02121957 Text of the Speech made by Mr. Wadsworth (United States of America) in the Security Council Meeting No. 808 held on 2 December 1957

Text of the Speech made by Mr. Wadsworth (United States of America) in the Security Council Meeting No. 808 held on 2 December 1957

I should like to say just a few words about our support of the Swedish amendments, and now of the amended draft resolution, and also briefly to exercise my right of reply in connection with the comments of the representative of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics about the United State earlier in our discussions and to a lesser extent perhaps, his comments today.

The burden of the complaint of the USSR was that the United States of America gives military aid to Pakistan. Little else need be said about it than that, except that he sought to utilise this fact to convert the Security Council's consideration. of the Kashmir problem from a serious attempt to solve a difficult issue into an exercise in power politics. The United States is glad to cooperate in a collective security arrangement with Pakistan, the reasons for which are found in Soviet policies in action. We are also glad to maintain friendly relations with India, a fact which was referred to by the Indian representative during our discussion in this Council.

We are pleased that the Council has acted soberly and responsibly and has not been drawn into the cold war atmosphere which the representative of the USSR sought to instil. We sincerely hope that the adoption of the resolution which we have just passed will assist in bringing the Kashmir problem to a final solution.

We voted for the amendments submitted by the representative of Sweden because we considered them to be consistent with the purpose of the original draft resolution and because they seemed helpful in enabling the parties to receive the United Nations representative. As was the case with the original draft resolution, the amendments direct the United Nations representative to seek to bring about the implementation of the resolutions of the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan, and we continue to believe that in doing this it is important to make progress on demilitarisation, as the preamble to the resolution continues to reflect. The amendments are also directed towards achieving a peaceful settlement, and this is fully consistent with the reference in the preamble to the statement by both parties that this is what they desire.

As we have stated often, and as we wish to repeat again today,. if a final solution is to be reached it is fundamental that both parties must agree. The only agreed method of reaching

a solution so far is set out in the resolutions of the Commission for India and Pakistan. The reference to them in the preamble continues to reflect the point. common understanding on this point.

We hope that Dr. Frank P. Graham will have a successful. trip to the sub-continent, and we hope that both India and Pakistan will and we are sure that they will cooperate with him sincerely and earnestly in seeking to achieve the objectives of his mission.