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By KAY MILLS
News and World Affairs Editor
The current invulnerability
of national sovereignty causes
a remarkable similarity of is
sue'on the agenda of the Unit
ed Nations from year to year.
The same problems are!ex
plored session after session.
but few countries find confes
sions on disputed points within
their national interest. Only
idealists coujd expect, other
wise.
The myriad of international
'tensions Confronting the Unit
ed Nations was multiplied )2st
year when the organization
was left administrator-less aft
er Secretary-General Dag Him
merskjold's plane crashed', in
'Ndola. The manner in which
= th e i General :trembly=
'quitted itself in this situation
=, led sonie
° observers to dut it
= "The Sensible 16th," the num
= ber referring to the body's l;Efth
= session since the, U.N. founding
= in. 1945
Hopes for 1962-63
Many U.N. delegates hope
that their handling of this
year's agenda will earn them
the parallel title of "The Sober
17th." Whether the As.sernialy
reacts sedately' to the charges
and countercharges hurled
within its chainber remains to
be seen. One look at this Ses
sion's agenda as well as items
under "unofficial" consider
ation does have a sobering
effect, however.
Finances, seating of the ieo
ple's Republic of Cle-ia, dis
armament, economic develop
ment, colonialism and Cuban-
U.S. relations are problems
facing the U.N. The Cuban
question is not officially ;on
the agenda but has been the' ,
topic of several blasts of rheto
ric in recent days, both by
Cuban President Osvaldo 'Dor-
ticos.Torrado and the U.S. am-
bassador to the United Nations,
Adlai Stevenson.
Money for U.N. Forces
Money matters of the United
Nations became an issue when
several countries refused to
contribute financial support for
the U.N. forces in the Middle
East and the Congo. U.N. mein
ben have been assessed for
the coats of these operations
accOrdiriC, to ability to pay.
Some, however, feel that those
states opposed to the action
should not pay. This notianhas
created strange bedfellows be
cause the Soviet bloc countries
and ;Prance are among those
refuSing to meet payments.
The International Court lof
Justice has rendered an' ad
visory opinion stating , that
these. countries should share
the erFenses• on the grounds
that ;the! action was taken in
the :name of their organiza
tion,' the United Nations, by its
General Assembly.
Turning to another question.
facing U.N. delegates, we find
that in recent years the United
States has been obsessed with
keeping Red China—the Peo
ple's! Republic of China—out of
the United Nations. China, the
U.S.! government says, is -rep
resented at U.N. meetings. A
growing number - of countries
counter with the statement
that the Taiwan regime does
not nor cannot govern China's
masses. •
The U.S. delegation last year
agreed to debate the issue. a
change in policy occasioned at
least in part by ever-decreasing
majorities on the question of
even discussing Red China.
Thus we see the confusion in
too many ArneriCan's minds--
the problem does not concern
admission of Red China but
acersißtadio' n of a Chinese dele
gation. Simply admitting both
Chinas will solve no problems
chiefly because one clique can
not tolerate the other. Posses
sion of the Chinese veto in the
Security Council would provide
another point of contention.
Resentment may be develop
ing against the United States
as many Afro-Asian countries
favor Chinese seating.
Ghana, for example, objects to
letting a national policy (ap
parently that or the. United
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States) obstruct the work of an
international organization. i.i.
Cessation of testing nuclear =
devices, too, may be an area =
about which representatives of F.
the world's two power centers E
are talking past each other. =
Some c ommon ground has been =
found, however, we art told. =
The secretary to the disarma-
H'ment advisor said in a briefing
tty that the nuclear pow
ers could sign a treaty °imme
diately which would ban
, testing in outer space, the
atmosphere ... and underwater
with no international controls
needed. Tests in these regions
i are detectable, he said.
,:. is The only point now at issue
r underground tests and their
' detection and identification in
iviolation of a signed agvee
' ment. The Soviet Union feels
rthat inspection teams might be
fused for espionage purposes.
;Politics enter the question -
I again when one considers the
Ea need of nations to "save faCe."
The picture is further compli
cated by the possibility of in
cluding Red China as a treaty
signer should negotiations ever
reach that stage.
general and complete dis
armament is another question
before the United Nations. The .
General Assembly may not 'ac
complish much on such a broad
topic, however. strictly be
cause of its size. The current
Assembly, 108 members strong.
is too unwieldy to debate this
highly technical problem.
