FOREIGN RELATIONS, 1950, VOLUME I


'Summary record not reproduced.


representatives of Canada, China, France, the United Kingdom and
the United States of America dated 27 January 1950 together with
the summary record of the fourteenth meeting of the Consultations
of the six permanent members of the Atomic Energy Commission
(A/Permanent Members/AEC/SR.14) *


                            [Enclosure]
Commnnication From the Representatives of Canada, China, France,
  the United Kingdom, and the United States to the Secretary-
  General (Lie)
                                      NEw YoRK,i-27 January 1950.
  In its resolution of 4 November 1948,-the General Assembly re--
  quested the six permanent members of the Atomic Energy Commission:
  "to meet together and consult in order to determine if there exists
a
  basis for agreement on the international control of atomic energy to
  ensure its use only for peaceful-purposes and for the-elimination from.
  national armaments of atomicweapons."
  On 23 November 1949, the General Assembly passed a resolution
  on the international control of atomic energy, in which the General
  Assembly expressed itself as follows:
  "A -xiousto free humanity- from the dangers which will continue
  to exist:as long as States:retain under their individual control the
  development and operation of atomic energy facilities,
  "Convinced that an international co-operative effort can avoid these
  dangers and can hasten the development of the peaceful uses of atomic
  energy for the benefit of all peoples,
       "1. Urges all nationst6o join in such a co-operative development
     and use of atomic energy for peaceful ends;
       "2. Calls upon Governments to do everything in their power to
     make possible, by the acceptance of effective international control,
     the effective prohibition and elimination of atomic weapons;
       "3. Requests the permanent members of the United Nations
     Atomic Energy Commission to continue their consultations, to
     explore all possible avenues and examine all concrete suggestions
     with a view to determining whether they might lead to an agree.
     ment securing the basic objectives of the General Assembly in
     this question, and to keep the Atomic Energy Commission and
     the General Assembly informed of their progress;"
   In accordance with the above resolutionj:the six permanent mem-
 bers of the Atomic Energy Commission met on 20 December 1949 and
 again on 19 January 1950. At the beginning. of the. latter meeting, the
 representative of- -the Soviet Union objected to the presence of the


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