United Nations Security Council Resolution 259

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Security Council Resolution 259, adopted on September 27, 1968, concerned with the welfare of the inhabitants of the Arab territories then occupied by Israel

Israeli-occupied territories

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after the Six-Day War

Six-Day War

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, the Council requested the Secretary-General

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send a Special Representative

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to report on the implementation of resolution 237

United Nations Security Council Resolution 237

Following the Six-Day War, United Nations Security Council adopted on June 14, 1967 Resolution 237, which called upon the government of Israel to ensure the safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the areas where military operations had taken place and to facilitate the return of those inhabitants...

. The Council requested that Israel

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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

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, Denmark

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and the United States

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abstained.

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