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REPORT REPORT OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL 16 July 1968-15 July 1969 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OFFICIAL RECORDS : TWENTY-FOURTH SESSION SUPPLEMENT No. 2 (A/7602) UNITED NATIONS New York, 1969 NOTE Symbols of United Nations documents are composed of capital letters combined with figures. Mention of such a symbol indicates a reference to a United Nations document. CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION 1 Part I Questions considered by the Security Council under ita responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security Chapter 1. THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST A. Communications. rep.r-, of the Chief of Staff and risuz, .n by the Council concerniog tie status of the cease-ire 3 B. Question concerning the trea-rnent of cat-i.:an po_-puha:i?:rs in Israeloccupied terri: ries and related matters .. ............. 44 C. Communications conzerninlg the s;tuation in and around Jerusaem and its Holy Places ........... .2 D. Other mn: ers brc'ught to the attention of the Securit" C. uncil in connexion with the situation in :he Middle East ........... 59 E. Reports of the Secre-ar--General on the progress of the efforts of his Special Representative re, the Middle East ........ ......... 61 2. LETTER DATED 26 DECEMBER 1963 FROM THE PER-MANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CYPRUS ADDRESSED TO TIE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL A. Communications and reports received between 16 July and 31 Decenh-er 1968 . ........ .... .... ....... ..... .. ...... ,. ...... ... 6 1 B. Consideration at the 1459th meeting (10 December 1968i ......... 61 C. Communications and reports received between 1 January and 15 Tu:y 1969 63 D. Consideration at the 1474th meeting (10 June 1969 .. ..... 64 3. LETTER DATED 21 AUGUST 1968 FROM THE REPRESENTATIVES OF CANADA, DENMARK, FRANCE. PARAGUAY. THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE UNITED STATES ADDRESSED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL (S 875q 66 4. THE SITUATION IN NAMIBIA: LETTER DATED 14 M [A.RCH 19D') ADDRESSED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL BY THE REPRESENTATIVES OF FORTY-SIX MEMBER STATES S S 9C-) A. Communications to the Security Council and request for a meeting .... 73 B. Consideration at the 1464-h and 1465th meetings (20 March 1969, 76 C. Subsequent communications to the Council .............. 80 5. QUESTION CONCERNING THE SITUATION IN SOUTHERN RHODESIA: LETTER DATED 6 JUNE 1969 ADDRESSED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECLRITY COUNCIL BY THE REPRESENTATIVES OF SIXTY M[EMBER STATES; REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED IN PURSUANCE OF SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 253 (1968) A. Communications and reports to the Security Council and request for a meeting 80 B. Consideration by the Council at its 1475th to 14S1Ts meetings (held between 13 June and 24 June) ...... ... ............... 83 CONTENTS (continued) Part I1 Other matters considered by the Council Chapter Page 6. ADMISSION OF NEW MEMBERS A . Application of Swaziland . ........... ....... ........... 91 B. Application of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ................... 91 C. Other communication concerning the admission of new Members ....... 91 7. QUESTION OF THE WORKING LANGUAGES OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL: LETTER DATED 9 JANUARY 1969 FROM THE SECRETARY- GENERAL ADDRESSED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL TRANSMITTING THE TEXT OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 2479 (XXIII) OF 21 DECEMBER 1968 (S/8962); note verbale DATED 16 JANUARY 1969 FROM THE PERMANENT MISSION OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS TO THE UNITED NATIONS ADDRESSED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL (S/8967) AND note zerbaic DATED 16 JANUARY 1969 FROM THE PERMANENT MISSION OF SPAIN TO THE UNITED 'ATIONS ADDRESSED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY C OUNCIL (S/8968) . ..... ..................................... 91 Part I11 The Military Staff Committee 8, WORK OF THE MILITARY STAFF COM.IMITTEE .......................... 94 Part IV Matters brought to the attention of the Security Council but not discussed in the Council during the period covered 9. THE QUESTION OF RACE CONFLICT IN' SOUTH AFRICA RESULTING FROM THE POLICIES OF apartheid OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA A. Report of 4 October 1968 from the Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa ........ 95 B. Resolution 2396 (XXIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 2 Decemb e r 1968 ............................................ C. O ther com m unications ............................ .......... 95 10. COMMUNICATIONS CONCERNING RELATIONS BETWEEN ZAMBIA AND PORTUGAL 96 11. COMMUNICATIONS CONCERNING THE SITUATION IN TERRITORIESUNDERPORTUGUESE A DMINISTRATION ...... .......... ... ...... ... .... ...... 