REPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION FOR THE UNIFICATION AND REHABRITATION OF KOREA
GENERAL ASSEMiiLY OFFICIAL RECORDS : FOURTEENTH SESS!ON v-SUPPLEMENT No. 13 (A/4187) ...... ", ---
NEW YORK ( 15 p.) UNITED NATIONS
REPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION F'OR THE UNIFICATION AND REHABILITATION OF KOREA
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OFFICIAL RECORDS : FOURTEENTH SESSION SUPPLEMENT No. 13 (A/4187)
New York, 1959 NOTE Symbols of United Nations documents are composed of capital letters com bined with figures. Mention of such a symbol indicates a reference to a United Natkns document.
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I TABLE OF CONTENTS
Paragraphs Pagr INTRODVCTION iv Chapter I. THE COllDIISSlON AND ITS CO:\IMITTEE-TERMS OF REFERENCE, ORGANIZATION A:'\D ACTIVITIES A. Consideration of the Korean question by the General Assembly at its thir- teenth session ...... 1-2 1 B. Organization and present position . 3-5 1
n. THE KOREAN QUESTION AND THE REPUBLIC OF KORLA A. Introduction ..... 6 2 B. Developments concerning the question of unification 7-11 2 C. Attitude of the Republic of Korea to the armistice and unification questions 12-15 2 D. Question of the admission of the Republic of Korea to membership in the United Nations ...... 16 3 E. Diplomatic relations of the Republic of Korea 17-18 3
In. REPRESENTATIVE GOVERN:-'IENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA 19-24 3
IV. THE ECONOMIC SITUATION AND PROSPECTS IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA A. General review .. 25-30 4 B. United Nations assistance . 31-33 4 (i) United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency 31-32 4 (ii) Specialized agencies and Technical Assistance Board .. 33 4 C. Foreign aid to the Republic of Korea . . 34-40 4 D. Problems connected with long-term development of the Korean economy 41-50 5
Annexes I. DELEGATIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION FOR THE UNIFICATIOJ:\ AND REHABILATATION OF KOREA AND UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT A. Delegations to the Commission .. 7 \ 1. List of delegations ...... 7 2. Roster of chairmanship .. 7 ,.\~ (i) Commission . 7 (H) Committee of UNCURK ...... 7 B. United Nations secretariat . . 8 C. Organization . 8 n. GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA A. Executive . 8 B. Fourth National Assembly . 8 c. Judiciary . . 8
Ill. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA A. Representation of foreign Governments in Seoul . 8 B. Diplomatic representation of the Republic of Korea . 8 ) C. Accessions by the Republic of Korea to international organizations and international treaties . 9 D. :Main international conferences attended by the Republic of Korea 9 I iii INTRODUCTION
The present report covers the period from 31 July 1958, the date of the Com mission's last report, to 11 August 1959. The United Nations Comm~fision for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea 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 re"d in conjunction with the previous reports suhmitted by the Commission to the ieneral Assembly at its sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth sessions covering the period from 7 October 1950 to 31 July 1958 (A/I881, A/21S7, A/2441 , A/2711, A/2fJ47. A/3172, A/3672 and A/3865). The report was signed on 11 August 1959.
