Journal No. 28: Supplement No. 6-A/C. 6/26

SIXTH COMMITTEE LEGAL QUESTIONS ... Sumniarv Record of Meetings

:SIXIEME COMMISSION'· QUESTIONS JURIDIQUES j

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Praces-verbal des Seances

6 Febl1WJ' 1946

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Mardi 5 !6vrier 1946

EIGB'l'B MEE'I1NG

BOf11EME SEANCE

Held on Mrmday 4 February 1946 tit 3 p.m. Chairman: Mr. JIMENEZ (Panama).

Tenue le lundi 4 fevrier 1946 a 15 hcures. President: M. JlMENEZ (Panama)..

1. Report of the Chairman of the joint subcommittee of the filth and si%th Committees on the emoluments of the judges of the International Court of Justice (~/~24,,-_

1. Rapport du Pr~ident de· la sous-commission mine des cinqui~me et sixi~me Commissions cbarg'e d'6tudier la question des mnoluments des juges a la Coar intemationale de justice (A/C.8/24) .. En l'absence de M. DURDENEVSKY (URSS) , President la sous-commission mixte des cinquieme et sixieme Commissions qui a examine la question des emoluments des juges de la Cour intemationale de justice, le President demande a. M. Hambro (Chef de section) de presenter le rapport du sous-comite mixte. (document A/C.6/24). .

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In the absence of Mr. DURDENEVSKY (USSR), Chairman of ,the joint subcommitt e.....of • . W JC ad been studying the question of the emoluments: of the judges of the International Court of Justices, the Chairman asked Mr. HAMBRO (Chief of Section) to introduce the report of the joint subcommittee (document A/C.6/24). Mr. HAMBRO summarized the decisions of the joint subcommittee as follows: (1) The Preparatory Commission bad recommended that the value of the emoluments of the judges of the International Court of Justice should be not less than that of the judges of the Permanent Court of International Justice during the period 1936 to 1939. The subcommittee recommended that those salaries should be increased by 20 per cent to allow for the higher cost of living in The Hague since 1939.

M. HAMBRO resume ainsi les decisions de la sous-eommission mixte : ' (1) La Commission preparatoire recommande que la valeur des emoluments des juges de la Cour internationale de justice ne soit pas inferieure a celle des emoluments qui recevaient les juges de la Cour permanente de justice internationale au cours. de la p&iode 1936 a. 1939. . La sous-commission recommande que ces traitements soient augmentes de 20 pour cent pour tenir compte de l'augmentation du COlIt de la vie a La Haye depuis

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(2) Les allocations resteraient identiques a celles que percevaient le President et les Vice-presidents de la Cour permanente de justice internationale.

(2) The allowances would remain the same as the allowances paid to the President and VicePresidents of the Permanent Court of International Justice. (3) The allowances for judges ad hoc should be increased by 20 per cent, from 100 to 120 florins per diem. The CHAIRMAN put this part of the report of the subcommittee referring to salaries to the vote. Decision : The Committee adopted the recommendations of the subcommittee unanimously.. The OIAIlUlAN then asked the Committee for their observations on the second part of the report of the subcommittee which contained a' reenmendation to be submitted to the ~neral Assembly regarding the development of a pension plan for the judges and the registrar.

(3) Les allocations des juges ad hoc devraient ~tre

augmentees de 20 pour cent c'est-a.-dire passer de 100 florins a 120 florins par jour. Le PRESIDENT met aux voix . la partie du rapport relative aux traitements. ~n: La Commission adopte it. l'unanimitc la recommandation de la sous-commission. Le PRESIDENT prie alors la Commission de presenter ses observations sur la seconde partie du rapport de la sous-eommission oil figure une recommandation qni devra ~tre presentee a. l'Assemblee generale touchant l'elaboration d'un projet de pension de retraite pour les juges et le greffier. In reply to a question from the oelegate for . En reponse a une «;luestion ~11 de~e.guede I:Irak Iraq, it was observed that no provision for a on fait remarquer qu aucune dlsposltion relative ~ pension plan had been made for the other members l'octroi d'une pension n'a ete prise en ce qUI -eonceme les· autres membres du personnel de la of the staft of the Court. Coar.

