report is preliminary, since final acceptance of any part by any nation is conditioned upon its acceptance of all parts of the control plan in its final form ;
2. Transmits the record of its consideration of the first report of the Atomic Energy Commission to the Commission ;
3. Urges the Atomic Energy Commission, in accordance with General Assembly resolutions 1 (I) of 24 January 1946 and 41 (1) of 14 December 1946, to continue its inquiry into all phases of the problem of the international control of atomic energy and to develop as promptly as possible the specific proposals called for by section 5 of General Assembly resolution 1 (1) and by General Assembly resolution 41 (1), and in due course to prepare and submit to the Security Council a draft treaty or treaties or convention or conventions incorporating its ultimate proposals ;
4. Requests the Atomic Energy Commission to submit a second report to the Security Council before the next session of the General Assembly.
Adopted unanimously at the Jl7th meeting.

membres du Conseil aux diverses parties de ce rap-
port est provisoire, puisque l'acceptation definitive
d'une partie quelconque de ce rapport par une nation
est subordonnee a son acceptation de toutes les parties
du systeme de controle sous sa forme definitive ;
2. Transmet a la Commission le proces-verbal de
son examen du premier rapport de la Commission de l'energie atomique ;
3. Invite instamment la Commission de l'energie
aatomique continuer, conformement aux resolutions
1 {I) et 41 (I) de 1'Assemblee general~! en date des 24 janvier 1946 et 14 decembre 1946, l'examen, sous
tous ses aspects, du prob.eme du controle international
de l'energie atomique, a elabrn-er aussi rapidement que
possible les propositions concretes prevues par la section 5 de la resolution 1 (I) de I'Assemblee generale et par la resolution 41 (I) de 1'Assemblee generale,
et a preparer et soumettre en temps voulu au Conseil
de securite un ou p:usieurs projets de traites ou un ou plusieurs projets de conventions comportant ses propositions definitives ;
4. Invite la Commission de l'energie atomique a
soumettre un second rapport au Conseil de securite avant la prochaine session de 1'Assemblee generale.
Adoptee a l'unanimite a la
J17· seance.

TRUSTEESHIP OF STRATEGIC AREAS

TUTELLE DES ZONES STRATtGIQUES

Decision

Decision

At its 118th meeting, on 12 March 1947, the Council, having on its agenda a letter dated 17 February 1947 from the representative of the United States of America addressed to the Secretary-General with enclosed draft trusteeship agreement for the former Japanese mandated islands,23 decided that the Governments of India and New Zealand should be invited to participate, without vote, in the discussion of the question, and that the other members of the Far Eastern Commission (Canada, the Netherlands, the Philippines), if they asked to be heard, should also be .invited.

A sa 118· seance, le 12 mars 1947, le Conseil dont l'ordre du jour comportait une lettre, en date du 17
fevrier 1947, adressee au Secretaire general par le
representant des Etats-Unis d'Amerique et un projet d'ac~rd de tutelle sur les iles anterieurement sous mandat japonais23, a decide que les Gonvemements de l'1nde et de la Nouvelle-Ulande devaient etre invites
a participer, sans droit de vote, a la discussion de la
question, et que les autres membres de la Commission
pour !'Extreme-Orient (Canada, Pays-Bas, Philippines)
adevaient etre invites s'ils demandaient etre entendus.

21 (1947). Resolution of 2 Aprll 1947
[S/318]
Whereas Article 75 of the Charter of the United Nations provides for the establishment of an Intema-

21 (1947). Resolution du 2 avril 1947
[S/318]
Considerant que 1'Article 75 de la Charte des Nations Unies prevoit l'etablissement d'un Regime

2s Official Records of the Security Council, Second Year,

28 Proces-verbaux officiels du Conseil de securite, deuxieme

Supplement No. 8, annex 17.

annee, Supplement n· 8, annexe 17.

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