PERMANENTHEKDQWTERS COWTTEE mm LIST OF Doems OF THEPEl3wmEN THEADQUARTERS COMMI!wEE, ITS sm-co~ms, AND THE INTERIM cum FOR THE SELECTION OF A SITE FOR TBE PXm HEADQUARTERSOF THE UNITES NATIONS Prepared by the Documents Index Unit A. INTRODUCTION 11 Membership- The Permanent Headquartesu Committee was established as an --ad hoc Committee upon which each member of the General Assembly had the right to be represented by Resolution No, 26 (I), adopted at the eighteenth plenary meeting, 26 January 1946. 2, -.QfP1carEl The off1cors QF the Permanent Headquarters Committee during the first sa5slon wm33: Temporary Chairman at the opening of the fir& meeting, 2 February ~$46, Mr. Arthur David Kemp men (Secretariat); Chairman, ML Eduarde Zulsta Angel (Colombia), elected at the first meeting; v&y- Chairzaan, Mr. Laolyn Dana Wz&geas (Canada), elected at the first meeting; end Rapporteur, Mr. Nasrollah Entezam (Iran), elected at the first meeting. 3s SscretarZea Mr. Huntington GLlchrist was Secretary to the Permanent Headquarters p Cozmxtttse during the London part of the sess%on, and Mr. Glenn Edmund Bennett in N0w York. 4. Sub-CollIlxrdt%ees Sub-Comttss 1, to inspect and report on proposed sites, was appointed at the seventeenth meeting, 14 November 1946, Tt was composed of the Ghatrman (Colombia), the Vice-ahabman (Canada) and the Rapportew (Iran) of f;hs Cod’k’bee, and tie IUD%W?S for Australia, Belgim, Bollvia, China, Culm, EgypZ;, France, Iraq, the Netherlands, Poland, 4the &ion of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom., the United States of America, Uruguay, and Yugo0lavta. At the first meeti=, 15 November 1946, the Chairman, b /Vice-Chaimm /) &m/53 Page 2 Vice-Chair- and Rapporteur Of the Committee W3re CdJskd. to the cOmeE3pOnai~ Off iC8S in Sub-Committee 1, a, Enteza presented its report (A/SIQ$%xb J./j, a.nd Add& Add.2) to the eighteenth meeting of the Comittee~ 4 December 1946. ~02 the check list of the docments of ‘the Sub-Comittee, see &xc% B (2 > . Sub-(&-&t-&e 2, to inspect and report on the Manhattan gast River site, qqas appointed at the twenty-fifth meeting, 11 December 1$+6, It Was composed of the nine members of the Headquarters Commission (Australia, China, France, Iraq, the Netherlands, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kixdom, Uruguay, and Yugoslavia) and the representative of the United States of &nerica, assisted by the Chairman (Colombia) t Vice-Chairman (Canada) ) and the Rapporteur (Iran) of the Committee, At its first meeting, 11 December 1346, Sub-Committee 2 elected as its chairman the Chairman of the Committee. At its second meeting, 12 December 1946, the Sub-CommZttee appointed a Drafting CommVttee consisting of the members for France, the Union of Soviet SoclaUs% Republics, the United Kingdom, and the United States of’ America, to prepare a report in co-operation with yr. Howard K. MenhinIck (Secretariat) y The draft report was presented to the thfrd meeting of the Sub-Committee, 12 December l$& Mr, Entezam presented the Sub-Conrm-ittee t s report (A/SI’JIE/Sub .2/l) to the twenty-s,ixth ’ / meeting of the Committee, 12 December I.946. For the check list of the documents of the Sub-Committee, see Part B (3). ( j 5. The Interim Corr3nittee ‘Ihe Interim. Committee for the Selectio;n of a Site for the ,Perm~~~ent Headquarters of the United Nations was appo,inted by the Preparatory Commission I of the United Natfons wi.th the adoption at its fourth plenary meeting, / 23 December l.345, of the report of Comittee 8 (PC/CD/g). The TnterIrtx Corqrtittee was composed of representatives of Australia, China, Cuba, France, Iran, Iraq, the Netherlands, Poland, the Union of Sovjet SocialZst Republics, the United Kingdom, Uruguay, and Yugoslavia, At its first meeting, ’ 27 December 1945, the Interim Committee elected Mr. Roberto E. Ma&achen * ) (Uruguay) as Chairman and Mr, Stoyan Gavrilovic’ (Yugoslavia) as Vice +=Chairrr-an “i” ;\yr$1 i’P /The Interim : A/SIm/53 Page 3 8 The Interim Committee appointed an Inspection Group and a Juridical Sub-Committee. For the check list of documents of the Interim Committee and ,’ its sub-committees, see Part B '(4). , The, Inspection Group, to inspect and report on proposed sites in the United States of America, was appointed at the'first meeting of the Inter-L1 Committee, 27 December 1,945. It was composed of representatives of China, France, Iraq, the Union of*Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom, Uruguay, and Yugoslavia. At its first meeting, 29 December 1945, the Inspection Group elected Mr. Stoyan Gavrilovic' (Yugoslavia) as Chairman an' Mr. Shuhsi Hsu (China) as Vice-Chairman, Mr. Gavrilovic' presented its rey (A/SITE/2, and Ad&l, Add.2, Add.3) to the fourth meeting of the Interim Committee, 5 February 1346, when he was appointed Rapporteur, and to the E meeting of the Permanent Headquarters