United Nations Security Council Resolution 146

United Nations Security Council Resolution 146, adopted on August 9, 1960, after a report by the Secretary-General regarding the implementation of resolutions 143 and 145 the Council confirmed his authority to carry out the responsibility placed on him thereby and called upon Belgium to withdraw its troops from Katanga. The Council then, while reaffirming that the United Nations Force in the Congo would not be a party to or in any way intervene in any internal conflict, declared that the entry of UN Forces into Katanga was necessary for the full implementation of the present resolution.

UN Security Council Resolution 146
Date	August 9 1960
Meeting no.	886
Code	S/4426 (Document)
Subject	The Congo Question
Voting summary	9 voted for None voted against 2 abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China  France  United Kingdom  United States  Soviet Union
Non-permanent members	Argentina  Ceylon  Ecuador  Italy  Poland  Tunisia

The resolution was approved by nine votes; France and Italy abstained.[1]

See also

• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 101 to 200 (1953–1965)
• Resolutions 143, 145, 157, 161 and 169
• The Congo Crisis

Citations

1. Hoskyns 1965, p. 170.

References

• Hoskyns, Catherine (1965). The Congo Since Independence: January 1960 – December 1961. London: Oxford University Press. OCLC 414961.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

• Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 146 at Wikisource
• Text of the Resolution at undocs.org