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...China debate had the floor last week at the U.N. General Assembly. With their motives ranging from fellow-Communism to "realism," in favor of seating Red China were: Cuba, the Eastern European satellites, Yugoslavia, U.A.R., Sweden, Ceylon, Indonesia, Ghana and Burma. But some states were troubled. Nigeria's Jaja Wachuku could not accept the expulsion of Nationalist China as a "condition" for the admission of Red China, since the Nationalist government "has under it 11 million people" and is a U.S. ally, so that any attempt to conquer it could lead to a threat of war. Wachuku also noted...
...committee to look at the past activity of Council representatives and to form guide lines on current issues for the next six years. The Council normally convenes every six years; its last meeting, however, was in 1954. The seven-year gap was due to an unstable situation in Ceylon, which prevented a conference last year...
With the ebullience of youth, convinced that the future belongs to them, several suggested that the Christian missionaries begin to move the other way-from East to West. "An Asian Christian who has lived among Buddhists would be much more useful than American ministers," argued Ceylon's Dr. Daniel T. ("D.T.") Niles. Bishop Lesslie Newbigin of the Church of South India told the Assembly that he hoped "that the churchmen of Asia and Africa, having studied the spiritual situation of some of the older churches, will be moved to send missionaries to Europe and America to make the Gospel...
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...surprising support from the U.A.R.'s Gamal Abdel Nasser, who opposes the Soviet demand for two Germanys since, if he sanctioned the principle of partition, it would prejudice the Arab case against Israel. Six other neutrals showed some understanding of what nonalignment means, and backed Nehru: Burma, Ceylon, Cyprus, Lebanon, Nepal and Tunisia...