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Chapter I
THE COMMISSION AND ITS COMMITTEE - TERM§ OF REFERENCE, ORGANIZATION AND ACTIVITIES
A. Consideration of the Korean question by the in the area. Once again, it called upon these authorities General Assembly at its thirteenth session to accept the established United Nations objectives in order to achieve a settlement in Korea based on the 1. In its report to the General Assembly at the thir fundamental principles for uniScation set forth by the teenth session,! the United Nations Commission for the nations participating in the Korean Political Conference a Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea (UNCURK) held in Genev~ in 1954, and reaffirnled by the General ~ Com- stated that its Committee, remaining convinced of the Assembly. It urged these authorities to agree at an early , great need for an early and proper settlement of the date on the holding of genuinely free elections in ac Korean question, had worked, to the greatest extent tion of ..I cordance with the principles endorsed by the General possible in the present circumstances, for the attainment Assembly. It requested UNCURK to continue its work )ctober of United Nations objectives in Korea. :-;eneral in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, and requested the Secretary-General ? The General Assembly considered the Korean ~ question and, at its 781st plenary meeting, held on to place the Korean question on the provisional agenda bmitted of the fourteenth session of the General Assembly. , ninth, , 1+ November 1958, adopted resolution 1264 (XIII) by 54 votes to 9, with 17 abstentions. In this resolution, )ctober ,~ B. Orga",,::zation and present position2 \.13172, the Assembly, having received the eighth report of UNCURK, reaffirmed its resolutions 112 (Il) of 3. It will be recalled that, as a ma.tter of internal 14 November- 1947, 195 (Ill) of 12 December 1948, organization, the Commission, at its 372nd meeting, 293 (IV) of 21 October 1949, 316 (V) of 7 October held on 7 September 1955, decided to establish in Korea 1950, 811 (IX) of 11 December 1954, 910 A (X) of from 1 January 1956, a Comm~ttee consisting of repre 29 November 1955, 1010 (XI) of 11 January 1957 sentatives of Australia, the Philippines, Thailand and and 1180 (XII) of 29 November 1957. It noted the Turkey, with authority to :lct on behalf of the Com exchange of correspondence between the communist mission in pursuit of the Commission's objectives ill authorities and the United Kingdom on behalf of the Korea. The decision also provided th~t the Commission Governments of countries which had contributed forces as a whole could be convened at any time if the circum to the United Nations Command in Korea, wherein stances should render it necessary. these Governments had expressed their wish to see a genuine settlement of the Korean question in accordance 4. The Committee reconvened the Commission on with United Nations resolutions, and their willingness 10 August 1959 for the consideration of the report of to further the consideration of measures designed to UNCURK to the General Assembly at its fourteenth effect reunification on this basis, and had stated that, session. in accordance with the recommendations of the General 5. Acting on behalf of the Commission, the Com Assembly, the Governments concerned were prepared mittee has, in the period under review, pursu~d its to withdraw their forces from Korea when the condi efforts to promote the United Nations objectives in tions for a lasting settlement laid down by the Assembly Korea, hampered thoug}: it has been by the non had been fulfilled. It further noted that in this exchange acceptance of the United Nations principles for unifica the Governments concerned, having observed that the tion on the part of the North Korean authorities.
\ greater part of the forces sent to Korea in accordance Between 1 August 1958 and 11 August 1959, the Com with the resolutions of the United Nations had already I" mittee has held sixty-six meetings, including consulta been withdrawn. had welcomed the announcement that tions with the Agent-General of the United Nations the Chinese communist troops were also to be with Korean ReconstructiOG Agency (UNKRA) and, after drawn from North Korea. The General Assembly his departure, with the Administrator for UNKRA called to the attention of the communist authorities con Residual Affairs. The Committee also has had dis cerned the continued determination of the United cussions with the Director-General of the Food and Nations to bring about by peaceful means the estab Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the lishment of a unified, independent and democratic Regional Representative for the Far East of the United Korea under a representative form of government, and Nations Technical Assistance Board, and representa the full restoration of international peace and security tives of some other United Nations agencies.
1 Official Records of the Gelleml Assembly, Thirteenth Ses 2 The composition of the delegations and secretariat IS set sion, Supplemcllt No. 13 (A/386S). out in annex I.
