Albania, Algeria and sixteen Member Countries to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, 15 July 1971, with Explanatory Memorandum

On the instructions of our governments, we have the honour to request you to include an item entitled ‘Restoration of the Lawful Rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations’ in the agenda of the 26th Session of the General Assembly, as being a question of an urgent character.

In accordance with Rule 20 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly, an explanatory memorandum and the text of a draft resolution are attached to this letter.

Explanatory Memorandum

1. The Governments of Albania, Algeria, Cuba, Guinea, Iraq, Mali, Mauritania, the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, the People's Republic of the Congo, Romania, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, the United Republic of Tanzania, Yemen, Yugoslavia and Zambia consider that the question of the restoration of the lawful rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations is more vital than ever, especially for the future of the organization. They remain firmly convinced of the justice of the position which they have defended and which has been proved once again by the support which the majority of member states have given to the restoration of the lawful rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations at the 25th Session of the General Assembly.