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Nervo <Mexico) had laccr paukipatcd. Jt was funhcr stated that, although ihc rciulur.g formula affordcd "i ute fu] ba sil for funhcr discussioo in ihc General Astem-bly,* considerations *alicn to the principlcs involvcd in ihc tolurion of dus prób km' did not per mit those par-licipaling in ehe discusuons to recommend the formula to the Interim Coramkicc

8. The repom of the United Kation* Commission for Eritrea and the Interim Comminee of the General Assembły were considered at the fifth regułar session by the AdHoc Polkical Comminee. A draft resolution spon-sored by Bolma, Braiil. Bur nu. Ca nad a, Denmark, Ecua-dor, Grcece, Liberia, Mexieo, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Turkey and the United States of America (A/AC.38/L37 and Corr.l) was introduced by the repreienutives of the United States at the 48th mecting and approved by the Ad Hoc Polkical Comminee at its 56th mecting. by 38 votes to 14-, with 8 abstencions IA/1561). Furthcr, the Ad Hoc PolicicaJ Commicce at its 44th mecting approsed, by 28 vocn to 4, *ith 4 abstentions. a sccond draft resolution reiating to ihc appointment of the United Natioos Cocnmiisioner in Eritrea (A/156 t/Add.11. The General Asserably, at hs 314th meecmg held on 2 Decem-ber 1950, adopted the fiest resolution submitted by the Ad Hoc Pobrical Committee in its repott (A/1561), by 14 vo:cs to 10, with 4 abstentions. Furthcr the General Assembły, at the same mecting, adopted, with a drafting change, by 45 votes to 5, with 4 absrenrions, the sccond draft resolution submitted by the Ad Hoc PoBtical Com-mince in >cs addirional report (A/1561/Add.l).

Sccbo* 3. Appointment of the United Sabom Commauoner in Eritrea

10. Byvirtueofioohłtion390B(Vjof2Dcccmber 1950, U a Comminee, estahlished by the General Assembły to nominale a csndidate or candidates for the officc of the United Nations Commisiioner in Eritrea, agreed to nominale the foOowing candidatcs:

Mr. Vktor Hoo f Asustant Sccrctary-General);

J ustkę Aung Khine (Burmah

Mr. Eduardo Ame Matienzo (Bolroa).

The General Assembły, at its 325th plcnary mecting on 14 Decem ber 1950, cketed by seeret balio: Mr. Eduardo Anie Maticrio to the offiee of United Nationa Commissioner in Eritrea.

Chapter U

Actiririeft of the Commmioncr

Scction 1, Prcluninary ditonsbns with the Govem-tnems of li* United Amgdom, !fały and Elhiopia

11. <a) The United Kiugdom

Following on an inviution rcceiwcd frorn the Gov-ernmenc of the United Kingdom beforc kavingthe United Nationi Headąuaners in New York, the Commissioner visitcd London on his joumcy to Eritrea in the last dayi of January 1951. There be had informal talki with offi-cials of the Bcitish Forcign Office cortring all matters of mutual coocern in the impkmemation of the United Natioos resolution. The Commissioner was gńen assur-ancc of the determirution of the United Kingdom Cos-ernmtm to carr)* out to the keter its obbgations under the United Nations resolution and hopcs wcrc expressed that ebere uould be the cios es: co-operatioo betwccn the Commissioner and the Administcring Authocky.

11 (b) lufy

Cootinoing his ioumey to Erkrea, the Commtssioncr aećepted an inikirion frotn the I ta ban Govem-mcnc to stop in Romę loz informal tallcs with members of the Govtmmcnc. In the course of the talk* hc was given fuli assur ince of the desire of the halon Gorcmment to collaborate with him in the fuifilment of his miision.

13. (c) Elhiopia

Shoctly after his arrWal in Eritrea, the Commissioner fiew to Addis Ababa co pay a councsy visk to His Imperia! Maicsty the Emperor of Eduopia, aod the Ethio-pian Gowiur.ent. The Commissioner was rcctrvrd in audience by his Imperial Majesty and had unofficu! convccsations with mera bers of the Eihśoptan Govern-menc. Friendly expressions of a desire co collaborate in the implcmcntauoo of the United Nations resolution wtre cxchangcd, and on his return to Asmara, the Commissioner informed the Eriuean Press that hr fclc that he had reached fuli agrcement with the authoeitirs in Addii Ababa on bcoad Imes of policy and objeeme*. He added that hc was rcłymg on the undenunding aod co-opera-tion of the Eshiopian Goscrnmem for the success of his mission.

