70 Year Magazine Archive

Emancipation Proclamation

by James Burnham

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The President of the General Assembly, the Honorable Tagfa Mlaluwe, Foreign Minister of Gabon: The Chair recognizes the delegate from the United States.

The Chief of the U.S. Delegation: Mr. President, I rise to explain to the Assembly the reasons for the action that my country will take with respect to the pending resolution calling on my government to transfer jurisdiction over the Panama Canal to the Trusteeship Council. This will be our first application of a basic policy decision that will guide my government’s future relations with the United Nations organization.

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