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1 I Chapter 11 lllain~ unchanged. It h; elections for unificatiOll TUE KORt:AJI, QUESTION A~D THE REPUBUf OF KOREA i"-:ations supervision in I, seats reserved in the :t\ that dections supen'ise A. Introdul'tion of 10 :\o\"t'mher llJSX were gin'n in the :\ott's of uunecessary in the Re 19S~," Ctlmmi~~ioll ha~ l) April and 2 July dt'1ivered by Her :'Iajesty's and reported on hy th tl. The again to report with rt'gret ('lrar!!/: d'affaires, and that these answers were "restated that thert' ha~ het'lI no apparent di~positioll on the part taken plal'l' there. and reaffirmed in the resolution on Korea which was of the cOlllmtmi~t authorities to respond to the l'all hy l~l'llt'ral endorsed at the conclusion of the United Xations tilt' :\ssl'mhly in resolution 126.J. (X Ill) to General .\sst'mhl\"s discussions on 14 Novemher 19S~, D. Question of the ; accept e~tahlishetl Cnited :\atitlns ohjl'ctin's to adtieve Korea to memhers ~tated hy tilt' on'rwhe1ilting vott' l1f 5.J. to 9", The text of the ulIitkation of Kt'rea..\s in an earlier report,:! l;eneral :\sst'mhly resolution 126.J. (XIII) of H Novem so long as this unwillingness persists, the prospects of 1(.. The House of Ilt'r 19S~. calling on the communist authorities copcerm·tl tmification, whkh alone can result in a full measurt' of of Korea, in a resolutiOll to accept estahlished United Nations objectives for uni stahility and sound t'l'ollomk progn'ss, remain remote, reiterated its cal1 for ncation and urging them to agree to genuinely free ekc to membership in the lions to he hdd at aa early date, was quott'd in ful1 vote at the R43rd meet B. Dt"'Iit"lopments l'oll('erning tht" question of in the :\ote,1 l) Decenber 1958, dis: unifil'ation 11. :\ reply, datt'd .J. :'Iarch 1959, to the ahove :\ott' pressed in the Republi 7. III last year's report, the Commission nott'(I the was deliwred hy the Go\'ernment of the People'~ He hopes for admission te t'xchange of corrl'spondencl' on the questiou of unitica puhlic of China "in its own name and entrusted In· the (~o\'ernment ot' the Democratic People's Repuhlic (lf tion hetweell the commtmist autltllrities and the L'nited tl ~ft'ssag-e of 3 No\'emb Kingdom l~on'rnmt'nt on hehalf of the sixteen l'Ottntrit'~ Kon'a" to the Clrary,: d'atTaires of the United Kingllom ~entatives of Korea to the which contributed force~ to the l'nited :\ations Com in I'eiping. This reply maintained that no satisfactory session (A/:\C.39/CW,lZ, 1 mand ill Korea, ~ ;\ further excha'tge of corre~polttll't1l'e answer to the que~tion of withdrawal of all forl'ign I• I:! lbr'd., para. 9. took place during the period under re\'iew, as noted forces from Korea had Iwen gh'en:!l that the introdnc helow, tion of new type weapons into South Korea was in YJola tion of the Korl'an .-\rmistice Agreement:tl that the ~, In a :\ote dated 10 Decemher 19SX, addressed , l'nited Xations, as a helligerent in the Korean war, to the Char!!t: d'affaires of the Cnited Kingdom (;OV enment, the Go\'ernment of the l't'ople's Repuhlic of had "lost all competence and moral authority to deal China, "on its own behalf and h\' authorization of the fairly and reasonahly with the Korcan question": a11<1 r REPR (~o\"t'rnnlt'nt of the Democratic' People's Repuhlic of that, therefore, any resolution on the Korean Cjul'stioll ation~ Korea", replied to the :\ote, tlated 2 July 19S~. ~ent adopted hy till' L'uited :\ was null and void. Tlw reply also reiterated points put forward in earlier no!t's 19. During the perie hy tht' C nited Kingdom Covertlment on hehalf of the (~o\'ernment ~ixtet'n countries which contrihutctl forces to the l'nitcd from the of the People's Repuhlic of China. has, ,\'ithin its mandate :\ations Command in Korea, ::\: c further conllllttllication from the sixtrf'n countri:'s and eCGnomic developn hac1 heen sellt hy the time this report was signed. stated in previous repo 9. The :\ote stated, ill/t'r alia, that the completion of of Korea's deve10pmenl the withdrawal of the "Chinese Peoplt" s \.oluntcers" events within the Repu hv 2Ci (ktoher 19S~,;; had cn'ated favonrahle cOlHlitions C. Atiilucle of the Repuhlic of Korea to tit.' ft;r a peaceful settlement of tht' Korean question. Re armistil'e amI ullifil'ation questiolls .. 20. The Republic c calling the :\orth Korean proposals of S Fehruary I
