Promotion of the stability of international relations in the Far East

IV. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FIRST COMMITTEE
291 Promotion of the stability of international relations in the Far East

Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have expressed in the Charter of the United Nations their determination to practise tolerance, and to live together in peace with one another as good neighbours and to unite their strength to maintain international peace and security, and to that end the Members of the United Nations have obligated themselves to carry out the purposes and principles set forth in the Charter, Whereas it is a purpose of the United Nations to develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principles of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, Whereas the organization of the United Nations is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its Members and on respect for international agreements, Whereas the Charter calls upon all Members to refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State, or in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations, The General Assembly, Desiring to promote the stability of international relations in the Far East, Calls upon all States:

1. To respect the political independence of China and to be guided by the principles of the United Nations in their relations with China;

2. To respect the right of the people of China, now and in the future, to choose freely their political institutions and to maintain a government independent of foreign control;

3. To respect existing treaties relating to China;

4. To refrain from (a) seeking to acquire spheres of influence or to create foreign-controlled regimes within the territory of China; (b) seeking to obtain special rights or privileges within the territory of China.

273rd plenary meeting,
8 December 1949.