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UNITED NATIONS

SECURITY COUNCIL

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OFFICIAL RECORDS

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FIRST MEETING

Held at Church House, Westminster, London, on Thursday, 17 January 1946, at 3 p.m.

Temporary Chairman: Mr. N. J. O. Makin (Australia).

Present: The representatives of the following countries: Australia, Brazil, China, Egypt, France, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom, United States of America.

1. Provisional agenda for the first meetings of the Security Council

1. Opening of the meeting by the temporary Chairman.
2. Presentation of the section of the Report of the Preparatory Commission which relates to the Security Council.^[1]
3. Adoption of rule 9 of the provisional rules of procedure providing a method for selecting the President.^[2]
4. Selection of the President of the Security Council.
5. Adoption of the agenda.
6. Adoption of provisional rules of procedure.^[3]
7. Recommendation to the General Assembly regarding the appointment of the Secretary-General (Charter, Article 97).
8. Adoption of the directive to the. Military Staff Committee to meet at a given place and date.
9. Discussion of the composition and organization of the staff to be assigned to the Secu

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1. See Official Records of the Security Council, First Year, First Series, Supplement No. 1; Annex 1, a.
2. Ibid., Supplement No. 1; Annex 1, a, section 4.
3. Ibid., Supplement No. 1; Annex 1, a, section 3.