3 I Clutpter IV • mrnmg. public a THE ECONOMIC SITUATION AND PROSPLCTS IN TIlE REPUBUC OF KOREA 36. lI1oditie~ A. General review (UNKRA), under General Assembl.." resolution. 1~59 Law N( (XII) of 26 November 1957. had ceased functlOnmg year 19 25. The economy of the Republic of Korea has, in as an operational ~mit after 30 June 1958. In the period • 37. general, continued to improve during the period under under review. the Agency completed most of its activi authorit review. As the Commission has stated in past reports,16 ties: a substantial reduction was mad ~ in the U~KRA million t however, unification could immeasurably improve the staff, but work has continued on outstanding prob have al. prospects of economic viability for the peninsula. lems concerning the completion of certain important other pr 26. The gross national prod1lct for 1958 was hwan projects an(l other residual affairs. On 15 September 1,112.2 thousand million at 1955 constant market plices. 1958 the Agent General concluded his mission in Korea, 38. an increase of 6.3 per cent over 1957.17 Within the and the former Deputy Agent General assumed the continue gross national product, the greatest increase was in position of Administrator for Residual Affairs. period. 1 the electricitv sector which rose bv 2-1-.2 per cent. The 39. . rice crop in'1958 was the largest 'in the history of the 32. Throughout the period in which UNKRA has ~onsultation • of UNB Republic. heen in Korea. close has taken place he tween the Commission and the Agent General and then Korea. 27. During the year under review. prime attention on 2 0 th~ the Administrator. Now that the work of the Agency has been devoted to desirability of keeping prices has virtuallv ended, it is apparent that UNKRA'~ beds. oS stable and to promoting confidence in the currency. projects have had lasting and important effects on Korean Prices were. on an average. lower in the period under the cOl\.~try·s economy. They an al.,;o symbolic of the ..1 40. I review than they were in the previous period. despite fruitful '''conomic co-operation hetween the United of assist an increase of about 38 per cent in the money supply Xations and the Republic of Korea.ls .. by a nt between June 1958 and June 1959. With econom!c Republic stability hecoming more assured, private deposits m banks~ (ii) SPECIALIZED AGENCIES AND TECHNICAL German) commercial rose from hvan 60.5 thousand million of Great in 1957 to hwan 102.4 thousand million in February ASSISTANCE BOARD '\0> 1959. and nrovided an important element towards the 33. The contributions of the specialized agencies of solution of 'the as yet unsolved problem of capital for the United Nations and of TAB were summarized in D. Pr( mation. The improvement brought abont hy these factors last year's report.19 With the termination of UNKRA's is noticeable throughout the Republic of Korea. \Var \vork in sight. the activities of such agencies in con damage has very largely been repaired and many new tinuing their respective programmes in the Republic 41. I buildings are under construction. will be increasingly important. Korean j 28. Despite these impro.vements. imbala1!ces in ~he within tl w~lch have bee economy remain. The agncultural populatton. Foreign aid to the Republic of Korea comprises some 68 per cent of the labour force. receives c. improve only about 38 per cent of the national inLome. This 34. Foreign aid to the Republic, apart from that authoriti is partly because increased ag~icultural output has provided by UNKRA, continued in the period under economic caused agricultural prices to remam low, although Gov review, but at a slightly lower level than previously. .. a joint ernment action has prevented wide fluctuations. Deve10pn 35. Aid te Korea provided by the United States associate 29. In the industrial field. although the quality as International Cooperation Administration (ICA) 20 dur \vell as the quantity of the products of industry con ing the financial year 1958-1959 (July-June) totalled 42. A tinues to improve, the financial state and ope;ation of $225.8 million: of this, $10 million were carried over Republic the factories themselves are not always satisfactory. from the previous year. Of the $215.8 million newly amountin Production in some fields has had to be limited to less obligated during the