WORLD PLAN FOR PEACE

Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26121, 25 May 1950, Page 5

WORLD PLAN FOR PEACE

Proposals From Mr Lie PROVISION OF U.N. ARMY (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 1 a.m.) NEW YORK. May 23. The 10 points for peace proposed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations (Mr Trygve Lie) call for strengthening the United Nations through top level security council meetings, effective disarmament talks and the establishment of a United Nations Army to prevent' war, diplomatic sources said to-day. They added that the points, like Woodrow Wilson’s 14 points after World War I. were regarded as a collection of ideas to be discussed over a long period rather than a definite programme of immediate action. (1) Top-level Security Council meetings to be attended by the Chiefs of State or their Foreign Ministers. (2) The resumption of East-West talks within the United Nations on the prohibition of atomic and hydrogen weapons and international control of atomic energy. (3) The resumption of United Nations talks on the reduction of conventional armaments as distinguished from atomic weapons. ’4) New efforts for agreement on the establishment of United Nations security forces, in effect a United Nations army, which is provided for : n the Charter. (5) Universal membership in the United Nations. (6) An active programme of United Nations technical assistance to the world's backward areas. (7) More vigorous use of United Nations specialised agencies such as the World Health Organisation. <8) The development of United Nations work in the field o e human rights and fundamental freedoms. (9) The use of the United Nations to promote the advancement of colonial and denendent peoples. (10) The use of the United Nations Charter to speed up the development of international law.