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Presents information on political problems of Palestine and solutions for them. Information that British Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin's statement was the immediate cause of a small-scale civil war; Statement that Great Britain made mutually incompatible promises to the Arabs and the Jews, none of which were subsequently carried out; Palestine mandate should be transferred to the United Nations, as an international responsibility and not one of Great Britain alone; Restrictions on the purchase of land by either Jews or Arabs in any part of Palestine should be abolished at once; Steps should be taken under the United Nations mandate to relieve the poverty of both the Jews and the Arabs.

For months a conspiracy of silence has blanketed the strained relations between China and its Western allies. From time to time there have been hints of Chinese displeasure with the United States and Great Britain, but in the interests of United Nations unity not much has been allowed to leak out regarding the nature of U.S. and British anxiety regarding China. Owing to this official silence, little constructive thinking has been done on how to ease the strain so that China may be made a more effective force in the struggle against Japan and in the peace to follow.

The article reports on the major changes in British eating habits due to lend-lease food shipments. Great Britain has entered into an agreement, under the lend-lease pact, aimed at feeding the United Nations. The success of the said agreement, is reflected by the number of well-known U.S. brands of canned goods on the shelves of grocery stores in London, England. However, wheat and canned vegetables and fruit have not made up the bulk of the business. Instead, biggest deliveries were pork products.

Although Southern Rhodesia suddenly leaped onto the front pages of the world press only last month, the tragic racial drama there has been unfolding steadily for nearly eight years. Journalists, who visited Southern Rhodesia in that period, and particularly since 1962, have warned sternly that another South Africa in terms of racial patterns, or another Congo in terms of racial conflicts, was in the making. Their warnings reinforced by the protests from delegations sent by Rhodesian Africans to every United Nations session since 1960, were unheeded in the international community and in Great Britain.

The article reports on the 1945 security conference that was to give birth to the organization that would be known as the United Nations (UN) and that would be dedicated to the proposition that peace is indivisible. The Big Five, which includes the U.S., Great Britain, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), China, and the Provisional Government of France, is reported to constitute a power block in the UN's Security Council. Topics such as security agreements, the smaller powers, suspension provision, and the issue of veto power, are discussed.

Presents information on the establishment of the United Nations as an international organization for dealing with aggression. Formation of an alliance for military defense; Authority of countries like Great Britain, Russia, China and the U.S. in the organization; Role of the United Nations in maintaining international peace and security; Support for continuation of nuclear alliance within the framework of the United Nations; Importance of France in establishing world order; Implications that need to be taken care of by the smaller nations before getting into the alliance; Use of the threat of force in maintaining peace.

Discusses problems faced by the United Nations during the World War II. Impact of the war on the people of the member countries of the United Nations; Organization of sources of strength in democratic movements of Latin America; Role of the United Nations in various parts of Asia; Loss of public support in India and China to the United Nations; Move of China towards totalitarianism and imperialism; Comment on the Indian policy of Great Britain; Resolution of All-India Congress Committee in favor of civil disobedience movement; Support of the United Nations by several Moslem League leaders in India; Transformations in the Indian nationalist movement.

The end of Egypt's long fight for independence, first from Turkish tale and then from the dominant influence of the British, seems dose at hand. The Egyptian delegation has brought before the General Assembly of the United Nations a demand that Great Britain be asked to remove its troops and military installations from the territory of Egypt and terminate its administration of the Sudan. At the same time Egypt is actively opposing the proposal of the United Nations Commission on Palestine to partition that country between Jews and Arabs.

The article focuses on British imperialism in India. To be able to obtain paper freedom from British rule, Indian nationalist leader Mahatma Gandhi and Congress leaders are willing to risk permanent slavery under Japanese rule. Gandhi views British sovereignty in India as a sin. It comments on Gandhi's failure to explain to his people that freedom depends on the success of the United Nations.

In the article the author discusses political and military developments worldwide as of February 1962. He cites the opposition shown by key allies of the U.S. in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on the proposal by U.S. President John F. Kennedy to strengthen the powers of the United Nations (UN). Among the European countries opposing the plan are France, Germany and Great Britain.

Focuses on the purpose behind the creation of United Nations (UN) and the direction in which it should proceed in order to achieve success in the World War II. Commitment of the nations joined in the UN towards opposition of the Axis power of Germany, Italy and Japan; Pledge of the member nations to employ their full resources, military and economy against the Axis; Cooperation with their governments signing the declaration and not to make separate peace; Reason behind decision of the Soviet Union and France to not sign the declaration; Estimation about number of people and area around the world following the UN; Ability of the organization to face any combination of forces directed against them in the post-war time; Necessity for U.S. President and British Prime Minister to state war aim of the UN categorically in order to create a sensation of unity among the countries included in the UN.

