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APPENDIX I ROSTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS (As of 31 December 1958) TOTAL AREA ESTIMATED POPULATION (IN THOUSANDS) DATE OF U.N. MEMBER (Square kilometres) Date Total MEMBERSHIP Afghanistan 650,000 1 July 1957 13,000 19 Nov. 1946 Albania 28,748 31 Dec. 1957 1,482 14 Dec. 1955 Argentina 2,778,412 31 Dec. 1958 20,438 24 Oct. 1945 Australia 7,704,159 31 Dec. 1958 9,952 1 Nov. 1945 Austria 83,849 31 Dec. 1957 7,011 14 Dec. 1955 Belgium 30,507 31 Dec. 1957 9,027 27 Dec. 1945 Bolivia 1,098,581 5 Sep. 1958 3,311 14 Nov. 1945 Brazil 8,513,844 31 Dec. 1958 63,466 24 Oct. 1945 Bulgaria 111,493 1 July 1957 7,667 14 Dec. 1955 Burma 677,950 1 July 1958 20,255 19 Apr. 1948 Byelorussian SSR 207,600 1 Apr. 1956 8,000 24 Oct. 1945 Cambodia 172,511 Apr. 1958 4,740 14 Dec. 1955 Canada 9,974,375 1 Dec. 1958 17,241 9 Nov. 1945 Ceylon 65,610 1 July 1958 9,361 14 Dec. 1955 Chile 741,767 30 June 1958 7,298 24 Oct. 1945 China 9,796,973 1 July 1957 649,5061 24 Oct. 1945 Colombia 1,138,355 5 July 1958 13,522 5 Nov. 1945 Costa Rica 50,900 31 Dec. 1958 1,097 2 Nov. 1945 Cuba 114,524 1 July 1958 6,466 24 Oct. 1945 Czechoslovakia 127,859 1 July 1958 13,469 24 Oct. 1945 Denmark 43,042 1 July 1957 4,500 24 Oct. 1945 Dominican Republic 48,734 1 July 1958 2,791 24 Oct. 1945 Ecuador 270,670 1 July 1958 4,007 21 Dec. 1945 El Salvador 20,000 1 July 1958 2,434 24 Oct. 1945 Ethiopia 1,184,320 1 July 1957 20,000 13 Nov. 1945 Federation of Malaya 131,287 1 July 1957 6,279 17 Sep. 1957 Finland 337,009 30 Nov. 1958 4,388 14 Dec. 1955 France 551,208 31 Dec. 1958 44,600 24 Oct. 1945 Ghana 237,873 1 July 1958 4,836 8 Mar. 1957 Greece 132,562 31 Dec. 1957 8,130 25 Oct. 1945 Guatemala 108,889 31 Dec. 1957 3,503 21 Nov. 1945 Guinea 245,857 31 Dec. 1957 2,504 12 Dec. 1958 Haiti 27,750 1 July 1957 3,384 24 Oct. 1945 Honduras 112,088 1 July 1958 1,828 17 Dec. 1945 Hungary 93,030 30 Nov. 1958 9,885 14 Dec. 1955 Iceland 103,000 1 July 1958 169 19 Nov. 1946 India 3,281,769 1 July 1957 392,440 30 Oct. 1945 Indonesia 1,491,562 1 July 1958 86,900 28 Sep. 1950 Iran 1,630,000 1 July 1958 19,723 24 Oct. 1945 Iraq 444,442 12 Oct. 1957 6,538 21 Dec. 1945 Ireland 70,283 1 July 1958 2,853 14 Dec. 1955 Israel 20,700 1 July 1958 1,997 11 May 1949 1 Based on information in the United Nations Demographic Yearbook, 1958. 510 APPENDIX I TOTAL AREA ESTIMATED POPULATION (IN THOUSANDS) DATE OF U.N. MEMBER (Square kilometres) Date Total MEMBERSHIP Italy 301,226 1 July 1958 48,739 14 Dec. 1955 Japan 369,661 1 July 1958 91,760 18 Dec. 1956 Jordan 96,610 31 Dec. 1958 1,607 14 Dec. 1955 Laos 236,800 1 July 1957 1,655 14 Dec. 1955 Lebanon 10,400 1 July 1957 1,525 24 Oct. 1945 Liberia 111,370 1 July 1956 1,250 2 Nov. 1945 Libya 1,759,540 1 July 1958 1,153 14 Dec. 1955 Luxembourg 2,586 1 July 1958 320 24 Oct. 1945 Mexico 1,969,269 1 July 1958 32,348 7 Nov. 1945 Morocco 443,680 1 July 1957 10,115 12 Nov. 1956 Nepal 140,798 1 July 1958 8,910 14 Dec. 1955 Netherlands 40,893 31 Oct. 1958 11,236 10 Dec. 1945 New Zealand 267,995 31 Dec. 1958 2,315 24 Oct. 1945 Nicaragua 148,000 31 Dec. 1957 1,356 24 Oct. 1945 Norway 323,917 31 Dec. 1958 3,541 27 Nov. 1945 Pakistan 944,824 1 July 1958 85,635 30 Sep. 1947 Panama 74,470 1 July 1958 995 13 Nov. 1945 Paraguay 406,752 30 June 1957 1,638 24 Oct. 1945 Peru 1,285,215 1 July 1958 10,213 31 Oct. 1945 Philippines 299,404 1 July 1958 23,122 24 Oct. 1945 Poland 311,730 31 Dec. 1957 28,537 24 Oct. 1945 Portugal 92,200 1 July 1958 8,980 14 Dec. 1955 Romania 237,500 31 Dec. 1957 17,936 14 Dec. 1955 Saudi Arabia 1,600,000 1 Jan. 1956 6,036 24 Oct. 1945 Spain 503,486 31 Dec. 1958 29,778 14 Dec. 1955 Sudan 2,505,823 1 July 1958 11,037 12 Nov. 1956 Sweden 449,682 30 June 1958 7,413 19 Nov. 1946 Thailand 514,000 1 July 1958 21,474 16 Dec. 1946 Tunisia 125,180 1 Jan. 1958 3,824 12 Nov. 1956 Turkey 776,980 20 Oct. 1957 25,500 24 Oct. 1945 Ukrainian SSR 576,600 1 Apr. 1956 40,600 24 Oct. 1945 Union of South Africa 1,223,409 30 June 1958 14,418 7 Nov. 1945 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 22,403,000 1 Apr. 1956 200,200 24 Oct. 1945 United Arab Republic2 1,184,479 1 July 1957 28,108 24 Oct. 1945 United Kingdom 244,016 1 July 1958 51,680 24 Oct. 1945 United States 7,827,976 1 Dec. 1958 175,370 24 Oct. 1945 Uruguay 186,926 31 Dec. 1957 2,690 18 Dec. 1945 Venezuela 912,050 31 Dec. 1958 6,413 15 Nov. 1945 Yemen 195,000 1 July 1949 4,500 30 Sep. 1947 Yugoslavia 255,804 1 July 1958 18,397 24 Oct. 1945 2 Egypt and Syria, both of which became Members of the United Nations on 24 October 1945, formed the United Arab Republic as the result of a plebiscite