This resolution reaffirmed an Assembly resolution of the 8th December, 1946. It requested the Governments of India and the Union of South Africa to enter into discussions, to which the Government of Pakistan was to be invited, on the basis of the 1946 resolution. The United Kingdom Delegation voted against this year's resolution, principally because it was feared that reaffirmation of the 1946 resolution might hinder the creation of a suitable atmosphere for direct discussions between the parties concerned, which His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom are most anxious to encourage.

The United Kingdom Delegation voted for another draft resolution recommending, without conditions, that the parties concerned should continue their efforts with a view to reaching an agreement directly settling their dispute and that, should they fail to reach such an agreement, they should submit the dispute to the International Court of Justice.