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In view of the gravity of the situation created by North Korean aggression, and of the further appeal by the United Nations for additional effective forces, particularly ground forces, we have given further consideration to the practicability of making an additional contribution in order to fulfil our obligations to the United Nations. After discussions in the Defence Committee —with the Service Chiefs present —and in Cabinet, the Government has been in further consultation with the United Kingdom as to the role of the proposed New Zealand unit in relation to other ground forces. Though the question of the role and type of a New Zealand ground force is still under consideration, I feel that I should, without further delay, announce that the New Zealand Government is immediately offering to the Secretary-General of the United Nations a special combat unit for service with other ground forces. Subject to the outcome of the consultations now proceeding, this will probably take the form of an artillery formation. Army offices will be open to receive volunteers for this combat unit from 8 a.m. to-morrow. I am sure that the course I have outlined will commend itself to both sides of the House, and to the country as a whole. APPENDIX XIV—GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION, OCTOBER 7, 1950 The General Assembly, Having regard to its resolutions of 14 November, 1947, No. 112 (ii), of 12 December, 1948, No. 195 (hi), and of 21 October, 1949, No. 293 (iv), Having received and considered the report of the United Nations Commission on Korea, Mindful of the fact that the objectives set forth in the resolutions referred to above have not been fully accomplished and, in particular, that the unification of Korea has not yet been achieved, and that an attempt has been made by an armed attack from North Korea to extinguish by force the Government of the Republic of Korea ; Recalling the General Assembly declaration of 12 December, 1948, that there has been established a lawful Government (the Government of the Republic of Korea) 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 ; 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, Having in mind that United Nations armed forces are at present operating in Korea in accordance with the recommendations of the Security Council of 27 June, 1950, subsequent to its resolution of 25 June, 1950, that members of the United Nations furnish such assistance to the Republic of Korea as may be necessary to repel the armed attack and to restore international peace and security in the area, Recalling that the essential objective of the resolutions of the General Assembly referred to above was the establishment of a unified, independent and democratic Government of Korea,