To Make An End To Atomic Weapons
NEW YOPiK, Nov. 23. Pnited Nations (Jeneral Assemblv to'•'•v by 49 votes to ~>, ealled on all nai -us to aeeept effeetive international • tio! of atoinie energy and make pos- • the eliininat ion of atoinie wea -as. p/)\ iet bloc eountries opposed the r- -"lut ion. i he resolution, whieh was submitted |'v i'ranee and C'anada, made the, fo! '"•m rg main points: Firstly, all nations join in the eo-operative deveicpiu'nt of atomic energy for peaeeful purpoves; • secondly, all Government s ."■iioulil do evervthhig in their power to aeeept effeetive international eontroi at atomic energy and thus make possll.ie the prohibitio of atomic weapons; thirdly, the six atomic powers shouid eominne their attenipts to narrow the fap between Ihissia and the rest of Unb«'d Nations; fourthly, all nations •"■'houhi limit their sovereigntv to the extent lieeessary to control atomic energy eft'ect i vely. The Assemblv defeated a Foviet refolution asking for two conventions^ ane prohibiting atomic weapons and ihe . ai.ier ilealing with the control of atomic fcneroy. ' J
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Chronicle (Levin), 25 November 1949, Page 5
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