Security Council Approves 6 Basic Principles for Suez Settlement

The Security Council late Saturday gave unanimous approval to a set of six principles upon which any settlement of the Suez Canal question should be based. The second part of the resolution, dealing with ways of putting the principles into practice, was vetoed by the Soviet Union. Yugoslavia joined the USSR in voting against this section of the resolution, which was also opposed by Egypt.

Here is a partial view of the meeting, showing seated at the Council table (counter clockwise); John Foster Dulles U.S. Secretary of State; Selwyn Lloyd, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the U.K.; Dmitri Shepilov, Soviet Foreign Minister; Victor A. Belaunde, Representative of Peru; Djalal Abdoh, Representative of lran; Dragoslav Protitch, Under-Secretary of the U.N. for Political and Security Council Affairs, Christian Pineau, Foreign Minister of France and President of the Council; Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld, Emilio Núñez Portuondo, Representative of Cuba; and Tingfu F. Tsiang, Representative of China.