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United Nations Security Council Resolution 515

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Date
  
29 July 1982

Code
  
S/RES/515 (Document)

Result
  
Adopted

Meeting no.
  
2,385

Subject
  
United Nations Security Council Resolution 515

Voting summary
  
14 voted forNone voted againstNone abstained

United Nations Security Council resolution 515, adopted on 29 July 1982, after recalling resolutions 512 (1982), 513 (1982) and the Geneva Conventions, the Council demanded that Israel lift the blockade on Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon, to allow urgent aid to the civilian population there. It also requested the Secretary-General to transmit the text of the resolution to the Government of Israel and to monitor the implementation of Resolution 515.

The resolution passed with 14 votes to none; the United States did not participate in the voting. Israel did not implement the resolution.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 515 Wikipedia


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