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matters was beyond its jurisdiction, and the original Dumbarton Oaks proposal, which provided for the veto of the permanent members of the Security Council, was eventually restored. Committee 11/ l amplified the provisions of the Dumbarton Oaks proposals on the apportionment of expenses and approval of the Budget, and recommended that the General Assembly should be empowered to apportion the expenses among the members and to consider and approve the Budgets of the Organization as well as any financial and budgetary arrangements with specialized agencies. This change was fully supported by the New Zealand delegation. On the composition of the Assembly the New Zealand representative supported an additional provision for representation of each delegation by not more than five members. Voting rights were covered by the recommendation that each member State should have one vote in the General Assembly. The Committee also recommended that States failing to fulfil their financial obligations should be deprived of all voting rights in the Assembly so long as they are in arrears. This change was in accordance with the purpose of a New Zealand amendment and was supported by the New Zealand representative, who also supported the proposal that members should be deprived of voting rights in the Assembly if they fail to carry out the security obligations in Chapter VIII, Section B, paragraph 5. Action on this latter recommendation was finally dropped. The Committee recommended that the following important questions should be decided in the Assembly by a two-thirds majority:— Recommendations with respect to the maintenance of international peace and security. The election of the non-permanent members of the Security Council.. The election of the members of the Economic and Social Council. The election of new members of the Trusteeship Council. The admission of new members to the United Nations. The suspension of the rights and privileges of members. The expulsion of members. Questions relating to the operation of the Trusteeship System. Budgetary questions. New Zealand also supported the proposal for open Assembly sessions. It was, however, decided, both in this Committee and later in the Commission, that as the Assembly was enabled to fix its own rules of procedure it was not advisable to specify this provision in the Charter itself. COMMISSION II COMMITTEE 2 POLITICAL AND SECURITY FUNCTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY NEW ZEALAND REPRESENTATIVES Delegate Rt. Hon. P. Fraser Alternate Mr. A. D. Mclntosh This Committee was charged with the preparation and recommendation of provisions of the Charter relating to Chapter V, Section B, of Dumbarton Oaks Proposals. These covered the political and security functions of the General Assembly, the specific powers of the Assembly in regard to international co-operation in general, the Assembly's general reviewing authority over action by the Security