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On the 8 January 1950, the Premier Minister of the PRC [[Zhou Enlai]] transmitted a letter to the Security Council of the United Nations in which he requested that the Security Council should not legally recognize the Kuomintang.<ref name=":2">Chai, Winberg (1970).p.399</ref> On the 10 January the Soviet Union then formally introduced a motion to exclude the representatives of the Kuomintang from the Security Council.<ref name=":2" /> |
On the 8 January 1950, the Premier Minister of the PRC [[Zhou Enlai]] transmitted a letter to the Security Council of the United Nations in which he requested that the Security Council should not legally recognize the Kuomintang.<ref name=":2">Chai, Winberg (1970).p.399</ref> On the 10 January the Soviet Union then formally introduced a motion to exclude the representatives of the Kuomintang from the Security Council.<ref name=":2" /> |
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After on the 13 January the Soviet Unions motion to seat the PRC instead of the [[Chinese Nationalists]] (Taiwan) did not achieve a majority<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Torelli |first=Angela |date=2012 |title=The Costs of Realism: The Nixon Administration, the People's Republic of China, and the United Nations |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23613339 |journal=The Journal of American-East Asian Relations |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=157–182 |issn=1058-3947}}</ref> the Soviet ambassador [[Yakov Malik]] walked out of the meeting and claimed not to return as long as [[Tsiang Tingfu]], the representative of the Kuomintang, was a member of the Security Council and not replaced by a representative of the PRC.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=1950-07-29 |title=Russia end her U.N.O boycott |work=[[The West Australian]] |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47877490 |access-date=2023-06-24}}</ref> The Soviet threatened not to acknowledge any decision taken by the security council as long as the Chinese Nationalists were a part of it.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Soviets Boycott United Nations Security Council (1950) - January 13th |url=https://sites.google.com/a/isd477.org/jan13krpms7w/third |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=sites.google.com}}</ref> Later, the Soviet Union also boycotted other UN bodies in which representatives of the Kuomintang were seated.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1950-04-19 |title=Soviet Russia's boycott of the United Nations |work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18156943 |access-date=2023-06-24}}</ref> During the Soviet boycott, the Security Council of the United Nations adopted a [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 82|resolution which allowed for the deployment of UN troops to the Korean war]] in defense of South Korea against the attacking communist North Korean forces.<ref name=":4">{{Citation |last=Pak |first=Chi Young |title=The Korean War and the United Nations |date=2000-01-01 |url=https://brill.com/display/book/9789004478671/B9789004478671_s011.xml |work=Korea and the United Nations |pages=77–78 |access-date=2023-06-24 |publisher=Brill Nijhoff |language=en |isbn=978-90-04-47867-1}}</ref> |
After on the 13 January the Soviet Unions motion to seat the PRC instead of the [[Chinese Nationalists]] (Taiwan) did not achieve a majority<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Torelli |first=Angela |date=2012 |title=The Costs of Realism: The Nixon Administration, the People's Republic of China, and the United Nations |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23613339 |journal=The Journal of American-East Asian Relations |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=157–182 |issn=1058-3947}}</ref> the Soviet ambassador [[Yakov Malik]] walked out of the meeting and claimed not to return as long as [[Tsiang Tingfu]], the representative of the Kuomintang, was a member of the Security Council and not replaced by a representative of the PRC.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=1950-07-29 |title=Russia end her U.N.O boycott |work=[[The West Australian]] |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47877490 |access-date=2023-06-24}}</ref> The Soviet Union threatened not to acknowledge any decision taken by the security council as long as the Chinese Nationalists were a part of it.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Soviets Boycott United Nations Security Council (1950) - January 13th |url=https://sites.google.com/a/isd477.org/jan13krpms7w/third |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=sites.google.com}}</ref> Later, the Soviet Union also boycotted other UN bodies in which representatives of the Kuomintang were seated.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1950-04-19 |title=Soviet Russia's boycott of the United Nations |work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18156943 |access-date=2023-06-24}}</ref> During the Soviet boycott, the Security Council of the United Nations adopted a [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 82|resolution which allowed for the deployment of UN troops to the Korean war]] in defense of South Korea against the attacking communist North Korean forces.<ref name=":4">{{Citation |last=Pak |first=Chi Young |title=The Korean War and the United Nations |date=2000-01-01 |url=https://brill.com/display/book/9789004478671/B9789004478671_s011.xml |work=Korea and the United Nations |pages=77–78 |access-date=2023-06-24 |publisher=Brill Nijhoff |language=en |isbn=978-90-04-47867-1}}</ref> |
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== Aftermath == |
== Aftermath == |
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Revision as of 02:13, 11 August 2023
The Soviet Union boycotted the United Nations from 13 January until 1 August 1950. The boycott originated over a dispute over the representation of China before the United Nations. The Soviet Union demanded the representatives of the People's Republic of China (PRC) be seated in the United Nations Security Council while the United Nations recognized representatives of the Kuomintang and the Republic of China. After the Soviet Union lost a motion to seat the PRC in the UN on 13 January 1950, it decided to boycott the United Nations.
