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REPORT OF mE UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION FOR THE UNIFICATION AND REHABRITATION OF KOREA GENERAL ASSEMBLY OFFICIAL RECORDS: EIGHTEENTH SESSION SUPPLEMENT No. 12 (A/5512) UNITED NATIONS ( 88 p.) REPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION FOR THE UNIFICATION AND REHABILITA.TION OF KOREA GENERAL ASSEMBLY OFFICIAL RECORDS : EIGHTEENTH SESSION SUPPLEMENT No. ~ 2 (Aj5512) UNITED NATIONS New York, 1963 , NOTE Symbols of United Nations documents are composed of capital letters combined with figures. Mention of such a symbol indicates a referen~e to a United Nations document. I j , CONTENTS T.lnTER OF TRANSMITTAL v INTRODUCTION 1 Chapt,·!" Porallraf>~ r. THE COMMISSION AND ITS CO:\DIITTEE-TERMS OF REFE..lffiNCE, ORGANI~ ZATION AND ACTIVITIES A. Role and organization .. ..... 1-4 1 B. Activities of the Commission 5-9 1 n. THE KOREAN QUESTION AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA A. Consideration of the Korean question by the General Assembly at its seventeenth session . 10-14 2 B. The question of unification ............ .. .. 15-30 2 C. Question of the admission of the Republic of Korea to membership in the United Nations . 31 4 D. Ivlembership in specialized agencies and other international bodies 32 4 tlbined rations E. Diplomatic relations of the Republic of Korea .. , 33-39 5 Ill. REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA -i A. Introduction . 40--43 f B. The period of preparation for political activities 44-86 6 The constitutional amendments . 44-45 6 The referendum on the constitutional amendments 46-50 6 Nature and description of the Amended Constitution . 51-69 6 Important laws . 70--86 8 C. The period of political ~ctivities . 87-136 9 The development of political parties . 87-113 9 The Government and political activity . 114-136 10 D. Other matters . 137-154 12 Changes in the Government . 137 12 Political restrictions . 138-141 12 Investigations . 142 12 Arrests and detentions . 143-148 12 Alleged plots against the Government . 149-152 13 The National Reconstruction Movement . 153-154 13 IV. DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FIELD OF ECONOMICS A. General review . 155-188 13 Introduction . 155-158 13 Reform of economic institutions . 159-188 14 B. Economic and financial developments during the period under review 189-274 16 The gross national product . 189-192 16 ":I .' Agriculture and fisheries .. 193-195 17 ;: Industry . 196-205 17 Public finance . 206-212 18 Money, banking and prices . 213-236 18 Foreign trade and payments . 237-246 20 Foreign aid and private capital . 247-263 21 Progress of the Five-Year Plan of Economic Development 264-274 22 iii I ANNEXES P/I(/' I. DELEGATIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS COMM!SSION FOR THE UNI FICATION AND REHABILIT,t,.TION OF KOREA AND UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT A. Delegations to the Commission 1. List of delegations 2. Roster of chairmanship B. United Nations '";ecretariat C. Organization ..... H. GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA A. Executhe . B. Judiciary .. C. The Supreme Council for National Reconstruction . HI. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 0F THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA A. Representation with foreign Governments .. B. Missions of the Republic of Korea . C. Consulates General of the Republic of Korea . .. D. Consulates in the Republic of Korea .. E. Accessions by the Republic of Korea to international organizations, agreements or treaties during the period covered by the present report . F. Major international conference;:; attended by the Republic of Korea during the period under review . ........ IV. TEXTS OF LA\\S .-...----~.~-- __ -A. The Constitution of the Republic of Korea . B. Political Party Law . C. Election l',fanagement Committees Law . D. National Assembly Election Law . E. Presidential Election Law .. F. Temporary Measures Law for Settlement of State of Emergency V. ECONOMIC DATA 1. Gross national product by industrial ongm . 2. Index numbers of industrial and agricultural production . 3. Agricultural production . 4. Index number of industrial production . S. Budget . 6. Important sources of revenue and heads of expenditure . 6A. Rev:sions to the Republic of Korea budget for the fiscal year 1%3 7. Money supply . 8. Deposits of commercial banks . 9. Loans and discounts by commercial banks . 10. Index number of wholesale prices . 11. Exports . 12. Imports . 13. Foreign exchange receipts and payments . 14. Gross domestic fixed capital formation by investment sponsor .. , 15. Gross domestic fixed capital formation by industrial use . 16. Gross domestic fixed capital formation by source of funds . 17. Production plans of a few industries . 18. Production plans of the agricultural sector . 19. Production plans for fisheries . 20. Technical manpower requirements envisaged in the Five-Year Plan of Technical Development . 