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Resolution on Spain The Assembly adopted by 45 votes to 2 the following recommendation ■on the Franco regime in Spain introduced by the delegate of Panama : "1. The Assembly recalls that the San Francisco Conference adopted a resolution according to which paragraph 2 of Article 4 of Chapter II of the United Nations Charter ' cannot apply to States whose regimes have been installed with the help of armed Forces of countries which have fought against the United Nations so long as these regimes are in power.' "2. The Assembly recalls that at the Potsdam Conference the Governments of the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the Soviet Union stated that they would not support a request for admission to the United Nations of the present Spanish Government ' which, having been founded with the support of the Axis Powers, in view of its origins, its nature, its record, and its close association with the aggressor States, does not possess the necessary qualifications to justify its admission.' " 3. The Assembly, in endorsing these two statments, recommends that the members of the United Nations should act in accordance with* the letter and the spirit of these statements in the conduct of their future relations with Spain." Columbus Lighthouse Memorial The Assembly took note of a declaration by various Latin-American ■delegations concerning the construction of the Columbus Lighthouse Memorial. International Press Conference It was decided to place on the Agenda of the Second Part of the First Regular Session a proposal by the delegation of the Philippine Commonwealth concerning the convocation of an international Press Conference. Nuremberg Tribunal The delegation of Uruguay brought before the General Committee a -draft resolution " expressing the hope that the Nuremberg Tribunal will not impose the death penalty on war criminals." The members of the General Committee, especially the delegates of the Soviet Union and the Ukrainian S.S.R., received the proposal without enthusiasm, and declined to recommend it to the Assembly.

* The words " act in accordance with " were substituted for the original words "take into account" by an amendment substituted by the Norwegian delegation and adopted by the Assembly by 35 votes to 3.