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SectioN 2. Sutement by tbe Commissioner on his ar nul hi Eritrea

14. On 9 Fcbruary 1951, the day of Sts armii in Eritrea, the Comroiisiooef hcld a con/crencc and otSer personilitio and manbm of the Press anended. At the opening of the confcrencc, the Commissioner madę che following sutement. whkh w»t iubsequemly convcyed to the inhabitants of Eritfea through tbe Press and other means of communkation:

•fi) Inhabitants of Eritrea:

'I feel dceply moved on sening foot on Eritrean soil, where I ara going to live iraong you, w or king with you and your leadera and learning to know you durin*; the coming momentom months w hen your country is to be lcd«!oog the path to loeal self-go*-emment, within a federation with your ncighbour. Edkiopia.

*(2) 2 havc becn aent he/e to rcpreaent the United Nations, an otganization of sixxy nations, large and smali, which was esublished towards the end of the Sccond World War in order to ma imam prace, and so safeguard the welfare of the peoplcs of the worki. This organizacion Kas for some tin>e betn trying to find a satiifactory solurion for the futurę of Eritrea, is Ling inco account alJ your probierni, your hiuory and tradicions and your wuhes. U Kas bcen a source of inspiration to me to find thesc coumrics, most of which havc no direct interest in the futurę of Erkrea, scriving in the spirir of the United Nations Charter to find a solurion whkh would gWc satitfacticn to all parties. The solurion which has now bcen adopted is a middle-of-thc-road plan which should g»ve satufacucn noc only to those who want to be united with Ethiopia, but to those who want Erkrea to be independent.

*(3) I am decply conscious of tbe honour doac to me by the General Assembly of the United Nations. and of the hcavy responsibility ic has laid on me w decting me as United Nations Commissioocr in Eritrea. !t gi>es me gitar satisfaction to take pan in sodi a <onstructivc task, the implcmcntation of whkh will, I hopc, bring happmess, stabilky and freedom to tbe peoplc of Erkrea. I am also very happy that the plan will givc utisfaction to Ethiopia in reeognizingher claims for an outlet to the sea, and the historical tks and tradkions binding Ethiopia and Erkrea. May it bring a boa: one great country in Africa. in whkh all the inhabitants will havc cqual righr to live pcacefully and to rccehre legał protec-1*00.

"(4| Mjr prinopa) task will bc to draft a constitu-tion for Eritrea and to assist and advwc you in adopting its prociiśoiu. I cannot hdp you, howner. towards this goal of brothcrhood unless you are all prepared, irrespcttiec of party or cteed, to hdp mc in this imponant work. To carr>‘ this out succcss-fully the firu coodition is that striie must disappear and that you all accepr pcacefully and wkh single-hcarted co opetation this decision of.the United Nations, which is in kceping wilh the high principlcs of the United Naciom Charter. The>c same principlcs havc inspired all the decisions of the United Nations, and, indted, they have guideJ the Mcm bers of the United Nations in finding what is considered as a fair and jusr solution for the fururc of your country. It has becn recommcnded by a major i ty of nations, both large or.es and smali ones—such as my own country, Bo!zvia—that Entrea and Lhiopia shall become a federation under the sorereignty of ihe Ethiopian Down, with Eritrea coastituting an autonomous unit.

*(5) You now havc new hopes for tbe futurę on which to build. This new spint has becn abcady shown in the discussions at Lakę Success, when all tbe interes:cd councries showed a rtrurkable spint of compromise, and gave assurancts that they would carry out the plan adopted and aid the United Na-- tiocu Commissioner. In these discussions the General Assembly was dceply imprcised with the siocerity and tenor of the statement madę by the Ethiopian Foreign Minister. He suced be fort the assemblcd United Nations that, whilc feciing that the rccommendatioiu would not entireły satisfy the hopes of the Eritrean popuiabon or the claims of Ethiopia, his country would rcspect them and would loyally txcrt all its effom to bring about their i/nplementation. Hc also stated that the Ethiopian Gotemmcnt had decply at hean the interesu and the welfare of the populition of Eritrea; that Mos-lems in Eritrea could be assuted of the fullest respect for their righo and pririlcges and would receivc equal opportunities for posts in Ethiopia and Eritrea; that no bitumess or discrimination would bc shown towards any polińcal group in Eritrea; that Italians would not be treated as former enemie*, but as friends, and, in fact, that all Eritreans. irrc-spectivc of their former politkal atritudc, would bc brothers with the Ethiopian peoplc, thus bringmg to an end a long epoch of cjcife and su/ferings.

•(6) I was also imprrsscd wkh the sutement by the represenrativc of the British Government, who pledged his Gorcmment to do its best to carry out

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