APPENDIX I ROSTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS (As of 31 March 1956) TOTAL AREA ESTIMATED POPULATION DATE OF U.N. COUNTRY (square kilometres) Date Total MEMBERSHIP (in thousands) Afghanistan 650,000 1 July 1956 12,000 19 Nov. 1946 Albania 28,748 1 July 1955 1,394 14 Dec. 1955 Argentina 2,778,412 1 July 1956 19,470 24 Oct. 1945 Australia 7,704,159 30 Sep. 1956 9,479 1 Nov. 1945 Austria 83,849 31 Dec. 1955 6,976 14 Dec. 1955 Belgium 30,507 31 Dec. 1955 8,896 27 Dec. 1945 Bolivia 1,098,581 5 Sep. 1956 3,235 14 Nov. 1945 Brazil 8,513,844 1 Jan. 1957 60,553 24 Oct. 1945 Bulgaria 111,493 1 Dec. 1956 7,629 14 Dec. 1955 Burma 677,950 1 July 1956 19,856 19 Apr. 1948 Byelorussian SSR 207,600 1 Apr. 1956 8,000 24 Oct. 1945 Cambodia 175,000 1 July 1955 4,358 14 Dec. 1955 Canada 9,960,547 1 Jan. 1957 16,344 9 Nov. 1945 Ceylon 65,610 15 June 1956 8,783 14 Dec. 1955 Chile 741,767 31 Aug. 1956 6,972 24 Oct. 1945 China 9,736,288 1 July 1948 463,493 24 Oct. 1945 Colombia 1,138,355 5 July 1956 12,939 5 Nov. 1945 Costa Rica 50,900 31 Dec. 1956 1,013 2 Nov. 1945 Cuba 114,524 28 Jan. 1953 5,829 24 Oct. 1945 Czechoslovakia 127,819 1 July 1956 13,224 24 Oct. 1945 Denmark 42,936 1 July 1955 4,439 24 Oct. 1945 Dominican Republic 48,734 1 July 1956 2,608 24 Oct. 1945 Ecuador 270,670 1 July 1956 3,777 21 Dec. 1945 Egypt 1,000,000 1 July 1955 22,934 24 Oct. 1945 El Salvador 20,000 1 July 1956 2,268 24 Oct. 1945 Ethiopia 1,184,320 1955 20,000 13 Nov. 1945 Finland 337,009 31 Jan. 1957 4,315 14 Dec. 1955 France 551,208 1 Jan. 1957 43,787 24 Oct. 1945 Ghana 237,873 1 July 1956 4,691 8 Mar. 1957 Greece 132,562 31 Dec. 1955 8,007 25 Oct. 1945 Guatemala 108,889 31 Dec. 1955 3,303 21 Nov. 1945 Haiti 27,750 1 July 1955 3,305 24 Oct. 1945 Honduras 112,088 1 July 1956 1,711 17 Dec. 1945 Hungary 93,030 31 Dec. 1955 9,861 14 Dec. 1955 Iceland 103,000 31 Dec. 1955 159 19 Nov. 1946 India 3,288,375 1 July 1955 381,690 30 Oct. 1945 Indonesia 1,491,562 1 July 1955 81,900 28 Sep. 1950 Iran 1,630,000 1-15 Nov. 1956 18,945 24 Oct. 1945 Iraq 444,474 31 Dec. 1956 4,859 21 Dec. 1945 Ireland 70,283 1 July 1956 2,895 14 Dec. 1955 Israel 20,678 31 Dec. 1956 1,872 11 May 1949 Italy 301,226 30 Nov. 1956 49,400 14 Dec. 1955 Japan 369,813 1 Dec. 1956 90,400 18 Dec. 1956 Jordan 96,610 1 July 1956 1,471 14 Dec. 1955 Laos 237,000 1 July 1955 1,425 14 Dec. 1955 Lebanon 10,400 1 July 1956 1,450 24 Oct. 1945 490 APPENDIX I TOTAL AREA ESTIMATED POPULATION DATE OF U.N. COUNTRY (square kilometres) Date Total MEMBERSHIP (in thousands) Liberia 111,370 1 July 1955 1,250 2 Nov. 1945 Libya 1,759,540 1 July 1955 1,105 14 Dec. 1955 Luxembourg 2,586 31 Dec. 1955 311 24 Oct. 1945 Mexico 1,969,367 1 July 1956 30,538 7 Nov. 1945 Morocco 410,805 1 July 1955 9,723 12 Nov. 1956 Nepal 140,753 15 July 1952-15 July 1954 8,432 14 Dec. 1955 Netherlands 40,893 1 Jan. 1957 10,956 10 Dec. 1945 New Zealand 267,995 31 Dec. 1956 2,209 24 Oct. 1945 Nicaragua 148,000 31 Dec. 1956 1,302 24 Oct. 1945 Norway 323,917 30 June 1956 3,462 27 Nov. 1945 Pakistan 944,824 1 July 1956 83,603 30 Sep. 1947 Panama 74,470 1 July 1956 934 13 Nov. 1945 Paraguay 406,752 1 July 1956 1,601 24 Oct. 1945 Peru 1,249,049 31 Dec. 1956 9,787 31 Oct. 1945 Philippines 299,404 1 July 1956 22,265 24 Oct. 1945 Poland 311,700 31 Mar. 1956 27,680 24 Oct. 1945 Portugal 92,200 1 Feb. 1957 8,879 14 Dec. 1955 Romania 237,502 21 Feb. 1956 17,490 14 Dec. 1955 Saudi Arabia 1,600,000 1 July 1952 7,000 24 Oct. 1945 Spain 503,486 30 June 1956 29,203 14 Dec. 1955 Sudan 2,505,825 17 Jan. 1956 10,210 12 Nov. 1956 Sweden 449,681 30 Sep. 1956 7,322 19 Nov. 1946 Syria 181,337 31 Dec. 1955 4,194 24 Oct. 1945 Thailand 514,000 1 July 1956 20,686 16 Dec. 1946 Tunisia 125,180 1 Feb. 1956 3,782 12 Nov. 1956 Turkey 776,980 1 Oct. 1956 24,797 24 Oct. 1945 Ukrainian SSR 576,600 1 Apr. 1956 40,600 24 Oct. 1945 Union of South Africa 1,223,409 30 June 1956 13,915 7 Nov. 1945 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 22,403,000 1 Apr. 1956 200,200 24 Oct. 1945 United Kingdom 244,016 30 June 1956 51,446 24 Oct. 1945 United States 7,827,976 1 Jan. 1957 169,661 24 Oct. 1945 Uruguay 186,926 31 Dec. 1955 2,632 18 Dec. 1945 Venezuela 912,050 31 Dec. 1956 6,039 15 Nov. 1945 Yemen 195,000 1 July 1949 4,500 30 Sep. 1947 Yugoslavia 255,395 30 Nov. 1956 17,932 24 Oct. 1945 APPENDIX II STRUCTURE OF THE UNITED NATIONS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY The General Assembly is composed of all the Mem- In addition to these seven Main Committees, the bers of the United Nations. (For delegations to the General Assembly may constitute other committees, first and