American Foreign Policy, Current Documents

* Unnumbered titles marked with an asterisk indicate that the text of the docu-
ment is not printed in this compilation; a source for the text is provided.

(IX)

8. "We Have No Alternative But To Deal With the World as It

Is and To Address Ourselves to the Problems That Actually

Confront Us": Address by the Under Secretary of State

(Bowles) at a Regional Foreign Policy Briefing Conference,

Kansas City, Missouri, October 26, 1961 (Excerpt) ..

"There Is No Way To Maintain the Frontiers of Freedom With-

out Cost and Commitment and Risk": Remarks by the Presi-

dent (Kennedy) at the Veterans Day Ceremony, Arlington

National Cemetery, November 11, 1961

9. Diplomacy and Defense A Test of National Maturity: Ad-

dress by the President (Kennedy) at Centennial Exercises,

the University of Washington, Seattle, November 16, 1961

(Excerpt)

10. "We Are Taking Our Part in the Shaping of History" : Address

by the Secretary of State (Rusk) Before the American His-

torical Association, Washington, December 30, 1961

[See also doc. 41.]

PART II. THE UNITED NATIONS, SPECIALIZED AGEN-

CIES, AND DEVELOPMENTS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW

A. United States Participation in the United Nations

11. "Our Country's Pride Should Be That We Stood by the United

Nations, the Meetinghouse of the Family of Man, in Its Time

of Hardest Trial": Address by the U.S. Representative at the

U.N. (Stevenson) Before the San Francisco Chapter of the

American Association for the United Nations, October 24,

1961

(Excerpts)

12. United States Participation in the United Nations During 1961:

Letter From the President (Kennedy) to the Congress Trans-

mitting the Sixteenth Annual Report on U.S. Participation in

the U.N., August 2, 1962

B. Review and Improvement of the United Nations Machinery

13. The Use of Extraparliamentary Consultations as a Device for

Improving and Strengthening the Work of the United Nations:

Replies Made by the Secretary of State (Rusk) to Questions

Asked at a News Conference, the University of California,

Berkeley, March 20, 1961 (Excerpts) . .

14. The Role and Future of the United Nations Organization: Intro-

duction to the Annual Report of the U.N. Secretary-General

(Hammarskjold) on the Work of the U.N. Organization During

the Period June 16, 1960-June 15, 1961, Submitted August 17,

1961 (Excerpt) .

15. The United States Position on the Question of Review of the

United Nations Charter: Statement Made by the U.S. Repre-

sentative (Plimpton) in the Committee on Arrangements for a

Conference for the Purpose of Reviewing the Charter, Sep-

tember 14, 1961 . .

16. "We Favour a Prompt Solution of the Question Concerning the

Leadership of the United Nations Secretariat, on a Basis Re-

flecting the Real Situation That Obtains in the World Today":

Address by the Soviet Foreign Minister (Gromyko) Before the

U.N. General Assembly, September 26, 1961 (Excerpt)

17. Appointment of an Acting Secretary-General of the United Na-

tions: Resolution 1640 (XVI), Adopted by the U.N. General

18. "I Am Not Unaware of the Heavy Responsibilities I Am Under-

taking Today": Remarks Made by the U.N. Acting Secretary-

General (Thant) Before the U.N. General Assembly, Novem-

ber 3, 1961

19. United States Support of the United Nations Acting Secretary-

General Statement Made by the U.S. Representative (Steven-

son) Before the U.N. General Assembly, November 3, 1961 .

20. Soviet Support of the United Nations Acting Secretary-General :

Statement Made by the Soviet Representative (Zorin) Before

the U.N. General Assembly, November 3, 1961 . .

21. Report of the Committee on Arrangements for a Conference for

the Purpose of Reviewing the United Nations Charter: Resolu-

tion 1670 (XVI), Adopted by the U.N. General Assembly, De-

cember 15, 1961

* Decentralization of the Economic and Social Activities of the

United Nations and Strengthening of the Regional Economic

Commissions: Resolution 1709 (XVI), Adopted by the U.N. Gen-

eral Assembly, December 19, 1961 .

C. The United Nations Budget and the Problem of Financing United

Nations Peace-Keeping Operations

22. Soviet Proposal for a Fixed-Limit United Nations Budget: State-

ment Made by the Soviet Representative (Roshchin) in Com-

mittee V of the U.N. General Assembly, October 17, 1960 (Ex-

cerpt)

23. "If We Are Serious About Preserving the United Nations. . . We

Are All of Us Going to Have To Pay the Price": Statement

Made by the U.S. Representative (Aiken) in Committee V of

the U.N. General Assembly, October 18, 1960.

24. Examination of the Proposal To Establish a United Nations Peace

and Security Fund: Statement Made by the U.N. Secretary-

General (Hammarskjold) in Committee V of the U.N. General

Assembly, November 21, 1960 (Excerpts)

25. The United Nations Budget for 1961: Resolution 1584 (A, B, and

C) (XV), Adopted by the U.N. General Assembly, December 20,

1960. .

26. Unforeseen and Extraordinary Expenses of the United Nations

for 1961: Resolution 1585 (XV), Adopted by the U.N. General

Assembly, December 20, 1960

27. The United Nations Working Capital Fund for 1961: Resolution

1586 (XV), Adopted by the U.N. General Assembly, Decem-

ber 20, 1960

28. Establishment of a Working Group To Examine the Adminis-

trative and Budgetary Procedures of the United Nations With

Particular Reference to Methods for Covering the Cost of Peace-

Keeping Operations: Resolution 1620 (XV), Adopted by the

U.N. General Assembly, April 21, 1961

* "The Working Group . . . Has Been Unable To Indicate Any Pre-

cise Principles for Finding a Solution to the Problem of Financ-

ing Peace-Keeping Operations Undertaken by the United Na-

tions": Report of the Working Group of Fifteen on the Exami-

nation of the Administrative and Budgetary Procedures of the

United Nations, November 15, 1961 .

29. "The United Nations Will Be Facing Imminent Bankruptcy":

Statement Made by the U.N. Acting Secretary-General (Thant)

in Committee V of the U.N. General Assembly, December 11,

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