U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL

Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28155, 19 December 1956, Page 15

U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL

Soviet Condition For Extension (Rec. 8 p.m.) _ NEW YORK. December 17. The Soviet Union said today that it would accept no increase in the strength of the United Nations Security Council unless Communist China was admitted to the world organisation. Mr Vasily Kuznetsov, the Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister, told the General Assembly that his country could not accept any amendments To the Charter while the Peking regime continued to be excluded from the United Nations. He also said that there would have to be firm agreement on reserving a seat for representation of Eastern Europe. The Assembly was Considering a resolution submitted by 19 Latin American countries and Spain proposing that the Charter be amended to allow an increase in Security Council membership from 11 to 13. The two additional seats should be for non-permanent members, of Which there are six at present. Sir Leslie Munro of New Zealand said that in general the political and practical effects of allocating seats according to the group system had been satisfactory. But, he said, the procedure had three notable deficiencies: • hss involved the apparently indefinite exclusion of certain countries which do not fall easily within an identifiable grouping,” he said. “Second it has provided inadequate numerical representation for one of th «nU?° st important areas of the world. ‘Third, disagreements have arisen which have resulted in deadlocks damaging to the prestige of the Assembly. “Clearly, in considering the future composition of the Security Council, we should seek to eliminate or at least to reduce these deficiencies,” said Sir Leslie Munro.