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The Five Principles of Peaceful Co-Existence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2017

Russell H. Fifield
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On October 1, 1957, the General Assembly of the United Nations decided without objection to inscribe on the agenda of its twelfth session a proposal of the Soviet Union requesting a declaration relative to the principles of peaceful co-existence.

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American Journal of International Law , Volume 52 , Issue 3 , July 1958 , pp. 504 - 510
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1958

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References

1 For Soviet proposal, see U.N. Doc. A/3673, Sept. 20, 1957.

2 J . V. Stalin, Works, 1925 (Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1954), Vol. 7, pp. 293-294.

3 Notes et études documentaires, No. 1912, Aug. 26, 1954, p. 3.

4 Letter to author from Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, June 4, 1957.

5 Li Kao, “China and Panch Shila,” People's China, No. 14, p. 10 (July 16, 1957).

6 Letter to author from Nehru, cited above. President Sukarno outlined the Pantjasila of Panch Shila in a speech to the Investigating Committee for Preparation of Independence on June 1, 1945. His five principles for the Indonesian state are nationalism, internationalism or humanism, consent or democracy, social prosperity, and faith in God. See text of speech in Lahirnja Pantjasila (Djakarta: Ministry of Information, 1952), pp. 11-32.

7 Letter to author from Nehru, cited above

8 For instance, the importance placed on Panch Shila is clearly brought out in a letter to the author from Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Dec. 31, 1956.

9 Letters to author from Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma, Dec. 13, 1956, Prince Souphanou Vong, Oct. 25, 1957, and Katay D. Sasorith, May 4, 1957.

10 Li Kao, loc. cit. 10.

11 Quoted in Kahin, George McTurnan, The Asian-African Conference 63 (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1956).Google Scholar

12 Letter to author from Nehru, cited above.

13 Official Communiqué on Viet Nam-Yugoslavia Talks, Viet Nam Information Bulletin No. 35/1957, Aug. 30, 1957 (News Service of the Viet Nam Democratic Republic, Rangoon).

14 Ibid.

15 Report by N. S. Khrushchev to the Jubilee Session of the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R., Nov. 6, 1957, New Times, No. 46 (Nov. 14, 1957), Supplement, p. 26.

16 Peace Manifesto, New Times, No. 48 (Nov. 28, 1957), p. 2.

17 Makins, Sir Roger, “The World Since the War: The Third Phase,” 33 Foreign Affairs 13 (October, 1954).CrossRefGoogle Scholar

18 Aaron, R. I. and Reynolds, P. A., “Peaceful Coexistence and Peaceful Co-operation,” 4 Political Studies 295 (October, 1956).Google Scholar

19 Liao Kai-lung, “Two Mighty Forces Join Hands,” People's China, No. 11, p. 10 (June 1, 1957).

20 Makins, loc. cit. 13.

21 Statement by Henry Cabot Lodge, 37 Department of State Bulletin 693 (1957).

22 For text of resolution as adopted, see U.N. Doe. A/3802, Dec. 14, 1957.