period, $175 million were allocated he reduc than full capacity. for non-project purposes, $35 million for projects, and at curren 30. Both the balance of payments and the balance $5.8 million for technical assistance. As in previous give som of trade continued to show large deficits. The Republic years, the assistance for projects was spread over such developm of Korea's earnings from visible exports fell b~ about fields as agriculture and natural resources, industry and nf this p 25 per cent in 1958 from 1957. but total for~lgn ex 43. A change earnings rose by about 27 per cent. aSSIsted by 18 UNKRA has introduced into Korea approximately $146.5 tllral cou an increase in invisible earnings of about 45 per cent. million worth of goods and services-$144 mi11ion in cash and agricultur Officials are aware of the need to increase exports, and $2.5 million in kind. Of the $144 million, $127 million were spent on goods and services for projects or non-projects and livestock. rice was exported for the first time si!1r:e 19-1-5. $17 million were spent on administrative and operational costs there is a in the execution of the programme. Repayments to the UNKRA of expan, B. United Nations assistance accounts from the sale of projects are expected to generate in for expor the next fifteen years an excess of hwan 20 thousand million would no (i) UNITED NATIONS KOREAN RECONSTRUCTION over the original counterpart funds, and this excess will be used for additional aid to UNKRA projects and for rehabili rice. for. I AGENCY tation of the Korean economy. An agreement concerning, inter grain ex 31. In its 1958 report, the Commissi01~ noted that alia, the use of this excess was concluded between the Agency Korea qui and the Republic of Korea on 25 September 1958. See UNKRA the United Nations Korean ReconstructIOn Agency Committee document No. 158. 44. A 16 See, for example, Official Records of the Gelteral Assem 19 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirteenth Ses cent of t bly, Thirteenth Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/3865), chapter sion, Supplement No. 13 (A/3865), chapter IV, section D. IV section B, paras. 55 and 56. . 20 ICA aid to Korea was administered by the Office of the N~tion, 21S 0 1'7 The Bank of Korea annual report 1958, p. ? A later esti Economic Co-ordinator, United Command, until 30 June ee mate, as yet unpublished, by the Bank of Korea IS hwan 1,099.6 1959, and thereafter by the United States Operation Mission Sessioll, SI thousand million. if) accordance with usual ICA practice. Illra. 6R. 4 • mining, transportation, health and sanitation, education, far.II-lands where the average family farm is less than public administration and community development. ~alable two acres. surpluses are becoming harder to pro 36. Aid, consisting of surplus agricultur?! com duce. It would be possible to increase the area under modities, granted by the United States under Public cultivation significantly only by using more of the hill Law No. 4ffi, amounted to lands 1h the river valleys and of 1 1159 $33 million in the financial the lower slopes of mountains, but tioning year 1958-195Q. such a programme woulc1 require sub .. -:tantial capital investment. period 37. The United States Development Loan Fund 4S. As for acth-i- authorities have concluded agreements to lend $7.1 the possibility of large-scale livestock ~KRA breeding, million to three projects in the Republic of Korea. They it is thought that the hilly country may be unsuitable for prob- have also committed $lO.fi million fer loans to two th;s purpose without considerahle ex )ortant other projects. penditure on soil preparation, but that some future tember increase in the number of cattle 38. The Korean is possihle within the Korea, Association of Voluntary Agencies:!! present domestic pattern of agriculture. continued to provide assistance to Korea during ed the this 46. The fisheries period. totalling approximately $30 million in 1958. of the Republic of Korea are also a possible source of increased earnings 39. of foreign ex·, ~A has The National Medical CeRtre, a joint project (nange, but before substantial exports of UNKRA of fish are pos Ice he- • and the Governments of the Republic of sible. it ,viII je necessary to exploit nearby Korea. deep waters Id then Denmark. Xorway and Sweden. was opened to a greater extent than at present. on Further repair and ~gency 2 October 1958. The Centre has now 462 hospital modernization of ships are necessary, heds. fishermen have to KRA's Scandinavian doctors and nurses are to train he trained in their use. new methods Korean have to be in cts on staff for five years. troduced and sufficient processing and refrigeration plants installed-although of the . 