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dated November 5, 1954: India's suggestion to U.N.

India on November 3 suggested to the 11-nation Security Council to hold a meeting with Cabinet representatives of its member-countries to help resolve the deadlock over the admission of new members to the United Nations. In a resolution tabled before the Special Political Committee, India suggested that the "Security Council consider the desirability of invoking the provisions of Paragraph 2 of Article 28 of the Charter to help resolve the problem." This paragraph says, "The Security Council shall hold periodic meetings at which each of its members may, if it so desires, be represented by a member of the Government or by some other specially designated representative." While suggestions have been made in the past for invoking the provisions of this Article, this is the first time this is being done formally in a resolution. The Indian resolution says that the pending applications for membership should be sent back to the Security Council and the Good Offices Committee should continue its efforts. The admission of new members is now before the Special Political Committee in the form of a report of the Good Offices Committee established last year. The Committee reported no progress in the efforts to resolve the cold war deadlock, the Western side opposing the admission of certain countries sponsored by Russia, and Russia insisting that, unless this was agreed to, she would use her veto in the Security Council to bar the admission of countries sponsored by the Western side. (Twenty-one countries including Nepal, Laos, Cambodia, Japan and Italy have so far unsuccessfully applied for admission).

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