leading to ttre breacfr of the peace in various parts of the wor].d- In the allocation of business agreed upon at the flrst sesslon, matters concerning internatj-onal peace and sec'.rrity were to be dealt with in the Flrst Comnittee. From the tblrd session, however, matters of a nore urgent character and especially those relatahle !o the securitY Councl.l r,rere taken up by an gj1 fioc Folitical Cormittee which was. iater placed on a pe rmanent footing and called the Special Folitical Conrnittee. In subsequent years a practlce had grown to take.up fipre important issues direetly in t.}.e Plenary without reference to a Maln Cotunittee- A revle$, of the flrst five sessions of the General Assedbly would tend to shov, +-ha! in the verir first session lt dlscussed such matters as Dj.sarmanent, general rr.:grr- lation and reduction of armanents, and called upon states for supply of infornation on the ir amed foic€s. At the secorraL session, l-t adopted a resolution on "measuresA/ 40/'126 Eng I ish Page 24 agal.nst propagartila lncltous of wa!,,. At tlre thlrd sesslon, the GeneraL Assembly lssued an appeal to- tie gire at por,te rs for co-operatlon in ttre malntenance of lnternatlonal peace ard securitl,. It also adopted a resolutj.on on rrProhibitlon of use of atomlc hre apons.l arrd at the fourth- sessi.on a resolutLon was adopted on "Essence of Peacert. the resoLutions of a gereral character adopted at the flfth sesslon revclved around the -rDuties of states 1n the event of outbreak of hos+,i- Iitiesr Condennation of propagarida aga.i.ns t peacei Feace through deeds; and a t$renty year plan for achieving peace through tlle United Nations. From the second sessi.on itself the General Assernbll. ]rad also be eun to consider some of the speciflc sj-tuetj'ons that wer€ r,eceiiring tie attention o€ the,