Committee, 6 February 1346. The Juridical Sub-Committee was appointed by the Interim Committee at second meeting, 27 December 1945, and was composed of representatives of Australia, China, Cuba, Poland (designated Chairman), the United Kingdom, Yugoslavia, The Chairman was Mr. E. Sobolewski (Pbland). Mr. WilliamEric Beckett (United Kingdom) was elected Acting Chairman at tl 3 ninth meeting, 25 January 1346. He also acted as Rapporteur to the Sub-Committee on Privileges and Immunities of the Sixth Committee of the United Nations, to which the reports df. the Juridical Sub-Committee were referred by agreement with the Chairman of the Interim Committee. The rep consisted of suggested changes (PC/ICH/W.19) in the draft of the general convention on the privileges of the United Nations recommended by the Preparatory Commission (in PC/20, Chap, VII, Appendix B), and a revised ti convention (A/ICH/W.21/Rev,l) between the United Nations and the Governme of the United States of America based upon documents PC/G/24 and PC/G/31 the Preparatory Commission. 6. Other bodies reporting to the Permanent Headquarters Cormnittee The Headquarters Commission was established by Resolution No. 25 (I adopted by the General Assembly at its thirty-third plenary meeting, * /14 February 14 February 1946, upon the first report (A/@/Rev.L) of the Permanent Headquarters Committee o The Commission was composed of representatives of 1 / ,i Australia, China, France, Iraq, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the I, Unton of Soviet Socialist Republics, Uruguay, and. Yugoslavia. At fts f-frst meting, 7 &y 1946, the Commission elected Sir @US 3xnerKU.e Fletcher (United. Hingdom) as cha-lrman. Sir Angus presented the report of the Commission, (A/63) and a note (A/104) on the fiti i3luatratl~ th$ report to the i fourteenth meetfng of the Committee, 7 November 1946, See forthcoming document A/HQC/W.56 for the check list of Cornmi.~~ion d~~m@nt&., me Committee to assist the Secretary-General to negotiate ath the competent authorit-Les of the United. States of America the arrangements , required as a result of the establishment of the seat of the UnIted. Nations in the United States of America was established on the recoznmendation of the ’ ’ Sixth Committee, to which it reported, See document ~/c.6/132, Part B (7) for the check list of the documents of the negotiating committee, The Headquarters Advisory Committee was establlshed by Resolution No, 100 (I), adopted: by the General Assembly at its sixty-PIfth plenary meeting, 14 December 1946, upon the second report of the Permanent , Headquarters Committee (A/277) IL The Headquarters Advisory Committee is composed of representatives of Australia, Bel@um, Colombia, France, Greece, India, Norway, Poland, Syria, the Union of Soviet Socialist RepubLlcs, the ’ United Kingdom, the Untted States of America, and Yugoslavia. At its first j $meeting, 6 January 1947, the Comm-Lttae elected J4r. Warren Robinson A_ustln (United States of America) as Chair-, Mr, Herschel V Johnson l 7. (United States of America) has on occasion taken the chair in Mr. Austin1 s stead, Working papers of this committee (series A/AC,‘// ) are not ~%l.uded in this check list, - ------- vu w.uu.L-u/J” ,’ lasembly which adopted the following resolution thereon Sk-acondReport (A/277). Resolution No, 100 (I), adopted 14 Dece$xa 1946 (A/bk/Add.l, ) page s ~$5 -UT 1 II * I 0 0 # The check list of documents contains the following information: Left -hand column; Ser-Les symbol and document number In series. Middle CO&XUUX Short title of document; number of pages (English or bilingual text); date of registration of basic text with Documents Control Unit * In the case of summary records of meetings, issued as Supplements to f the Jourruzl of the General Assembly (abbreviated JGA) or to the Journal of ’ the United Nations (abbreviated 2)) the numbers of Supplements and Journals l are shown. Republication of documents in the Cff-LcTal Records of the First Past of the First Session of the General Assembly (abbreviated Official Records) is indIcatea, R&ht -hand column: Language of Issue I, Single-language texts are Ukkxted as En&Tab (abbreviated E), French (F) t Chinese (C), Russian (R), or Span-ltsh (X) * BilSngual texts are Indicated as EnglPsh and French together (E&J?) I J3ocument No, Issued . 3.32 So~ias Short Title In A/STIIIE/ (1) Documents of the Permanent ffeadquarters Comm1ttse (a) General Documents and Summazy Records 1 Summery Record, 1st Meeting, 2 February E&4? 1946 (Suppl, No, 8 to JGA No. 22), 1 p. (4 February 1946) - Republished “In Permanent Eeadquarters E&F Committee Ctfficlal Records, pp. 3-4* 2 Report and Recommendatfons of the Inspection ‘E F Group on Selecting the Permanent Site and Interim Facllitfes for the Headquarters of the United Nations, 23 pp * (4 February ~46 1 Z/Add,1 Annexe s A-F.