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Mr ABBAS (Iraq) then stated that lie wis~ed to pr~pose an amendment to the ~aft reco~e~, :~ tion contained in A/C.6/24 .to msert a ~r rar" develop a pension plan for the Judges and regIst the words" and his staff."

M. ABBAS (Irak) fait alOtS connattre ,. desire propo~er un amendement au proje~~ recommandatlon f0!"II1ule dans le doe A/C.6/24 tendant ~. lnserer apres .. pro:e~t pension pour les ]uges et le greffier" les e ".et son personnel." 'mots

The CHAIRMAN proposed that this.amendmer:t should be referred t.o th~ fifth C0rn.n:lttee, and ~ they had no objecttons It co~d be mcorporate in the text of the recommendahon. During the meeting, conswtati?ns betw~n a member of the Secretariat of the s~th CIJU?1ttee and the Secretariat of the fifth Comnuttee milicated that there would be no objection on the part of the fifth Committee to the inclusion of a reference to the staff. -neciSion·: The Committee adopted unanimously, with the amendment proposed by the ~elegate for Iraq the recommendation· to be submltted to the Gen~ral Assembly regarding the develo~ment of a pension plan for the judges and the regIst~ar and his staff of the International Court of Justtce.

~ PRESIDENT pr0p?se que cet ,amendem.ent sOlt renvoye a la cmqweme Comnussion et ,n'est fait atlCUne objection, il pourra ~tr~ inJ iI dans le texte de la recommandation. us Au cours de la seance il ressort de COnsultatio entre un membre du secretariat de la. Commission et le secretariat de la cinqUi~ Commission, que cette derniete ne fera aucune oppo. sition a l'insertion d'une mention relative au personnel. Decision: La Commission· approuve a l'unani. mite la recommandation qui devra ~tre pr~nt~ a l'AssembIee generale touchant l'eIaboration d'UD projet de pension pour les juges de la Cour intemationale de justice, son greffier et son PlnJonel, avec I'.amendement propose par le deIegu~ de l'Irak. .

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2. Recommandation a l'Assembl~ g6n6rale en ne d'autoriser le 8ecritaire g~6ral A prendre lea mesures nOOessaires pour convoquer la Cour internationale de justice (AjC.6/22) Le PRESIDENT prie le Rapporteur de la Commission, M. Read (Canada) de presenter l

2. Recommendation to the General Assembly to authorise the Secretary-General to take the necessary steps to convene the International

Court ollustice (A/C.6/22) The CHAIRMAN asked the Rapporteur of the Committee, Mr. READ (Canada) to introduce the recommendation to the General Assembly to instruct .the Secretary-General to take all the necessary steps to convene the International ~ourt of Justice as soon as possible after the electlOn of the judges of the Court. Mr. READ outlined the contents of the recommendation and stated that, since the Committee had had the document for several days, it was not .necessary to elaborate the subject. Decision: The Committee adopted the recom· . mendation unanimously.

M. READ resume la recommandation et declare que, etant donne que la Commission a depuis plusieurs jours le document a sa disposition, il n'est pas necessairede s'etendre sur la question. D~cision: La recommandation est adoptee l l'unanimite.

3. Recommendation concerning the registration of treaties and international agreements (A/C.

3. Recommandation relative a l'enregistrement des trait& et a11% accords intematiODaUX (A/C.8/22)

6/22) Mr. READ (Canada) as Rapporteur of the Committee, presented his report on the question of registration. of treaties and international agreements. He stated that in the drafting he had taken into account the objections expressed at the last meeting of the Committee by the delegate for Panama and others, to an invitation being sent to the Government of Franco Spain to send in their treaties for filing and publication and in the report he had used the wording of the Potsdam Agreement when referring to Spain. -

M. READ (Canada) Rapporteur de la. Commission presente son rapport relatif a l'enregistrement des traites et accords internationaux et il declare qu'll a tenu compte en le redigeant des objections qui ont ete formul~es A la derniere seance de la Commission par les deIegues du Panama et d'autres pays concernant l'invitation au Gouvemement espagnol de Franco d'envoyer ses traites aux fins de classement et de publication. Dans son rapport, il s'est servi des termes de I'Accord de Potsdam chaque fois qu'i! a tte fait mention de l'Espagne.