Disannanwni Queitiona
Two related proposals which
may make even less headway
concern convening a _ confer
ence for the purpose of signing =,
a convention on prohibition of
nuclear weapons plus con
demning
—'
propaganda advocat
ing preventive nuclear war. To =1
a majority of countries, the =
first of - these four disarrna- E"-;
meat-related questions—ending .=
nuclear tests—demands th e =
most immediate attention.
Economic development pro-
grams, however. occupy center =
stage far ,many of the newer =
U.N. members as well as some =
of 'the older members from
Latin America and Asia. For- =
rner colonial territories cr y =
out for roads, communications =
systems, schools and other c
projects' which the private
capital of their former masters -
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did not provide. Because of the
mounting number of African =
and Asian countries in the =
United Nations. this develop- =—
mesit need could well betu ate
a dominating concern.ofe the =
organization and help `-keep =
anti-colonialism alive for many =
years. . _
The treatment of native ma- =
lorities in South West Africa. F.
the Union of South Africa and
Artgola will continue to fan the =
anti-colonial flames before the E.
U.N. as it does this year: The . F.
Soviet Union makes its stand =
clear against colonial domina
tion while the United States' E.
poirition waivers ;between its
support for traditional Euro
pean
allies and desire for =
friendship ;with Africans and
Asians. r=
Focus is unofficially on Cuba
as; well for it is here that the ::-.•
world views the U.S. ability =
or disability to tolerate a hos- =
the country at its docirstep. The =
U.N. members are ever watch- =
ful to judge for themselves =
who is aggressor and who is
not.
The Outlook
Technical problems als o =
crowd the U.N. agenda. Next
. year a replacement for Acting F.
Secretary-General U. Thant
must be sought or he must be =
re-elected to a regular term of E .
office. Plans for reorganizing, E
parti or the whole of the Unit- =
ed Nations 'are occasionally =
quoted in newspapers and =
zr4gazines. Cries of irrespansi- FL:
birrty must be proven or chat- =
lenged. Until nations' tradi--F
-tional views of, themselves .!
change, these issues and their
rckAs are not likely , to dissolve =
through the agency of the Un it- F.
ed Nations alone.'
TODAY ON CAMPUS
Artists Series
'Both student and non-student
tickets remain for a lecture by
gpw York Times art critic. Joh •
Canaday at 8:30 tonight
SChwab.
;Tickets may be obtained at the
Hetzel Union desk. Non-student
tickets cost $1.50.
'Following the lecture, there will
be a reception in the main lounge
of the HUB at which Canaday will
talk with students informally,
Award Forms
Applications for Ful bright
awards for study abroad are now
ai , ailabk in 204 Sparks.
Eligible seniors and graduate
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USG , Candidates—
[i (Continued from paPe . one I
high and through membership we
can 'improve our cultural and
intellectual standing."
Iltan Rosenbaum (South Halls):
"Everything NSA offers should be
for the students.lf they can't offer
uS what we need tVn we should
drop our membership.."
Theodore Wilke (West Halls):
tike to see NSA participate
more in student problems and not
sO much with national affairs_ This
is the weak point that caused us
to drop our membership before."
Nittany Dell
home of delicious smultoiches
Lox and Bagels'
Surfed Sunday VI 2 P.M.
across from girls dorms
The Pollock-Nittan
Pollock 1 Rec
students should obtain the neces
sat", forms from R. R. Galbraith
by Oct. 15 and completed applica
tions should be submitted no later
•au Nov. I.
Episcopal Holy Communion. 71:43
alm„ 17:45 p.m, Chapel-
Horne Economies Extension, II
Pappas 'One-Man' Art Show Opens;
Reception Scheduled Sunday in HUB
An exhibit of • recent drawings Pappas has also exhibited paint
and paintings by Georg., Pappas, ings in the Des Moults Art Center,
associate professor of art and art Corciaram Biennial. Boston Arts
education. opens today in the I Festival, Philadelphia Academy
Hetzel Union gallery. of Fine Arts and in Drawings,
Pappas, who has previously USA. St. Paul. Minnesota.
exhibited .his work here, has also Pappas' paintings are related ,to
had shows fit deCordova Museum visual and emotional experiences
in Lincoln, Mass. and at Kanegis with nature. The exhibition. which
Gallery in Boston. Bass. He will runs through Nov. 7. deals with
be honored at a reception from; contrasts between mtenor and
7to 9 p.m. Sunday in the HUB. exterior environments.
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MONDAY, OCT. 15 7:15 p.m.
HUB Assembly Room
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Record Hop
Tonight
Girls free
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Intosnationally known Arena Maestro Divoctew
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Speaking On His Current Prefect
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830-12'30
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