United States. Following the meeting the representative of the United Kingdom submitted a draft resolution (DC/47/Rev.1) embodying his proposal.

3. At the 33rd meeting the representative of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics submitted an amendment (DC/48) which would have added to the membership of the Sub-Committee the People's Republic of China, Czechoslovakia and India.

4. At the 35th meeting the USSR amendment was rejected by 10 votes to one, with one abstention, and the United Kingdom draft resolution was adopted by 9 votes to one, with 2 abstentions. The adopted resolution (DC/49) read as follows:

"The Disarmament Commission,

"Noting General Assembly resolution 715 (VIII) and the resolution on disarmament agreed by the four Foreign Ministers at Berlin on 18 February 1954,

"1. Decides, pursuant to General Assembly resolution 715 (VIII) to establish a Sub-Committee consisting of representatives of Canada, France, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America;

"2. Recommends that the Sub-Committee should hold its first meeting on 23 April, and should arrange its own meetings and method of work;

"3. Recommends that the Sub-Committee should present a report on the results of its work to the Disarmament Commission not later than 15 July."

5. Pursuant to the above decision, the Sub-Committee held its first meeting at United Nations Headquarters in New York on 23 April, considered administrative and procedural arrangements and agreed to continue its discussions in London on or about 13 May.

6. The Sub-Committee continued its discussions in Lancaster House in London at nineteen meetings between 13 May and 22 June. On the latter date the Sub-Committee approved its report to the Commission (DC/53).

7. The Disarmament Commission considered the report of the Sub-Committee at its 36th to 43rd meetings between 20 and 29 July 1954, the verbatim records of which are contained in DC/PV.36DC/PV.43.

8. By letter dated 22 July to the Chairman (DC/54), the representative of India requested that the proposals of the Government of India contained in document DC/44 and Corr. 1 be incorporated in the Commission's report. At its 43rd meeting the Commission decided to annex document DC/44 and Corr. 1 to this report.1

9. The Commission expresses the hope that circumstances will facilitate the continued and fruitful consideration of the question of disarmament, the capital importance of which, in conjunction with other questions affecting the maintenance of international peace, is recognized by all.

1 Not reprinted here.

10. This report was approved by the Commission on 29 July 1954 and is hereby submitted to the General Assemby and to the Security Council in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 6 of resolution 715 (VIII).

F. EFFORTS TOWARD THE PEACEFUL APPLICATION OF ATOMIC ENERGY AND TOWARD THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL CONTROL AGENCY, 1954–1955

24. PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE PEACEFUL USES OF ATOMIC ENERGY: Resolution 810 (IX) of the United Nations General Assembly, December 4, 1954 1

The General Assembly,

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Believing that the benefits arising from the momentous discovery of atomic energy should be placed at the service of mankind,

Desiring to promote energetically the use of atomic energy to the end that it will serve only the peaceful pursuits of mankind and ameliorate their living conditions,

Recognizing the importance and the urgency of international cooperation in developing and expanding the peaceful uses of atomic energy to assist in lifting the burdens of hunger, poverty and disease, Believing also that all nations should co-operate in promoting the dissemination of knowledge in the realm of nuclear technology for peaceful ends,

A

CONCERNING AN INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC AGENCY

Recalling the initiative of the President of the United States of America, embodied in his address of 8 December 1953,2

Noting that negotiations are in progress, and the intention that they should continue, for the establishment as quickly as possible of an International Atomic Energy Agency to facilitate the use by the entire world of atomic energy for peaceful purposes, and to encourage international co-operation in the further development and practical application of atomic energy for the benefit of mankind,

1. Expresses the hope that the International Atomic Energy Agency will be established without delay;

2. Suggests that, once the Agency is established, it negotiate an appropriate form of agreement with the United Nations;

1 U.N. General Assembly, Official Records, Ninth Session, Supplement No. 21 (A/2890), pp. 4-5; see also Department of State Bulletin, Mar. 14, 1955, pp. 444 ff. 2 Supra, doc. 17.

3. Transmits to the States participating in the creation of the Agency, for their careful consideration, the record of the discussion of this item at the present session of the General Assembly;

4. Suggests that Members of the United Nations be informed as progress is achieved in the establishment of the Agency and that the views of Members which have manifested their interest be fully considered;

B

CONCERNING THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE PEACEFUL USES OF ATOMIC ENERGY

1. Declares the interest and concern of the General Assembly in helping in every feasible way to promote the peaceful applications of atomic energy;

2. Decides that an international technical conference of Governments should be held, under the auspices of the United Nations, to explore means of developing the peaceful uses of atomic energy through international co-operation and, in particular, to study the development of atomic power and to consider other technical areas such as biology, medicine, radiation protection, and fundamental sciencein which international co-operation might most effectively be accomplished;

3. Invites all States Members of the United Nations or of the specialized agencies to participate in the conference and to include among their representatives individual experts competent in the atomic energy field;

4. Suggests that the international conference should be held no later than August 1955 at a place to be determined by the SecretaryGeneral and by the Advisory Committee provided for in paragraph 5 below;

5. Requests the Secretary-General, acting upon the advice of a small committee composed of representatives of Brazil, Canada, France, India, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America, to issue invitations to this conference, to prepare and circulate to all invitees a detailed agenda, and to provide the necessary staff and services;

6. Suggests to the Secretary-General and the above-mentioned Advisory Committee that, in making plans for the international conference, they consult with competent specialized agencies, in particular the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization;

7. Invites the interested specialized agencies to designate persons to represent them at the conference;

8. Requests that the Secretary-General circulate for information a report on the conference to all Members of the United Nations, and to other Governments and specialized agencies participating in the conference.

