PART 1/. OTHER MATTERS CONSIDERED BY THE SECURITY COUNCIL

DEVXIBME PA.RTIE. AUTRES QUESTIONS EXAMINEES PAR LE CONSEIL DE SBCURITB

ARMAMENTS: REGULATION Al"'D REDUCTION 13

ARMEMENTS : REGLEMENTATION ET REDUCTIONu

Decision
At its 90th meeting, on 9 January 1947, the Council formally accepted General Assembly resolution 41 (I) of 14 December 1946 on the principles governing the general regulation and reduction of armaments.

Decision
A sa 9Qe seance, le 9 janvier 1947, le Conseil a accepte formellement la resolution 41 (I) de I'Assemblee generale, en date du 14 decembre 1946, concernant les principes regissant la reglementation et la reduction generales des armements.

18 (1947). Resolution of 13 February 1947
[S/268/Rev.l /Corr.l]
The Security Council,
Having accepted General Assembly resolution 41 (I) of 14 December 1946, and recognizing that the general regulation and reduction of armaments and armed forces constitute a most important measure for strengthening international peace and security and that the implementation of the resolution of the General Assemb!y on this subject is one of the most urgent and important tasks before the Security Council,
Resolves:
1. To work out the practical measures for giVmg effect to General Assembly resolutions 41 (I) and 42 (I) of 14 December 1946 concerning, on the one hand, the general regulation and reduction of armaments and armed forces and the establishment of international control to bring about the reduction of armaments and armed forces and, on the other hand, information concerning the armed forces of the United Nations;
2. To consider as soon as possible the report submitted hy the Atomic Energy Commission 14 and to take suitable decisions in order to facilitate its work ;
3. To set up a commission consisting of representatives of the members of the Security Council with instructions to prepare and submit to the Security Council, within the space of not more than three months, the proposals (a) for the general regulation and reduction of armaments and armed forces, and (b) for practical and effective safeguards in connexion with

18 (1947). Resolution du 13 fevrier 1947
[S/268/Rev.1/Corr.l]
Le Conseil de securite,
Ayant accepte la resolution 41 (I) de l'Assemblee generale, en date du 14 decembre 1946, et reconnaissant que la reglementation et la reduction generales des armements et des forces armees constituent une mesure tres importante en vue d'affermir la paix et la securite internationales et que la mise en reuvre de la resolution prise par l'Assemblee generale a ce sujet est une des taches les plus urgentes et les plus importantes du Conseil de securite,
Decide:
1. D'elaborer les mesures pratiques necessaires pour donner effet aux resolutions 41 (I) et 42 (I) prises par l'Assemblee generale le 14 decembre 1946 et
relatives, d'une part, a la reglementation et a la reduc-
tion generales des armements et des forces armees, ainsi qu'a l'etablissement d'un controle international en vue d'amener la reduction des armements et des forces armees, et, d'autre part, aux renseignements sur les forces arn1ees des Nations Unies ;
2. D'examiner dans le plus bref delai le rapport presente par la Commission de l'energie atomique14 et de prendre les decisions appropriees en vue de faciliter ses travaux ;
3. De constituer une commission composee de representants des Etats membres du Conseil de seenrite et chargee de preparer et de presenter au Conseil de securite, dans un delai de trois mois au plus, des propositions au sujet : a) de la reglementation et de la reduction generales des armements et des forces armees ; et b) des mesures pratiques et efficaces de

u Resolutions or decisions on this question were also adopted by the Council in 1946.
14 Official Records of the Atomic Energy Commission, First Year, Special Supplement.

ta Question ayant fait l'objet de resolutions ou d~cisions de la part du Conseil en 1946.
H Proces-verbaux orficiels de la Commission de rinergie atomique, premiere ant~~e, SuppUment sp~cial.

