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| Second emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly | ||
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| Host country | United Nations | |
| Venue(s) | UN General Assembly Hall | |
| Cities | New York City | |
| Participants | UN Member States | |
| President | Rudecindo Ortega | |
| Website | www | |
The second emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly was convened by the Security Council regarding the situation in Hungary on 4 November 1956. As the Security Council had failed to come to a unanimous decision, it was decided that an emergency special session of the General Assembly should be called in order to "make appropriate recommendations concerning the situation in Hungary."[1]
This was possible due to the GA Resolution 377 of 3 November 1950, or the "Uniting for Peace" resolution, which allowed the General Assembly to consider topics generally reserved for the Security Council if the Council could not resolve them.[2]
Background[edit]
Emergency special session[edit]
Session one (Sunday, 4 November 1956, 4 p.m.)[edit]
On the first day of the session, the governments of both the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Hungarian People's Republic rejected the inclusion of the topic in the UN agenda, stating that it was an overreach on the part of the UN and that the situation in Hungary was an internal issue. They also stated that any discussions at the UN were a violation of Hungary's sovereignty.
Australia argued for its inclusion, stating that the USSR had violated Treaty of Peace with Hungary of 10 February 1947 by keeping its troops in the country via the creation of the Warsaw Pact. It further argued that the presence of these troops meant that the situation in Hungary could not be considered an internal one and that the Soviet Union was obstructing consideration in the Security Council with its veto. The Union of South Africa further stated that Article 2, paragraph 7 of the UN Charter did not apply to the situation in Hungary. They based this on the fact that the presence of foreign troops in Hungary was a violation of Article 2, paragraph 7 of the Charter which prohibits states from interfering in the affairs of other states.
Peru
USA
Argentina
USSR
Spain
Canada
Italy
Dominican Republic
Greece
UK
Belgium
New Zealand
Turkey
Denmark
France
Philippines
France
USA
Session two (Thursday, 8 November 1956, 10.30 a.m.)[edit]
Resolutions[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ United Nations General Assembly Session 1956 Resolution 120. Resolution of 4 November 1956 S/RES/120(1956) 4 November 1956. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ United Nations General Assembly Session 5 Resolution 377. Uniting for peace A/RES/377(V) 3 November 1950. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
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