UN Secretariat Item Scan - Barcode - Record Title Page 12 Date 10/05/2006 Time 2:36:33 PM S-0867-0001-12-00001 Expanded Number S-0867-0001 -12-00001 Title items-in-Peace-keeping operations - Dominican Republic - Secretary-General's Reports Date Created 14/05/1965 Record Type Archival Item Container s-0867-0001: Peace-Keeping Operations Files of the Secretary-General: U Thant: Dominican Republic Print Name of Person Submit Image Signature of Person Submit 15 May 1965 Terms of Reference for the Representative of the Secretary-General to the Dominican Republic in pursuance of the Resolution of the Security Council of 14 May (S/6355) 1, The official title of the mission shall be "Reporting Mission of the Representative of the Secretary-General in the Dominican Republic." (For cable purposes it may be referred to by the initials RIDE). 2, The function of the mission is defined in paragraph 2 of the Security Council resolution of 14 May -which invites the Secretary- General to send urgently "a representative to the Dominican Republic for the purpose of reporting to the Security Council on the present situation." Thus the Representative is to report to the Secretary- General who will in turn report to the Security Council on the situation in the Dominican Republic. For the purposes of the Security Council, the reporting should be strictly factual and should present as complete a picture as possible of the situation in the Island, military, political and economic. The Representative of the Secretary-General, at his discretion, may send to the Secretary-General special reports of a personal and confidential nature, which would set forth for the information of the Secretary-General analyses of the situation and the Representative's views and conclusions. 3, The Representative of the Secretary-General is the Head of the mission and has full authority to direct its work and its staff subject only to instructions from the Secretary-General. 4» The Representative gtay report to the Secretary-General as frequently as he deems appropriate, by mail, cable or telephone. - 2 - Aspects of the reports dealing with military matters should be reviewed by General Rikhye before submission. All cables on substantive matters should be from the representative to the Secretary-General* 5. It should be kept in mind that this United Nations mission, uniquely, does not operate on the basis of an agreement "with a constituted authority in the country of operation. The authority of the mission is exclusively the resolution of the Security Council. In this regard, it should be noted that paragraph 3 of the resolution "Calls upon all concerned in the Dominican Republic to co-operate with the representative of the Secretary-general in the carrying out of this task." 6. General Rikhye is the military adviser on the mission and Mr. George Howard is the political adviser. 7. It is to be kept in mind that the mission has no role with regard to good offices, mediation or any other function than that of fact-finding and reporting. It should resist all efforts to get it involved in activities other than those defined for it in the resolution. Key points of the r eport concerning the economic situation in the Deminican Republic 1. Of the 3.5 million inhabitants of the Republic, 1.4 million are economically active and of these 25 per cent (some 350,000) are unemployed. 2. In addition to the present disturbances, other reasons will unfavourably affect the economy, such as a recent six-months drought, the contraction of credit; the considerable reduction in the prices of export products, especially sugar. In 1964 the average export price of Dominican sugar was slightly over $0.06 per lb., whereas in 1965 it may reach only $0.0404. Sugar represents nearly 55 per cent of the total export earnings. 3. It was hoped that total production of sugar would be above 600,000 tons in 1965. Present estimates are of only 570,000 tons. 4. Already in 1964 the Dominican Republic faced a considerable deficit. The government then in power negotiated a number of financial arrangements with the International Monetary Fund, commercial banks and the US Treasury. As part of these arrangements, the government had set down a programme of economic stabilization calling for austerity in the use of public funds, increase of import taxes, creation of new ones and several other measures, such as limitation of credit operations. 5. The ceiling of the 1965 budget was 180 million pesos (1 peso = US$1), 7per cent lower than 1964. It should be noted that 40 per cent of the budget is devoted to the Armed Forces and police, 15 per c ent to education, 9 per cent to health, 7 per cent to agriculture and 10 per cent to public works. 