Was Africa represented during the 1945 San Francisco Conference on International Organization?
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In 1945, the Four African countries attended the San Francisco Conference on International Organization:
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- Liberia
- South Africa
1. Egypt was represented by :
Delegates
- H. E. Abdul Hamid Pasha Badawi, Minister of Foreign Atfairs; Chairman
- H. E. Ibrahim Bey Abdul Hadi, Minister of Public Health
- H. E. Mahmoud Pasha Hassan, Minister to the United States
Experts
- Mamdouh Bey Riaz, Deputy, Chairmao, Foreign Relations Committee
- Anis Bey Azer, Minister Counselor, Egyptian Legation, Washington
- Mahmoud Bey Abu! Fath, Senator (Press Attaché)
2. Ethiopia was represented by:
Delegates
- Bitwodded Makonnen Endalkachau, Prime Minister; Chairman
- Ato Aklilou Abte-Wold, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Ato Ambai Wold-Mariam, Vice Minister of Justice
- Blatta Ephrem Tewelde Medhen, Minister to the United States
- Ato Emmanuel Abraham, Director General, Ministry of Education
- Ato Menasse Lemma, Director General, Ministry of Finance
Advisors
- John Spencer, American Adviser to Ministry for Foreign Affairs ·
Secretary
- Ato Petros Sahlou, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
3. Liberia was represented by:
Delegates:
- C. L. Simpson, Vice President; Chairman
- Gabriel L. Dennis, Secretary of State; Associate Chairman
- Lemuel Gibson, Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
4. South Africa (Union of South Africa) was represented by:
- Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, Prime Minister; Chairman
- D. D. Forsyth, Secretary for External Affairs
- Leif Egeland, Minister to Sweden
Members of Delegation
- H. T. Andrews, Under Secretary of External Affairs; Head of the South .Africa Government Supply Mission, Washington
- R. Jones, Acting Accredited Representative for the Union of South .Africa, Ottawa
- J. R. Jordaan, Charge d'Affaires ad interim, South Africa, Legation, Washington
- D. L. Smit, former Secretary of Native Affairs
- L. E. Orkin, Industrial Registrar, Department of Labour
Secretary
- T. Hewitson, Vice Consul in New York
Press Relations Officer
- H. M. Moolman, Director of the Unio.n of South Africa Government Information Office, New York ,
Staff
- Private Secretaries to Field Marshal Smuts
- H. W. A. Cooper
- B.J. Fourie
Aide de Camp to Field Marshal Smuts
- Major J. C. Smuts
- Lieutenant Colonel Pieter W. A. Nel
Member of Personnel Staff of Field Marshal Smuts
- Lieutenant Colonel Pieter W. A. Nel
Documents of the United Nations Conference on International Organization (UNCIO) - San Francisco Conference Documents, 1945, document no. 639 G/3 (2) pgs 5-94 (attached) lists delegates and officials from these four countries-- (Egypt –pg 32, Ethiopia, pg. 34, Liberia, pg. 44 and Union of South Africa pg.60). A complete set of these documents is available in print version in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library under call number: UNX.341.13 U51 and full text through the United Nations Digital Library.
More information on the delegations to the conference is available from the 1946-1947 UN Yearbook and the UN website history page -- "About the United Nations-- San-Francisco Conference".
Links & Files
- Documents of the United Nations Conference on International Organization
- 1946-1947 UN Yearbook- Delegation to the UN Conference on International Organization
- About the United Nations history page- San-Francisco Conference
- Where can I find proceedings of the San Francisco Conference?
- How was the United Nations established?
- UNIO-Volume-1-E-F-pg5-96- Delegations.pdf
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