SOUTH AFRICAN CRITICISM OF U.N.

Grey River Argus, 1 October 1948, Page 8

SOUTH AFRICAN CRITICISM OF U.N.

PARIS, Sept 25

Mr Eric Louw told the United Nations General Assembly that, unless the United Nations changed the road it had been travelling for , the past two years, South Africa might have to consider whether its membership was compatible with its national interests. There was a growing' bc-iy of opinion in the Union that only frank discussion could prevent the eventual collapse of the United Nations, and a reversion to the unchecked power politics of past, with resultant war.

Mr Louw said that he objected to the Assembly and its committees being made an arena for violent attacks on member States. More serious was the use, or misuse, being made of the Assembly for ideological propaganda, and for poisoning relations between European and nonEuropean races. The Security Council’s record could give little ground for satisfaction or optimism. The world watched its performances with a growing feeling of disillusionment, frustration, and exasperation, , particularly among the small nations. Mr Louw charged that the Assembly had overstepped the bounds ‘by interference in the domstic affairs of the smaller nations by "strained and wholly unwarranted interpretations of the United Nations’ Charter.”