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proposal, and suggests that this question be placed on the agenda for the next meeting on Monday.
The President: The only difficulty in regard to that is that this item has not as yet been actually circulated among members of the Council. Therefore, members are not really fully aware of the text of the communication that has been received.
As to the suggestion of the representative of the USSR that at this moment it be placed upon the agenda, it might possibly be more appropriate if it could be left until the next meeting. Then members would be fully apprised of the nature of the text of that communication.
Mr. Stettinius (United States of America): May I suggest that we deal with the question of new membership as a whole later on, at one meeting rather than piecemeal? I am sure there are a number of delegations which have statements to make relative to new membership, and I think it would be much better to deal with the subject in toto.
The President: I would suggest that the representative of the United States to whom we receive a communication such as this, it cannot possibly be ignored, but must be dealt with expeditiously. Therefore, I feel we are under an obligation to receive this communication and deal with it, since governments have been prompted to make their application in proper order. Therefore, I think it would be quite proper that this matter might be brought to the attention of the Council on Monday, and then we could decide whether it be included in the agenda for consideration on that day or some subsequent day.
Mr. Modzelewski (Poland) (translated from French): I wish to support the request of the Yugoslav Government that Albania be admitted to the United Nations. And the more so because, as the representative of France has pointed out to us in his recent declaration, there are still thirteen States in Europe which are not yet Members of the Organization. Therefore, I should like this subject to be included in the agenda of the Security Council.
The President: This item will be the subject of consideration at the next meeting of the Council. At that stage any member of the Security Council will be quite in order in submitting his own approval or otherwise of the adoption of this particular communication.
Any further business?
The Council stands adjourned until Monday at 3 p.m.
The meeting rose at 4:10 p.m.
