U.N. FLAG WILL NOT BE FLOWN IN TRUST COUNTRIES

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23217, 31 March 1950, Page 5

U.N. FLAG WILL NOT BE FLOWN IN TRUST COUNTRIES

(N.Z.P.A.—Reuter— Copyright.)

(10 a m.) GENEVA, March 30. The United Nations Trusteeship Council this afternoon rejected a General Assembly proposal that the administering authorities should fly the sky blue United Nations flag alongside their own in trust territories. It was the first time in the United Nations’ history that the council had rejected a resolution recommended to it by the General Assembly. Two tied votes, one this morning and one this afternoon, resulted in the application of the council s rule of procedure in such cases —(hot the resolution be automatically rejected. New Zealand, Australia, Britain, Belgium and France voted against the resolution and the United States, the Philippines, China and the Dominican Republic and Iraq voted for it. The Argentina abstained. The New Zealand delegate, Mr. George Laking, said that Western Samoa already had a flag of its own which flew alongside New Zealand s flag. He said that the Samoans looked forward to the day when there would be fewer and not more flags in their territory. . , . . Mr. John Hood, the Australian dele°ate, said that Australia would not accept the obligation to fly the United Nations’ flag if the resolution was passed. The British delegate, Mr. John Fletcher-Cooke, said the resolution was “based on a complete misconception of the functions of the Trusteeship Council and the administering authorities.