Nomination of John Marshall Harlan: Hearings Before The..., 84-1, on Nomination of John Marshall Harlan, of New York, to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, February 24 and 25, 1955

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1955 - 182 pages

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Page 79 - Nothing contained in the present Charter shall authorize the United Nations to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state or shall require the Members to submit such matters to settlement under the present Charter; but this principle shall not prejudice the application of enforcement measures under Chapter VII.
Page 121 - In the performance of their duties the SecretaryGeneral and the staff shall not seek or receive instructions from any government or from any other authority external to the Organization. They shall refrain from any action which might reflect on their position as international officials responsible only to the Organization.
Page 174 - All members pledge themselves to take joint and separate action in cooperation with the organization for the achievement of the purposes set forth in Article 55.
Page 89 - ... the court erred in holding, as a matter of law, that the...
Page 71 - The CHAIRMAN. Are there any questions by any member of the committee ? (No response.) The CHAIRMAN.
Page 84 - Nations shall promote: a. higher standards of living, full employment, and conditions of economic and social progress and development; b. solutions of international economic, social, health, and related problems; and international cultural and educational cooperation; and c. universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion.
Page 136 - The Parties will contribute toward the further development of peaceful and friendly international relations by strengthening their free institutions, by bringing about a better understanding of the principles upon which these institutions are founded, and by promoting conditions of stability and well-being.
Page 85 - Charter pledging the member nations to promote the observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms without distinction as to race.
Page 131 - President is requested to Invite the democracies which sponsored the North Atlantic Treaty to name delegates, representing their principal political parties, to meet with delegates of the United States In a Federal Convention to explore how far their peoples, and the peoples of such other democracies as the convention may Invite to send delegates, can apply among them, within the framework of the United Nations, the principles of free federal union.
Page 121 - I solemnly swear (undertake, affirm, promise) to exercise in all loyalty, discretion and conscience the functions entrusted to me as an international civil servant of the United Nations, to discharge these functions and regulate my conduct with the interests of the United Nations only in view, and not to seek or accept instructions in regard to the performance of my duties from any Government or other authority external to the Organization.

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