Organisation of Atomic Energy under European auspicies

Report | Doc. 506 | 20 April 1956

Committee

(Former) Political Affairs Committee / Committee on General Affairs

Rapporteur :

Ms Margaretha Albertina Maria KLOMPE, Netherlands

Origin

See Resolution 89 (1955). The Draft Resolution was adopted by 15 votes to 0 with 1 abstention. The Draft Order was adopted unanimously. 1956 - 8th Session - First part

Thesaurus

A Draft Resolution [(1) See 12 th Sitting, 21st April, 195G (draft Resolution adopted after amendment) and Resolution 97.]

The Assembly,

Recalling the terms of its Resolution 89, setting forth the principles which should govern the activities of member countries in the matter of atomic energy;

Welcoming the work of the O. E. E. C. and the Intergovernmental Committee of the Messina Conference to this end;

A

Believing that there is no incompatibility between the objectives of the 0. E. É. C. and those of the Intergovernmental Committee,

1. Calls upon the member countries of 0. E. E. C. to develop to the fullest extent the co-operation envisaged within that organisation;

2. Calls upon countries participating in the Intergovernmental Committee to set up without delay, within an integrated economic framework, a European Atomic Organisation in accordance with the principles laid down in Resolution 89;

B

1. Calls on all concerned, as a matter of urgency, to make such arrangements together as will ensure the maximum connection between such activities as may be organised by the 0. E. E. C. and the Intergovernmental Committee and provide for the closest co-operation between them, with due regard for security;

2. Urges the six Messina Powers to welcome the participation in the drafting of the Euratom Treaty of those other countries which are prepared to accept the basic principles to be laid down by the six Foreign Ministers after they have been seized of the report of the Intergovernmental Committee ;

Stresses the need for Euratom to be open to all either in full membership or in association with it;

3. Emphasises the need to harmonise the legislation of the countries concerned in matters of public health, social services, insurance, transport, finance, trade and payments, in so far as they relate to the development of atomic energy;

4. Emphasises also the urgency of the problem of incorporating Euratom in a general common market.

B Draft Order [(2) See 12th Sitting, 21st April, 1956 (draft Order adopted) and Order No. 90.]

The Assembly :

Instructs the Committee on General Affairs to give further consideration to the implementation of points 1, 2, 3 and 4 in Chapter B of the above-mentioned Resolution on a European Atomic Energy Organisation, as soon as the definitive proposals of the Intergovernmental Committee and of the Special Committee set up on 29th February, 1956 by the Council of the 0. E. E. C. are made public; and also

Instructs it to proceed with its study of the political aspects of the problem of the general common market.