USING ARMED FORCES

New Zealand Herald, Volume 82, Issue 25228, 14 June 1945, Page 6

USING ARMED FORCES

PREVENTING AGGRESSION PROVISIONS APPROVED CRecd. 9.15 p.m.) SAN FRANCISCO, June 13 The real business section of the United Nations Charter—the language that establishes the force to curb wouldbe future aggressors—was unanimously made part of the new global constitution today at a public commission meeting of the San Francisco Conference. As a Norwegian delegate, M. MorgenEtierne. said: "The enforcement provisions thus approved go to the very heart of our aspirations for a world of peace and security.". For the first time in history the provisions tentatively bind the world-wide family of nations to specify in peacetime the exact character and extent oi the armed forces and other activities they will make available to the central supervising agency for use in preventing aggression.

For emergencies, when action is necessary in a few hours or a few days, the provisions pledge the signatories to earmark 'ir force contingents of their forces to he held in readiness for urgent military measures.

COURT OF JUSTICE STATUTE COMPLETED fßerd. 9.15 p.m.) SAX FRANCISCO. June 13 The New York Times correspondent says the United Nations jurists committee hds completed the revision ot the statute of the proposed new World Court. The statute will he submitted to the final public session of the conference anrl included in the world organisation's charter.

No formal announcement was wade of the completion, but today's action marked the beginning of a new ehaptei in the long history of the World Court, which was first proposed by the I nited States at The Hague Convention in 1898, finally created in 1920 and repeatedly rejuectod by its original sponsor. The new statute is slightly different from the protocol of the old World Court. It was changed primarily to exclude those neutrals like Spain which adhered to the old Court and which this conference chose to keep out of the new League. But for most purposes the statute is the same except that this time —as is generally admitted—the T'niter] States will finally support its own idea.

NORTHERN IRELAND POLL PREMIER NOT OPPOSED (Reed. .V3*i p.in.) LONDON. June 12 Polling in the Northern Ireland general election will take place on Thursday, but the results will not be known for nearly a month. At the dissolution of the old House of Commons the Unionists held 37 seats of the 52 and the remainder were divided among six other groups, of which the Nationalists, with five seats, were the strongest. i There are 68 candidates for the election, of whom 28 are Unionists and 15 Labour. Ten other groups have nominated_ candidates. Thirteen Unionists, six Nationalists and one Independent Unionist were returned unopposed. The Prime Minister, Sir Basil Brooke, is the only Minister not opposed.