Mr. ~ORETSKY .(Ukrainian SSR) proposed that, while he appreclated the reference to Spain in the preamble to the recommendation, the word .. peace-loving" should be inserted before .. nonMember States" since the expression was used in . article 4 of the Charter; and he felt that the United Nations should not address communications to nations which were not" peace-loving."

M. KORETSKY (RSS d'Ukraine) propose, tout en appreciant l'utilite de la mention de l'Espagne dans le pr~ambule de la recommandation, que le mot "pacifiques" soit insere 'avant .. Eta~ non membres" puisque l'expression figure a l'~le • de la Charte; il estime que les Nations Umes ne devraient pas adresser de communications aux nations qui ne sont pas .. pacmques."

Mr. PORRAS (Panama) congratulated the Rapporteur on the manner in which he had dealt with the subject. He opposed the amendment of . the delegate for Ukraine since he felt that Franco ..might con~ider .Sp~ as the most peace-loving of all the nahons smce lt had not been involved in the war. He ~ropo.sed to substitute for paragraph (d) the fo~oWUlg! smce he felt that a specific reference to the mtenhons of the Committee was necessary:

M. PORRAS (Panama) felicite le Rapporteur de la maniere dont il a traite la question. 11 s'oppose a l'amendcment du deMgue de l'Ukraine, estimant que Franco pourrait considerer l'Espagne comme la plus pacifique de toutes les nations, Hant dODDJ qu'elle n'a pas ete engagee dans la ~erre. estime necessaire d'indiquer les intentions d~ la Commission et propose, en consequence, de [I!dl~er le paragraphe (d) ainsi qu'il suit:

l'AssembIee generale la recommandation invitant le Secretaire general a prendre toutes mesures utiles pour convoquer la Cour de justice internationale aussitOt que possible apres l'election des juges.

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){r. EGELAN~ (South Africa) congratulated the Rapporteur on hlS report and considered that no aIDendment was necessary since the practical result would be that no invitation would be sent to Spa~. He.pointed ?ut that if the word" peaceloving were mserted In the recommendation the Secretary-General ~uld have' to make the' decision whether a nahon were peace-loving or not

tant donne que de toute fa~on aucune invitatio~ n.e ;era en"Voyee a l'Espagne, . IJ fait ressortir que 51 e ~ot ': pacifique ". figurait dans la recom~and":tlon, .d appartiendrait au Secretaire general · e deCider SI une nation Hait ou nOIl pacifique.

Mr. SPIROPOULOS (Greece) asked the delegat; for Panama whether he had any objection to the publication by the United Nations of any treaties concluded with Franco Spain._

• M. SPIROP~ULOS (Grece) demande au deIegue ,du ~anama.s'll s'oppose a la publication, par les NatIons UOles, de traites conclus avec l'Espagne de Franco.

Mr. PORRAS replied that he had not· that he was only interested in ensuring that the United

M. EGELAND (Afrique du Sud) telicite le

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Nations should have no dealings with the present regime in Spain.

,. M: PORRAS repond negativement; seule I ~teresse la certitude que les Nations Unies n auront aucune relation avec le regime actuel en Espagne.

Mr. SPIROPOULOS (Greece), after thanking Mr. Porms for his explanation, stated that he was opposed to the amendment of the delegate for Ukraine, for the same reasons expressed by the .delegate for South Africa. He suggested redrafting the last paragraph SO that the SecretaryGeneral should be authorized to register and publish any treaties and international agreements sent in by non-Members. .

