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In the interests of obtaining a draft acceptable to the majority of members it was decided to establish a drafting sub-committee composed of representatives who had made proposals or suggested amendments. The sub-committee eventually produced the following text " Whereas the Secretary General in his annual report has informed the General Assembly of the steps taken by the States Members of the Organization in pursuance of its recommendations of 12 December, 1946; " The General Assembly, " Reaffirms its resolution adopted on 12 December, 1946, concerning relations of members of the United Nations with Spain, and " Expresses its confidence that the Security Council will exercise its responsibilities under the Charter as soon as it considers that the situation in regard to Spain so requires." Mr Lange (Poland), referring to the above draft, stated that his delegation accepted the resolution, although it considered it too weak. Other delegations (including that of the United States), however, declared that they were unable to support the second paragraph of the resolution, which reaffirmed the resolution of 12 December, 1946, and would therefore, in effect, call upon the Security Council to consider measures to remedy the situation. To be effective these measures could only be in the form of some kind of economic sanctions, action which many members of the Committee did not desire to see taken against Spain at the present moment. Sir Alexander Cadogan (United Kingdom) pointed out, however, in this connection that paragraph 3 of the resolution gave an interpretation of the previous year's resolution which made the reaffirmation more acceptable. This was also the point of view of the New Zealand delegation, which last year had abstained from voting on the paragraph dealing with future Security Council action. The resolution was then put to the vote, paragraph by paragraph, with the following results : Paragraph 1 was adopted by 38 votes (including New Zealand) to 6 with 11 abstentions. Paragraph 2 adopted by 30 votes (including New Zealand) to 14 with 11 abstentions. Paragraph 3 was adopted by 37 votes (including New Zealand) to 6 with 12 abstentions. The entire resolution was then approved by 29 votes (including New Zealand) to 6 with 20 abstentions. When the resolution came before the plenary session several speakers appealed for support for the resolution, asking how could a revival of democracy come about in Spain without this " moral pressure."