CLOUD ON FUTURE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26632, 1 December 1947, Page 5

CLOUD ON FUTURE

RUSSIAN INTRANSIGENCE ASSEMBLY WORK REVIEWED Rec. 11.40 p.m. NEW YORK, Nov. 29. The General Assembly has adjourned its 1947 session. 74 days after it began on September 16. Dr Oswaldo Aranha, President of the Assembly, said the Assembly had made a memorable contribution towards a peaceful and constructive- solution of world problems. It had laid bare the struggles, divergencies, misgivings and rivalries that beset the world to-day. Reviewing the crowded session, the New York Times says the Soviet boycotts which arose will cloud the whole United Nations future. Two intertwined themes were clear—the deep split between the Soviet and the United States, and the Russian bloc’s oitter complaint that it could not trust the majority or the United Nations. The United States and Russia fought hard and long on almost every important issue before the Assembly, except the Palestine controversy. The last session set the stage for a year of work that will be marked by the absence, of Russia from many key. United Nations debates and organs. The Soviet boycott spread to three important new organs—the Little Assembly, the Korean Commission, and the Balkan Inquiry Committee. The most important of these boycotts was that of the Little Assembly’s, beginning in January. The Little Assembly will sit until the next session of the General Assembly. ’There will be six empty seats—those of, Russia. White Russia. Ukraine. Poland. Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia. Since Russia’s consent is essential to many of the decisions that will stem from the Little Assembly's talks, it is felt that an effective agreement is foredoomed.