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perhaps on United Nations Day (October 24), the form of the amendment used at the
previous session should be retainede

Mr. Loveday noted that some difficulty had arisen at the 15th General Assembly
over the ambiguity of the amendment and some delegations had argued that the ROK
could not be seated until the north Koreans complied with the conditions attached
to its invitation. There was general agreement that the amendment should be un-
ambiguous and Mr. Loveday's suggestion was. accepted for rewording along the lines
"provided, in the case of the latter, that it first unequivocally accepts the
competence and authority of the United Nations." It was agreed that the exact
wording of the amendment should be worked out among the interested delegations in
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New Zealand, Mr. Miller said, had noted the omission in the draft resolution
of any request that UNCURK continue its work. The consensus was that inclusion
of operative paragraph 3 from the 1959 resolution -- "Reduests the UNCURK to
continue its work in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General
Assembly" -- was desirable and that its addition would not adversely affect support
for the resolution.

Canada, Mr. Nutt noted, was concerned that omission of the automatic reinscrip-
tion paragraph might make it difficult or impossible to have the item inscribed
jin the future. In the ensuing discussion, there was general agreement that there
should be no paragraph providing for automatic reinscription in order to afford
tthe 16" greater flexibility in handling the Korean question in the future.

Mr. Loveday said that Australia, while prepared to accept operative paragraph
1 of the 1959 resolution if the majority so desired, would prefer to have the
reference to UN objectives placed in 4 preambular paragraph in order to keep the
operative portion of the resolution as short as possible. The consensus was in
favor of leaving the paragraph as the first operative paragraph since placing it
in the preamble might be interpreted as a softening of "the 16's" position.

New Zealand, Mr. Miller indicated, probably would consponsor the revised draft
resolution. In response to queries, he indicated that his Government's decision
was based on the resolution's simplicity and was not to be interpreted as a change in
New Zealand's position on the supervision of elections. Canada, Mr. Nutt said, still
had not instructed him concerning cosponsorshipe Messrs. Jones, Macdonald, and
Loveday expressed the strong hope that Canada would join New Zealand in cosponsoring
this yearts resolution.

All participants thought that their respective governments would agree to the
addition of the reference to UNCURK in the draft resolution. Mr. Jones suggested
that replies be telephoned to him rather than holding another meeting. He urged
that agreement on the resolution and Canada's decision on cosponsorship be obtained
as soon as possible Tprbkes that consultations could be held with the other
members of "the 16", /in BOTY ork, and with the ROKe 2a]

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