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 60 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-MOSCOW AGREEMENT, 1945-DEC. 27, 1945 VII. The Establishment by the United Nations of a Commission for the Control of Atomic Energy. Discussion of the subject of atomic energy related to the question of the establishment of a commission by the General Assembly of the United Nations. The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United States of America, and the United Kingdom have agreed to recommend, for the consideration of the General Assembly of the United Nations, the establishment by the United Nations of a commission to consider problems arising from the discovery of atomic energy and related matters. They have agreed to invite the other permanent members of the Security Council, France and China, together with Canada, to join with them in assum- ing the initiative in sponsoring the following resolution at the first session of the General Assembly of the United Nations in January 1946 :- Resolved by the General Assembly of the United Nations to estab- lish a Commission, with the composition and competence set out here- under, to deal with the problems raised by the discovery of atomic energy and other related matters. I. Establishment of the Commission A Commission is hereby established by the General Assembly with the terms of reference set out under Section V below. Pt , P-190. II. Relations of the Commission with the Organs of the United Nations (a) The Commission shall submit its reports and recommenda- tions to the Security Council, and such reports and recommendations shall be made public unless the Security Council, in the interests of peace and security, otherwise directs. In the appropriate cases the Security Council should transmit these Reports to the General Assembly and the members of the United Nations, as well as to the Economic and Social Council and other Organs within the frame- work of the United Nations. (b) In view of the Security Council's primary responsibility under the Charter of the United Nations for the maintenance of international peace and security, the Security Council shall issue directions to the Commission in matters affecting security. On these matters the Commission shall be accountable for its work to the Security Council. III. Composition of the Commission The Commission shall be composed of one representative from each of those states represented on the Security Council, and Canada when that state is not a member of the Security Council. Each representa- tive on the Commission may have such assistants as he may desire. 1907

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