· M. SPIROPOULOS (Grece) remercie M. Porras : ~e son explication, et declare qu'll s'oppose a i I a;mendement. du deIegue de l'Ukraine pour les :raIsons 9uc: Vlent d'exposer le delegue de l'Union ! Sud-Africame. Il preconise une nouveUe redaction i du dernier paragraphe tendant a autoriser le :Sec,retaire general a enregistrer et a publier tous :traItes et accords internationaux que pourraient ;envoyer les Etats non membres.

Sir John BARTLEY (India) also wished to avoid any specific reference to any particular government, and proposed the inclusion in the last paragraph of the recommendation " unless such invitation is to be deferred until authorized by the General Assembly," in order that the wishes of the Committee expressed in the preamble should not be overlooked.

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Sir Hartley SHAWCROSS (United Kingdom) proposed that in order to avoid the difficulty confronting the Secretary-General in sending out invitations to governments which were not acceptable to the Members of the United Nations, the Legal Committee should recommend that the General Assembly should authorize the SecretaryGeneral to receive for filing and publication any treaties sent in by non-l\fembe~ States and not to invite them to do so.

Sir Hartley SHAWCROSS (Royaume-Uni) propose qu'afin d'eviter au Secretaire general les ! difficultes que souleverait l'envoi d'invitations a · des gouvernements que ne pourraient agreer les ; membres des Nations Unies, la Commission i juridique recommande que l'AssembIee generale 'autorise le Secretaire general a recevoir aux. fins : de classement et de publication tous traites : envoyes par des Etats non membres, mais non pas· ales inviter a envoyer ces traites.

! desireux d'eviter toute mention d'un gouveme-

~ men~ particulier, et il propose d'inclure dans le :dernler paragraphe la recommandation .. a moins :que cette invitation ne soit differee jusqu'au · moment ou eUe sera autorisee par l'AssembIee ! generale," afin qu'il soit tenu compte des vreux ;de la Commission exprimes dans le preambule.

Le PRESIDENT declare qu'll va mettre aux The CHAIRMAN stated that he would put the amendment of the delegate for the United King- · voix l'amendement du deIegue du Royaume-Uni. dom to the vote since it was the furthest removed · qui s'ecarte le plus de la proposition primitive. from the original proposal. DooisioD: L'amendement propose par le deIegue Decision: The amendment proposed by the dekgate for the United Kingdom was adopted by du Royaume-Uni est adopte par vingt-neuf voix cantre huit. twenty-nine votes against eight. Le deIegue de l'UKRAINE persiste a croire The delegate for the UKRAINE still thought there should be some mention of the objection to qu'll serait bon de signaler l'opposition qui est the Government of Franco Spain, and proposed faite au Gouvemement espagnol de Franco, et il inserting the words" except for the Government of propose d'inserer les mots "a l'exception du Gauvemement de Franco" apr~ .. Etats non Franco" after "non-Member States," membres." D~cisioD: L'amendement du deIegue de Decision: The amendment of the delegate for the Ukraine was rejected by eighteen votes against l'Ukraine est repousse par dix-huit voix contre dix. ten. La Commission adopte l'ensemble de la recomThe Committee adopted the whole recommendamandation qui sera redigee a nouveau par le ~on, subject to redrafting by the Rap~rteur, and Rapporteu~, en tenant compte de .1'amendement ~e mcluding the amendment of the delegatIon for the la delegation du Royaume-Um. par trente-slX United Kingdom, by thirty-six votes to none. voix sans opposition. La seance est levee

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ADDITIF

ADDENDUM

Priere de completer ainsi la liste des m des Commissions designcs par leurs deIega:i::~s

Please complete the list of delegation Committee . assignments as follows:

TcMcoslovaquie

Czechoslovakia

M. Jaromir Spacek

M. Jaromir Spacek

Egypte

Egypt

1\1. Yehia Hakki

M. Yehia Hakki

Grbce

Greece (Alternate representative) Mr. John Spiropoulos

(Delegue suppleant) M. John Spiropoulos

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