United Nations Security Council Resolution 259

UN Security Council Resolution 259
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Date	September 27 1968
Meeting no.	1454
Code	S/RES/259 (Document)
Subject	The situation in the Middle East
Voting summary	12 voted for None voted against 3 abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China  France  United Kingdom  United States  Soviet Union
Non-permanent members	Algeria  Brazil  Canada  Denmark  Ethiopia  Hungary  India  Pakistan  Paraguay  Senegal
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 259, adopted on September 27, 1968, concerned with the welfare of the inhabitants of the Arab territories then occupied by Israel after the Six-Day War, the Council requested the Secretary-General send a Special Representative to report on the implementation of resolution 237. The Council requested that Israel receive and co-operate with the Special Representative and that the Secretary-General should be afforded all co-operation in order to implement the present resolution.

The resolution was passed with 12 votes to none; Canada, Denmark and the United States abstained.

See also[edit]

• Arab–Israeli conflict
• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 201 to 300 (1965–1971)

References[edit]

• Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

External links[edit]

• Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 259 at Wikisource