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the general regulation and reduction of armaments, which the commission may be in a position to formulate in order to ensure the implementation of the above-mentioned resolutions of the General Assembly of 14 December I 946, in so far as these resolutions relate to armaments within the new commission's jurisdiction ;
The commission shall submit a plan of work to the Council for approval ;
Those matters which fall within the competence of the Atomic Energy Commission as determined by General Assembly resolutions 1 (I) of 24 January 1946 and 41 (I) of I 4 December I 946 shall be excluded from the jurisdiction of the commission hereby established ;
The title of the commission shall be the Commission for Conventional Armaments ;
The Commission shall make such proposals as it may deem advisable concerning the studies which the Military Staff Committee and possibly other organs of the United Nations might be asked to undertake ;
4. To request the Military Staff Committee to submit to it, as soon as possible and as a matter of urgency, the recommendations for which it has been asked by the Security Council on I 6 February 1946 15 in pursuance of Article 43 of the Charter and, as a first step, to submit to the Security Council, not later than 30 April 1947, its recommendations with regard to the basic principles which should govern the organization of the United Nations armed force.
Adopted at the 105th meeting by 10 votes to none, with I abstention (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics).

garantie en liaison avec la reglementation et la reduction generales des armements, propositions que la commission sera en mesure de formuler afin d'assurer la mise en reuvn: des resolutions precitees de I'Assembke gcnerale du 14 decembre I946, dans la mesure
nu ccc; resolution~ se rapportent aux armcments du
domaim: de la nouve!le commission ;
La commission presentera un programme de travail
a !'approbation du Conseil de securite ;
Lcs questions qui sont de la competence de la Commission de I'energie atomique, aux termes des resolutions I (I) et 41 (I) de I'Assemblee generale, en date des 24 janvicr I 946 et 14 decembre I 946, soot exclues du domaine de la commission etablie par la prescnte ;
La commission prendra le nom de Commission des armements de type classique ;
La Commission fera les propositions qu'clle jugera utiles au sujet des etudes que le Comite d'etat-major et, cventuellement, les autres organismes des Nations
Unics pourraient etrc invites a entreprendre ;
a4. D'inviter le Comite d'etat-major presenter, le
plus tot possible et comme question urgente, au Conseil de sccurite les rccommandations que ce dernier, le 16 fevrier I 9461", lui a demande de formuler en application de !'Article 43 de la Charte et, comme premiere mesure, de soumettre au Conseil de securite, le 30 avril 1947 au plus tard, ses recommandations en ce qui concerne les principes fondamentaux qui doivent regir !'organisation de la force armee des Nations Unies.
Adoptee a la 105' seance
par 10 voix contre zero, avec une abstention (Union des Republiques socialistes sovietiques).

Decision
At its 152nd meeting, on 8 July 1947, the Council approved the following plan of work sYbmitted by the Commission for Conventional Armaments in its report :16
Plan of work adopted by the Commission for Conventional Armaments
1. Consider and make recommendations to the Security Council concerning armaments and armed forces which fall within the jurisdiction of the Commission for Conventional Armaments.
2. Consideration and determination of general principles in connexion with the regulation and reduction of armaments and armed forces.

Decision
A sa 152· seance, le 8 juillet 1947, le Conseil a approuve le plan de travail ci-apres presente par la Commission des armements de type classique dans son rapport 16 :
Plan de travail adopte par la Commission des armements de type classique
1. Examen et presentation au Conseil de securite de recommandations relatives aux armements et aux forces armees qui relevent de la competence de la Commission des armements de type classique.
2. Examen et determination des principes gene-
raux relatifs a la n!g:ementation et a la reduction
des armements et des forces armees.

15 Decision taken by the Council at its 23rd rr:.eeting. See Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council, 1946, p. 13.
18 See Official Records of the Security Council, Second Year, Supplement No. 14, annex 37.

a15 Decision prise par le Con~eil sa 23' seance. Voir
Resolutions et decisions du Conseil de securite (1946), p. 13.
16 Voir Proces-verbaux officiels du Conseil de securite, deuxierne anm>e, Supplement n" 14, annexe 37 (S/387), et document S/387/Corr.l (mimeographie).

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