Trusteeship Council Now

Northern Advocate, 8 November 1946, Page 5

Trusteeship Council Now

U.S. Proposes ...

(Rec. 1 R.m.) NEW YORK, Nov. 7. Mr John Foster Dulles (United States), in a speech at the trusteeship committee, urged that the United Nations, without injecting the veto question into the discussions, should establish a trusteeship council immediately. Mr Dulles, after referring to the American proposal to assume trusteeship of Japanese islands, said the United States was ready to accept draft agreements submitted by Britain, France, Belgium, Australia and New Zealand for th€ old .League of Nations’ mandates.

Every country interested, whether or not it was a “state directly concerned,” should have equal opportunity to present its views on the agreements.

The United States is willing to join with others in accepting a system of equality and not asserting a special position in relation to the agreements now before us,” he said. “We do not want an interpretation of states directly concerned, which might import the veto system into the Assembly’s work.” AHEAD OF SOVIET ' “The United Press says M. Dulles’ speech is reported to have anticipated a Soviet move to deipand a specific definition of Charter provisions and give each of the Big Five Powers the right to approve or disapprove all draft trusteeship agreements. M. Dulles later told reporters that if the American proposal on control of Japanese mandated islands fails “the administration continues in de facto status under control of the j present administering authority.” The Associated Press interprets this | as meaning that if the United Na- 1 tions votes down America's terms to j put the islands under a qualified United Nations’ agreement, that vast 1 chain of Pacific Islands will be maintained under direct American supervision.