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(c) Have authority, in order to accomplish the aims defined under subparagraphs (a) and (b) of the present paragraph, in its discretion to appoint observers, and to utilize the services and good offices of one or more persons whether or not representatives on the Commission ; (d) Be available for observation and consultation throughout Korea in the continuing development of representative government based on the freely-expressed will of the people, including elections of national scope ; (e) Verify the withdrawal of Soviet occupation forces in so far as it is in a position to do so ; 3. Calls upon member States, the Government of the Republic of Korea, and all Koreans to afford every assistance and facility to the Commission in the fulfilment of its responsibilities, and to refrain from any acts derogatory to the purposes of the present resolution; APPENDIX IV—SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION, JUNE 25, 1950 The Security Council, Recalling the finding of the General Assembly in its resolution of 21 October, 1949, that the Government of the Republic of Korea is a lawfully established Government " having effective control and jurisdiction over that part of Korea where the United Nations Temporary Commission on Korea was able to observe and consult and in which the great majority of the people of Korea reside ; and that this Government is based on elections which were a valid expression of the free will of the electorate of that part of Korea and which were observed by the Temporary Commission ; and that this is the only such Government in Korea " ; Mindful of the concern expressed by the General Assembly in its resolutions of 12 December, 1948, and 21 October, 1949, of the consequences which might follow unless member States refrained from acts derogatory to the results sought to be achieved by the United Nations in bringing about the complete independence and unity of Korea ; and the concern expressed that the situation described by the United Nations Commission on Korea in its report menaces the safety and well-being of the Republic of Korea and of the people of Korea and might lead to open military conflict there ; Noting with grave concern the armed attack upon the Republic of Korea by forces from North Korea, Determines that this action constitutes a breach of the peace, 1. Calls for the immediate cessation of hostilities ; and calls upon the authorities of North Korea to withdraw forthwith their armed forces to the thirty-eighth parallel ; 2. Requests the United Nations Commission on Korea (a) To communicate its fully considered recommendations on the situation with the least possible delay ; (b) To observe the withdrawal of the North Korean forces to the thirty-eighth parallel; and (c) To keep the Security Council informed on the execution of this resolution ; 3. Calls upon all members to render every assistance to the United Nations in the execution of this resolution and to refrain from giving assistance to the North Korean authorities.