second emergency special sessions and the on which all Members have the right to be represented. eleventh regular session, see APPENDIX IV.) At the Assembly's eleventh session the officers of President, first and second emergency special sessions: the Main Committees were as follows: Rudecindo Ortega (Chile). Vice-Presidents, first and second emergency special FIRST COMMITTEE sessions: China, Ethiopia, France, Luxembourg, Chairman: Victor A. Belaúnde (Peru). USSR, United Kingdom, United States (the Chair- Vice-Chairman: R. S. S. Gunewardene (Ceylon). men of the respective delegations act as Vice- Rapporteur: Franz Matsch (Austria). Presidents). SPECIAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE President, eleventh session: Prince Wan Waithayakon Chairman: Selim Sarper (Turkey). (Thailand). 1 Vice-Chairman: Sudjarwo Tjondronegoro (Indonesia). Vice-Presidents, eleventh session: China, El Salvador, Rapporteur: Sergije Makiedo (Yugoslavia). France, India, Italy, USSR, United Kingdom, United States (the Chairmen of the respective SECOND COMMITTEE delegations act as Vice-Presidents). Chairman: Mohammad Mir Khan (Pakistan). The Assembly has four types of committees: Main Vice-Chairman: Tadeusz Lychowski (Poland). Committees, procedural committees, standing com- Rapporteur: J. P. Bannier (Netherlands). mittees, and subsidiary and ad hoc bodies. THIRD COMMITTEE MAIN COMMITTEES Chairman: Hermod Lannung (Denmark). Seven Main Committees are established under the Vice-Chairman: Mohammad Ali Massoud-Ansari rules of procedure of the General Assembly. (Iran). Political and Security Committee (including the regu- Rapporteur: Mrs. Graciela Quan (Guatemala). lation of armaments) (First Committee). 2 FOURTH COMMITTEE Special Political Committee. Chairman: Enrique de Marchena (Dominican Repub- Economic and Financial Committee (Second Com- lic). mittee). Vice-Chairman: Mrs. Angie E. Brooks (Liberia). Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee (Third Rapporteur: F. H, Soward (Canada). Committee). Trusteeship Committee (including Non-Self-Govern- FIFTH COMMITTEE ing Territories) (Fourth Committee). Chairman: Omar Loutfi (Egypt). Administrative and Budgetary Committee (Fifth Com- Vice-Chairman: S. Calogeropoulos-Stratis (Greece). mittee). Rapporteur: Francisco A. Forteza (Uruguay). Legal Committee (Sixth Committee). Each Member may be represented by one person SIXTH COMMITTEE on each Main Committee. Chairman: Karel Petrzelka (Czechoslovakia). Vice-Chairman: Jorge Castañeda (Mexico). On 15 November 1956, the General Assembly Rapporteur: Kenneth H. Bailey (Australia). decided1 to establish an eighth vice-presidency electing Italy as the eighth Vice-President. PROCEDURAL COMMITTEES On 12 November 1956, the General Assembly established2 an Ad Hoc Political Committee. Later, There are two procedural committees: the General however, by decisions taken on 15 November and 18 Committee and the Credentials Committee. December 1956, the Assembly made this Committee one of its permanent and Main Committees, renaming GENERAL COMMITTEE it the "Special Political Committee" and thus bring- In accordance with the rules of procedure, the ing the number of Main Committees up to seven. General Committee consists of the President of the 492 APPENDIX II General Assembly, as Chairman, the eight Vice-Presi- SUBSIDIARY AND AD HOC BODIES dents and the Chairmen of the seven Main Commit- tees. The following subsidiary and ad hoc bodies were CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE in existence between 1 January 1956 and 8 March This Committee consists of nine Members appointed 1957, when the General Assembly's eleventh regular by the Assembly on the proposal of the President. Its session was temporarily adjourned. Those marked † membership for the first and second emergency special were created during this period and those marked * sessions consisted of the representatives of Afghanistan, were discontinued. In the case of new and some other Australia, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, France, bodies, the terms of reference are given. Indonesia, Iraq, the USSR and the United States, Interim Committee of the General Assembly with the representative of Iraq as Chairman. At the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) eleventh session it was composed of Argentina, Brazil, Advisory Committee on the United Nations Emer- Burma, Iraq, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, gency Force† the USSR and the United States, with the representa- Committee on the Financing of the United Nations tive of New Zealand as Chairman.