Background
China was a founding member of the United Nations in the San Francisco conferences in 1945.[1] At the conference in April 1945, T.V. Soong, Wei Tao-ming, V. K.Wellington Koo and Wang Chung Hui from the Kuomintang and Tung Pi-wu of the PRC were present.[1] Also in the closing conference in June, the entire Chinese delegation was present and the Charter of the United Nations was signed by the Chinese President Tchiang Kai-Tshek in August 1945.[1] After the PRC had established a Government of the People's Republic of China, the PRC demanded on the 18 November 1949, that the United Nations recognized them as the Government of China and the representatives of the Kuomintang be expelled from the United Nations.[2] The same month the Soviet Union seconded the request of the PRC, arguing that the Kuomintang only controlled a fraction of China and refused to take part in the first committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations. [2] However, the request of the PRC was not considered but a resolution from Australia, which demanded that the Chinese people can choose their political institutions freely and without foreign influence was approved.[2]
Boycott
On the 8 January 1950, the Premier Minister of the PRC Zhou Enlai transmitted a letter to the Security Council of the United Nations in which he requested that the Security Council should not legally recognize the Kuomintang.[3] On the 10 January the Soviet Union then formally introduced a motion to exclude the representatives of the Kuomintang from the Security Council.[3]
After on the 13 January the Soviet Unions motion to seat the PRC instead of the Chinese Nationalists (Taiwan) did not achieve a majority[4] the Soviet ambassador Yakov Malik walked out of the meeting and claimed not to return as long as Tsiang Tingfu, the representative of the Kuomintang, was a member of the Security Council and not replaced by a representative of the PRC.[5] The Soviet Union threatened not to acknowledge any decision taken by the security council as long as the Chinese Nationalists were a part of it.[6] Later, the Soviet Union also boycotted other UN bodies in which representatives of the Kuomintang were seated.[7] During the Soviet boycott, the Security Council of the United Nations adopted a resolution which allowed for the deployment of UN troops to the Korean war in defense of South Korea against the attacking communist North Korean forces.[8]
Aftermath
The Soviets questioned the legality of the resolution as in their view it was approved by only six votes in absence of the Soviet Union and also China, since the Soviets refused to recognize the vote of the Kuomintang in the security council.[8] The Soviets argued that all five permanent members of the Security Council were to be present on any decision of an important matter.[8] In late July, the Soviets informed the Secretary General of the United Nations Trygve Lie, that on 1 August, Russia would assume the presidency of the security council.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Chai, Winberg (1970). "China and the United Nations: Problems of Representation and Alternatives". Asian Survey. 10 (5): 397–398. doi:10.2307/2642389. ISSN 0004-4687.
- ^ a b c Chai, Winberg (1970).p.398
- ^ a b Chai, Winberg (1970).p.399
- ^ Torelli, Angela (2012). "The Costs of Realism: The Nixon Administration, the People's Republic of China, and the United Nations". The Journal of American-East Asian Relations. 19 (2): 157–182. ISSN 1058-3947.
- ^ a b "Russia end her U.N.O boycott". The West Australian. 1950-07-29. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ^ "Soviets Boycott United Nations Security Council (1950) - January 13th". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ^ "Soviet Russia's boycott of the United Nations". Sydney Morning Herald. 1950-04-19. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ^ a b c Pak, Chi Young (2000-01-01), "The Korean War and the United Nations", Korea and the United Nations, Brill Nijhoff, pp. 77–78, ISBN 978-90-04-47867-1, retrieved 2023-06-24