25. PLANS FOR UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION IN THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE PEACEFUL USES OF ATOMIC ENERGY: Joint Announcement by the Department of State and the United States Atomic Energy Commission, February 23, 19551

Preliminary plans for participation by the United States in the International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy at Geneva, Switzerland, August 8-20, 1955, were announced today.

The U.S. Government has accepted the invitation to participate in the Conference, which was extended by the United Nations to 84 nations, including 9 from the Soviet bloc. Enclosed with the invitations were several documents, including the Topical Agenda for the Conference and the Conference Rules of Procedure.

Primary responsibility for the technical planning and preparation for U.S. participation in the Conference has been assigned to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. The Commission has named Dr. George L. Weil, former Assistant Director of its Reactor Development Division and now a consultant to the Commission, as Technical Director for U.S. participation in the international Conference.

President Eisenhower's proposal for a worldwide conference to promote the dissemination of new information on peaceful uses of atomic energy was first announced by Chairman Lewis L. Strauss of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission on April 19, 1954.3 It will be held under the auspices of the United Nations, which authorized the meeting by formal resolution of the U.N. General Assembly on December 4, 1954.

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The Conference is an outgrowth of the atoms-for-peace proposals laid before the United Nations on December 8, 1953, by President Eisenhower when he urged that the atomic resources of the world be mobilized to apply the benefits of atomic energy to the cause of peace.

The Conference will be devoted to the presentation of information on reactor technology; atomic power; radiation protection; applications of atomic energy to biology, medicine, and agriculture; and the industrial uses of radioisotopes.

The Atomic Energy Commission is assembling through key U.S. educational institutions, industrial establishments, and research centers (government and private) technical information in the fields appropriate to the Conference agenda. It is believed that papers presented by U.S. scientists and engineers will make substantial contributions to all segments of the topical agenda.

The Commission also is planning a technical exhibit at the Conference site at Geneva. More than 60 institutions and firms already have signified interest in participating in this U.S. Government exhibit.

1 Department of State Bulletin, Mar. 14, 1955, p. 444.

? For text of invitation, see Department of State press release 98, Feb. 23, 1955.

3 See Department of State Bulletin, May 3, 1954, pp. 659–662.

* Res. 810 (IX), supra.

See supra, doc. 17.

In addition to heading the Commission staff assigned to the planning and preparation of the meeting, Dr. Weil will undertake to coordinate the technical participation in the meeting by other interested agencies.

Invitations are being issued requesting that abstracts of papers be submitted prior to March 11 for consideration for the U.S. program, which in turn will be submitted to the U.N. Secretary-General. Interested individuals should contact their organizations for copies of the Conference topical agenda and rules of procedure.

26. REPORT ON THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE PEACEFUL USES OF ATOMIC ENERGY: Address by the Chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission,1 September 28, 1955 2

The posture of a nation is a composite of the words of its leaders and the deeds of its people. The Atomic Energy Conference had its origin in President Eisenhower's unforgettable words to the United Nations in December of 1953 when he told of the great promise in store for peoples everywhere if the world's scientists and engineers could be free to devote themselves fully to the benign uses of the atom.3 Four months later we moved to translate the President's vision into deeds. We proposed a world conference to compare notes on the peaceful atom, for we were convinced that such a conference would give to the peoples of the world a clearer understanding of the paramount problem of this age-a realization of the blessings denied to all of us by reason of the fact that atomic armament must have first call upon the resources, intellectual and material, of a world precariously at peace.

The problem is not a new one. As children, we all grew up with the Arabian Nights story of the fisherman who found a bottle in his nets, uncorked it, and released a great cloud which rapidly transformed itself into the monstrous and threatening Djinn. The story ended happily, as you recall, by the fisherman's artifice in inducing that unwelcome apparition to return to the bottle and become captive

once more.

This fable, even to the illustrations of the great mushroom cloud from which the Djinn materialized, is like the situation we face today-how to render atomic energy harmless, how to get it back into its bottle, under control, so we may make it fulfill our wishes for good purposes only.

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The Geneva conference was a step toward that goal, but only a step. The press of the world, which sent some 800 reporters to

1 Lewis L. Strauss.

2 Made before the Atomic Industrial Forum and the American Nuclear Society at Washington, D. C.; Department of State Bulletin, Oct. 10, 1955, pp. 555–559. 3 See supra, doc. 17.

Held Aug. 8-20, 1955.