Discussions at UN about Oman

This file relates to the 18th session of the Fourth Committee [Special Political and Decolonisation Committee] at the UN General Assembly, which considered the status of Oman. It contains correspondence on:

• Circulation of Herbert de Ribbing's report and British attempts to persuade India to vote against the resolution and Pakistan to abstain (161)
• Claims that the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur ran for the office of Iman in 1954, but was rejected by the people (162)
• Suggestion by Ghana that the status of Oman be examined by an ad hoc committee or the Committee of 24, and a draft resolution introduced by Tunisia (163-165)
• British representations regarding voting intentions to Trinidad and Tobago, Cyprus, Uganda, Jamaica, Nigeria and Bolivia (166-167, 171, 173-175, 180)
• Statement by Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur explaining why his country had not joined the UN (168) A Brazilian proposal to implement sweeping changes to the draft resolution. It contains a 'Draft report of the Fourth Committee', dated 9 December 1963, which recommends the General Assembly adopt this resolution. The resolution was adopted on 11 December (168-170, 176-177)
• Review of the previous year's voting at the Committee of 24 (172)
• Text of an item from the London Press Service correspondent at the UN in connection with Cecil King's speech in the Fourth Committee (178)