PEACE CITY

New Zealand Herald, Volume 82, Issue 25345, 29 October 1945, Page 5

PEACE CITY

NATIONS' PBOPOSAL WORLD ORGANISATION COMMITTEE SESSION ENDS (Heed. 7.:50 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. -'S Provision for an internationalised enclave large enough to contain all the organisations of the United Nations and with accommodation for an assured future membership of about 60 nations was among the proposals discussed by the executive committee of the United Nations preparatory commission. The plan, which would entail a request to a host State to set aside sufficient territory for the enclave, also contemplates the planning of a future "great world peace city." The United States was suggested as the site for the permanent headquarters. Alternative provisions were made, however, should the commission decide on a headquarters other than in America.

"We have passed another important milestone in the history of the United Nations," said the chairman, Mr Stevenson (United States), at the closing meeting of the committee of the Preparatory Commission. "We had our differences, but 90 per cent of our final report, which included most important provisions, was agreed upon unanimously. "We shall continue to have differences, and the more we extend the area of our collaboration the greater will be the number of differences, but we have gone on broadening the area of agreement and, in the process, we are learning to understand one another better.

The Russian representative, M. Groinyko, said the executive committee had completed very successful work. The committee approved a resolution recommending that the permanent headquarters of the United Nations should be in the United States. The delegates from Britain. France and the Netherlands stated that they would abstain should the resolution be put to the vote. The committee also approved a recommendation that the Preparatory Commission should meet on November 23 and the constituent General Assemblv between January 2 and January 7, 1946.