40. During the period under review. various forms progress has been made in these fields. United of assistance have also been offered to the Republk Here again. capital formation is difficult• .. for the fishermen by a number of countries. including Australia. the themselves cannot provide the neces sary funds to make Republic of China, France. the Federal Republic of the fishing industry a major source 4 of foreign currency; Germany. the Netherlands and the United Kingdom some fisheries loan funds are how ever at present '\0" of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. available. 47. Before the prospects lcies of of industrial development can be fully known, surveys h~ ized in D. Problems yet to completed must connected with long-term develop determine whether iron KRA's ment and coal are present in suffi of the Korean economy cient quantities to support In con- the development of heavy industry. The possibility that they ~ 41. In the six years will prove insufficient '"epublic which have passed since the is one Korean Armistice Agreement that should be faced. Surveys are also being was signed, those facilities made to discover within the Republic of Korea or estimate the extent of deposits of damaged by the war exportable minerals. have been almost entirely reconstructed and ~ea the greatly improved state of the economy has now enabled the 48. The formation of sufficient capital is of primary 'Ill that authorities concerned to gh,e more thought to long-term importance in all efforts towards eC\)l1omic development. under economic development. In the period under review, Some of the substantial and increasing private capital Isly. .. a joint United States-Republic of Korea Economic in the Republic is now being invested in productive Development Council was established enterprises, although short-term States to study problems commodity and finan associated with such development. cial transactions. unproductive ,~O dur- in themselves, are gen erally more profitable. An totalled 42. A major economic problem confronting increasing number of people the now have incomes that ~d Republic of Korea is the balance-of-payments allow some component for over deficit, savings. It is necessary I newly amounting to some $300 million annually, to maintain their confidence which must in the economy and to instil llocated he reduced if the country is eventually the concept of investment to support itself into the public mind. :ts, and at current living standards. The following paragraphs Irevious give some account of the difficulties connected with the 49. Another difficulty is the shortage of technicians er such development of re~ources to he faced in the sl)lution despite considerable promotion of technical training in try and of this problem. the RepUblic and overseas by the Government, often in co-operation with the various exchange 43. As the Republic is predominantly an agricul programmes. One major problem in the way of meeting y $146.5 tllral country, there are some prospects of exporting the growing :ash and need is, however, the dearth of Korean-language agricultural commodities such as grains, fruits. nuts books on were and 011 technical subjects. which imposes ects livestock. particularly cattle and pigs. For example, on trainees the and additional burden of studying in a lal costs there is an exportahle surplus of rice v,·hich is capable foreign language. JNKRA of expan"ion, but. at the present prices, rice intended 50. One of the potentially valuable lerate in resources of for export would have to be subsidized. Moreover, it Korea is its large labour force: it may eventually prove I million would will be not be easy to find large markets for Korean possible to use this as skilled or semiskilled labour in rehabili rice. for, not only is there increasing competition Clmong the manufacture of goods for export. ng, intcr grain exporting countries, hut also good harvests in ~ Agency Korea quite often coincide with JNKRA good harvests elsewhere. * 44. A further difficulty is that, as more than 6S per * * cent '11th Ses of the increasing population live on the existing The present n D. report is transmitted to the Secretary General e of the for submission to the General Assembly at its 130 June 21See Official Records of the GClleml Assembl}'. Elcvcnth fourteenth regular session pursuant to the provisions Mission Sessioll, Supplcmcllt No. 13 (A/3172), chapter IV. section B, of sub-para' 'ph 2(e) of resolution lllra. 