21. Activities of the National Reconstruction Movement . iv ,. P/I(/I LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 23 August 1963 Excellency, Pursuant to the provisions of sub-paragraph 2 (c) of General Assembly resolu tion 375 (V) of 7 October 1950, I have the honour, on behalf of the United Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea, to transmit to you its thirteenth annual report, dated 23 August 1963, for submission to the General Assembly at its eighteenth regular session. Accept, Exceliency, the assurances of my highest consideration. (Signed) Nuammer BAYKAN Chairman His Excellency U Thant Secretary-General United Nations New York v INTRODUCTION The present report covers the period from 19 November 1962, the date of signature of the addendum to the report of the United Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea to the General Assembly at its seventeenth session, to 23 August 1963.1 The Comr>lission was established by General Assembly resolution 376 (V) of 7 October 1950, and its functions in the economic sphere were further defined in General Assembly resolution 410 A (V) of 1 December 1950. The report should be read in conjunction with the previous reports submitted by the Commission to the General Assembly at its sixth to seventeenth sessions l:overing the period from 7 October 1950 to 19 November 1962.2 The report was signed c.n 23 August 1963. , .'~' 1 Howe'ler, it should be noted that the addendum to the report dealt only with part of the subject matter covered in the annual report, and that in many respects the period covered in the presen~ report is from 1 September 1962 to 23 August 1963. 2 Offi"w.l Records of rhe General Assembly, Sixth Session, Supplement No. 12 (A/I881) j ibid., SC:Jenth Session, Supplement No. 14 (A/2187); ibid., Eighth Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/2441); ibid., Ninth Session, Supplement No. 15 (A/2711); ibid., Tenth Session, Supple ment No. 13 (A/2947); ibid., Eleventh Session., SuPPlement No. 13 (A/3172); ibid., T'welfth SeGsion, Supplemen: No. 13 (A/3672); ibid., Thirteenth Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/3865) j ibid., Fourteenth. Session, SupPlement No. 13 (A/4187); ibid., Fifteenth Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/4466 and Add.l); ibid., Sixteenth Sessi.on, Supplement No. 13 (A/4900 and Add.l); and ibid., Seventeenth Session, Supplement No. 13 (AiS213 and Add.l). Chapter I THE COMMISSION AND ITS COMMI'ITEE-TERMS OF REFERE~CE, ORGANIZATION AND ACTIVITIES A. Role and organizationS B. Activities of the Commission L The United Nations Commission for the Unifica 5. Since 1 September 1%2, the Commission, and the tion and Rehabilitation of Korea (UNCURK) was Committee acting on its behalf, has continued its efforts created on 7 October 1950 as the principal representative to promote United Nations objectives in Korea and to of the United Nations in Korea.4 seek an early and proper settlement of the Korean 2. As a matter of internal organization, the Commis question, subjed to limitations imposed upon it by the sion established, as from ~ January 1956, a Committee continued non-acceptance of the United Nations prin consisting of representatives of Australia, the Philip ciples and resolutions for the unification of Korea by the pines, Thailand and Turkey, with authority to act on North Korean authorities. behalf of the Commission in pursuit of the latter's objec 6. Pursuaht to its mandate, the Commission has con tives in Korea. The decision also provided that the Com tinued to be available for observation and consultation in mission as a whole could be convened at any time if the development of representative govel nment in Korea. the circumstances should render it necessary. It has followed with great attention the general political 3. On 19 August 1960, the Commission recognized developments in the Republic of Korea, and has travelled ~: the importance of holding more meetings for the effective and consulted freely. Moreover, as opposed to electicns discharge of the responsibilities entrusted to the Com in previous years, the Government took the initiative in mission hy the General Assembly. During the period extending to UNCURK an invitation to conduct an under review, it has continued to hold sessions of its full observation of the national referendum on the new membership and has met in five sessions, four times in Constitution. Seoul and once in Japan. 4. In the intervals between sessions, the Committee 7. In accepting the invitation, the Commission put has acted on behalf of the Commission in pursuit of the eight observer teams into the field. These teams spent latter's objectives in Korea, as established by the Gen five days in the Special City of Seoul and in l.lJ:,ht of eral Assembly, and has held 56 meetings in Seoul. the nine Provinces, from 14 to 19 December 1%2. They visited nineteen cities and many provincial areas. On S The composition of the delegations and secretariat is set referendum day itself, they observed balloting at 143 out in annex 1. voting stations and attended ballot-counting at seventeen 4 Resolution 376 (V) of 7 October 1950, para. 2(a)(ii). See also resolution 410A (V) of 1 December 1950, seventh pre vote-counting stations.