TRUSTEE FLANS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21922, 17 January 1946, Page 5

TRUSTEE FLANS

CHINA’S APPROVAL “BIG ADVANCE” ATOM BOMB CONTROL LONDON, Jan. 15. The fruitful co-operation during the war years should convince even cynics that the nations would work together for the common cause, said Dr. Wellington Koo (China), resuming the debate on the Preparatory Commission's report in the plenary session of t'nc United Nations Assembly. China .was gratified that of the five commissions which the Economic and Social Council was recommended to establish, that relating to human rights was placed at the head of the list. The dignity of man must be respected ns the first principle of the new order, said Dr. Koo. The Chinese delegation honed for the early establishment of the Trusteeship Council and welcomed the Preparatory Commission's recommendation to adopt a resolution calling for the submission of trusteeship agreements as soon as possible in order that the necessary elections might be held and the Trusteeship Council organised. The organisation of the trusteeship system, which marked a notable advance on the mandates system, would benefit the lives of millions of people in the trust territories.

Dr. Koo pointed out that the establishment in the Economic Council’s report of a commission on narcotic drugs was gratifying to China. There was an increase in drug addiction after every war, and during this war the enemy had deliberately stimulated vice in the west as well as in the east. Mood of Oppressed People Professor Schemerhorn (Holland) said the temper of the oppressed pfeoples in Europe and Asia was not the same as before 1940. A general loosening of social and moral consciousness had followed the suffering. It was also true that the yearning for the practical and radical application of the principles of humanity and law was asserting itself with elemental force, but individuals and nations alike must accept the application of the common rule of law, supported by a power which must be tempered with insight and exercised under public supervision. The fear of the possibilities of atomic power might lead to international cooperation, but it was necessary to keep repeating that it was the wrong way to approach the critical stage m the evolution of mankind. Morality must overtake science and divert the achievements of science to moral purposes. M. Rasmussen (Denmark) asked the Assembly to consider the millions of displaced persons in Germany, adding: “We wish to point to the grave danger of the sheer pressure of population and the spreading of migratory Germans throughout Europe. Means should be discussed of guiding migration away from the frontiers into channels less dangerous to the future of neighbouring peoples.” The Assembly adjourned until tomorrow.