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Abstract: These were the provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council adopted at its first meeting.
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Abstract: This was a meeting during which France and the USSR cast a joint veto on the question of whether the “Spanish Question” was a substantive or procedural issue.
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Abstract: This was a meeting where the USSR vetoed a draft resolution regarding the withdrawal of foreign troops from Lebanon and Syria and where the UK and France abstained "without prejudice to the question whether a dispute exists".
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Abstract: During this meeting, article 27 (3) of the UN Charter (obligatory abstention) was raised on the Lebanon-Syria case.
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Abstract: During this meeting, the drafts resolutions which were previously introduced and led to a discussion of article 27 (3) of the UN Charter (obligatory abstention) were withdrawn in favour of a statement by the President of the Council summarising the proceedings.
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Abstract: This was a meeting on the Greek question on which article 27 (3) of the UN Charter was raised during the previous meeting (S/PV.7).
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Abstract: During this meeting, the Netherlands asked whether the parties to the dispute shall vote in the matter, referencing article 27 (3) of the UN Charter.
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Abstract: The General Assembly appointed Trygve Lie.
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Abstract: This was the first time article 27 (3) of the UN Charter was raised by a member of the Security Council.
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Abstract: This was the Council's recommendation that a legal dispute between the UK and Albania be referred to the ICJ.
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Abstract: This resolution requested further discussions within the Atomic Energy Commission.
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Abstract: This resolution recognised that the general regulation and reduction of armaments and armed forces constitute a most important measure for strengthening international peace and security, and established the Commission for Conventional Armaments to deal with armaments other than weapons of mass destruction with a mandate to make proposals for the general reduction of armaments.
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Abstract: The Council engaged in active discussion of its functions and powers in the context of resolution 16 in the case of Trieste.
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Abstract: This resolution recommended that the Council formulate practical measures to provide for the general regulation and reduction of armaments and armed forces, and to assure that such regulation and reduction will be generally observed. In effect this resolution was a reiteration of Council’s obligations under the UN Charter.
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Abstract: This resolution contained the General Assembly Partition Plan for the British Mandate of Palestine.
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Abstract: This resolution contained the General Assembly Partition Plan for the British Mandate of Palestine.
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Abstract: During this meeting, the UK abstained from voting on a draft resolution and its amendments on the Egyptian Question according to article 27 (3).
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Abstract: During this meeting, the UK abstained from voting on a draft resolution and its amendments on the Egyptian Question according to article 27 (3).
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Abstract: This resolution called upon the Netherlands and Indonesia to cease hostilities.
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Abstract: This resolution requested further discussions within the Atomic Energy Commission.
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Abstract: This resolution threatened further actions against the parties and established UNTSO.
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Abstract: During this meeting, Chile called the veto an "abuse" as article 27 (3) seeks to "prevent a member of the Council from acting as judge in its own case and participating in the decision that may be taken against it".
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Abstract: This was a US draft resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire.
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Abstract: This resolution established a truce commission for Palestine.
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Abstract: This resolution requested the Secretary-General to convoke a special session of the Assembly to consider the question of the future government of Palestine.
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Abstract: This was a call for a truce between Palestinian and Jewish combatant groups.
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Abstract: This resolution requested further discussions within the Atomic Energy Commission.
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Abstract: This was the recommendation to the Assembly that Israel be admitted as a member of the UN.
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Abstract: This was a resolution calling for a right of return for Palestinian refugees.
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Abstract: This resolution recommended the Security Council pursue the study of the regulation and reduction of conventional armaments and armed forces through the Commission for Conventional Armaments.
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Abstract: This resolution called for an armistice between Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
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Abstract: This resolution established a committee to advise on taking Chapter VII action if the parties failed to comply with troop withdrawals and truce lines.
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Abstract: This resolution condemned the murder of the UN Mediator in Palestine, Count Folke Bernadotte.
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Abstract: This resolution determined that the situation in Palestine was a threat to international peace and security and ordered a cessation of hostilities.
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Abstract: This resolution authorised the use of force in the context of the Korean War.
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Abstract: This resolution determined the existence of a breach of the peace related to an armed attack by forces from North Korea into the Republic of Korea.
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Abstract: During this meeting, India abstained from voting on a decision, explicitly referencing article 27 (3).
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Abstract: During this meeting, India abstained from voting on the resolution 80.
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Abstract: This was a resolution on the assistance of Palestine refugees.
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Abstract: During this meeting, Pakistan abstained from voting on resolution 98 (1952), according to article 27 (3).
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Abstract: This resolution dissolved the Commission for Conventional Armaments.
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Abstract: This resolution replaced the Atomic Energy Commission and the Commission for Conventional Armaments with the Disarmament Commission.
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Abstract: During this meeting, India abstained from voting on resolution 96 (1951).
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Abstract: This resolution called upon Egypt to stop restricting the passage of international commercial shipping and goods through the Suez Canal.
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Abstract: This meeting was a meeting on the Palestine question during which article 27 (3) of the UN Charter (obligatory abstention) was raised.
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Abstract: This meeting was a meeting on the Palestine question during which article 27 (3) of the UN Charter (obligatory abstention) was raised.
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Abstract: During this meeting, India abstained from voting on decision, explicitly referencing article 27 (3).
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Abstract: During this meeting, India abstained from voting on a decision, explicitly referencing Article 27 (3).
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Abstract: During this meeting, India abstained from voting on resolution 91 (1951), explicitly referencing article 27 (3).
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Abstract: During this meeting, Pakistan participated in a decision taken without a vote on the India-Pakistan question.
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Abstract: During this meeting, Egyot abstained from voting on the Palestine Question, explicitly citing Article 27 (3) despite the "lack of precedents".
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Abstract: This resolution established the Assembly’s Uniting for Peace procedures.
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Abstract: This resolution extended appointment of Trygve Lie for three years, without a Security Council recommendation.
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Abstract: This resolution considered inappropriate for the time being to adopt a resolution on the question of Cyprus.
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Abstract: This resolution appointed Dag Hammarskjöld.
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Abstract: The Security Council recommended appointment of Dag Hammarskjöld.
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Abstract: This resolution renewed appointment of Dag Hammarskjöld.
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Abstract: This letter recommended the renewal of appointment of Dag Hammarskjöld.
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Abstract: This resolution called for an emergency special session of the General Assembly to make recommendations on the Suez issue, due to French and British veto of the previous day's draft Council resolutions.
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Abstract: This was a revised draft resolution on the Palestinian question, vetoed by France and the UK.
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Abstract: This was a resolution on the Adolf Eichmann Question on which Argentina abstained, explicitly referencing Article 27 (3).
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Abstract: During this meeting, Argentina abstained from voting on resolution 138 (1960), explicitly referencing article 27 (3).
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Abstract: This resolution put general and complete disarmament under effective international control on the General Assembly agenda.
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Abstract: In 1959 Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold brought a letter from Laos before the Council but left the Council the option of deciding whether or not to place the issue on its agenda.
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Abstract: This resolution expressed its confidence that continued efforts will be made by the parties to reach a peaceful, democratic and just solution.
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Abstract: This resolution strengthened ONUC.
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Abstract: This resolution was on ONUC.
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Abstract: This resolution established ONUC.
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Abstract: This was the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961.
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Abstract: This resolution strengthened ONUC.