6. The estimated deficit for 1965 in the balance of payments was $45 million. The net international reserves at 31 March 1965 were only $11.5 million, and no prospect was in sight for an improvement by the end of the year. 7. The present conflict would naturally tend to increase the economic difficulties •=• decrease in government revenue; disruption of agricultural, commercial and industrial activities; an almost total paralysis of the activities of public administration, fluctuation of - 2 - commodities with a tendency to acute inflation in some cases and to sharp decreases in the prices of commodities -which were being brought into the country in the emergency. 8. The main recommendations of immediate measures to alleviate the situation are set forth below. The essential condition, of course, is the solution of the national political problem, the re-establishment of guarantees of security for persons and property and the normalization of public administration and public services. (a) Efforts to increase the sugar export quota to the United States, as well as an increase in the price of sugar; (b) Revision of the 1965 budget - decrease of the military budget and the funds thereby liberated to go into agriculture, agrarian reform, public works and housing; (c) Payment of indemnities for loss of life and property during the conflict?. (d) Activation of credits for agricultural, industrial and commercial enterprises; (e) Better utilization by the national institutes of the funds pro- vided by international sources; (f) Acceleration of a public works programme; (g) Improvement of agricultural services; (h) An iimediate programme of national reforestation. (The report was prepared by the OAS/IDB/ECLA Mission in the Dominican Republic, at the request of Mr. J.A. Mayobre, and dated 26 May 1965.) UN/TED NATIONS Distr. GENERAL SECURITY S/6353 COUNCIL 1^ May ORIGINAL: ENGLISH/SPANISH REPORT BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNING THE CREDENTIALS OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1. The Secretary-General wishes to report to the Security Council on the recent developments concerning representation of the Dominican Republic in the United Nations. 2.. On 5 May 1965^ the Secretary-General received a cable signed by Dr. Jottin Cury, "Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic"^ informing him that the "Constitutional Government" of the Dominican Republic had designated Dr. Moises de Soto, Alternate Representative of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations, as Representative ad interim until a replacement for Dr. Guaro.a Velazquez, who had been relieved of his functions, was appointed (.annex l). 3. On 10 May 1965, ^e Secretary-General received a cable from the "Government of National Reconstruction", confirming the appointment of Ambassador Guaroa Velazquez as Representative of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations. Th,e message was signed by General Antonio Imbert Barreras, President; Mr. Julio Postigo, Member; Mr. Alejandro Zeller, Member; Mr., Carlos Grisolia Pploney, Member; and Col. Pedro B. Benoit, Member (annex II). 4., Also on 10 May, the Secretary-General received a letter signed by Mr. Guaroa Velaquez, informing him that on 7 May 19^5 & "Government of National Reconstruction" had been established in the Dominican Republic as follows: General Antonio Imbert Barreras, President; Mr... Carlos Grisolia Poloney, Member; Mr.. Alejandro Zeller Cccco, Member; Col. Pedro Eartolcme Eencit, Member; Mr. Julio D. Postigo, Member. 65-11318 S/6353 English Page 2 The comaunication further stated that Dr. Horacio Vicioso Soto had "been appointed by the above-mentioned government as "Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs", and that_the government had confirmed Ambassador Velazquez as Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations (annex III). 5. Also on 10 May 1965, the Secretary-General received a cable signed by Dr. Jottin Cury, "Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic", referring to his earlier cable of 5 May and stating that the "Constitutional Government" had appointed Mr. Rube"n Brache as. Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations. Dr. Jottin Cury requested that this cable be accepted, as provisional credentials for Mr. Brache (annex IV). The appointment of Mr. Rube"n Brache was confirmed by a further cable dated 11 May from Dr. Jottin Cury (annex V). 6., Again on 10 May, the Secretary-General received a cable signed by Dr. Horacio Vicioso Soto, "Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs", stating that the "Government of National Reconstruction" of the Dominican Republic had confirmed Mr. Guaroa Velazquez as Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations and requesting that Mr. Velazquez be recognized as. such until the receipt of formal credentials. The message also stated that Mr. Guaroa Velazquez had been appointed and authorized to represent the Dominican Republic before the Security Council in the di.scussions concerning the present situation in the Dominican Republic (annex VI). 7- In addition, two communications were addressed to the President of the Security Council.