NO COUNTERPOISE

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21924, 19 January 1946, Page 5

NO COUNTERPOISE

STATES' POLICIES

UNITED NATIONS’ AIMS RUSSIAN ATTITUDE (10 a.m.) LONDON. Jan. IS. M. Gromyko, the Soviet delegate, in a speech to the United Nations’ Assembly, said: “Endeavours to counterpoise the big States with the small ones cannot be regarded with sympathy in the United Nations’ organisation for this organisation is a body to protect all peace-loving States, big and small. This organisation is designed to protect the interests of big and small Slates against aggression “The counterpoising of big countries with small ones has nothing in common with the principles of the United Nations Organisation, which was created in the interests of the struggle against aggressive States and their allies and which unites big and small peace-loving countries in order to fight tor pence and international security.

“Now an organ has already been established on which devolves .the very important task of maintaining peace. That is the Security Council, which has the possibility of arrest at the very inception of any attempt by aggressors to imperil peace and tranquil labour and freedom of peoples. Thus the mos.t important provision of the Charter had already found practical application. ‘The Russian delegation expresses the hope that the activities of the Security Council will, from the very beginning, be fruitful, effective and aimed at the realisation of the main objects and tasks of the organisation,” M. Vyshinsky’s prolonged and unexplained absence from UNO is puzzling all the delegations, says the Daily Mail’s diplomatic correspondent. Even the Soviet delegation have no information to offer. M. Gromyko, as temporary leader of the Soviet delegation, yesterday gave notice that his delegation wished to join in the debate on the Preparatory Commission’s report, but time is running short and the debate. according to a correspondent, cannot be prolonged over the week-end.