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Notes on Legal Questions Concerning the United Nations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2017

Yuen-li Liang
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The purpose of this note is to survey the proceedings of the Security Council in regard to the Anglo-Iranian dispute brought before it, with particular reference to the question of domestic jurisdiction. For this purpose, only a brief account is given of the events which led to the submission of the dispute to the Council, as it is not intended to study the merits of the dispute.

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Meeting Report
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 46 , Issue 2 , April 1952 , pp. 272 - 282
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1952

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References

1 For the proceedings of this case before the International Court of Justice, see this Journal, Vol. 45 (1951), p. 789; and M. O. Hudson, “The Thirtieth Year of the World Court,” ibid., Vol. 46 (1952), pp. 12–23.

2 I.C.J. Reports, 1951, pp. 89–95; this Journal, Vol. 45 (1951), p. 789. The Court, acting under Art. 42, par. 2, of its Statute, notified the U. N. Security Council of the provisional measures indicated by the Court. A copy of the Order of the Court was transmitted by the U. N. Secretary General for the information of the members of the Security Council. See U.N. Doc. S/2239, July 11, 1951.

3 I.C.J. Reports, 1951, p. 93.

4 By a telegram dated July 9, 1951, Iran informed the U. N. Secretary General of its decision to withdraw its declaration of Oct. 2, 1930, concerning the acceptance of the compulsory jurisdiction of the I.C.J. See U.N. Doc. Press Release PM/2219.

5 U.N. Doc. S/2357.

6 U.N. Doc. S/AGENDA/559.

7 U.N. Doc. S/P.V.559, pp. 6–10.

8 Ibid., pp. 16–20.

9 Ibid., pp. 11–25, 21–25, 41, 46–50.

10 Ibid., pp. 42–45.

11 Ibid., pp. 27–35.

12 Ibid., p. 61. After the agenda was adopted, the Council invited the representative of Iran to participate in its discussion of the question in accordance with Rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure and Art. 32 of the Charter.

13 U.N. Doc. S/2358.

14 Ibid., Rev. 1.

15 U.N. Doc. S/P.V.559, pp. 26, 78–81.

16 U.N. Doc. S/P.V. 560, pp. 34–36.

17 U.N. Doc. S/P.V.562, pp. 13–14.

18 U.N. Doc. S/2379.

19 U.N. Doc. S/P.V.561, pp. 42–50.

20 U.N. Doc. S/2358/Rev.2.

21 U.N. Doc. S/P.V.563, pp. 102–110.

22 See supra, p. 273.

23 U.N. Doc. S/P.V.559, p. 82. The United Kingdom representative also advanced the argument that international law regulated the matter so far as foreign property and rights were concerned. Moreover, it was part of the United Kingdom case that Iran had broken certain treaties between the two countries, and this in itself would be sufficient to remove the dispute from the realm of domestic jurisdiction. See U.N. Doc. S/P.V.561, p. 27. This argument was expounded to a great extent by the United Kingdom in its application filed with the International Court of Justice. See this Journal, Vol. 45 (1951), p. 749, Vol. 46 (1952), p. 16; and I.C.J., General List, 1951, No. 16.

24 U.N. Doc. S/P.V.560, pp. 31–36.

25 U.N. Doc. S/P.V.562, pp. 12–13.

26 U.N. Docs. S/P.V.559, pp. 6–10; S/P.V.561, p. 70; and S/P.V.565, p. 15.

27 U.N. Doc. S/P.V.561, pp. 51–56.

28 Ibid., pp. 66–70.

29 U.N. Doc. S/P.V.563, p. 121.

30 U.N. Doc. S/P.V.565, p. 36.

31 U.N. Docs. 8/P.V.559, p. 43; and S/P.V.563, pp. 2–30.

32 U.N. Doc. S/P.V.563, pp. 156–160.

33 U.N. Doc. S/P.V.561, pp. 46–50.

34 U.N. Docs. S/P.V.563, pp. 111–115; and S/P.V.565, p. 36.

35 U.N. Docs. S/P.V.562, p. 10; and 8/P.V.565, p. 21.

36 U.N. Doc. S/2380.

37 U.N. Doc. S/P.V.565, p. 6.

38 Ibid., pp. 16–20.

39 Ibid., p. 46.

40 Ibid., p. 46.

41 See U.N. Docs.: Journal of the Security Council, No. 11 (Feb. 10, 1946), pp. 207–208; No. 29 (April 18, 1946), pp. 566–567; Security Council, Official Becords, 1st year, 2nd Ser., Spec. Supp., p. 5.

42 See U.N. Docs.: Security Council, Official Records, 2nd year, No. 68 (Aug. 1, 1947), p. 1656; No. 77 (Aug. 15, 1947), p. 2020.

43 See Preuss, L., “Article 2, paragraph 7, of the Charter of the United Nations and matters of domestic jurisdiction,” Académie de Droit International, Recueil des Cours, 74, 1949 (I), p. 649 Google Scholar; Kopelmanas, L’Organisation des Nations Unies (1947), pp. 232–233.