Letters

Letter dated 25 March 1960 from the representatives of Afghanistan, Burma, Cambodia, Ceylon, Ethiopia, Federation of Malaya, Ghana, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Republic and Yemen to the President of the Security Council requesting consideration of the situation in South Africa (after the shooting of peaceful demonstrators at Sharpeville)

Under instructions from our Governments and in accordance with Article 35, paragraph (1) of the United Nations Charter, we save the honour to request an urgent meeting of the Security Council to consider the situation arising out of the large-scale killings of unarmed and peaceful demonstrators against racial discrimination and segregation in the Union of South Africa. We consider that this is a situation with grave potentialities for international friction, which endangers the maintenance of international peace and security.

The representatives of the following States Members of the United Nations:

(signed) A.R. PAZHWAK (Afghanistan)
U. THANT (Burma)
Caimerom MEASKETH (Cambodia)
Alfred EDWARD (Ceylon)
Tesfaye GEBRE-EGZY (Ethiopia)
Dato` Nik Ahmed KAMIL (Federation of Malaya)
Alex QUAISON-SACKEY (Ghana)
CABA Sory (Guinea)
C.S. JHA (India)
E.J. LAPIAN (Indonesia)
M. VAKIL (Iran)
Adnan PACHACHI (Iraq)
Koto MATSUDAIRA (Japan)
A.M. RIFA`I (Jordan)
Thephathay VILAIHONGS (Laos)
Georges HAKIM (Lebanon)
John COX (Liberia)
Mohieddine FEKINI (Libya)
El Mehdi Ben ABOUD (Morocco)
Rishikesh SHAHA (Nepal)
Aly S. KHAN (Pakistan)
L. D. CAYCO (Philippines)
Jamil M. BARODDY (Saudi Arabia)
Omar ADEEL (Sudan)
Jotisi DEVAKUL (Thailand)
Mongi SLIM (Tunisia)
Seyfullah ESIN (Turkey)
Rafik ASHA (United Arab Republic)
Kamil A. RAHIM (Yemen)