Efforts to Overcome Russian Veto Of New U.N. Nations

Grey River Argus, 24 November 1948, Page 5

Efforts to Overcome Russian Veto Of New U.N. Nations

PARIS, Nov. 22. The United Nations’ Minor Political committee to-day Considered applications for United Nations membership from 12 States —Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Ceylon, Eire, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Rumania, Transjordan and the Mongolian Peoples Republic. Colonel Hodgson (Australia), championed five of the States vetoed by Russia (Eire, Finland, Italy, Portugal and the Transjordan). Since Russia vetoed their applications, the International Court of Justice has given a majority opinion that the five States were wrongly excluded. Colonel Hodgson proposed that no member of the United Nations should make the admission of any State to the United Nations conditional on the admission of another State. (The Russians during the Security Council discussion of the applications of Eire, Transjordan. Portugal, Finland and Italy held that all the applications,_ or none, should be ‘admitted. Russia vetoed these five and the Western Powers vetoed the admission of Rumania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Albania). Colonel Hodgson pointed out that the International Court of Justice had decided that no conditions should be imposed on the administration vote)