6R. 376 (V) of 7 October 1 60. S , The COllllllis~ioll plan~s Oil ft'conl it:-; appn~dation Done at COlllmission Headquarters, Seoul, Korea, of the services rendert'
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ALl. I'tlhsfllll I. Ilt·lt'glttionh to tht' llnilt'd Nation!! Cmumi!'\!'\ion for the t.'nifit'ltfion nnd Rehahilitation of Korea and ';nitt'd Nations Sl!'('retariat ni, I'lti!;/'f'illt'S
RUE K. Tlltlilmld 2. ROSTER OF CHAIRMANSHIP )o:-;n:l.. T",.kt~y 1. LIST OF DELEGATIO:-;S .. (i) Commission AI'STRALIA \\'hen the Commission reconvened on 10 .\ugust • NcpreSl'lIfafir'e 1959 to consider the report, the Chairmanship was 1\lr. Hugh A. Dunn assumed hy the representative of the Philippines. • .'!ltl'nrafl' rcprcsenfafi'l}e 1'.1r. Rkhard K. Gate (ii) C011l11litt('c of lTNCURK I <)5S ClIIl.E • .\ugust .:\1 r. ;\Iehmet Osman Dostel, Turkey! ~ETH ERL,\~nS ~Ir. Sawat Busparoek, Thailand Reprcsl'lIfafi'l't' Septt'mher fonkheer OUo Reuchlin, Ambassador Extraoreli ~lr. ::\Iehlllet OSlllan Dostel, Turkcy . nary and Plenipotentiary- Oct~Jber .. .lctillg r{'pn.'scl:taHve :\lr. Hugh A. Dunn, Australia 1'1.-. A. G. Tammenoms Bakkerb ~on:'lllber PAKISTAX :\lr. Eduardo QUintero, Philippines R{'presenfafh'r .:\lr. Antonio P. Lim, Philippine~ Mr. Omar H. Malik, Ambassador Extraordinary December and PlenipotentiaryC ;\1 r. Sawat Busparoek, Thailand Mr. l'.Iohammed Ali, Ambassador Extraordinary • and Plenipotentiaryd 1959 January PHILIPPINES 1'1r. l\1ehment OSl11an Dostel, Turkey Reprcsenfafhl{' February 1\lr. Eduardo Quintero. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryp :\lr. Hugh A. Dunn, Australia .1lfcnraf{' representative :\Iarch }Ir. Antonio P. Lim :'1 r. Antonio P. Lim, Philippincs .'\pril THAILAxn :\lr. Sawat Busparoek, Thaila,nd Rcpres{'llfafi'l){' May .'\ir :Marshal Prince Rangsiyakorn Aphakorn, Am bassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary :\Ir. I\Iehl11et Osman DosteI, Turkl':" .lltanGte r{'presentative June ~dr. Sawat Busparoek :\Ir. Hugh A. Dunn, Australia July Tt'RKEY :\Ir. Antonio P. Lil11, Philippines Representative Ivlr. Mehmet Osman Doste1 August .'llt{'rnate representative :\Ir. Sawat Busparoek, Thailand Mr. Mesut Suntay --- f In the absence of the representative of Thailand. 11 Until 20 July 1959. h From 21 July 1959. g Rule 12 of the rules of procedure of the Committee of (. Until 20 April 1959. UNCURK was amended at the 53rd meeting, held on 22 Octo d From 21 April 1959. ber 1957, to read in part: "If an alternate representative is act th~ p From 30 July 1958. ing for a representative not present at a meeting ,of Committee. he shall he empowcred to take turn as Chairman. 7 I B. United Natloaa aeeretariat Personal Assistant to the Pri1tcipal Secretary Principal Secrltory Mr. Douglas F. Hedge<:ock (until8 May 1959) Mr. Donald Rogers (from 9 May 1959) Mr. Philippe Poullain (unti128 February 1959) J. Assistant to the Priftcipal Secretory Mr. Mohammad Ali Aghassi (from 1 March 1959) Mr. Kim Yoon Yul Politkal Affairs Officer Transport a"ld Buildiftg Maintenance Assistant Mr. Albert F. Hamel (until 5 August 1958) Mr. Chung Hak Joon IIld Miss Amada Segarra (from 29 September 1958) Finance Assistant Mr. Sohng Ri Chan Administratit'e and Fin~mcr Offiet·r C. Organization Mr. Charles E. Bolduc (until 6 August 1958) The delegations of the Committee of UNCURK and Mr. Melvin Silverman (from 7 August 1958) the secretariat are established in Seoul. Communications (J1Id Tnmsportatio'lt Officer The Commission and its Committee have continued ust to receive 10gistica1 support from UNKRA and the :as Mr. CorneIis Heinsius United Nations Command. They have also received effective co-operation and assistance from the liaison Administrati'lJe Assistant officers provided by the Government of the Republic Mr. James D. P. Whyte of Korea.
