STRUCTURE OF THE 711 sion) : Australia, Belgium, China, Colombia, Ecua- Assembly's seventeenth session: Luis Padilla Nervo dor, , Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, (Mexico), Victor Andrés Belaúnde (Peru) and India, Jordan, Madagascar, Netherlands, Pakistan, Frederick H. Boland (Ireland)); and the Chairman Poland, Romania, Sudan, USSR, United Kingdom, of the delegation of . United States. * The Committee agreed that delegations were en- The Committee did not meet in 1963. titled to appoint alternates. This Committee ceased its existence with the sub- COMMISSION ON PERMANENT SOVEREIGNTY mission of its report to the General Assembly's eight- OVER NATURAL SOURCES eenth (1963) session. Members: Afghanistan, Chile, Guatemala, Nether- lands, Philippines, Sweden, USSR, United Arab SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL Republic, United States. LAW CONCERNING FRIENDLY RELATIONS AND CO-OPERATION AMONG STATES The Commission did not meet in 1963. Members: Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Came- roon, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Dahomey, France, AD HOC COMMITTEE ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE Ghana, Guatemala, India, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, METHODS OF WORK OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY Madagascar, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, Members:* The President of the General Assembly's Romania, Sweden, USSR, United Arab Republic, seventeenth session (Muhammad Zafrulla Khan United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Yugo- (Pakistan)) ; the 13 Vice-Presidents of the General slavia. Assembly's seventeenth session (the Chairmen of the delegations of Australia, Belgium, China, Co- SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO lombia, France, Guinea, Haiti, Jordan, Madagascar, PROMOTE THE TEACHING, STUDY, DISSEMINATION AND Romania, USSR, United Kingdom, United States) ; WIDER APPRECIATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW the three Past Presidents of General Assembly who Members: Afghanistan, Belgium, Ecuador, Ghana, were serving as members of the delegations to Hungary, Ireland.

THE SECURITY COUNCIL

The Security Council consists of 11 Members of the PRESIDENTS IN 1963 United Nations. Five are permanent members of the The Presidency of the Council rotates monthly, ac- Council. The remaining six are non-permanent mem- cording to the English alphabet listing of its member bers, elected for two-year terms by the General States. The following served as Presidents during Assembly. 1963: Permanent Members: China, France, USSR, United Month Member Kingdom, United States. Representative January United States Adlai E. Stevenson Non-Permanent Members: Brazil, Ghana, , Norway, Philippines, Venezuela. February Venezuela Carlos Sosa Rodríguez March Brazil Geraldo de Carvalho Silos On 18 October and 1 November 1963, the General April China Liu Chieh Assembly elected Bolivia, Czechoslovakia and Ivory May France Roger Seydoux Coast to the Council for terms of office beginning on June Ghana Alex Quaison-Sackey 1 January 1964. Bolivia and Ivory Coast were elected July Morocco Ahmed Taibi Benhima for two-year terms ending 31 December 1965, replac- August Norway Sivert A. Nielsen ing Venezuela and Ghana, whose regular terms expired September Philippines Jacinto Castel Borja on 31 December 1963. Czechoslovakia was elected October USSR N. T. Fedorenko from 1 January-31 December 1964, replacing the November United Kingdom Sir Patrick Dean Philippines, whose term of office ended on 31 Decem- December United States Adlai E. Stevenson ber 1963 in accordance with an arrangement an- nounced by the President of the General Assembly MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE in 1961. The President of the Assembly announced on 1 November 1963 that an understanding had been The Military Staff Committee met fortnightly reached whereby Malaysia would complete the term throughout 1963. The first meeting of the year was of office of Czechoslovakia in 1965. held on 10 January 1963 and the last on 24 December (For representatives to the Council in 1962, see 1963. APPENDIX V.) China. Army Representative: Lieutenant-General Lu Fu-ning. Navy Representative: Rear Admiral Chang MEMBERS FOR 1964 Hsiangchi. Air Force Representative: General Wang Permanent Members: China, France, USSR, United Shu-ming. Kingdom, United States. France. Army Representative: Général de Brigade J. Non-Permanent Members: Bolivia, Brazil, Czechoslo- Compagnon. Navy Representative: Contre Amiral vakia, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Norway. J. Guérin (until 24 September 1963), Contre Ami-