Date September 27 1968 Code S/RES/259 (Document) | Meeting no. 1454 Result Adopted | |
Subject The situation in the Middle East Voting summary 12 voted forNone voted against3 abstained | ||
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.
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