General Assembly Admits Oman as 131st Member State

The General Assembly voted this afternoon to admit Oman as the one hundred thrity-first Member State of the United Nations, after adopting a statement recommended by the Fourth Committee (Trust and Non-Self-Governing Territories) ""taking note with satisfaction that Oman has achieved the goals set forth in the Charter"" and in the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. The Assembly this afternoon also continued its general debate, hearing statements by the representatives of Nicaragua, Bolivia, Jamaica and Sudan. Statements under the right of reply were made by the representatives of Libyan Arab Republic, Iran and Iraq.
Said Tarik El Said, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Oman, addressing the Assembly. At the presidential rostrum are Assembly President Adam Malik (Indonesia) and C.A. Stavropoulos, Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly Affairs.