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The Security Council considered the situation in the Republic of South Africa resulting from the apartheid policies of the South African government during its 1073rd–1078th meetings held from November 27 to December 11, 1963. The Council had before it the request made by 32 African and Asian states in a letter of October 23, 1963, addressed to the President of the Security Council; and the report by the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to the request made in the Security Council's Resolution of August 7, 1963, that he keep the situation in South Africa under observation and report to the Security Council by October 30, 1963. At the President's invitation Mrs. Pandit (India), Mr. Grimes (Liberia), Mr. Rakotomalala (Madagascar), Mr. Slim (Tunisia), and Mr. Karefa-Smart (Sierra Leone) took places at the Security Council table.

The Security Council at its 1027th to 1033rd meetings, April 17–24, 1963, considered this question, which was brought to the attention of the Council in a letter dated April 10, 1963, from the Chargé d'Affaires of the permanent mission of Senegal, addressed to the President of the Security Council. The government of Senegal called upon the Security Council to discuss the violations of Senegalese air space and territory on the border between Senegal and Portuguese Guinea. The letter cited the violation of air space by four Portuguese aircraft, the dropping of grenades on the village of Bouniack on April 9, 1963, and three similar violations of territory and air space which occurred on December 16, 1961, and which were drawn to the attention of the President of the Security Council on December 22, 1961.

This issue covers the work of the Security Council from the 89th meeting, on January 7, 1947, to the 131st meeting on April 18, 1947.Acceptance of the Statute of TriesteBy a letter of December 12, 1946, from James F. Byrnes, Chairman of the Council of Foreign Ministers the Security Council was asked to approve the articles of the Treaty of Peace with Italy establishing the Free Territory of Trieste. The matter was debated at the 89th and 91st meetings of the Security Council on January 7 and 9, 1947, and approved on the latter date by a vote of 10 in favor with one abstention (Australia).

The Security Council considered this question at its 1050th–1056th meetings, July 31–August 7, 1963. At the invitation of the President the representatives of Tunisia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Madagascar took places at the Security Council table. The question was being considered at the request of 32 African governments which had sent a letter to the President of the Security Council asking the Council to take up "the explosive situation existing in the Republic of South Africa" which they alleged constituted a serious threat to international peace and security. The letter was accompanied by an explanatory memorandum setting forth the important provisions of a resolution on this subject adopted by the heads of African states at Addis Ababa on May 22–25, 1963.

The Indonesian question was before the Security Council twice in the period under review. On December 19, 1947, the Council decided without vote that Australia should continue as a member of the Committee of Good Offices after January 1, 1948, despite the expiration of its term as a member of the Security Council. From February 17 to February 28, 1948, the Council discussed the first interim report of the Committee of Good Offices.

The Security Council took up this item at its 1040th–1049th meetings, July 22–31, 1963. At the invitation of the President, the representatives of Tunisia, Liberia, Portugal, Sierra Leone, and Madagascar took places at the Council table. The item was being considered at the request of 32 African governments, which had sent a letter to the President of the Security Council asking the Council to consider "the situation in the territories under Portuguese domination." According to this letter, which was accompanied by an explanatory memorandum setting forth the decisions of the heads of African states on this matter at the Addis Ababa Conference of May 22–25, 1963 the state of war prevailing in some of these territories following the persistent refusal of Portugal to comply with certain General Assembly and Security Council resolutions constituted a definite breach of peace and security in the African continent as well as a threat to international peace and security.

The Security Council met once again on March 17, 1964, to consider the India-Pakistan question which had initially been brought to the attention of the Council in letters addressed to the President of the Security Council from Pakistan's Minister of External Affairs and India's permanent representative. The Council considered the question during its 1104th and 1105th meetings, held on March 17 and 20, 1964, and again during its 1112th–1117th meetings, May 5–18, 1964. At the invitation of the President, the representative of India, Mr. Chakravarty, and Pakistan's Minister of External Affairs, Mr. Bhutto, took places at the Security Council table. The President indicated that the present meeting had been convened upon the request of the Pakistani representative, although the Indian representative had expressed his objection to the request for an early meeting.

