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that I am not ready to discuss the admission of new Members to the Organization during the Assembly now in session. I think it needs longer time to study, and it needs further opportunity for consideration. I have no objection to its going on the agenda, but I thought, if I understood the representative of China aright, that is what he wanted, too.
The President: May I emphasize to members of the Council that there is only one agenda. Therefore, if you include an item in the agenda, you include it in the agenda for the consideration of this Council in its order, as it is set down in that particular list. But you are to determine, when you arrive at that particular item, to determine whether the matter is one suitable for immediate discussion, or whether it should be deferred, or in what kind of treatment you should exercise the services of the Council in regard to that particular matter. It is a matter which you fully determine at the time when you arrive at that item for consideration.
Mr. Paul-Boncour (France) (translated from French): I should like to have a clear understanding of this question. I agree with the representative of China that, before deciding on the admission of a new Member, we must draw up rules of procedure that will enable us to determine whether the applicant fulfils the conditions for admission.
I regret, however, that we do not see our way to determine these rules of procedure during the present session, and that the admission of new Members whom we may invite or desire should be thus delayed. I share the view of the representative of China concerning the necessity, before coming to a final decision on a particular application, of establishing first the general rules of procedure which would enable us to see our way clearly in dealing with applications for admission and to ascertain whether the applying States fulfil the required conditions. I venture to express regret that we do not contemplate establishing these rules of procedure during the present session, and that we postpone to a later and hypothetical session the admission of new Members, which we ought, on the contrary, to encourage.
The President: That would be, I take it, a suitable matter actually to be determined at the time when we arrived at that item of the agenda, and when it came before the Council for discussion.
Now, are we ready to make a decision upon it? Are we all in favour of this item being placed on the agenda? If there are no objections, then it is adopted:
The agenda was adopted.
19. Filming of proceedings
The President: I would call the Council's attention to the fact that the lights have now been on for about an hour, and the filming has.
