UN Security Council resolution 140
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Council Resolution 140 |
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| Date: | June 29, 1960 |
| Meeting: | 870 |
| Identifier: | S / RES / 140 ( document ) |
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| Poll: | Pro: 11 Ent. : 0 Cons: 0 |
| Object: | Admission of Madagascar to the United Nations as a new member |
| Result: | Accepted |
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The UN Security Council Resolution 140 is a resolution that the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously in the 870th meeting on 29 June 1960th It dealt with Madagascar's admission as a new member to the United Nations .
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In 1947, French prestige in Madagascar fell to a low point and a national uprising was crushed after a year of bitter fighting that killed 80,000 Malagasy people. The French reformed the institutions under the loi-cadre Defferre in 1956 , and Madagascar embarked on a peaceful path to independence. The Republic of Madagascar was declared an autonomous state within the French community on October 14, 1958 . The provisional government ended in 1959 with the adoption of a constitution; full independence was achieved on June 26, 1960 with Philibert Tsiranana as president.
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The Security Council announced that it had examined Madagascar's admission as a new member of the United Nations and recommended that the UN General Assembly approve admission.
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Madagascar joined the United Nations on September 20, 1960.
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Individual evidence
- ^ 1947 L'insurrection à Madagascar - Jean Fremigacci - Marianne
- ^ The 193 member states in alphabetical order. (No longer available online.) In: crp-infotec.de. July 20, 2011, archived from the original on March 24, 2013 ; Retrieved July 30, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