11. Government of the Repuhlic of Korea
A. Executive Co-mmace and Industry: Koo YOllg Su President of the Republic Health and Social Affairs: Sohn Chang Whan Syngman Rhee Transportation: Kim Il Hwan Vice-President of the Republic Communications: Kwak Ui Yung Chang Myun As~embly Ministers: B. Fourth National Foreign Affairs: Cho Chung Whan HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Hom-e Affa.irs: Choi In Kyu Speaker: Lee Ki POCllg Finance: Song In Sang Vice-Speakers: Han Hui Suk Justice: Hong Jin Ki Lee Jae Hak National Defence: Kim Chung Yul E dm:ation : Choi Jai Yoo c. Judiciary Reconstruction : Shin Hyon Hwack Chief Justi.ce of the Agricu.lture and Forestry: Lee Keun Jik Supreme Cm!'rt: Cho Yong Soon
Ill. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF THE REPUBUC OF KOREA
A. Representation of foreign Governments in See-ul United States of America Embassy Apostolic Delegation Republic of Viet-Nam Embassy Republic of China Emhassy A. iVIinister from the Kingdom of Norway IS also accredited to the Republic. Kingdom of Denmark r.egation Republic of France Embassy B. Diplomatic \'epl'esentation of the Republic o! Koreah Federal Republic of Germany Emhassy Since the signing of the last report, the Legations in Bonn. Paris and Rome have been raised to the status Republic of Italy Emhassy of I~mhassies. Ministers have been accredited to Den Republic of the Philippines Embassy mark. ~orwa~r, Sweden and Thailand. Kingdom of Sweden Legation 11 For a list of the diplomatic and consular missions of the Republic in 1957. see Official Records of the General Assembly, Republic of Turkey Emhassy Tm:lfth Sessioll, Supplement No. 13 (A/3672), annex Ill. sec tion A. For subsequent changes, see Official Records of the United Kingdom of Great Britain General Assembly. Thirteenth Session. Supplement .lVo. 13 and Northern Ireland Embassy (.\/3R6S). annex Ill, section B. I • Secretary (:. Aeeeulons by thl:' Republie of Korea to international Second Conference of Asian Statisticians (Bangkok) l its May 1959) o~anllUltlon" and internatloral treatlea Intra-Regional Trade Promoticn Talks (Bangkok) ay 1959) Jnt.'nsatiollal tn'at)' Datt 0/ aCCt'ssioll Second session of the Committee on Trade (Bangkok) Convention on Political Rights of Women 23 )unt: 1959 Eighth sl~ssion of the Committee on Industry and Natural Resources (Bangkok) The Republic of Korea has pending an appliration for Fifteenth session of the ECAFE Conference membership in the United Nations} oe Assistant (Australia) Food and AgriClt/tllre Organization of the United D. Main interllatlonal conferences attended by the RepnbJic of Korea Nathms Sixth session of the International Rice Commission ,n United Natiotls (Tokyo) ~e of UNCURK and Thirteenth regular session of General Assembly Fourth FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the ouI. Observer (New York) Far East (Tokyo) littee have continued International Atomic Energy Age1lcy Eighth session of the Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council 1 UNKRA and the (Colombo) , have also received • Second General Conference and seventh, eighth, International Cotton Advisory Committee I1ce from the liaison ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth meetings l1ent of th..: Repuhlic of Board of Governors (Vienna) Eighteenth plenary meeting (Washington) Second United Nations International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy (Vienna) International Tin Council Fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth meetings of JTC Int('rnational Telec011t1nunication Union (London) Ordinary Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Geneva) Interllational Monetary Fund and Internati01tal Bank of Reconstruction and De'lJelopment ~oo Yong Su Economic and Social Council of the United Nations Thirteenth meeting of the Board of Governors of the inhn Omng \Vhan Second United Nations Cartographic Conference for Fund and Bank (New Delhi) Gm Il Hwan Asia and the Far East (Tokyo) United Nations Edu.cational, Scientific and Cultural Seventh session of the Commission on International orgallization Embassy Embassy n of Norway IS also he Republic of Km'eah port, the Legations in n raised to the status ~n accredited to Den land. consular missions of the I of the General Assembl}', 'A/3672), annex Ill, sec- , Official Records of the on, Supplem('1lt No. 13 9 I