Text of the Speech made by Mr. Kural (Turkey) in the Security Council Meeting No. 572 held on 31 January 1952

Text of the Speech made by Mr. Kural (Turkey) in the Security Council Meeting No. 572 held on 31 January 1952

May I briefly explain my delegation's attitude with regard to the proposal made yesterday by the United Kingdom representative, which we fully support? Faced with a dispute which has already lasted so long-too long-we should of course have preferred to learn of its termination, or to be in a position ourselves to find a more positive and final solution to it. However, we fully realise all the difficulties and complications which are likely to arise in a task of this kind. We see grounds for encouragement and hope in the progress made up to now by Mr. Graham, who has succeeded in reducing the differences between the two parties to a small number of points-points which it is true are of some importance. But we believe that since Mr. Graham has been able to do such work hitherto, and since his efforts have met with success, he will, undoubtedly, if he is allowed to continue, succeed in the near future in reducing still further, and perhaps entirely removing, the differences which remain between the two parties.

It is in this spirit that we support this suggestion made yesterday by the United Kingdom representative. Since Mr. Graham is on the right path we believe that his work should not be suspended. That, I repeat, is the spirit in which my delegation supports the suggestion made yesterday by the representative of the United Kingdom.