Commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the United Nations in 1955

IX. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FIFTH COMMITTEE
889. Commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the United Nations in 1955

A

The General Assembly, Recalling that the Charter of the United Nations was signed on 26 June 1945 in the City of San Francisco and that it came into force on 24 October 1945, Considering that both the tenth anniversary of the signing of the Charter and the tenth anniversary of its coming into force on the date which the General Assembly has designated as United Nations Day provide fitting occasions to promote greater understanding of the purposes and of the work of the United Nations,

1. Calls upon the Governments of all Member States and invites the Governments of non-member States to give all appropriate support to programmes in their own countries designed to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the United Nations in 1955;

2. Invites the specialized agencies to assist in the observance of the tenth anniversary of the United Nations in 1955.

515th plenary meeting,
17 December 1954.

B

The General Assembly, Noting the invitation[1] of the City of San Francisco of 7 December 1954,

1. Recommends the acceptance, by the Government of each Member State, of the invitation of the City of San Francisco to hold a commemorative meeting in that City in 1955, and thanks the officials and the people of the City for their hospitality;

2. Decides to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the signing of the Charter in the City of San Francisco by arranging a seven-day commemoration, including four days of unofficial meetings of the Members of the United Nations, to be held in San Francisco from 20 to 26 June 1955, the unofficial meetings to be presided over by Mr. Eelco van Kleffens, President of the ninth session of the General Assembly;

3. Requests the Secretary-General, in co-operation with a Committee consisting of the representatives of Belgium, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, Ecuador, France India, Lebanon, Turkey, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America and in consultation with the civic authorities of the City of San Francisco, to arrange the programme for the commemoration;

4. Authorizes the Secretary-General to conclude an agreement with the City of San Francisco on the allocation of costs of such a commemoration;

5. Authorizes the payment of the travel of one representative of each Member State from the capital of the country or from Headquarters, as the case my be, to San Francisco and return;

6. Authorizes the Secretary-General to provide the necessary staff and services within the budget approved for the commemoration.

515th plenary meeting,
17 December 1954. On the basis of the decision taken by the General Assembly at the same meeting regarding the composition of the Committee appointed under paragraph 3 of resolution 889 B (IX), those Members having permanent seats on the Security Council were included in the membership of the Committee.

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[1] Ibid., agenda item 73, document A/2864, annex I.