UN Security Council Resolution 8

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UN Security
Council Resolution 8
Date: August 29, 1946
Meeting: 57
Identifier: S / RES / 8

Poll: Pro: 10  Ent. : 1  Cons: 0
Object: Admission of Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden as new members to the United Nations
Result: Accepted

Composition of the Security Council in 1946:
Permanent members:

China Republic 1928Republic of China (1912–1949) CHN FRA GBR SUN USAFranceFrance  United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Soviet Union 1923Soviet Union  United States 48United States 

Non-permanent members:
AustraliaAustralia FROM BRA EGYBrazil 1889Brazil  Egypt 1922Egypt 
Mexico 1934Mexico MEX NLD POLNetherlandsNetherlands  PolandPoland 

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  • The United Nations Security Council Resolution 8 is a resolution that the United Nations Security Council decided in the 57th meeting on August 29, 1946, ten votes. Australia abstained. It dealt with the admission of the People's Republic of Albania , the Mongolian People's Republic , Afghanistan , Jordan , Ireland , Portugal , Iceland , Siams (today's Thailand ) and Sweden as members in the United Nations .

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    Siam, which had applied for membership on August 3, 1946, asked the Security Council on August 28, one day before the adoption of Resolution 8, to suspend deliberations on its admission procedure. The outcome of negotiations with permanent Security Council member France on territorial disputes as a result of the Indochina War should be awaited.

    The Security Council voted individually on each application for membership. Due to the negative votes of permanent members of the Security Council, the applications of the People's Republic of Albania, the Mongolian People's Republic, Jordan, Ireland and Portugal were not granted.

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    The Security Council announced that it has received and examined applications by the People's Republic of Albania, the Mongolian People's Republic, Afghanistan, Jordan, Ireland, Portugal, Iceland, Siam and Sweden for membership of the United Nations.

    He recommended that the UN General Assembly approve the admission of Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden.

    Accessions

    Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden joined the United Nations on November 19, 1946.

    In November France and Siam concluded the negotiations on a positive note. As a result, the Security Council recommended the admission of Siam in Resolution 13 on December 12 of the same year.

    Web links

    Wikisource: Original text of the resolution  - sources and full texts (English)

    Individual evidence

    1. a b c Resolutions and Statements of the United Nations Security Council (1946-1992) published by Karel Wellens in the Google Book Search USA
    2. ^ 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.crp-infotec.de