I.U.S. Withdrawal

The most controversial issue before Council was the motion for withdrawal from the International Union of Students. The motion was based on an unfavorable report from the Australian delegate to the inaugural conference of IUS. Both the report, and the support it received in Council appeared to be based on the contention that the aims of IUS are not in complete agreement with those of NUAUS. IUS stands for the right of self determination for colonial peoples. UNO stands for the right of self determination for all peoples. NUAUS, on the face of things, would appear to do neither. An objection to affiliation on the grounds that no constitution was available was quashed by the arrival of a constitution with the Sydney Technical College delegation. Mrs. Scott outlined the reasons for New Zealand students' support of IUS, and later in the debate I spoke against disaffiliation which was finally carried by 12 votes to 11. As a year's notice is required for disaffiliation, an Australian delegate will probably he sent to the 1947 IUS Conference, and there is still time to repent.