On every major question that has come before the present United Nations Assembly the British delegation has voted with the American. This has surprised no one who understands the dependence imposed by the Atlantic alliance. Whenever there has been any sign of a spilt which might be exploited by the Russians, the U.S. has demanded that its allies form a common front, and American-British-French solidarity has at once been reestablished. Nevertheless the British have made it plain, as far as they could without imperiling Anglo-American collaboration, that their views often differ, if not fundamentally at least by several shades, from those of the Americans.

The article discusses the growing rift between the U.S. and Great Britain over Asian policy. In Great Britain, however, most people feel that Americans have ignored the two big differences between the Chinese action and the Japanese action in 1933. Chinese intervention in the Korean War is considered as clear a case of aggression, as was Japanese intervention in China in 1933. To appease the Chinese Communists would only encourage them to overrun other small nations in the Far East in the future. Moreover, Chinese are not permitted representation in the United Nations. They are not granted a position of equality with other nations or the right to state their ease at all times at the bar of world opinion.

The article focuses on the argument concerning the attack of the United Nations (UN) in Katanga, Congo. It mentions that UN's attack in Katanga is believed to be either a strategy to force out Congo President Moise Tshombe or a campaign to stabilize and unite the country. Meanwhile, UN's action is regarded to be beneficial to Soviet Union, U.S., and all underdeveloped nations, but France and Great Britain fear that the drive would provide leftist advantages.

Focuses on the role of the U.S., as a member of the United Nations, with respect to international disputes. Effect of the referee attitude of the U.S. at the first session has been to maintain the status quo in Iran, Greece and Indonesia; Information that at the first session of the United Nations the U.S. devoted its attention to preventing Russia and Great Britain from coming to grips as a result of their rival ambitions; Statement that the U.S. has a stake in Indonesia in that the whole of Asia will judge the U.S. by whether it encourage or repress the yearnings of Eastern peoples for independence.

Dag Hammerskjold, Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), and the United States, Great Britain and France have agreed on a common policy. It is to keep the UN police force in Egypt until negotiations are under way for the settlement of Arab-Israeli relations and of the Suez Canal's future. The prospect for solving the Suez conflict is incomparably better than for a lasting accommodation between Israel and its neighbors. The U.S. Administration under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, intends at a suitable moment to present a plan for Arab-Israeli agreement. State Department officials say it will be on the familiar pattern.

Addresses some social and political issues around the world as of December 1974. Discussion of some aspects of inflation; Position of the Labor government in Great Britain on Tory initiatives toward socialism; Proposal to increase the pay received by the staff of the United Nations.

Focuses on Israel's war for independence and its impact on the United Nations (UN) and Great Britain. Palestine territories occupied by Israeli military forces since the first attack launched by Arab states; Sense of urgency in the UN in the face of Arab defeat; Military aid provided by Great Britain to the Arab states; Proposals for a truce after Arab states were weakened by the cost of the invasion,.

The article reports on the latest developments in the United Nations (U.N.) Security Council as of January 1950. In his turn as presiding officer of the council for the month of January, Chinese delegate, Doctor T. F. Tsiang recognized Russian delegate, Jacob A. Malik, but Malik snubbed Tsiang, claiming that he does not favor Tsiang as presiding officer. Tsiang, however, was supported by Great Britain's Alexander Cadogan.

Focuses on political developments in East Asia to highlight the differences in handling of foreign relations by Great Britain and the U.S. Significance of the information on the formation of the Malaysian Federation; Ethnic and racial factors taken into consideration while setting up the federation; Significance of Indonesia's acceptance of the Bunker plan for the transfer of Dutch New Guinea to Indonesia after a short interlude of nominal United Nations suzerainty.

Focuses on the administration of the United Nations (UN). Lack of any criteria for the membership of the UN; Uncertainty over the loyalty of various countries to the UN including the U.S., the Soviet Union, Great Britain, France and India; Proposal to depoliticalize the UN and to transform it into a complex of technical and administrative agencies operated for the presumed convenience or necessity of the several nations composing the world community.

Focuses on the revival of the British pacifist movement in response to the use of force on the part of Great Britain and France in an attempt to separate combatants in the war between Egypt and Israel and to prevent the growth of war in the Middle East. Accusation that Great Britain violated the letter of the United Nations Charter; Criticism received by the British pacifist movement; Factors which led to the crisis of loyalties experienced by Great Britain.