UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION FOR THE UNIFICATION AND REHABILITATION OF KOREA
For Immediate Release:
Public Information Office, Pusan.
27 May 1952
The United Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea (UNCURK) has held a series of meetings on 26 and 27 May to discuss current political events in the Republic of Korea.
The Commission is paying the closest attention to developments and has conferred with President Rhee on the subject.
It has also this morning heard a report from Major General Wong Yong Duk, Martial Law Commander.
UNCURK was established by the General Assembly in a resolution adopted on 7 October 1950. Among its functions are to take appropriate steps to ensure conditions of stability in the country and to follow closely the development of democratic institutions in Korea.
Commission members attending the above-mentioned meetings were the representatives of the Philippines (Chairman for the month), Australia, the Netherlands and Pakistan.