United Nations Security Council Resolution 49
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49, adopted on May 22, 1948, considering that the previous resolutions of the Security Council in respect to Palestine
have not been complied with and that military operations were still taking place in Palestine, the resolution called upon all governments and authorities to abstain from any further hostile military action in Palestine and to that end issue a cease-fire order to their military and paramilitary forces to come into effect at noon, May 24, 1948, New York time. The resolution further ordered the Truce Commission for Palestine set up in United Nations Security Council Resolution 48
to report to the Council on the compliance of the concern parties with the resolution.
The resolution passed with eight votes and three abstentions from the Ukrainian SSR
, the Soviet Union
and Syria
.
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49, adopted on May 22, 1948, considering that the previous resolutions of the Security Council in respect to Palestine
Palestine
Palestine is a conventional name, among others, used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands....
have not been complied with and that military operations were still taking place in Palestine, the resolution called upon all governments and authorities to abstain from any further hostile military action in Palestine and to that end issue a cease-fire order to their military and paramilitary forces to come into effect at noon, May 24, 1948, New York time. The resolution further ordered the Truce Commission for Palestine set up in United Nations Security Council Resolution 48
United Nations Security Council Resolution 48
United Nations Security Council Resolution 48, adopted on April 23, 1948, called on all concerned parties to comply with United Nations Security Council Resolution 46 and to that end established a Truce Commission for Palestine to assist the Security Council in implementing the truce.The resolution...
to report to the Council on the compliance of the concern parties with the resolution.
The resolution passed with eight votes and three abstentions from the Ukrainian SSR
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic or in short, the Ukrainian SSR was a sovereign Soviet Socialist state and one of the fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union lasting from its inception in 1922 to the breakup in 1991...
, the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
and Syria
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
.
See also
- List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1 to 100 (1946 – 1953)
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 50United Nations Security Council Resolution 50United Nations Security Council Resolution 50, adopted on May 29, 1948, called upon all governments and authorities involved in the conflict in Palestine to order a cessation of all acts of armed force of four weeks, to refrain from introducing any fighting personnel into Palestine, Egypt, Iraq,...