Membership of Principal Organs of the United Nations 8 1 The General Assembly consists of representatives of all states Members of the United Nations. As of December 31, 1946 these states were: Afghanistan Lebanon Argentina Liberia Australia Luxembourg Belgium Mexico Bolivia Netherlands Brazil New Zealand Nicaragua Norway Panama Chile Paraguay China Peru Colombia Poland Costa Rica Republic of the Cuba Philippines Czechoslovakia Saudi Arabia Denmark Siam Dominican Republic Sweden 1 Ecuador Syria Egypt Turkey El Salvador Ukrainian Soviet Ethiopia Socialist Republic France Union of South Africa Greece Union of Soviet Guatemala Socialist Republics Haiti United Kingdom of Great Honduras Britain and Northern Ireland Iceland 1 United States of America India Uruguay Iran Venezuela Iraq Yugoslavia . The Security Council PERMANENT MEMBERS: China NON-PERMANENT MEMBERS:3 Syria The Economic and Social Council Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Term EXPIRES DECEMBER 31, 1948: Canada • Three non-permanent members are elected each year for terms of two years. At the first election of the non-permanent members Egypt, Mexico, and the Netherlands were elected for a special initial term of one year; their terms expired Dec. 31, 1946. * Six members are elected each year for a term of three years. At the first election the following states were elected for the special initial term of one year: Colombia, Greece, Lebanon, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, United States, and Yugoslavia. Re-elected at Second Part of First Session of the General Assembly to normal term of three years. Netherlands Peru Cuba The Trusteeship Council STATES ADMINISTERING TRUST TERRITORIES: Australia STATES Not ADMINISTERING TRUST TERRITORIES: Members by Virtue of Being Permanent Members of the Secur ity Council: China Union of Soviet Socialist Republics United States Elected at Second Part of First Session of the General Assembly to Three-Year Term Expiring December 31, 1949: Iraq Mexico * Elected at Second Part of First Session of the General Assembly to unexpired term of Belgium, which resigned. * Elected at First Part of First Session of the General Assembly to the special initial term of two years. The International Court of Justice 8 TERM EXPIRES 1955: M. Jules Basdevant (France) Dr. José Philadelpho de Barros Azevedo (Brazil) Lic. Isidro Fabela Alfaro (Mexico) publics) Dr. Milovan Zoricic (Yugoslavia) 8 Following election of the Judges, lots were drawn to determine the three, six, and nine-year terms of office of the members of the Court under art. 13 of the Statute of the Court. Future elections will be for the normal nine-year term of office. . |