Denounced
The official Prague radio tonight denounced the election of Yugoslavia to the council, as the result of a “provocation engineered by the United States.”
The radio said that, by right, Czechoslovakia, and not Yugoslavia, should have won the seal.
After the election the spokesman for the British delegation said Britain voted for Czechoslovakia on both ballots.
It is understood that four other Commonwealtn votes were cast for Czechoslovakia.
The General Assembly today elected to the Economic and Social Council,. Mexico. Persia, Pakistan, Canada and Czechoslovakia.
They will replace Byelo-Russia, Lebanon, New Zealand, Turkey and Venezuela for three-year terms beginning on Jaunary 1, 1950.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19491021.2.54
Bibliographic details
Northern Advocate, 21 October 1949, Page 5
Word Count
104Denounced Northern Advocate, 21 October 1949, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Northern Advocate. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in