This issue covers the work of the Security Council from its 577th meeting on June 18 to its 591st meeting on July 9, 1952. No meetings were held during May when the representative of Turkey (Derinsu) was scheduled to serve as President of the Council. In June, the representative of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Malik) presided over the meetings of the Security Council and the representative of the United Kingdom (Jebb) was President of the Council during July.

This issue covers the work of the Security Council from the 429th meeting on June 24,1949 to the 448th meeting on September 27, 1949.At ten meetings, the Security Council considered the question of admission of new members to the United Nations in connection with two items on its agenda: the application for admission of the government of Nepal, and reconsideration of previous applications for membership.

During the period under review, the India-Pakistan question was before the Security Council during six sessions. On May 5 and 6, 1948, India and Pakistan respectively replied to the Security Council resolution of April 21, 1948. Mr. Nehru, Prime Minister and Minister of External Affairs, stated that the Government of India regretted that it was "not possible for them to implement those parts of the Resolution against which their objections were clearly stated by their delegation" but that if the Council should still decide to send out the Commission, the Indian Government "would be glad to confer with it." Sir Mohamed Zafrullah Khan, for Pakistan, pointing out the differences between the resolution of April 21 and Pakistan's original proposals, stated that the Security Council action was "not acceptable," but "under protest and without prejudice" designated Argentina as Pakistan's nominee for the Commission.

In accordance with a request by the permanent representative of Cambodia, the Security Council at its 1118th–1122nd and 1124th–1126th meetings, May 19–June 4, 1964, considered a complaint concerning alleged acts of aggression committed by the Republic of Vietnam and the United States against the territory and civilian population of Cambodia. At the invitation of the Council's President, the permanent representative of Cambodia, Mr. Sonn, took a place at the Security Council table.

This issue covers the work of the Security Council from the 132nd meeting on April 30, 1947, to the 170th meeting on July 29, 1947.The Greek QuestionThe Security Council discussed the Greek question twice in the period under review, from May 12 to May 22, 1947, and from June 27 to July 29, 1947.On May 8, 1947, the Soviet representative (Gromyko) requested that the Greek question again be placed on the agenda. In addition to Mr. Gromyko's request, the Council had, when the matter was taken up on May 12, communications from the Chairman of the Commission of Investigation Concerning Greek Frontier Incidents and from the Yugoslav, Albanian, and Bulgarian liaison officers to the Commission. The burden of the letters from the liaison officers was 1) that their respective countries had participated loyally in the work of facilitating the investigation; 2) that the action of the Commission in appointing a Subsidiary Group to remain in Greece, with the terms of reference as defined, was beyond its competence until its report had been acted upon by the Security Council; and 3) that the three governments would therefore not participate in the activities of the Subsidiary Group. The Chairman of the Commission reported that the Commission had accepted the view of the French representative (Daux) that it did not have the competence to answer these notes from the liaison officers and that the whole matter should be referred to the Security Council.

During its 1180th meeting held on December 18, 1964, the Security Council had before it the report by the Secretary-General on the UN peacekeeping operation in Cyprus for the period September 10–December 12, 1964. The object of the meeting was to determine, on the basis of the report, whether or not it was desirable to extend the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) beyond its expected date of expiration on December 25, 1964. At the President's invitation, Spyros Kyprianou, Foreign Minister of Cyprus; Orhan Eralp (Turkey); and Dimitri S. Bitsios (Greece) took places at the Security Council table.

The following summary covers the activities of the Security Council from its 827th meeting through its 839th meeting (July 15—August 28, 1958).

The Security Council, from its 999th to 1006th meetings, March 28–April 9, 1962, considered the letter of March 20, 1962, from the permanent representative of Syria requesting the Security Council to consider the grave situation arising from the acts of aggression committed by Israel on the night of March 16–17, 1962, on the Syrian frontier and in the demilitarized zone. The Council considered simultaneously the letter of March 21, 1962, of the permanent representative of Israel bringing to its attention a recurrence of acts of aggression and provocation by Syrian armed forces, following on the previous aggressive actions reported in a letter of March 19, 1962. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Farid Chehlaoui, representative of the Syrian Arab Republic, and Mr. Michael Comay, representative of Israel, took places at the Council table.