12. COMMUNICATIONS CONCERNING THE SITUATION IN EQUATORIAL GUINEA AND 97 REPORTS OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL .......... .................. 13. COMMUNICATIONS RELATING TO COMPLAINTS BY CAMBODIA CONCERNING ACTS OF AGGRESSION AGAINST THE TERRITORY AND CIVILIAN POPULATION OF CAMBODIA _ .......... ............. ................. ........ .......... 101 14. COMMUNICATIONS CONCERNING RELATIONS BETWEEN CAMBODIAANDTHAILAND ...................................... ........... 10 4 15. COMMUNICATION CONCERNING VIET-NAM ......................... 106 16. REPORTS ON THE STRATEGIC TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS ... 106 17. COMMUNICATIONS CONCERNING THE KOREAN QUESTION .................. 106 18. COMMUNICATIONS CONCERNING THE INDIA-PAKISTAN QUESTION .......... 107 Chapter Page 19. LETTER DATED 18 JUNE 1969 FROM THE REPRESENTATIVE OF HAITI ...... 108 20. COMMUNICATIONS CONCERNING THE IRAQI-IRANIAN BOUNDARY TREATY OF 1937 .................................. ........................ 108 21. COMMUNICATIONS CONCERNING RELATIONS BETWEEN EL SALVADOR AND H ONDURAS ............. ............................................... 109 22. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON CHEMICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL (BIOLOGICAL) WEAPONS AND THE EFFECTS OF THEIR POSSIBLE USE ........ 110 23. ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA .............. Iii APPENDICES I. Representatives and deputy, alternate and acting representatives accredited to the Security Council ......... .................................... .. 113 II. Presidents of the Security Council ...... ................................. 114 III. Meetings of the Security Council during the period from 16 July 1968 to 15 July 1969 ......................................................... 114 IV. Representatives, chairmen and principal secretaries of the Military Staff Com m ittee ........... ........... ......... ........................ 116 INTRODUCTION The present report1 is submitted to the General Assembly by the Security Council in accordance with Article 24, paragraph 3, and Article 15, paragraph 1, of the Charter. Essentially a summary and guide reflecting the broad lines of the debates, the report is not intended as a substitute for the records of the Security Council, which constitute the only comprehensive and authoritative account of its deliberations. With respect to the membership of the Security Council during the period covered, it will be recalled that the General Assembly at its 1709th plenary meeting on 1 November 1968, elected Colombia, Finland, Nepal, Spain and Zambia as non-permanent members of the Security Council to fill the vacancies resulting from the expiration, on 31 December 1968, of the terms of office of Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Ethiopia and India. The period covered in the present report is from 16 July 1968 to 15 July 1969. The Council held fifty-two meetings during that period. 1 This is the twenty-fourth annual report of the Security Council to the General Assembly. The previous reports were submitted under the symbols A/93, A/366, A/620, A/945, A/I361. A/1873, A/2167, A/2437, A/2712, A/2935, A/3157, A/3648, A/3901, A/4190, A/4494, A/4867, A1/5202. A/5502. A/5802, A/6002, A/6302, A/6702 and A/7202. Part I QUESTIONS CONSIDERED BY THE SECURITY COUNCIL UNDER ITS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY Chapter 1 THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST A. Communications, reports of the Chief of Staff and discussion by the Council concerning the status of the cease-fire 1. COMPLAINTS BY JORDAN AND ISRAEL (a) Communications to the Council from 16 July to 5 August 1968 and requests for a meeting 1. In a letter dated 17 July 1968 (S/8683), Israel replied to a Jordanian letter of 8 July (S/8674) charging Israel with an attack on 4 June against concentrations of civilians on the East Bank of the Jordan. The reply stated that Jordan could not continue its attacks against Israel villages and civilians and at the same time claim immunity for military positions and bases that were purposely established close to inhabited areas. 2. In a letter dated 29 July (S/8698), Jordan charged that Israel, in attempting to force the expulsion of busloads of Arab refugees from Gaza across the King Hussein Bridge to the East Bank of the Jordan River (see section B, below), had fired on Jordanian observation posts, which had foiled the attempt. Later, Israel had conducted an operation under the supervision of the Military Governor of Jericho District and supported by tanks and military units; that mass expulsion, in defiance of Security Council resolutions, was a grave threat to peace and security. In a letter of 31 July (S/8701) Israel replied that Jordan had distorted the facts and that the Jordanian forces had opened fire on Israel military positions on the West Bank without provocation. 3. In a letter dated 2 August (S/8716) Israel submitted to the Security Council charges of continued violation of the cease-fire from