INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS PANEL WEEKLY SUMMARY NO. 8 FOR WEEK ENDING 6 JULY 1948
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INTEBEATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS PANEL
WEEKLY summit"' No. 8
For week ending 6 July 1948
Ufl action difficult in Ber in 'Diepito. The request of the
Berlin?Oil?Assembly tAat the Soviet blockade of the oity's
western sectors be referred to the UN has so far mot with littlo
support from the western occupying powero. The General Assembly
doos not meet until the end of September. The Security Council
is now undor the unfriendly presidency or Manuilski (Ukraine) and
the USSR would certainly veto any action which'could be taken.
Article 107 of the Charter removes from UN jurisdiction any action
against an enemy state taken by an occupying powers and the USSR
would probably use this article to justify its action in refusing
transit for food and supplies across its zone, despite the obvious
feet that such a move is directed against its former allies.
The UN would be powerless to act in this situation and could be
used only as a forum for propaganda against the USSR. Tho
suggestion that the Berlin imbroglio be referred to the UN is
typical of the present tendency to briag all manner of disputes
before the international organization without analysis of its
ability to take effective action. The UN was not originally
, intended to effect the peace arrangements following World War II.
Yet the fate of the Italian Colonies will probably be settled by
the General Assembly under the terms of the Italian Peace Treaty
and the GA is now seized of the Korean occupational difficulties
between the US and USSR.
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Palestino. UN Mediator Bernaelotte, aware of the hopeless-
ness of effecting any immediate agreement between the Arabs and
Jews, is now concentrating his efforts upon the extension of the
truce and demilitarization of Jerursalem. He is finding the going
hard because of Arab hostility to truce extension, although the
Jews clearly favor it. The Mediator himself has no power to
extend the truce which can be done only by the Security Council.
It is almost certain that the Security Council will order an
extension of the truce on the same molitions, if' the parties
should fail to agree to Bernadotte's recommendations. In the 29
May cease fire resolution the Security Council warned both
parties that a rejection of the proposal would be followed by
oonsideration of sternor measures under Chapter VII of the Charter.
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The awareness of both belligerents of this situation may enable
the Mediator to bring them to reason before the present truce
runs out. Should either party be responsible for the rejection
of a pease fire resolution, Article 40 provides that the Security
Council may then take acoount of failure to comply with such
provisional measures. The Coanoil could then invoke measures
against the reoaloitrant side, such as lifting the arms embargo
on the complying party.
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Western Trade Unions establish liaison wit 0 040. The recent
decision of the 10-tnation Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC)
to set up an emergency committee to consult with MC in a victory
for those Western labor leaders who insist on a vigorous ERP
trade union body capable of working closely with 01EC and of
preparing counter measures against Communist labor saboteurs.
The new committee is to seek: (1) incorporation of TUAC into
OSBC (2) participation of trade unionists in OBEC as labor
advisors. The AFL with the recent support of the CIO, has re-
peatedly manifested impatience with the dilatoriness of TUAC and
promises "fireworks" at the TUAC Plenary Session 29 July it there
has been no progress toward these objectives. The British and
Dutch representatives are apnarently reluctant to see the TUAC
develop into a policy-making body. The AFL attributes their
hesitancy to an unwillingness to back a world organisation which
might become a rival to the FTU.
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trap to veto Ceylon UN membership. In contrast to its
support of Burma, Siam and Pakfstan's applications for UN
membership, the USSR has indicated it will veto Ceylon's appli-
cation on the ground that there is insufficient evidence that
the new dominion is "independent and democratic." Apparently
the USSR wishes to pry loose close ties which still bind Ceylon
to the British Empire. Furthermore, the communist movement in
Ceylon is relatively weak and split into three groups. While
the USSR is sedulously courting the peoples of Southeast Asia,
it probably does not feel that Ceylon is sufficiently ripe for
large scale communist infiltration to justify its admission to
the UN from .the,Soviet.4tandpoint.
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'1.Ao aaareness of both belligerents of this situation may enable
the Mediator to bring them to reason before the present truce
rens out. Should either party be responsible for tho rejection
lf a oease fire resolution, Article 40 provides that the Security
Council may then take account of failure to comply v.-1th such
provisional measures. The Council could then invoke measures
aesinat the recalcitrant side, suoh as lifting the arms embargo
on the complying party. ?
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Western Trade Unions establish iaison with OELC. The recent
decals on o the- -neat =Trade in on Advisory Committee (TJAC)
to set up an emergenoy oommittee to consult with OEEC is a victory
for those Western labor leaders who insist on a vigorous ERP
trade union body capable of working closely with OEEC and of
preparing counter measures against Communist labor saboteurs.
The new committee is to seek: (1) incorporation of TUAC into
OEEC (2) participation of trade unionists in OEEC as labor
advisors. The AFL with the recent support of the CIO, has re-
peatedly manifested impatience with the dilatoriness of TUAC and
promises "fireworks" at the TUAC Plenary Session 29 July if there
has been no progress toward these objectives. The British and
Dutch representatives are apnarently reluotant to see the TUAC
develop into a policy-making body. The AFL attributes their
heeitanoy to an unwillingness to beck a uorld organization which
might become a rival to the ';iFTU.
USSR to veto Ceylon UN membership. In contrast to its
support of Burma, Siam and Pakistan's applications for UN
membershie, the USSR has indicated it will veto Ceylon's spat-,
cation on the ground that there is insufficient evidence that
the new dominion is "independent and democratic." Apparently
the USSR wishes to pry loose close ties which still bind Ceylon
to the British Empire. Furthermore, the communist movement in
Ceylon is relatively weak and split into three groups. While
the USSR is sedulously courting the peoples of Southeast Asia,
it probably does not feel that Ceylon is sufficiently ripe for
large scale comMunist infiltration to justify its admission to
the UN from theSoviet standpoint.
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