held in Egypt and Syria on 21 February 1958. APPENDIX II STRUCTURE OF THE UNITED NATIONS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY The General Assembly is composed of all the Members SPECIAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE of the United Nation. (For delegations to the third Chairman: Mihai Magheru (Romania). emergency special session and the thirteenth regular Vice-Chairman: Turgut Menemencioglu (Turkey). session during 1958, see APPENDIX IV.) Rapporteur: Edmond Sylvain (Haiti). President, third emergency special session: Sir Leslie Munro (New Zealand). SECOND COMMITTEE Vice-Presidents, third emergency special session: Chairman: Toru Hagiwara (Japan). Ceylon, China, France, Paraguay, Spain, Tunisia, Vice-Chairman: Reginald Percy Vivian (Canada). USSR, United Kingdom, United States. Rapporteur: Janvid Flere (Yugoslavia). President, thirteenth regular session: Charles Malik (Lebanon). THIRD COMMITTEE Vice-Presidents, thirteenth regular session: Australia, Chairman: Mrs. Lina P. Tsaldaris (Greece). China, Czechoslovakia, Ecuador, France, Indonesia, Vice-Chairman: Humberto Calamari (Panama). Nepal, Netherlands, Pakistan, USSR, United King- Rapporteur: Miss Florence Addison (Ghana). dom, United States, Uruguay. The Assembly has four types of committees: FOURTH COMMITTEE (1) Main Committees ; (2) procedural committees ; Chairman: Frederick H. Boland (Ireland). Vice-Chairman: Witold Rodzinski (Poland). (3) standing committees; and (4) subsidiary and ad hoc bodies. Rapporteur: Arieh Eilan (Israel). MAIN COMMITTEES FIFTH COMMITTEE Chairman: Sir Claude Corea (Ceylon). Vice-Chairman: Antonio Bandeira Guimaraes (Portu- Seven Main Committees have been established gal). under the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, Rapporteur: Raul Quijano (Argentina). as follows: Political and Security Committee (including the SIXTH COMMITTEE regulation of armaments) (First Committee) Chairman: Jorge Castañeda (Mexico). Special Political Committee Vice-Chairman: Bredo Stabell (Norway). Economic and Financial Committee (Second Com- Rapporteur: Nabi Agolli (Albania). mittee) Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee (Third PROCEDURAL COMMITTEES Committee) Trusteeship Committee (including Non-Self-Governing There are two procedural committees: the General Territories) (Fourth Committee) Committee and the Credentials Committee. Administrative and Budgetary Committee (Fifth Com- mittee) GENERAL COMMITTEE Legal Committee (Sixth Committee) The General Committee consists of the President In addition to these seven Main Committees, the of the General Assembly, as Chairman, the 13 Vice- General Assembly may constitute other committees, Presidents and the Chairmen of the seven Main on which all Members have the right to be represented. Committees. At the Assembly's thirteenth session the officers of the Main Committees were as follows: CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE The Credentials Committee consists of nine Mem- FIRST COMMITTEE bers appointed by the Assembly on the proposal of Chairman: Miguel Rafael Urquía (El Salvador). the President. Vice-Chairman: Yacoub Osman (Sudan). Its members at the Assembly's third emergency Rapporteur: Franz Matsch (Austria). special session were : Burma, Canada, Iceland, Liberia, 512 APPENDIX II Nicaragua, Panama, USSR, United Kingdom, United United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Pales- States. tine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Its members at the thirteenth regular session were: UNRWA Advisory Commission Argentina, Chile, France, Nepal, Tunisia, Turkey, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Union of South Africa, USSR, United States. Jordan† Panel for Inquiry and Conciliation STANDING COMMITTEES Advisory Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy1 There are two standing committees: the Advisory United Nations Scientific Advisory Committee on the Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Ques- Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy tions and the Committee on Contributions. Each United Nations Scientific Committee on Effects of consists of experts appointed in their individual Atomic Radiation capacities for a three-year term. Ad Hoc Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space† ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE Special Committee on Problem of Hungary* AND BUDGETARY QUESTIONS Special Representative of General Assembly on Prob- Members in 1958: lem of Hungary* Serving for three years ending 31 December 1958: United Nations Special Representative on Question Carlos Blanco (Cuba); A.