Overview
Romania's admission to the United Nations in the 1950s,
under the conditions of the Cold War, was a difficult and
time-consuming diplomatic accomplishment.
- On August 13th 1946, at the Paris Peace Conference,
the Head of the Romanian delegation, Gheorghe
Tatarescu, declared that "Romania is determined to
bring about without delay its total adhesion to the
principles of the United Nations Charter, principles
which it has already put into practice."
- On July 9th 1947 the Romanian Government addressed
an official request to the Secretary-General in which
it stated that "Romania accepts all the obligations
stipulated in the United Nations Charter."
- On October 12th 1948 and on September 25th 1954 the
admission request was reiterated.
- On December 14th 1955, with Resolution 995 (X), the
General Assembly of the United Nations admitted Romania
into the United Nations and other specialized
institutions of the system - such as FAO, UNESCO, ILO,
and WHO.
- In 1962, Romania occupied, for the first time, a
seat on the Security Council, a position it was to hold
again in 1976-1977 and in 1990-1991, during moments of
high political tension - the election of the
Secretary-General and the outbreak of the Gulf War,
respectively.
- In June 1963, at a session of the General Assembly,
Romania voted for the first time in a different manner
than the other socialist countries, in favor of a
resolution presented by 10 Latin American countries
aiming at the setting up of a nuclear-free zone in
Latin America. The Romanian stand had its origin in an
initiative put forward for consideration to the
governments of the neighboring countries as early as
1957, seeking to turn the Balkans into a zone of peace
and cooperation, free of weapons and missiles.
- In 1965, through the Resolution 2129 (XX) setting
up "regional actions with the view of improving the
good neighborly relations between European countries
having different social and political systems", the
efforts of Romanian diplomacy were crowned with
success.
- In 1967, Romania's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr.
Corneliu Mãnescu, held the position of President
of the 22nd General Assembly of the United
Nations.
- In 1968 Bucharest hosted the joint meeting of the
administrative and coordinating committees of the
United Nations and a mini-summit conference of the
supreme authorities of the United Nations headed by the
Secretary-General.
- In June 1970 the United Nations Information Center
for Romania was opened in Bucharest, in 1971 the UNDP
Office was established, and in 1972 CEPES was
founded.
- Following an initiative begun in 1970, the first UN
survey on the economic and social consequences of the
arms race was finalized under the supervision of a
Romanian diplomat.
- Romanian diplomacy also made a major contribution
to the drawing up of the Declaration on the Principles
of International Law Regarding Friendship and
Cooperative Relations, in accordance with the UN
Charter (1970) and the final text for the definition of
aggression, adopted in 1974.
- In 1976, Romania was admitted to the Group of 77 of
developing countries
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Visits paid by the Secretaries General of the United
Nations to Romania:
- U Thant in May 1963 and in July 1968;
- Kurt Waldheim in August 1973, August 1974, when
he participated in the World Population Conference
in Bucharest, and in July 1979;
- Javier Perez de Cuellar in September 1981;
- Boutros Boutros-Ghali in October 1994.
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