Section 2

Underground constructions may be undertaken by the City of New York, or the State of New York, or any of their agencies or subdivisions, within the headquarters district only after consultation with the Secretary-General, and under conditions which shall not disturb the carrying out of the functions of the United Nations.

33. United Nations Flag

[On October 20 the Assembly unanimously adopted as the United Nations flag the official United Nations emblem in white centered on a light blue background.]

The General Assembly,

Recognizes that it is desirable to adopt a distinctive flag of the United Nations and to authorize its use and, therefore,

Resolves that the flag of the United Nations shall be the official emblem, adopted by the General Assembly, under the terms of its resolution 92 (I) of 7 December 1946, centered on a light blue ground; Directs the Secretary-General to draw up regulations concerning the dimensions and proportions of the flag;

Authorizes the Secretary-General to adopt a flag code, having in mind the desirability of a regulated use of the flag and the protection of its dignity.

34. United Nations Day

[This resolution, which was adopted unanimously on October 31, declares that October 24, the anniversary of the coming into force of the Charter, is officially to be called United Nations Day and invites Members to cooperate in securing its observance.]

The General Assembly,

Declares that 24 October, the anniversary of the coming into force of the Charter of the United Nations, shall henceforth be officially called "United Nations Day" and shall be devoted to making known to the peoples of the world the aims and achievements of the United Nations and to gaining their support for the work of the United Nations;

Invites Member Governments to co-operate with the United Nations in securing observance of this anniversary.

35. Place of Meeting of Third Regular Session of the General Assembly

[By 32 votes to 17, with 5 abstentions, the Assembly on November 15 decided that the Third Regular Session of the General Assembly should be held in Europe and requested the Secretary-General, in consultation with a committee of nine members designated by the President of the Assembly, to choose the site for the Third Regular Session. The members are Australia, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ethiopia, India, Lebanon, the Netherlands, Norway, Panama, and Uruguay.]

The General Assembly,

CONSIDERING that, under the provisions of rule 5 of the provisional rules of procedure, the General Assembly may, in accordance with a decision adopted at a previous session, or at the request of the majority of the Members, be convened at a place other than United Nations Headquarters,

Decides that the third regular session of the General Assembly shall be held in Europe;

Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with a committee of nine members, designated by the President of the General Assembly, to choose the town where the third regular session of the General Assembly shall be held.

Appendix II

SELECTED RESOLUTIONS CONSIDERED BY THE SECURITY COUNCIL, WITH SELECTED PAPERS ON ATOMIC ENERGY CONTROL, ARMED FORCES AND REGULATION OF ARMAMENTS

1. Resolution on the Corfu Channel Case

[The following resolution, recommending that the Governments of Albania and the United Kingdom refer their dispute to the International Court of Justice, was adopted by the Security Council April 9, by a vote of 8 to 0. Poland and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics abstained; the United Kingdom, as a party to the dispute, did not participate in the vote.]

The Security Council

HAVING Considered statements of representatives of the United Kingdom and of Albania concerning a dispute between the United Kingdom and Albania, arising out of an incident on 22 October 1946, in the Strait of Corfu in which two British ships were damaged by mines with resulting loss of life and injury to their crews,

Recommends that the United Kingdom and Albanian Governments should immediately refer the dispute to the International Court of Justice in accordance with the provisions of the Statute of the Court.

2. Resolutions on the Greek Case

[On June 27 the United States introduced a resolution based on the proposals of a majority of the members of the Balkan Commission of Investigation and proposing the establishment of a commission of the Council to assist in carrying out those proposals. As amended, this resolution was put to a vote on July 29 in the form set forth below. When voted upon individually, the preamble and separate articles were approved, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics abstaining in each instance. In the final vote on the whole resolution, however, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, together with Poland, voted negatively, the Soviet veto defeating the resolution.]

The Security Council

HAVING primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security by virtue of Article 24 of the Charter and

HAVING Considered the report submitted by the Commission of In

vestigation established by the Council's resolution of 19 December 1946,

Finds that a dispute exists, the continuance of which is likely to endanger the maintenance of international peace and security. The Security Council therefore, following the proposals made by the majority of the members of the Commission of Investigation,

Resolves that:

ARTICLE 1:

1. The Security Council recommend to the Governments of Greece on the one hand, and Albania, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia on the other, to establish as soon as possible normal good-neighborly relations, to abstain from all action, direct or indirect, which may be likely to increase or to maintain the tension and the unrest in the border areas, and rigorously to refrain from any support of elements in neighboring countries aiming at the overthrow of the lawful Government of those countries.

2. Giving support to armed bands formed in any of the four States concerned and crossing into the territory of another State, or refusal by any one of the four Governments in spite of the demands of the States concerned to take the necessary measures on its own territory to deprive such bands of any aid or protection, shall be avoided by the Governments of Albania, Bulgaria, Greece and Yugoslavia as a threat to the peace within the meaning of the Charter of the United Nations.

ARTICLE 2:

The Security Council recommend that the Governments of Albania, Bulgaria, Greece and Yugoslavia establish, as soon as possible, normal diplomatic relations among themselves.

ARTICLE 3:

The Security Council recommend to the Governments concerned that they enter into frontier conventions providing for effective machinery for the regulation and control of their common frontiers, and for the pacific settlement of frontier incidents and disputes.

ARTICLE 4:

As the presence of refugees in any of the four countries is a disturbing factor, the Security Council recommend to the Governments of Albania, Bulgaria, Greece and Yugoslavia that they :

(1) Remove such refugees as far from the country from which they came as is practically possible;

(2) Segregate them in camps or otherwise;

(3) Take effective measures to prevent their participation in any political or military activity.

The Security Council recommend that such camps be placed under the supervision of some international body authorized by the United Nations to undertake the task.

In order to ensure that only genuine refugees return to their country of origin, repatriation shall not take place except after arrangements with the Government of the country of origin and after notification to the Commission, established under this resolution, or to the international body authorized for this task by the United Nations.

ARTICLE 5:

The Security Council recommend to the Governments of Greece on the one hand and Albania, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia on the other, that they study the practicability of concluding agreements for the voluntary transfer of minorities. Until such agreements come into force, individuals belonging to a given minority in any of the countries concerned desiring to emigrate, should be given all facilities to do so by the government of the State in which they reside. The arrangements for any transfers under this paragraph should be supervised by the commission established under this resolution, which would act as a registration authority for any person desiring to emigrate.

ARTICLE 6:

The Security Council, for the purpose of restoring normal conditions along the frontiers between Greece, on the one hand, and Albania, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia on the other, and thereby assisting these countries in carrying out the recommendations of this resolution, establish a Commission as a subsidiary organ.

(a) The Commission shall be composed of a representative of each of the Nations members of the Security Council as they may be from time to time.

(b) The functions of the Commission shall be those of conciliation and investigation:

(1) To use its good offices to assist the governments concerned in the negotiation and conclusion of the frontier conventions recommended under this resolution.

(2) To study and make recommendations to the governments concerned with respect to such additional bilateral agreements between them for the pacific settlements of disputes relating to frontier incidents or conditions on the frontier as the Commission considers desirable.